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RAGBRAI began in 1973 when Des Moines Register feature writers John Karras and Donald Kaul decided to go on a bicycle ride across Iowa. Both men were avid cyclists. Karras challenged Kaul to do the ride and write articles about what he experienced. Kaul agreed to do it, but only if Karras also did the ride.
The result is a solid mass of cyclists, 20 feet wide and 20 miles long, taking possession of the pavement and showing those smelly cars and trucks whos the boss. This jubilant demonstration of pedal power rolls across the state for an entire week. Lastly, its the people that make RAGBRAI a world-class event.