Kate Perkins
- Active 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Smaller rides and competitive forces. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I think the initial post captures the state of affairs quite well. There’s no ride like RAGBRAI, no ride with the history, the traditions & the pageantry of RAGBRAI. As an out of state rider, who doesn’t watch ESPN or read the Register except in the last week of July, I had never heard of this controversy until the September email. I think TJ…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride FAQ Section in the forum Miscellaneous 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I ran a bunch of Iowa’s Ride’s webpages through the wayback machine, and although I didn’t do every page, I found nothing that had been updated after Oct 16th. The wayback machine is an internet tool that allows you to see when web pages have been updated & what they looked like in the past.
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Bike speed while training and/or on Ragbrai in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 8 months, 2 weeks ago
I don’t think training speed is the issue. At most you have to make around 80 miles a day, & it’s best but not required to be off road by 6:00 pm when SAG ends. That’s pretty doable even at 10 miles an hour, plus your average speed on the ride is affected by a lot of things, like crowds, hills, headwinds, lines at food stands, stuff you stop to…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Registered for 2018 -but difficulty paying online in the forum RAGBRAI XLVI – 2018 2 years, 3 months ago
I emailed info@ragbrai.com about this. I haven’t heard back, probably because of the holiday. Some services are taxable in Iowa, but I don’t see the ragbrai type of service on the list of taxable services. Here’s the list: https://tax.iowa.gov/iowa-sales-and-use-tax-taxable-services-0