RAGBRAI Training: Don’t Put Your Bike Away Now!

by | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog

by Coach David Ertl Don’t put your bike away now. You are in the best shape of the season.   Well, another RAGBRAI is done and in the books. I hope you enjoyed yourself and I also hope this blogs gave you some advice that helped you prepare adequately for the ride. ...

Beer ride: Microbrews catch up on RAGBRAI

by | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog

Bob Wagner, operations manager at Backpocket Brewing Co. serves an IPA at the brewery in Coralville, IA on Thursday, May 15, 2014.(Photo: Iowa City Press-Citizen file photo) RAGBRAI has a reputation for being awash in light beer from corporate breweries. Yet more...

Top 10 things we’ll remember about RAGBRAI XLII

by | Jul 27, 2014 | Blog

Memories of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa tend to melt into one continuous blur of hills and pork and sweaty spandex. And after 42 years, each ride can seem pretty much like the one before — except when they don’t. The...