The annual RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa turns 50 in July, and 70,000 riders are expected to take part in the journey Wednesday.
Riders taking part in RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — roll out of Storm Lake on July 24, 2023.
Riders participating in RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — rest in Lake View as they ride toward Carroll on July 24, 2023. Riders participating in RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — slow down to cross train tracks on the way out of Sioux City on July 23, 2023.
The ride started 50 years ago, when two Des Moines Register journalists began the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. Lawrie credited the dedication of small towns for its long-running success, as it cycles through different routes and host towns each year. As riders passed through Sioux City’s outskirts in the morning, families gathered in long driveways to cheer them on, with canned beverages in hand.
“Normally, if this wasn’t going on, I think a lot of people would be going to church, hanging out with their families, going to the golf course,” he said.
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