OELWEIN, Ia. — Someday, Tyler and Miki Granberg can tell their future kiddo that RAGBRAI helped bring them together. The young Cedar Falls couple decided in April that they wanted to adopt a child, so they set up a stand to sell goodies on Tyler’s grandmother’s acreage just west of town. They said the adoption
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The LeBeaus are known as royalty in Iowa and for their funky socks. Read more about their patriarch here. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1zdm6zI
Westgate, Ia. — Pete Renss from Rochester, Minn., scurried into the library here and asked the librarian behind the counter to sign his white T-shirt. The librarian isn’t a celebrity. But Renss is a member of Team Sign Me. Each of eight riders has spent the week scouring the towns and farms along the RAGBRAI
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Jason Pardie, of Muscatine, will celebrate his golden birthday Saturday by unicycling into Guttenberg from Independence. The 25-year-old (for several more hours anyway) is tackling his sixth RAGBRAI on a unicycle. He rode the entire route in previous years, but this year joined the ride Friday, for his birthday weekend, because of a new job.
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Brian Klitzke of Des Moines has brought along a Lego Minifigure known as Taco Johnson which he has been taking pictures in settings across the state during RAGBRAI and sharing images on the social media site Instagram. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1AgKlhY
RAGBRAI riders crammed into Tripoli High School to warm up Friday morning. Wish you were here! via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1zcSl1U
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Bremer, Ia. — I signed up for a bike ride, not a swim meet. The rainy days on RAGBRAI take on an entirely different, dreary tone. The silence is striking: Bicyclists wrapped in raincoats and panchos slosh their way uphill in a grim procession. Jerseys get plastered to the skin. My red and blue Carter
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A lightning bolt shook awake campers around 3 a.m. in Waverly. Some headed home early due to morning storm. via RAGBRAI http://ift.tt/1mMOEXW
RAGBRAI riders can expect a wet morning as thunderstorms move across the route, but clear skies are coming. Rain is expected to clear up in the area of the route between 11 a.m. and noon, said Kurt Kotenberg, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Johnston. “Then it looks pretty dry after that for the
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