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Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
Event logo
Nickname
RAGBRAI
Status
Active
Frequency
Annual
Venue
Varies
Location(s)
Iowa, United States
Country
United States
Years active
50
Inaugurated
August 26, 1973 (1973-08-26)
Founder
John Karras
Donald Kaul
Participants
30,000
Activity
Bicycle touring
Leader
Matt Phippen (director)
Sponsor
The Des Moines Register
Website
Official website
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 year's route. Carroll replaced Fort Dodge and the much larger town/area of Coralville-Iowa City replaced the small town of Williamsburg. The ride from Ames to Des Moines had over 60,000 riders, the most riders of any stop in the history of the event.
^"RAGBRAI General Information". ragbrai.com.
^Crosbie, Nicole (February 5, 2014). "Rock Valley Selected to Host RAGBRAI this July". Sioux County Index Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
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emergency. Later that year, service was adjusted temporarily to accommodate RAGBRAI in Mason City. Mason City Transit operates 5 weekday bus routes on a pulse...
plane. The strip has been closed since. On Saturday, July 25, 2009, a RAGBRAI participant, Donald D. Myers from Rolla, Missouri, died from injuries sustained...
Selected to Host RAGBRAI this July". Sioux County Index Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2014. Karras, John & Karras, Ann (1999). RAGBRAI: Everyone Pronounces...
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