From Sioux City to Davenport, the Des Moines Register's Courtney Crowder covers RAGBRAI 50
Courtney Crowder, the Des Moines Register's award-winning Iowa columnist, is covering RAGBRAI's 50th anniversary ride this week from Sioux City to Davenport. Here's a collection of the stories she has found along the way.
RAGBRAI riders never forgot the ‘magic’ of this small-town waitress. 36 years later, they reunited
Make-A-Wish gave this Iowa family a bike and sense of freedom. On RAGBRAI, they paid it forward.
He's been on every single RAGBRAI – and probably fixed your bike tires, too
RAGBRAI director reveals battle with incurable disease; invites others to share on I Ride 4 Day
RAGBRAI started as a search for stories. Now, a founder’s daughter returns to find her own.
'A little extra God can't hurt': RAGBRAI kicks off with bike blessing
More pies than people: How a town of 249 people prepared for 20,000 RAGBRAI cyclists
'History in the making': How RAGBRAI mural project is preserving 'everyday stories'
'You're the lube in my chain': A RAGBRAI wedding at the Craft Beer Tent
RAGBRAI director celebrates first half of route: 'Past Wednesday, it's all downhill.'
This 'fat cyclist' wants you to get on a bike as you are and take back your power
RAGBRAI Gives Back donates more than $400,000 to Iowa communities
COURTNEY CROWDER, the Register's Iowa Columnist, traverses the state's 99 counties telling Iowans' stories. She co-directed, "Shift: The RAGBRAI Documentary," which is currently playing in movie theaters across Iowa. You can reach her at (515) 284-8360 or ccrowder@dmreg.com. Follow her on Twitter @courtneycare.
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