Hey Everybody,
It's that time of year; RAGBRAI, the "largest, longest, and oldest
bicycle touring event" is at it again. The annual 500 mile, 7-day ride
across Iowa is attended by a minimum of 9,000 people every year (8500
registered riders and tons of tagalongs). It's even had days with
riders numbering over 20,000.
The first unicyclist to complete RAGBRAI was the Infamous George Barnes
IV in 2002. This year, myself (Ryan T Alley) and Kai Martin will be
setting out to equal the feat. We'll be using Cokers outfitted with GB4
(the best) frames and handles, along with air seats. I've been training
all summer but it will still be obscenely difficult, with daily mileages
of:
Day 1: 65.5 mi
Day 2: 84.4 mi
Day 3: 62.0 mi
Day 4: 83.7 mi
Day 5: 78.3 mi
Day 6: 57.1 mi
Day 7: 54.0 mi
with a total of 485 miles.
You can see route and other info at
http://www.ragbrai.org/route-chart.html
Read about GURAI '02 at http://www.gurai.unicyclist.com/
Learn about the best unicycles in the world at http://www.gb4mfg.com/
Everyone's encouragement is greatly appreciated as we attempt this
Ultra-Epic ride. Details about the ride, riders, route, unicycles,
preparation, etc... will be released afterwards and I'd be happy to
field anyone's questions.
-Ryan T Alley
--
MuniTune - Meh
"those are both awesome and together you make an unstoppable team of
frameless evil"
-Tim, regarding Sofa on his amazing UW36 and Joel on the BC.
R.
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