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One of my favortite pictures from RAGBRAI

My Rivendell Sam Hillborne on a foggy morning. I’ve been sick and off the bikes for over a week. I’m having serious withdrawal problems. Hopefully I’ll be feeling good enough to get out of the house and do the St. Paul Classic this weekend.

Big dummy on a trunk rack

I had been wondering for awhile if we could fit Dave’s Big Dummy on a trunk rack. For RAGBRAI we were going to have to figure something out. We were able to make it work without too much trouble.
The rack we used was a Saris Bones Trunk Rackon a 2007 Nissan Altima. Dave and I [...]

Weather for RAGBRAI 2009

I’ve pulled this information from weather.com for the overnight towns. I’ll update when the 10 day forecast gets the last two towns. Looks to be cooler this year than the last few years, with perhaps more rain. I welcome the drizzle and cloud cover, hopefully we will avoid the downpour we had one day last [...]

RAGBRAI packing list

RAGBRAI is coming up and some folks have been asking me what to pack / what I bring. I try to keep things small and simple. I can fit this all into a Large REI bag. Here is the list I follow:

Bike (Rivendell Sam Hillborne this year)
Tent (In the past I’ve used a target 4 [...]