by Mark | May 16, 2014 | Blog
In addition to supporting the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, Dream Team, and Iowa Bacon Board, the BACooN Ride is raising money to help pave crossings on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. As of today, we have $1,448 in donations from participants. We need another $1,052 and...
by Mark | May 16, 2014 | Blog
They come from all over the world to ride RAGBRAI, literally! When the ride started back in 1973, it witnessed mainly riders from Iowa and our border states. That began to change as the ride grew and gained popularity. Today, just over a third of all riders call...
by Mark | May 14, 2014 | Blog
RAGBRAI is grateful to Rich Ketcham and GeoBike for providing RAGBRAIers with some great technical information and tools about the RAGBRAI XLII route and towns. GeoBike is also the place that you can find every stat on all 42 routes that RAGBRAI has traveled over the...
by Mark | May 11, 2014 | Blog
Don’t forget to call your mom today! And to all the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day! Thanks for all you do for us. Photo’s original caption: RAGBRAI cyclist John Thomas from Orlando, Fla., makes a collect call home from a portable pay phone at...
by Mark | May 7, 2014 | Blog
By John Karras (Grampa RAGBRAI) This is the time of year I invariably find myself thinking about the late Don Benson, who served as RAGBRAI’s director from 1973, the ride’s first year, for 19 years, through 1991. Benson was the Register’s director of...
by Mark | May 2, 2014 | Blog
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