Fifteen-year-old Josh Livingston, of Seattle, is a first-time RAGBRAI rider. (MARY STEGMEIR / The Register) First-time rider Josh Livingston didn’t miss a beat this afternoon when asked his favorite part about RAGBRAI. “The downhill,” quipped the Seattle teen. The cyclist (and budding comedian) rolled into Des Moines’ Water Works Park today with his dad, Rob[…]
5:00 p.m.: Not everyone hanging out along the Des Moines river this afternoon rode into the city with RAGBRAI. Becky Haines biked about 17 miles from home in Ankeny to the food and music fair. “We just came down to see all the crazy people,” she said. Her 14-year-old son Wilbur impressed a small crowd[…]
The RAGBRAI route is always filled with unique sights. This year, we asked users to share those sights on Instagram with #IspyonRAGBRAI. Here’s a sampling of some of the best scenes. [View the story “I Spy on RAGBRAI” on Storify] via RAGBRAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RAGBRAI/~3/4TlAqEtiGwk/
Cyclists and non-bikers alike spent the afternoon at the Iowa Historical Building for the PedalPalooza event. By 4 p.m. the Nadas were playing on the terrace – after their singer had made it from Perry by bike just in time to shower and perform – state Rep. Dan Kelley was serving as DJ downstairs and[…]
Dallas Center, Ia. – It’s not unusual to have some, uh — how should I put this delicately? — some intestinal problems during RAGBRAI’s week-long glutton-fest of fried food and homemade ice cream. But nobody was under more pressure to stay regular today than an anonymous chicken in Dallas Center. She was the star of[…]