Larry Klaaren
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Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Amiable Split Option? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 1 week, 1 day ago
The Tour De France is starting a week early to allow riders to ride in a road race at the Olympics on July 25.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Amiable Split Option? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 1 week, 6 days ago
Only three charters have stated which ride they will support at this time. There are several other charters that are in a “wait and see” mode and some of those are fully capable of creating their own ride on a different date if one of these two seems to be not working out.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic IR Could Follow RAGBRAI and Ride Back to Start Town in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 2 weeks, 1 day ago
This would be met with resistance by the towns. Businesses that can’t profit from RAGBRAI like car dealers, farm equipment shops, furniture stores, dress shops, etc, will just be quiet, give an extra paid day off to their workers, and close a day. Funeral homes just avoid having funerals that day. That is very expensive and they won’t want to do…[Read more]
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic TJ’s Transparency Just Got a Bit Foggy in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 2 weeks, 3 days ago
The cynic in me says the reserves are minus 50,000 dollars that TJ pledged to the Carson King fund before he left. I have heard that is not yet paid, but I do not know.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Iowa State Patrol – What's the Latest? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 2 weeks, 4 days ago
May be pulling up a cached page. Try hitting F5 or refresh if the old page shows up.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Electric assist bikes? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 2 weeks, 6 days ago
I am not in favor of a ban, but E-bikes are free to legally ride the roads, so they could bandit. The only thing that I think could be done would be to enforce something like you have to have a wristband or bike band to use the RAGBRAI vendors, including food, bike, and apparel shops. This would make banditing a little more inconvenient. They…[Read more]
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 3 weeks, 2 days ago
This is potentially a big problem, if everything is as stated. I am sure RAGBRAI is scouring the computers for any sign of working toward agreements that show up being enacted in Iowa’s Ride. This would be something that takes some time.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Or one group does all the organizing and route planning in one month or less (assuming they are honest in their remarks that they only recently began to work on this and did it all on their own time) . The other group takes three months to put together a ride and have some conversation with the town organizers and is able to do a more…[Read more]
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Can the DMR replace the RAGBRAI staff in time? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 weeks ago
There are other good rides out there. There are people with lots of experience directing other rides that might be interested in a well-resourced ride. Add a little salary enticement and an experienced crew could be here soon enough.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Sides are being taken in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 weeks ago
Does the Register make a profit? I was under the understanding that after expenses they turn the moneys back to the towns. And another valid question, what is the income that TJ and staff will be taking, and how does it compare to the income they had from RAGBRAI? Ain’t nothing simple about this.
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Which Ride Will "Win"? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 weeks, 1 day ago
I disagree. Working for someone while preparing a competing business is always unethical. I am sure the Register will explore if he failed to “lock-in” or make a deal with a sponsor or whatever during that time or if he began discussions with sponsors and cities about the 2020 ride while working for the Register and then they show up on Iowa’s…[Read more]
Larry Klaaren replied to the topic Can the DMR replace the RAGBRAI staff in time? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Wow! IMHO the podcast needs Andrea Parrot, and she seemed to be the one in the know about merchandise and that sort of thing. She was saying she had to manage something like 21 trucks the first and last day.