Bike trail closes after sewage spill

If you’re training for RAGBRAI in the Cedar Falls area, you may have noticed a smell. A break in a sewer line Tuesday sent sewage across a bike trail in Cedar Falls, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported. Authorities said people and pets should avoid...

RAGBRAI rules force Raygun to redesign shirt

An edited image of the Des Moines store Raygun’s former shirt design for the city’s RAGBRAI stop appears on the store’s Facebook page. (Facebook.com) Confused? So were many Raygun customers on Monday who wanted to buy a Des Moines-RAGBRAI T-shirt on...

RAGBRAI Training: 2013 Training Plan

The most popular blogs every year is my training plan for preparing for RAGBRAI.  This has proven to be popular among riders.  So here is this year’s edition.  This is meant to be a guide, not necessary an absolute plan to be followed to a ‘T’.   The main thing it...

Happy Earth Day!

“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate...

RAGBRAI events village will showcase Des Moines

Raygun owner Mike Draper helped design the RAGBRAI logo for Des Moines’ overnight stay. A RAGBRAI events village will showcase the best of what downtown Des Moines has to offer for the thousands of riders and visitors who make their way through Iowa’s...

RAGBRAI Expo Exhibitor Preview

The RAGBRAI Expo is always a great way to start off a week of RAGBRAI – and this year’s vendors won’t disappoint. You’ll be able to check out the latest bicycles, clothes and accessories, get that last-minute tune up on your bike from one of...