With only 31 miles between DeWitt and Clinton on the 2021 RAGBRAI route, cyclists reached the Lyons district July 25 in time for breakfast.
Sweetheart Bakery was great, said John Mantica of Cape Coral, Florida after finishing a pastry. He was ready to go back for more.
Mantica and Darren Herrold, of Cambridge, Iowa, shared a bench on Main Avenue in Clinton as they have shared RAGBRAI since 1999. The men met during the ride and have ridden together many times since then.
Herrold was riding his 22nd RAGBRAI, John his 15th. They ride with Bike World out of Des Moines.
Mantica remembered being in Clinton for a previous RAGBRAI, he said. He wrote “Clinton or Bust” down his leg.