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Murph sat down with Mike Schulte, drummer for the Pork Tornadoes, to get his take on the headliner bands playing during RAGBRAI LIII. He is pretty pumped at the all star list for this year, and you should be too! Onawa: Gut Feeling Harlan: Decoy Guthrie Center: Gimikk Boone: Hairball Marshalltown: The Pork Tornadoes Independence: Not Quite Brothers Dyersville: Spazmatics Pork Tornadoes Website: ht...

Your official RAGBRAI LIII navigation routes are here, brought to you by Ride with GPS! Brett from Ride with GPS chats with Murph and AP about the free, simple to use Cycling Software Platform that helps riders discover and plan better cycling experiences. Follow the links to get your maps, your way. Whether you're a rider or a driver there are several options for downloading and using the route f...

Have you ever wanted to eat a pork chop, wrapped in a paper towel, while standing on a farm somewhere in rural Iowa? Of course you do, and this year marks the 43rd year you can get an Iowa chop, grilled onsite, from the Mr Pork Chop stand during RAGBRAI! Aaron Bernhard is the third generation to take on the Mr Pork Chop business that started in 1983 when his Grandpa saw an opportunity that clearly...

Murph & AP share some of the cool places they went to while riding the RAGBRAI Route Inspection Ride. Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.

If you are looking at logistics for RAGBRAI and want your vehicle waiting for you in Dubuque, Mr. Car Shipper to the rescue! RAGBRAI is a one way bicycle tour and riders utilize team buses, shuttles, friends, etc to get back to their vehicle. Mr. Car Shipper is another option for RAGBRAI Riders. It is a car transport service and this is the second year they are partnering with RAGBRAI. Stacy and D...

Here is a recap of Day 7 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our last day started in Dyersville, we then visited the Field of Dreams, Farley, Epworth, Centralia, and ended our day at the Mighty Mississippi in Dubuque. What a great week touring small town Iowa! If you missed any be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph...

Here is a recap of Day 6 of the 2026 RAGBRAI Route Inspection. Our day started in Independence, we then visited Winthrop, Manchester (Meeting Town), Earlville and ended our day in Dyersville. Joining Murph & AP is fellow Inspection Rider Scott Sumpter from BikeIowa. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will...

Here is a recap of Day 5 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Marshalltown, we then visited Green Mountain, Beaman, Grundy Center, Morrison, Reinbeck (Meeting Town), Washburn, Gilbertville, Jesup, and ended our day in Independence. Joining Murph & AP are fellow Inspection Riders, the Webers. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspec...

Here is a recap of Day 4 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Boone, we then visited Gilbert, Nevada (Meeting Town), Colo, State Center, and ended our day in Marshalltown. We biked about 70 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 1,800 feet of climbing. Joining Murph & AP is fellow Inspection Rider Laura Rice. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on ea...

Here is a recap of Day 3 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Guthrie Center, we then visited Panora, Yale, Perry (Meeting Town), Ogden, and ended our day in Boone. We biked about 61 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 1,500 feet of climbing. Joining Murph & AP is Bob Libby from Care Ambulance. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of th...

Here is a recap of Day 2 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Harlan, we then visited Elk Horn, Exira (Meeting Town), and ended our day in Guthrie Center. We biked about 56 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 3,500 feet of climbing again today! Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph wi...

Here is a recap of Day 1 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Onawa, we then visited Turin, Soldier, Dunlap (Meeting Town), Earling, Westphalia and ended our day in Harlan. We biked about 60 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 3,500 feet of climbing today! With us on this episode is fellow Ride Inspector Scott Matter from the Dream Team. Be sure to catch up with the JustGo...

Here is a recap of Day 0 of the 2026 RAGBRAI Route Inspection. Our day started at RAGBRAI HQ in Des Moines where we gathered, loaded up our gear and bikes, and made our way to Onawa. Murph and AP are joined by Ride Director Matt Phippen. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will fill you in on the ups and do...

This year, RAGBRAI is offering riders an extra challenge with the addition of an all-new loop route: the America 250 Double Loop. The America 250 Double Loop extends the Day 5 route to a 250‑kilometer ride (with a route just over 159 miles) in celebration of the 250th anniversary of our country. Several riders went out recently and rode the entire route, and are on the podcast today to share their...

Audrey and Kate are on to tell us about their community bike shop, which is located in Iowa City. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterlo...

Episode 400! Congratulations to Murph, AP and everyone at the Just Go Bike Podcast!! And THANK YOU for continuing to be a listener, maybe even a fan! On today’s episode we ‘flush’ out a topic that everyone has to do but not everyone discusses: bathroom breaks. The KYBO takes center stage today and Tim from Dude Wipes plunges in with toilet tales on how Dude Wipes went from three college guys jokin...

Kathryn, Mark and Roger from the Cedar Valley Bike Collective are on to tell us about their community bike shop, which is located in Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar...

The Tour of the Mississippi River Valley bicycle event is back again in 2026! Coming up June 6 & 7, this two day bike ride is put on by the Quad Cities Bike Club and has been around for about 45 years. Tina, the TOMRV ride director is on to talk about this popular event that attracts cyclists annually to ride the scenic and challenging roads along the glacier-carved Mississippi River Valley. From...

Lael Wilcox, ultra cycling endurance athlete, is on the Just Go Bike podcast today! Lael chats with Murph about her latest quest, to pedal around the world and not only break the women's record, but break the men's record as well. That’s over 18,000 miles!! She rode her bike around the world in 2024 and holds the women’s record, averaging 170 miles of pedaling each day. This time she is shooting f...

Evan Schmidtke is on this episode to tell us more about the Chain Reaction Bike Hub, located in Cedar Rapids. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collectiv...

This week AP and Murph sit down with ride director Matt Phippen to talk about the full RAGBRAI LIII route. Matt dives into mileage, elevation and we talk a bit about each of the towns we will be visiting on the RAGBRAI route. Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBike...

Rebekah Vaughan, Weekend Morning Anchor, and Joe Winters, Chief Meteorologist at KCRG are on to chat about their RAGBRAI experiences along with plans for riding RAGBRAI 53. Rebekah also shares what it is like to ride with the extra challenge of POTS, which is Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system causing an abnormal, rapid heart rate (tachycardia) an...

Eric Dolash from the Veteran Flagpole Initiative is on the podcast to talk about his Iowa based nonprofit. They have big plans this year! Eric and his crew will be riding RAGBRAI again and plan to install flagpoles in the yards of veterans directly along the route. The nonprofit’s mission is simple, fund and install flagpoles in veteran’s yards across Iowa at no cost to the veteran. To date they h...

Rob Williams is on this episode to tell us more about the Dubuque Bike Coop. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, We-Cycle in Ames,...

Coach Ertl is back to talk to us about training for RAGBRAI LIII! NOW is the time to start getting those training miles in so that you can be in your best shape to tackle the miles, and hills, of Iowa in July. Coach says preparation is the key…training your body to sit on the saddle for long periods of time, testing out equipment and clothing, and of course dialing in your nutrition are just a few...