Purchasing RAGBRAI Daily Wristbands on the Ride

Online registration is CLOSED.  Day wristbands and non-rider wristbands can be purchased on the ride (based on availability).   To download the Daily Wristband Application http://ift.tt/1y7EQ2Y For minors, you must also submit the Minor Addendum...

Your Support is Needed for Rock Valley Flood Relief

As you know by now, Rock Valley has endured record flooding in the past several weeks.  If you would like to donate to the relief efforts a booth will be set up in the RAGBRAI Expo with collection buckets.  The flood victims will appreciate your generosity.  You will...

RAGBRAI a week away: What you need to know

Seems like just a year ago the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa was wrapping up in Fort Madison. By Sunday morning, July 20, thousands of cyclists will renew a four-decade tradition, pushing away from Rock Valley on RAGBRAI XLII. Whether you are...

Falling head over wheels in love on RAGBRAI

By: Mike Kilen, mkilen@dmreg.com   Love is found, unfolds and endures on a long bicycle ride, despite wearing uncomfortable, tight shorts for a week and smelling like barn animals. Singles meet on the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. They get...

Why is Signing Up for PeopleForBikes Important for Iowa Bicycling?

If you haven’t heard, the national bike advocacy organization, PeopleForBikes has issued a challenge just before RAGBRAI.  If we have 10,000 bicyclists (people that ride bikes in Iowa if you live on either side of a river) then PeopleForBikes will present a big check...