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RAGBRAI, short for Register 's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is a non-competitive bicycle tour across the U.S. state of Iowa from the western to eastern border. First held in 1973, RAGBRAI is the largest bike-touring event in the world. The 50th ride, RAGBRAI L, took place from July 23-29, 2023, and retraced much of the first year's route.
Cyclists make their way along the route to Ida Grove during the first day of RAGBRAI in 2022. For the historic 50th edition of RAGBRAI in 2023, more than 60,000 people rode on the fourth day, from ...
Miles: 46.5. Feet of climb: 1,016. Themes: Tire Dip. Pass-through towns: Mediapolis and Kingston. Meeting town: No meeting town. Gravel option: 14.5 miles, 295 feet of climb. Highlights: On the ...
Philip Joens covers retail, real estate and RAGBRAI for the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at 515-284-8184, pjoens@registermedia.com or on Twitter @Philip_Joens.
We'll know the official 2022 route on Friday. With a new director in charge, where will the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa go? We'll know the official 2022 route on Friday.
Ottumwa, the largest overnight town on the route, offers amenities including Beach Ottumwa, a full-scale water park. Philip Joens has ridden RAGBRAI 18 times and completed the river-to-river trek ...
108 communities have been overnight hosts. The ride has passed through all 99 of Iowa's counties in its history. Atlantic has served as an overnight host 8 times (1974, 1980, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2011, 2019, 2024) Two cities have served as the starting point 8 times: Sioux City (1973, 1978, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2010, 2015, 2023) and Glenwood (1980 ...
Day 4 of RAGBRAI 2024 goes from Winterset to Knoxville. See the map with roads, pass-through and meeting towns