RAGBRAI '09

RAGBRAI is over and I miss it already. I had a great week, riding self-contained, even with the rain. The bike and my gear peformed great! I rode the century on Thursday and was ready to ride some more. Hey to all the Surly riders out there that I chatted with.

Bill, Nathan, and our loaded bikes on Friday.

Thursday, mile 96, storm ahead.

Surly dave fixing a roadie's chain.

Thursday hail

Thursday hail

Thursday sunrise with wet roads

Thursday sunrise

Wednesday, smimming in the pond

Puffy clouds and big climbs

more puff clouds

Laura and Tony with the PB Jam

Laura's mom

Laura

Salsa Fargo

John's Trek touring bike

Roadshow's bus leaving in a cloud of vegtable smoke on Wednesday

Joe's unicycle

Long Climb

Long climb

Courtney's light load of a tent and sheet.

Courtney's Bianchi, really light self-contained load

the short bus...

Kim West, handing out free beer and heckling riders on a climb.

Al's Ralaigh Portage with 650b's and Phil hubs.

Surly Dave's big Dummy

Surly Dave's big Dummy

Squirrel fixing bikes for Rassy's

Rider's jamming at the PB Jam.

Lunch on Monday

Karate Monkey = touring bike

Chad fixing a flat on his Salsa Fargo.

Chad fixing a flat on his Salsa Fargo

Mike Dunker of Team Udder

Karate Monkey = touring bike

Team Roadshow fire juggling

Glenda fire hooping

Bok Choy playing the pocket trumpet

Seager and Mike passing clubs

Gifts from the condem queen

the condem queen and her bag of goodies

Seager 1 foot idling on the 7 footer.

Jim's Salsa Fargo

my Karate Monkey and Caroline's Long haul Trucker

the road ahead

Sunday's PBJ