Bathtub races help make an impact in Manson

MANSON, Ia. – Any RAGBRAI-er who stopped in Manson made an impact, or at least they can say they did, as the town of Manson sits in a 74-million-year-old crater. The bathtub race was another way to make an impact. Teams donated any amount of money they desired...

Cycling legend honored with first ever gravel loop

A special sticker is the symbol to remember to help honor a passionate cycling advocate who died outside his own bike wheel business facility last year. The riders who chose to brave the first-ever gravel loop of RAGBRAI Monday morning helped honor Steve Hed –...

RAGBRAI tech: Starved for signal and juice

Riders flock to the free charging station in Manson on RAGBRAI’s second day. (Kyle Munson/The Register)  RAGBRAI, Day 2 — Monday morning out of Storm Lake began, ever so appropriately, with a rainstorm. Alumni of last year’s ride will remember...

A morning wave from Little Miss Iowa

Little Miss Iowa MacKenzie Wallace welcomes riders to Newell with three older generations of the royal family: great-grandmother Alyce Falkner and grandmother Midge Townsend, both of Newell, and mother Tessa Wallace of Sac City. Newell — Uneasy is the head that...