RAGBRAI Training: Have I Done Enough Training to Do RAGBRAI?

  By Coach David Ertl This is one of the most common questions I hear about riders who are preparing for RAGBRAI, especially first time riders and I heard it again yesterday.  As I have mentioned in previous blogs, my rule of thumb is to try to get in 1000 miles...

Why Ride in the 2014 Tour de Cure?

Tour de Cure is more than just a cycling event. It’s a life-changing event. A day full of fun and excitement where riders of all levels join forces in the fight to Stop Diabetes and raise crucial funds for diabetes research, education and advocacy in support of the...

A Little Bit About A Lot of Things

As the countdown to RAGBRAI week continues (38 days and counting), it’s time to share some pre-ride to-do items and reminders. First, we were experiencing some technical difficulties on June 9 with our email system and you may have received some old automated...

RAGBRAI Pre-Ride Day 7 – Independence to Guttenberg

We would like to start our final Route Inspection recap post with a big thank you to to both the Independence RAGBRAI Committee and the Guttenberg RAGBRAI Committee! We had such a blast in Indee! And since we had our third and final police escort out of town we really...