Tag - RAGBRAI

Des Moines, IA: EVEN BETTER IN SPANDEX (Day 6)

Day Three of RAGBRAI: after today, we are halfway done!  Today’s route goes to the “big city” of Des Moines, whose marketing department has decreed itself “Des Moines: Even Better In Spandex.”  A little obvious; everything is better in spandex, right?  (Maybe not Chris Christie.) Today, riders were encouraged to wear a...

Perry to Harlan, IA: CHOCOLATE-COVERED BACON?? (Day 4)

Day One of the RAGBRAI Ride started with a time-honored tradition, like all of the 40 previous RAGBRAI rides, with a “back tire dip” in the Missouri River.  All of the riders take their bikes down and baptize them for good luck, hoping and praying that the Bicyling Gods will keep them safe until they can dip their front tires into the Mississippi...