2008 RAGBRAI

Dana has created a web gallery where people can share RAGBRAI photos. You can view it at http://gallery.me.com/dabres/100109 Username: ragbrai08 Password: ivbc This gallery will work with both Apple and Microsoft computers. Please upload pictures directly to the gallery or if that does not work, just email them to Dana, and he'll load them. If you have prints, just mail them to Dana (IVBC, PO Box 927, Marshalltown, IA 50158),to be scanned and uploaded. The prints will be mailed back to you. You can also download any of the pictures that you want directly to your computer.

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'07 Mileage Award Winners and Club Statistics

Chili Ride '08
Jerry Welch, Roger Vreeland, Lanny Nuese, Kent Geffe, ?
Nice day, roads pretty much dry, sand free. Temp. 30+, sun was out. Good chili @ PJs.

Lanny Nuese, Bill Hawk and Roger Vreeland traveled to Minneapolis to ride in the annual Ironman ride on 4-27-08. It was 30 degrees. It got
to 61 degrees at the ½ way mark. With 18 miles to go it started to rain followed by snow with a side wind. By the time we got to the high school again the sun was out, but we were soaked.

Elementary School bike rodeos...IVBC attends and does basic bike maintenance and gives away the free bike helmets to any student who needs one.

Fit Kids Day at the Y
(IVBC donated a $300 gift certificate to Mike's Bikes as the grand prize)

A good bikepath project

Marshmallo
2008,
May10th

Saylorville Campout May30-June1, 2008

Professional Cycling Presentation in
Nov.2006 by Chris Horner (former Davitamon-Lotto team) & Megan Elliott (former Saturn team)

(Some saved Archives)

IVBC Featured
Members....

Click here to see featured members from '05-'06

Featured Jan.'07
Darcy Reutzel, previously from M'town,teaches high school math in Tucson, AZ. Last summer, I was able to ride with Lance Armstrong for about 5 to 10 minutes...well, actually it was me and about 20 others. In fact, I beat him into town...just disregard that he probably started the day 6 hours after I did!!!"

Featured Feb/Mar'07
Tom Kurth has been an IVBC member for 21 yrs. He is married to Sarah and they owned Kurth Solid Waste until their retirement this year. His first bike was painted garbage truck green and had 30,000 miles on it. Other interests are car shows, collecting & working on cars, camping and traveling.

Featured summer '07
Forty nine year old Mike Clinard is a consulting engineer for IT Financial. He's a 19 year member with our club, and he likes to ride his Trek 5200 (will likely be riding his new Canondale this year) on RAGBRAI and The Old Kentucky Home Tour in his home state. Penny Clinard is a 12 year member and works as a CPA for Kindred Healthcare (hospital and nursing chain). She rides her Trek 5200 on RAGBRAI (of course) and to Shakertown (in central Kentucky). They have two sons: Jacob and Sam.

Featured Fall '07
Steve and Jean Spikes live in Leawood, Kansas. Jean is a Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo, while Steve spends his time as a mechanical engineer and president at S.R.S Engineering (HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical Building systems). The Spikes enjoy RAGBRAI with our club. They're musicians too! Jean plays violin and Steve plays guitar. They are currently practicing bluegrass, blues, and ragtime.
They also enjoy water sports. Jean swims 2000 meters per day and Steve has a 16' fishing boat.

2007 Marshmallo XXII--May 13th--100 Mile riders registered
and left at 7:00 a.m.
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