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• John Edwards, Lance Armstong bike across Iowa

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Armstrong, Bike, Breast, Cancer, Candidate, Democratic, Edwards, Elizabeth, Exercise, Iowa, John, Lance, Presidential, Ragbrai, Recurrence, Survivor, Wife

  Great Bike Race Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). Riding at an easy pace of 10 to 12 mph from Hampton to Cedar Falls, Edwards chatted with riders about their pressing issues, including their concern for his wife Elizabeth who was diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer this year.About his bike trek, Edwards commented, "This is an accident waiting to

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• I’m late, I’m late…

  Published: August 17, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  is time for my RAGBRAI recap, what you say? RAGBRAI has been over for close to three weeks now? What can I say I am your typical procrastinating cyclist. I wish to go on record to say that of all of the 20 odd RAGBRAIs I have participated in this was THE best hands down. That is not just my opinion, but also the general consensus of many of

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• What I did on my summer vacation…or, more accurately, what did me in on my summer vacation

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  for the Leadville race was RAGBRAI. Of all of the years that I needed a tough week of riding, this wasn't it. RAGBRAI 35 came in as the 3rd easiest ride of them all, with very little climbing, which is great training if you are racing across Kansas, but Colorado? Not so much. On day one of RAGBRAI I ran into Lance Armstrong on the road into

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• two-wheeled support group

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:36 am

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  America has become a nomadic society. Want proof? ask your neighbor how many places they have lived. I was born in Chicago, grew up out east in New York , Connecticut, and Wisconsin before ending up here. My family and my wife's family are both back in Wisconsin. When people move around as much as we American do, we lose that close-knit support

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• RAGBRAI and Safety

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:58 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  Board of Supervisors to ban RAGBRAI from riding the roads in their county. This decision was based on a monetary settlement with the widow of a rider that died while participating on RAGBRAI back in 2004. According to the lawsuit the county was negligent in properly maintaining the county road on which Kirk Ullrich, the plaintiff's husband

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• Springtime riding in Iowa

  Published: October 16, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  I have been riding my bike to work for the past year, now wouldn't Mr. Nobel-Gore be proud. I could use the excuse that I'm just trying to reduce my carbon footprint by replacing it with a rubber tire print. There may be a little truth to that, but for the most part I just enjoy riding my bike, and there is nothing like a riding a bike in the

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• Do deer whistles work when mounted on a bike?

  Published: October 17, 2007, 1:33 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  I ride my bike to work as I have previously posted, and a majority of that trip is done on a bike trail. I am not a big bike trail fan unless the trail is made of dirt, but in the morning when I head out it's the safest bet, or so I thought. Out on the road I deal with 1 thousand pound vehicles that that whiz by inches from my handlebars. On the

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• The end of RAGBRAI?

  Published: October 18, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  someone gets hurt riding on RAGBRAI. Shortly after the lawsuit was filed RAGBRAI changed the language in the waiver that all riders must sign that gives counties additional protection. That is step one, step two? Maybe that is up to the Governor and members of the legislature. Where do they stand on this? Do they want to see an event that

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• Ride 365

  Published: October 19, 2007, 3:12 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  hang their bike up after RAGBRAI allowing that and bike and all other forms of two-wheeled transportation to form a fine layer of dust before you haul them out again next year? Look at all of the fun you are missing out on. These are some photos taken last week at the Spooky Cross cyclocross race in Des Moines. As you can see it was a tad wet

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• Fall

  Published: October 25, 2007, 10:53 am

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  I went outside this morning and scraped the frost off the car windows and started it up allowing the heater to displace the cold air inside. I then hopped on my bike and headed to work. The whole car thing I did for my wife. I am still biking to work. She heads for the freeway. I head for the trail after digging out cold weather clothing that I

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• Greenwood Park: the hub of cycling this weekend

  Published: November 2, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  If you are in need of  a fall cycling fix Greenwood Park is where you need to be this weekend. It all starts on Friday afternoon at the Ashworth pool parking lot at the south end of Greenwood park where  the Trek demo trailer will set up shop. The trailer will be chock full of the latest Trek, Gary Fisher and LeMond goodies to try out on

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• The Mother of all bike trail links

  Published: November 13, 2007, 2:13 pm

  Tags: Bicycling Amp Ragbrai

  According to Des Moines Register reporter Bill Petroski the new Trestle to Trestle trail that stitches most of the city's bike and pedestrian trails is now officially open. Described by Polk County Conservation head Pat Boddy, as the mother of all trail links is open to all comers. The trail hooks up at the railroad over the Des Moines river

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