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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. [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 ...
Eight "host communities" are selected each year by RAGBRAI organizers, with the exception of the inaugural route (1973). Two of the communities are beginning or end points, while the other six serve as overnight stops for the participants.
RAGBRAI evolved from an idea by Des Moines Register Washington Columnist Donald Kaul and copy editor and feature writer John Karras. In 1973 they dreamed up what they called The Great Six-Day Bike ...
The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI, is in high gear. This year's ride across southern Iowa has taken cyclists across the state, from the film-famous ...
In 2012, Sioux Center was the first stop of RAGBRAI XL (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). Sioux Center has hosted RAGBRAI on 3 other occasions: 1990, 1996, and 2002. [16] The Sioux County Youth Fair is held every year for about one week in the middle of July.
The inspiration originally came from the bicycle tour in Iowa called RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). [2] The first ride began in Savannah, Georgia, and finished in Columbus, Georgia. The ride was a total of 300 miles. [3] In 1985, the name of the ride was changed to Bicycle Ride Across Georgia or BRAG.
[6] [10] [11] [12] Although RAGBRAI director Matt Phippen planned more than 100,000 riders on the 50-mile (80 km) route on Wednesday July 26, 2023, from Ames to Des Moines to break RAGBRAI’s single-day attendance record of 40,000, who rode the 39.9-mile (64.2 km) route from Winterset to Indianola on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, he wanted to also ...
Day 1 of RAGBRAI 2024 goes from Glenwood to Red Oak. See the map with roads, pass-through and meeting towns