A: John Karras, a copy editor and features writer for the Register, and Donald Kaul, a columnist, hatched the plan for a cross-state bicycle ride and invited their readers along. When they set out from Sioux City on Aug. They rode again in with a growing entourage, and in January , Kaul announced in a short item in the Sunday edition of the Register that the ride had gained an official name for its planned third edition: the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
A: Like so many other major events in the first summer of the COVID pandemic, the ride, set for July , was canceled out of concern for public safety. The organizers made the call on April 20 as it became clear there would be no quick end to the spread of the illness. A: The same one planned for , with two exceptions: Sac City will replace Storm Lake as the first overnight town, and DeWitt will replace Maquoketa as the last.
It concludes on the seventh day, July 31, in the Mississippi River town of Clinton. A: The organizers choose towns from among eager applicants.
Representatives of the chosen towns celebrate at a January route announcement party 's was mainly remote and during the ride, vie to outdo each other with their nightly parties, replete with bands, food vendors and, of course, beer. Riders can bed down for the night at campgrounds. Many rent space in residents' yards, with indoor bathroom privileges.
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Also a consolation: Mendt's father is originally from Cleghorn, about midway between Sunday pass-through town Remsen and meeting town Cherokee, and the two got to ride together through the rolling countryside where the older man grew up.
Mendt is in his third year riding RAGBRAI, and after a year where his life was put on hold, he said he was happy to be back with the crowd. Vavricek and his riding partner George Hendersen, 74 of Dubuque, said the longer-than-usual first day of this year's ride was more painful than it typically is because they hadn't had the preparation of riding the previous year. But aside from sore muscles, being back on the ride felt like a return to normal, they said.
He said he started riding in order to spend more time with his family and has continued the tradition ever since. The distance wasn't the only reason the opening day of the ride was challenging.
There also was the 2, feet of climb and the degree high temperature. The distance and and hills will moderate somewhat over the next three days, but not the heat.
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