by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Laura Baker, the 26-year-old graduate student from Waverly who doesn’t remember riding her first RAGBRAI last year because of a traumatic brain injury she suffered in a bike crash in August in Colorado, ended her comeback ride Wednesday night after struggling...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Tom Osran is a lawyer by trade. Before that he spent five years as a journalist, but his true calling is as a comedian. Or maybe not. That probably depends on who you ask. The Chicago native is on his 16th journey across the state cracking jokes and trying to make...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
For Nate Kaeding, the last Friday of July has typically meant the start of training camp. This year, the former Iowa Hawkeye football star will be winding down his first RAGBRAI, a perk of not having to spend July gearing up to go back to work. It’s the first...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thunderstorms expected to form in northwest Iowa this afternoon will probably affect tonight’s overnight stop in Oskaloosa and Friday’s ride to Fairfield, meteorologists said. Tonight, thunderstorms should move through central Iowa during the mid-evening...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was a long wait for the zipline but RAGBRAI riders stuck in out in Pella. Insurance issues kept a zipline that took up most of a block in Pella closed for much of the morning. But there were still plenty of cyclists around to form a long line when in opened around...
