Logan Foltz
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Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 10 months ago
CanDak postponed to 2021. It’s difficult to imagine any tours happening this year :-(.
I would like to do the NC Mountains to Coast Tour in October, but I’m going to stop checking the rest.
Stay safe everyone.
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Amishland and Lakes in Indiana was cancelled. It had come within 60 days of starting, which might have been the closest for a major event thus far.
All Wisconsin rides including SAGBRAW which had been planned for early August also postponed till 2021.
CanDak (North Dakota) is still scheduled for August 1st. According to the website the…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 11 months, 1 week ago
The Canal Ride is the latest casualty.
Still a few short rides on the deck for late July and early August – RAIN and Amishland & Lakes (Indiana), then Candak (ND).
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Triple Bypass postponed (possibly just for the first time) to 9/26/2020.
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 11 months, 4 weeks ago
It appears that the Tour de Wyoming was also called off.
The Triple Bypass in Colorado is still on for now. That and Iowa’s Ride are the only tours in July I am aware of that are still greenlit at this point.
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Ride the Rockies was finally postponed.
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year ago
Oklahoma Freewheel is the latest to be postponed to 2021. Little Red in Utah was also cancelled this past weekend.
As far as June rides, I am still keeping tabs on Ride the Rockies, which is supposed to be announced on May 1st. Not sure there are any other big tours that haven’t been postponed.
In July, in addition to RAGBRAI, there is the…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic RAGBRAI decision April 15 in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year ago
I wonder if the “soon-to-be-revived” JGB podcast will be the same format featuring IBC co-hosting with RAGBRAI. If memory serves, the last time we tuned in, Mark Wyatt and TJ were openly encouraging us to jump ship from RAGBRAI and sign up for this new vanity project which is soon to be bankrupt.
That was a respectable mea culpa from Andrea. I…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Postpone RAGBRAI XLVIII to 2021?? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year ago
I am expecting cancellation and keeping tabs on some of the rides scheduled in June to see when/if cancellations are announced to see if they may presage what is to come:
Cancelled:
GOBA (Ohio)
BAK (Kansas)
Not yet cancelled:
BRAN (Nebraska)
RASDAK (South Dakota)
Ride the Rockies (Colorado)
Oklahoma Freewheel
I really want to do at least one…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Getting in touch with people when cell phones not working in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year, 2 months ago
So I hate talking on the phone and am mainly a texter. But texts took several hours to go through last year for me at times. Because of this there was a friend in a different charter I barely saw.
The route does not go through any larger cities this year so I am wary of relying on texting. I have some friends staying on a charter and am…[Read more]
Logan Foltz started the topic Getting in touch with people when cell phones not working in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year, 2 months ago
When the cell phone towers are overloaded and you’re trying to meet up with people on the ride who have different schedules or stay in different campgrounds, are there any good workarounds?
I can only think of wi-fi in libraries, etc, but most people aren’t going to check that. I don’t know much about two-way radios or the range, etc. Making…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Traveling to RAGBRAI via Airplane in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 1 year, 4 months ago
Amtrak was a nightmare last year. Was up all night Saturday due to storms and trees on the tracks, barely even made it to the truck in Council Bluffs at 8AM Sunday. Never again!
Logan Foltz replied to the topic I don't understand the anger. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 1 year, 4 months ago
Easy to say this in hindsight but it really doesn’t match the mood and sentiments of this forum a couple of months ago. Not everyone thought that DMR/Gannett was committed to assembling a competent team and that TJ could be easily replaced, and that a new team could pull off designing a route in a matter of a few months.
I don’t see this as a…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic I don't understand the anger. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 1 year, 4 months ago
Anger was rooted in TJ’s obvious intention to steal RAGBRAI at the beginning. Now TJ appears to have conceded and IR will be going east to west and staying in towns of 5k or less. Sounds pathetic and offers nothing that can’t be replicated in plenty of other rides across the country. I’d be surprised if it is still a thing in ten years, and if…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride new dates in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
Well there are a plethora of tough canyons out here, but honestly from what I can tell RTR has softened quite a bit the last few years. I’ve heard ridership has dropped off and looking at past rides there were much tougher climb days than they had this year. Honestly I felt more spent after the 125 mile RAGBRAI century day than any of the RTR…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride new dates in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
I’m in Utah so I can handle the altitude, and I did Ride the Rockies last year. Wasn’t too hard for me. Triple Bypass would be a nice challenge and it would make the drive out to Iowa a lot less painful.
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride new dates in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
I’m still on the fence. Really don’t want to support TJ’s vanity project, but I do like the idea of eliminating the logistical headaches of a one-way ride. I also was considering doing Triple Bypass on 7/12 and the timing of starting a loop mid-week would line up perfectly.
The more interesting question to me is if RAGBRAI really wants to…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride new dates in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
Dates are 7/12-7/18, the week before RAGBRAI, according to the IR website. East-west route.
No question it’s the right move but I wonder how many IR riders who have already registered will want a refund (they only get 75% back according to the site).
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Smaller rides and competitive forces. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 1 year, 5 months ago
I do enjoy a smaller ride but not going to travel from a different time zone to do it when I can just do Ride the Rockies. The market for IR figures to be riders who have done multiple RAGBRAIs already, but at the same time if they choose towns that have hosted RAGBRAI several times in recent decades the appeal as you mentioned becomes even less…[Read more]
Logan Foltz replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride FAQ Section in the forum Miscellaneous 1 year, 5 months ago
As the upstart, IR needs an avalanche of publicity, positive buzz, and marketing to compete with the big kahuna, in addition to the challenges of the logistics of a new ride. That’s what makes the lack of updates over the last few weeks puzzling, if not telling. Initially, there was a lot of hype about the release of the route in November.…[Read more]
