by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you are interested in purchasing day passes or non-rider wristbands on the ride, please complete this application and bring with you with cash or check to speed up your purchase of wristbands on the ride: Day Pass and Non-Rider Wristband Application (for riders 18...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Any city changes in 16 years, but the developments in downtown Des Moines since 1997 — the last time the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa spent the night in town — are especially pronounced. Public and private entities have spent hundreds of millions...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Leo Landis In 1973 many Iowans marked their calendars by the time for detasseling seed corn, walking soybeans to clear weeds and attending the Iowa State Fair. On July 22 of that year, during the peak of summer farm work, John Karras announced in the Des Moines...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
What has he been doing? In a televised confession with Oprah Winfrey in January, Armstrong admitted using banned drugs and blood transfusions to win races — and bullying those who questioned him in order to preserve his image. Since then he has mostly kept out of the...
by Mark | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
After three days of riding across Iowa, bicyclists may have the week’s routine down. Iowa State Historical Museum curator Leo Landis stands in the entrance of its newest exhibit, “Riding Through History”, a historical look at RAGBRAI, complete with...
