RAGBRAI 51 will be the hilliest ever!

[lucas80]

It’s back to a southern route this year. The trek begins in Glenwood, overnights in spots such as Atlantic, Winterset, Ottumwa, Mt. Pleasant, and ends in Burlington. The route will have over 18,000 feet of hills to climb.

Route for RAGBRAI 51 announced

RAGBRAI 51 will take riders across the southern part of Iowa, starting on July 20th, 2024.

www.kcrg.com

 

[HROT]

The meth will help

 

[BubsFinn]

Short, hilly route.

 

[gohawks50]

It’s back to a southern route this year. The trek begins in Glenwood, overnights in spots such as Atlantic, Winterset, Ottumwa, Mt. Pleasant, and ends in Burlington. The route will have over 18,000 feet of hills to climb.

Route for RAGBRAI 51 announced

RAGBRAI 51 will take riders across the southern part of Iowa, starting on July 20th, 2024.

www.kcrg.com

Have they announced which roads they are taking? I looked, but didn't see it.

 

[BubsFinn]

Have they announced which roads they are taking? I looked, but didn't see it.

No, just the overnight towns. The pass through towns wont be announced for a while.

 

[QChawks]

more hills the better

 

[CJ Beat Hard]

more hills the better

Those look more like mountains

 

[gohawks50]

No, just the overnight towns. The pass through towns wont be announced for a while.

I'm a mile outside an overnight town just wondering if they will go directly past my house.

 

[BubsFinn]

I'm a mile outside an overnight town just wondering if they will go directly past my house.

There will be people asking to camp in your yard.

 

[gohawks50]

There will be people asking to camp in your yard.

It's happened in the past when my parents lived here. The people that camped were friends of mine. My guess is the route will either be a mile south of me or several miles north because I live just off of Hwy 34 and I doubt they'll choose to have bikers on a main highway, but who knows.

 

[SolarHawk]

Southern Iowa is the worst. Might as well be Missouri. I miss my ragbrai days, but this route would not get me excited if I was still doing them.

 

[lucas80]

Southern Iowa is the worst. Might as well be Missouri. I miss my ragbrai days, but this route would not get me excited if I was still doing them.

Ottumwa. Iowa’s Tampa!

 

[Hawki97]

The route sucks…but I’ll be there this year.

 

[SolarHawk]

Ottumwa. Iowa’s Tampa!

We can agree there
#STPETE4LIFE

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Think I'm in for this one.

 

[SnootHawk]

I don't mind the hills and it should be a pretty route. I just hope it isn't as HOT as it was last year. Those hills in that kind of heat are a beeootch!

 

[theiacowtipper]

Oh joy. We are an overnight stop again.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Oh joy. We are an overnight stop again.

It's truly a pain for the residents. I see both sides of it.

 

[JRHawk2003]

I ride in Iowa Cornfields regularly. I have never understood the attraction, but to each their own. I would rather go to places I don't go to normally for vacation

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

I ride in Iowa Cornfields regularly. I have never understood the attraction, but to each their own. I would rather go to places I don't go to normally for vacation

In the last several years it's hard not to feel like you're getting gouged. The old feel is long gone.

 

[bluestarhwk]

I ride/train around Dubuque and Clayton counties. So I think I'll be ready for the hills. My son does RAGBRAI with me and he lives in West Des Moines. He mostly rides trails (pretty flat) and is planning to head to a hillier area to practice. He's also doing the RAW (Ride Across Wisconsin) this year. That's got a lot of hill work too.

Less heat this year too, please.