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No Smoking
RamBRAI is now an officially smoke-free event.
"Adults" Only
RamBRAI is for responsible and courteous adults.
You must be 18 years old to apply (14 years old if you will be accompanied by an adult relative).
Loading
and Parking
Please report
to the parking lot adjacent to College Boulevard [near #31 on map]
at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, for loading.
Weeklong parking is available in this lot.
Click
for Map
Mount
Vernon Area Accommodations
Sleep Inn Inn & Suites at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Iowa
Route 1. Phone:
319-895-0055.
For other area accommodations, click
here.
Getting You and Your Bike to Mount Vernon If You Don't Drive
If you plan to come by air, you
should fly to Cedar Rapids (CID).
Airlines generally charge a significant fee each way to carry a boxed bicycle without any guarantee that it will arrive on the same plane you do.
If you prefer to ship your bike, you may ship it to Craig's house, 850 13th Avenue SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
(phone: 319-895-8103).
Sports Express, FedEx and UPS ship boxed bikes. Local bike shops will generally box and ship your bike for a fee.
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Accommodations
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To protect the privacy of our hosts, we don't post information about where we'll be staying. This information will
be distributed by e-mail a week or so prior to the ride, and it will
be included in your rider packets. If you can provide help in securing
overnight accommodations for particular stops, please contact Anna-Doretta.
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SAFETY
FIRST! - RIDE RIGHT!
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Please visit the Ride Right pages at RAGBRAI.org Please watch the Register's Safety Video here before you leave home.
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The Rights and Duties of Bicyclists |
Test Your Awareness |
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Bike Gear:
Camping Gear:
Personal Gear:
Expenses on the Road: You will have numerous opportunities to
spend money on biking gear, clothes, souvenirs, food and drink. In addition
to his share of the free soft drinks, snacks, fruit, etc. provided daily
at our overnight locations, I (Craig) typically spend $4 to $7 for breakfast
(typically pancakes in a fire station), $6 to $9 for dinner (typically
lasagna in a church basement), and $5 to $10 grazing in between (typically
a lot of Gatorade and pie)--about $25 per day. Even this estimate may be generous. In 2008 I put a $20 bill in my wallet for each day of the ride and had change left over. (Average daily expenses $17.27.) You can spend more, especially
if you frequent restaurants and drinking establishments. Except in restaurants,
food and drink generally require cash. Most of the major vendors of bike
repairs, accessories, souvenirs, clothing, etc., accept VISA and MasterCard.
Weather: Temperatures in Iowa near the end of July should stay between 50 and 100 degrees F. You should be prepared to ride rain or shine (but seek shelter if lightning threatens). Bike Repair, First Aid, Sag Service, Liability, and Insurance: Facilities for bike repair and first aid are available at the campgrounds in each host community. Ambulance services are available throughout the ride for serious injuries. Some bike shops maintain mobile repair units along the route each day as indicated on your route maps. Bike repair may require a wait, but service charges have always struck me as very reasonable. Sag service is provided by the Register. Neither Cornell nor the individual organizers (e.g., Craig & A-D) accept any liability for your personal health and safety. You waive all claims against anyone associated with RAGBRAI® when you sign the release required by the Register. The Register provides secondary "emergency medical insurance" for riders. I haven't seen the policy and can't make any representations about coverage, exclusions or limits of liability. Contact the Register if you think you may have a claim, but don't make assumptions about coverage. What You Get for Your Fees: The RAGBRAI® Fee supports the official RAGBRAI® establishment that causes this event to take place every year and gets you an embroidered patch, insurance coverage, route marking, route maps, sag service, campgrounds, free newspapers, possible food discounts, and an opportunity to win stuff. The Cornell Support Fee gets you, your bike, and your luggage from Mount Vernon, through the ride, and back to Mount Vernon; defrays the expenses of our fabulous wagon masters; provides modest gifts for our overnight hosts; and provides you lots of free snacks and soft drinks at each overnight stop. Questions: Contact Craig: e-mail: callin@cornellcollege.edu; or phone 319-895-8103 (home), 319-895-4278 (office). |
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All Things Official from RAGBRAI® Headquarters in Des Moines
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July 14, 2009
Pack
your gear (other than your bike) in some sort of soft duffel bags.
or headlamp
