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Murph and AP provide a high level overview of the 2023 overnight towns along with a recap of all the action that took place during the RAGBRAI Route Announcement weekend. Registration for RAGBRAI L is open!! If you would like to bicycle across Iowa the last week of July, you can secure your spot by registering online at https://venturesendurance.enmotive.com/events/register/ragbrai-l. www.ragbrai....

Ride the Rockies has a new ride director: Sabra Nagel, who brings with her 13 years of cycling event experience. Ride the Rockies is a 6 day Colorado bicycle tour coming up in June that started way back in the mid eighties. Sabra is on to tell us more about her role and how she is going to do her best to make this epic ride safe and enjoyable for riders. “Bicycling and organizing cycling events ar...

Do you remember your first RAGBRAI? Kyle Munson is back to share a wonderful interview he had with Steve Gaul, who rode his bike in the very first RAGBRAI back in 1973!! Steve was just 18 when he read a newspaper article about 2 reporters who were planning to ride across the state of Iowa. The article was inviting the public to join and he jumped at the chance! In this interview Steve tells us wha...

This week meet Jeff Van Genderen, executive director for the Dream Team. He has been a mentor with the Dream Team since 2017 and shares with us plans for the 50th RAGBRAI. The Dream Team is a 5 month mentorship program for youth in the Des Moines area. The goal is to learn life skills, and so much more, one pedal stroke at a time. This is a completely volunteer based organization and this time of...

Part 2! You have been asking, so this week AP and Murph are on to answer some more of your recent frequently asked questions. Can my significant other come along but not bike? What time does the ride start? Is there a starting line? These questions will be answered, plus so much more in this second of two episodes! If you have a question, you can always head over to ragbrai.com for information abo...

You have been asking, so this week AP and Murph are on to answer some of your recent frequently asked questions. Why isn’t the route party live streamed? How much is RAGBRAI registration? When can I order a RAGBRAI L jersey? Where do I park? These questions will be answered, plus so much more in this first of two episodes! If you have a question, you can always head over to ragbrai.com for informa...

On the show this week we welcome back Matt Phippen, RAGBRAI director, to talk about his first year in position as the director. In this second of 2 episodes we learn from Matt some of the behind the scenes when it comes to the planning and executing RAGBRAI, and what we can look forward to on future RAGBRAIs. Registration for RAGBRAI L is open!! If you would like to bicycle across Iowa the last we...

On the show this week we welcome back Matt Phippen, RAGBRAI director, to talk about his first year in position as the director. In this first of 2 episodes we learn from Matt some of the behind the scenes when it comes to the planning and executing RAGBRAI, and what we can look forward to on next year’s ride. Registration for RAGBRAI L is open!! If you would like to bicycle across Iowa the last we...

On this episode meet Jerry Kopack. Author. Speaker. Recovering Cubicle Dweller. He just released his new book titled The World Spins By, which is about both harrowing and comical adventures of touring on the bike. Jerry is on to talk about the book along with how he got out of the corporate world and into bike touring. While owning and running a hospice business with his mom, Jerry got a first han...

On this episode meet Sam Bennett. He is an Iowan and the new face behind the popular website BicycleTouringPro.com. This website is truly a one stop shop for anyone into bicycle touring or dreaming of bicycle touring. It is a great how-to resource, with blog articles, YouTube videos, books, you name it, for those who might be interested in learning what it takes to travel by bicycle, and it is als...

This week meet Eria Sabiiti. He stumbled upon gravel by chance when he and his wife-to-be saw a poster for a bike race in their community. That race turned into quite the adventure, and both of them were hooked! He started a local club called the Iowa Gravel Gang and rides weekly on Iowa gravel roads. He also participates in some pretty epic races across the US like Rebecca’s Private Idaho and Gra...

Happy Thanksgiving RAGBRAI Nation, and everyone who listens to the Just Go Bike podcast! If you would like to bicycle across Iowa the last week of July, registration for RAGBRAI L is open and you can secure your spot by registering online at https://venturesendurance.enmotive.com/events/register/ragbrai-l. On the show this week AP and Murph talk gratitude, and a bit about the history of bicycles....

Registration for RAGBRAI L is open!! If you would like to bicycle across Iowa the last week of July, you can secure your spot by registering online at https://venturesendurance.enmotive.com/events/register/ragbrai-l. On the show this week meet Erica Determan from RAGBRAI. She is on to tell us all about the registration process along with some frequently asked questions. www.ragbrai.com https://ven...

This week meet Julie and Matt. Julie is the founder of a nonprofit organization called World Ride that works with women who are interested in learning how to mountain bike but might not have the resources to do so. World Ride works with local partners in various locations across the world. These partners help to recruit more women into the mountain biking community, assist in training guides and a...

RAGBRAI 50 is on the horizon so on the show this week Anne Lawrie and Matt Phippen from RAGBRAI are on to talk about what it takes to put on the weeklong event. Recently Scott Sumpter sat down with Anne and Matt to ask them some tough questions about registration and the value riders get, giving back to Iowa communities, and general logistics. As Anne mentioned, RAGBRAI comes down to two things: r...

This week meet Jay Indovino. Back in 2009 Jay started a bicycle event called Pedal the Cause in St. Louis. His goal was to raise money for cancer research, and to date, Pedal the Cause has raised millions and millions of dollars. Jay was executive director until 2020 and is on to tell us what it is like to run a top notch, first class event, where 100% of rider donations go directly to cancer rese...

This week Mark Wyatt is on to talk about mountain biking in Iowa. Of course there are no mountains in Iowa but there are plenty of elevation changes that provide some pretty interesting and technical single track for those you like to mountain bike. Mark is the executive director for the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, a nonprofit organization working to promote Iowa cycling as safe and enjoyable recreati...

This week is another great ParrotTalk. AP rounds out her series on RAGBRAI 9. On this episode she reads some great articles by both Donald Kaul and John Karras, written back in 1981 about the dreaded Soggy Monday. A miserable day of cold temps, rain and wind that was bad enough to have a commemorative patch made! www. RAGBRAI.com www.murphologypodcast.com

This week we have an important legislative update from Mark Wyatt. Mark is the executive director for the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, a nonprofit organization working to promote Iowa cycling as safe and enjoyable recreation as well as transportation. Mark is on to tell us about the District Leader program. Join us for The Great Iowa Fall Ride this October 8! More info: RAGBRAI.com www. RAGBRAI.com www...

ParrotTalk takes us back to a series of classic (and hilarious) Donald Kaul "Over the Coffee" columns. In which our beloved RAGBRAI co-founder struggles with headwinds, directions, sagging, and taking smart-aleck comments from his friends. It's actually very funny we promise! It just goes to show that we love... and don't love... some of the same things about RAGBRAI some 40 + years later. Join us...

On the show this week is Scott Sumpter. Scott is an avid cyclist who takes adventure to a whole new level. He has raced in all kinds of crazy long distance events where the roads turn to mud and the weather is anything but pleasant. He rides year round on a variety of types of bikes and when he is not biking he is in his adventure van heading to the next biking event. And in his free time he runs...

Are you ready for a murder mystery that involves bicycles? This week Murph and AP take you back to 1919, where we discuss a famous unsolved mystery. The Green Bicycle Case was a British murder investigation and subsequent trial pertaining to the fatal shooting of Bella Wright near the village of Little Stretton, Leicestershire on July 5, 1919. Wright was killed by a single bullet wound to the face...

On this episode meet Erin Trautmann. This summer, Erin, a teacher, biked the entire East Coast Greenway in 47 days! The East Coast Greenway connects 15 states, 450 cities and towns, and has over 3,000 miles of people-powered trails plus low traffic roads. The East Coast Greenway spans from the Canadian border of Maine all the way to Key West, Florida — and it is considered the country’s longest bi...

On the show today is Maggie Livelsberger. Maggie recently placed first in the single speed women’s category in the Gravel Worlds Long Voyage, which is a 300 mile gravel race. Maggie completed this event in just under 26 hours and placed third female overall in this distance! Earlier this year she decided to try out long distance endurance events on a single speed, researched and put together her p...

It's a fun filled episode with Parrott Talk! Hear some answers to common questions that have come up about RAGBRAI L, find out about RAGBRAI Rex and his story, and listen to a great John Karras article from RAGBRAI 2, also known as SAGBRAI. www.ragbrai.com www.murphologypodcast.com