I have not ridden RAGBRAI. I have heard lots about it from people on this list as well as Jacquie Phelan. Jacquie and Charlie rode RAGBRAI several years ago. There is support for disabled people at RAGBRAI. Even to the extent of special meals and lodging. Jacquie was very encouraging about me riding RAGBRAI with my disabled wife.
So I sent the disabled group an email message. No response. I admit I was somewhat skeptical things would work out given the meals described to me were well outside the low-carb requirements of my wife's diet. I would still ride RAGBRAI this year if I could get the disabled support people to respond. The distances are within my wife's capabilities and I trust the hills are no tougher than the stuff we have in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anyway, have a great ride Leah! Regards, Corwin On Monday, January 15, 2024 at 3:33:07 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Who knows about Bike Film Festival? > > I paid for the pass to watch this year’s videos and it was money > well-spent. I got to the RAGBRAI documentary last night. Wow. I had heard > of it but really knew nothing about it and now I would just love to figure > out how to ride it this year. It just looks like such an experience. And > I’ve had very few experiences, because I’m late to the bike adventure scene > AND I’ve been raising kids! But now they are teenagers and might not even > know that I’m gone so maybe I should ride this epic ride! > > There are a ton of logistics I don’t understand. I think you need a > “charter” to haul your stuff, yes? And to bring you back across the state > after you finish? And if you use these “charters” do they trash your bike > in their racks or will they have something that can handle a a mixte with > fenders? Is there are charter that is more friendly to Riv bikes than the > others? > > Also, no camping. I’m really hoping to end up in a hotel or some sort of > dwelling. I don’t have any tents, don’t know how to pitch tents and so on. > This may be the thing I can’t plan my way out of, because there are so many > riders moving through tiny host towns. > > I’ll look up more info tonight after I get my chores done! But it really > is so exciting to imagine riding my bike across a whole state… Also, it’s > Real Winter here in Michigan, so maybe that’s why this hits different. > > Leah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/026c2bff-6ca3-41e3-93e1-cf6a7edd8779n%40googlegroups.com.
