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In 1973 they dreamed up what they called The Great Six-Day Bike Trip, a 460-mile, six-day ride from Sioux City to Davenport. ... The Second Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or SAGBRAI ...
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. [1] First held in 1973, RAGBRAI is the largest bike-touring event in the world. [2] The 50th ride, RAGBRAI L, took place from July 23-29, 2023, and retraced much of the first ...
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, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2016, 2024).
What bills itself as “the world's longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event” was more like the world's biggest traffic jam Sunday as riders, packed together in a sinewy ...
Team Quincy prepares to ride RAGBRAI 50. Quincy Hostager, who has Dravet syndrome, a rare form of catastrophic epilepsy, was given a special bike through Make-A-Wish Iowa.
The Snake Alley Criterium is a criterium cycling race that takes place annually on Memorial Day weekend in Burlington, Iowa. The bike race is most famous for riding up Snake Alley, which was named by Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the crookedest alley in the world. The Snake Alley portion of the race includes a 60-foot (18 m) ascent on the 276 ...
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George Wyth also has 6 miles (9.7 km) of grass hiking trails. In winter, sports such as cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling are also popular. The Lake-to-Lake State Park Bike Route is a 50-mile (80 km) route connecting Pine Lake and George Wyth Memorial State Parks. This route primarily utilizes county highways, and established bike routes ...