
As the pinnacle of elite cycling, the Tour de France, enters its final days, a pleasant antithesis kicks off across the world, in the Midwest cycling community: Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI for short.
Taking place between July 22 through July 29, RAGBRAI is the oldest and largest multi-day bicycle touring event in the world and got its start from humble beginnings. In 1973, two writers at the Des Moines Register newspaper had the idea to ride bikes across Iowa and write profiles on the people they met during their travels.