As cyclists are faced with a choice between participating in long-standing Iowa tradition RAGBRAI and the new Iowa’s Ride, some Iowa City residents said the event is creating divisions within the cycling community.
As previously reported by The Daily Iowan, the entire RAGBRAI staff announced its resignation earlier this month. The organization attributed its decision to leave to a disagreement with The Des Moines Register’sresponse to concern about a racist tweet from Altoona man Carson King that resurfaced.
The former RAGBRAI staff recently announced in a social-media statement that it will host “Iowa’s Ride,” which is a ride across the state of Iowa taking place the same week as RAGBRAI.