Archive for the 'Iowa' Category (Page 2)


  • Mississippi River Trail Highlighted in New Guidebook

    Mississippi River Trail Highlighted in New Guidebook

    The Mississippi River Trail follows the Mississippi River from its headwaters in Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. The book guides you along the designated route, turn by turn, and includes information on the available services, points of interest, and history of the areas you pass through, so cyclists can better appreciate the communities and scenery along the route.

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  • Iowa Bus Bike Racks Report

    Iowa Bus Bike Racks Report

    Recently we discussed the appalling absence of bike racks on Wichita buses. Wichita, the largest city in Kansas has no bike racks on its buses, while communities such as Lawrence, Topeka, and Johnson County do. This week, Mark Wyatt of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition offers up a report on Bus Bike …

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  • Iowa Counties Reconcile With RAGBRAI

    Iowa Counties Reconcile With RAGBRAI

    The Iowa State Association of Counties, which had pushed for state legislation and county ordinances aimed at regulating bicycle rides, says that concessions by The Des Moines Register, which organizes RAGBRAI (the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa), have addressed the issue. “My message to the counties is that RAGBRAI …

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  • A Reminder That Helmets Can Save Lives

    A Reminder That Helmets Can Save Lives

    A Waterloo, Iowa man died when he apparently suffered a head injury when he fell from his bicycle. Police say evidence at the scene indicates Todd Parsons Western Jr., 64, of Waterloo fell from his bike while riding along a street under construction and struck his head. The man left his …

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  • RAGBRAI Rolls On, Despite Iowa Flooding

    RAGBRAI Rolls On, Despite Iowa Flooding

    RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) is oldest and largest bicycle tour in the world, and it crosses Iowa every year, rain of shine. And in this year of epic flooding in Iowa, RAGBRAI will still roll on, or at least that’s the plan. For now, the ride …

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  • Iowa City Seeks To Regain Bike-Friendly Status

    Iowa City Seeks To Regain Bike-Friendly Status

    Just as Kansas City looks to embrace bikes, Iowa City, Iowa is also aiming to make its community more bicycle-friendly. But in Iowa City’s case, they’re hoping to get re-certified, and get back what they once had: Iowa City, once designated a bicycle friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists, …

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  • Trans Iowa v4 Wrap-Up

    Trans Iowa v4 Wrap-Up

    The 2008 edition of Trans Iowa took place on April 26th and 27th. This epic gravel grinder is an annual endurance race organized by Guitar Ted Productions, and is a non-stop, self-supported, solo competition along the gravel roads of rural Iowa. Trans Iowa always seems to run into a lot …

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  • UltraCyclist Killed in Iowa

    UltraCyclist Killed in Iowa

    Randy Van Zee of Sheldon, Iowa was killed on Friday, April 4, 2008 when struck from behind by a car on a county road near Sheldon. The driver was 21-year old Sarah Johnson of Archer, Iowa, who was cited for not having insurance and for failing to stop in a safe …

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  • 'Bike Lane Friday' in Cedar Rapids

    'Bike Lane Friday' in Cedar Rapids

    In an event loosely inspired by Critical Mass, cyclists in Cedar Rapids, Iowa rode the city’s first “Bike Lane Friday” on March 28th. Over two dozen cyclists, most members of local bike clubs, rode on four-lane arterial roads, occupying the entire right-hand lane. The purpose of the ride was to …

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  • Cycling Through The Iowa Winter

    Cycling Through The Iowa Winter

    Michael Chamberlain, owner of The Broken Spoke in Iowa City, Iowa, who commutes to work year-round, was recently profiled in his local newspaper, The Gazette: Why would someone choose pedaling through the winter elements when they could drive? “Being part of the solution instead of part of the problem is probably the …

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