The Road to RAGBRAI

This is my Trek 520. I'll be riding it on RAGBRAI without the panniers. I'll have a charter service to take my bags to each overnight town.

I've followed RAGBRAI over the Internet for years.

A fortunate break in my teaching schedule has allowed me to participate this year. This blog will be a running account of my RAGBRAI XXXIII experience.

It's a little more than a week until RAGBRAI and I already feel like I've had to do a lot: buy airplane tickets, buy a wristband that registers me for the ride, make arrangements to have my bike partially disassembled and put into an airline-friendly bike case, select a charter service to get me and the bike to and from the ride and to support me for the week, and begin to gather stuff to make a week of riding and camping comfortable and fun.

Here are my major decisions...

Bike: Trek 520 (touring bike)
Airline: America West (League of American Bicyclist members can save on bicycle transport through America West)
Charter: Pork Belly Ventures