KenH
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KenH replied to the topic COVID this year? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 1 month ago
Hey Joe, I’ve noticed over the years that about 1/3 of men do not wash their hands after using a public bathroom. That rises to about 2/3 in bathrooms without paper towels, only electric hand dryers! Men are pigs.
So, I left RAGBRAI Thursday morning because of covid. I didn’t get it, my wife back home did. I left to care for her. She tested…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Running a RV Generator in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 7 months, 1 week ago
It all comes down to doing what is appropriate in the situation each night presents you. Be mindful of the needs and desires of others in situations where we are all forced to share the same space.
There have been years when we only ran the genny to charge things and had nice cool nights to sleep with the windows open. Then there was last…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Running a RV Generator in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 7 months, 1 week ago
If you park only in the RV designated campground then it is common practice to run generators all night because usually they are isolated from other official campgrounds. People may choose tent camp on or near those campgrounds and those people presumably are ok with the noise. Sometimes the RV campground is right adjacent to official tent…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Advice for our SAG driver? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 7 months, 3 weeks ago
As others have said support vehicle maps will come out eventually. Stick to the suggested route as best you can. If you do not you could end up in a situation where you have to cross the bike route and that will be a nightmare!
Meeting towns are the place where your support driver can meet you riders. My team has no driver, we all have to take…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Map Errors? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Life is good again, the gravel route is out now!
KenH replied to the topic Map Errors? in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 8 months ago
All minor details. Day 3 is missing the gravel route entirely! There has been so little official discussion of it that one begins to wonder if there really is one this year.
KenH replied to the topic Keeping Meds Cool in the forum Miscellaneous 9 months ago
If you cannot come up with anything else make friends with a family or team that has a motorhome. Exchange phone numbers so you can stay in contact. Almost all motorhomes have refrigerators….
KenH replied to the topic Century Day in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 9 months, 2 weeks ago
During the first RAGBRAI an 85 year old man showed up riding a ladies Schwinn bike. He claimed to have ridden around the block a couple of times as training. He did not know how to shift the gears on his bike until John Karras showed him the procedure partway through the ride. Before that he had been riding in the biggest gear. He rode the century…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 10 months, 2 weeks ago
I took it to mean all week but I don’t work for RAGBRAI and I don’t get any insider information so I could be wrong! If they were to offer this prize package to livestream attendees for a $20 donation to IBC I would be all over that!!
KenH replied to the topic What is the issue around town shut down times? in the forum Miscellaneous 10 months, 2 weeks ago
RAGBRAI is a vacation for most riders. Some rise and finish early (that is my preference) others party late, rise late, and finish late. I don’t know if they are a minority or not. There is a balancing act between the needs of the riders, the towns, and the police that requires that compromises be made. Those who feel that the current compromise…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 10 months, 2 weeks ago
It has always been free in the past. Last year some of us were willing to pay in order to help IBC through the Covid crisis. This year I would think that they have gotten a lot of complaints about paying for the livestream. They are now offering prizes for registering and paying however. There will be a lottery for paid registrants and one of the…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Paid EnMotive Registrations not showing up on RAGBRAI member page. in the forum Clubs, Teams & Charters 10 months, 2 weeks ago
I believe that Enmotive is the only place you need look for your registration details now that they are handling registration. I am not sure your RAGBRAI member page means anything anymore as far as registration is concerned.
KenH replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year ago
I’m not sure it would require advance notification and this was not my decision, I’m only the message bearer and second hand at that. I’m a RAGBRAI nobody, I’m privy to nothing! Towns who have applied to be on the route only need to be told to be prepared to staff a booth. They won’t have detailed plans to share anyway at this point. They can have…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic Announcement Party in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year ago
The announcement is Friday, January 28 this year according to the Just Go Bike podcast, episode 180. The change is so that the overnight towns can have booths for you to visit at the expo on Saturday.
KenH replied to the topic No lottery for 2022 in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year ago
I don’t find the Enmotive site very user friendly and indeed I kept getting the registration closed page with no obvious way to register for next year. I started on my phone and never got there so I switched to my computer. I still had to do something that was not obvious to get to the right spot and I don’t remember what that was. One of my…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic The "Other" Ride in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 1 month ago
For a brief, some might say shining, moment the other ride appeared to have a chance. But once RAGBRAI made it clear that they were not going away a whole lot of us lost any interest in a replacement. I think it was clear at that point that the other ride’s reach exceeded its grasp. Covid made the inevitable happen quickly rather than being a…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 1 month ago
I disagree, a little XLIX could make the Kybo line move faster!
I enjoyed Budd’s quote even if I don’t know where it’s from other than it must have been written some time after the great fire.
KenH replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 1 month ago
In the TJ years the pattern tended to be a regular cycle between north, south, and central. I don’t know that it was absolute or if that pattern may have predated TJ. TJ liked to prank us and to play his cards close to his chest. The tractor with 1973 on it was a huge clue however and many of us missed it. It established this notion that the…[Read more]
KenH replied to the topic 2022 Route? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 1 year, 1 month ago
Atlantic and Bellevue both were part of the 1979 and 1991 routes. No tow has appeared two years in a row. However things that haven’t happened yet could happen this year and things that have happened frequently may not happen this year or ever again!
KenH replied to the topic Upload photos in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 1 month ago
That was top secret in 1940, not so much today. You are looking at part of the tuner in a Hallicrafters SX-25 Super Defiant shortwave radio. One of the last they made before they switched to war material production. They may have made some for military use. Flux gate capacitor wasn’t too far off the mark!
