Oh yeah, RAGBRAI! Isn't the whole thing a spectacle...that's how our family got into cycling. We went to visit family in Craig, IA and the whole thing passed through town. WOW! we went back home to Oregon determined to join the fun the next year--and did!(1999) What a hoot! My son liked the bikes pulling stereos with full sized speakers best! My sister and I enjoyed the minimalist riders - two guys with nothing but a different colored pair of clean underwear for each day of the ride!