Conquered: What cyclists defeated to finish RAGBRAI

GUTTENBERG, Ia. – I was happy to help Brett and Brittany of Team Spawn — they pedaled a tandem Saturday as I trudged up the second gigantic hill out of Garber on RAGBRAI XLII’s roller-coaster day, topographically speaking. “This guy walking is passing us!”...

RAGBRAI couple from Colorado unafraid of Iowa hills

Dave and Kathi Dibbern of Auroroa, Colo., pause for a snack in Garber on the final day of RAGBRAI 2014. (Kyle Munson/The Register) Dave and Kathi Dibbern perched themselves on a tree stump Saturday in Garber, the final pass-through town before RAGBRAI’s finish...