RAGBRAI ushered in dreams of July on a frigid Saturday by announcing the bike ride’s route through south-central and southeast Iowa — and an unprecedented Friday-night stopin a Mississippi River town.
The 2019 Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, which will take place from July 21 to 27, will start in Council Bluffs and end in Keokuk. In between, riders will stop overnight in Atlantic, Winterset, Indianola, Centerville, Fairfield and Burlington.
Clocking in at 427 miles with 14,735 feet of climb, the 47th edition of this roving cycling party is the eighth easiest in route history. The 2019 ride is also the sixth shortest and eighth flattest.