Top 5 mistakes of my RAGBRAI past

As I prepare to embark on another RAGBRAI, this time out of Sioux City, I pause to reflect on all I’ve learned from what I often call this rolling, rowdy master class in bicycling. From my first RAGBRAI I was smart enough to line up indoor housing for every...

RAGBRAI XLIII Scavenger Hunt

Announcing the 2015 RAGBRAI XLIII Scavenger Hunt! All you have to do is ride the official 2015 route, take photos, upload them to Twitter for a chance to win prizes courtesy of Verizon Wireless! How to enter: It’s easy. Just take a selfie with these five things...

Why they ride RAGBRAI

When Kelly Guilbeau was still living in Louisiana, she never guessed that someday she would bike across Iowa in a butterfly costume. She never planned on planting thousands of milkweed seeds along the way, like Johnny Appleseed, to create more habitats for monarch...

Shuttle Buses in RAGBRAI Towns

RAGBRAIers- The dollar amount is actual cost of transportation per mile which includes fuel, insurance, driver salary, etc.  The regulation is recent and was put into place so school districts would not be able to undercut private bus companies when providing services...

Stop by Thelma’s for Awesome Ice Cream Sandwiches on RAGBRAI!

ABOUT THELMA’S: It was just my Mom, our little pushcart and me. Selling our handmade ice cream sandwiches at the Downtown Des Moines Farmers’ market—using my 108-year-old Great Grandma Thelma’s snickerdoodle recipe. People just couldn’t get enough of our ice...