Ludy's Bicycle Club

25/07/2024

It is RAGBRAI week-
In honor of Chris Cassidy we passed on our love of cycling to our newest
Ludy’s Bicycle Club member John. If you need a bike or service please see Wyatt at Bushwhacker in Peoria, he did everything possible to make sure it was a great day!

In RAGBRAI fashion we followed up with a toast!

30/07/2023

RAGBRAI Day 7. Coralville to Davenport.

Casey, Cindy and Jacob made it the full week (EFM!). And Jacob hosted an end of RAGBRAI cookout in Bettendorf.

29/07/2023

RAGBRAI day 6. Awful. Heat, hills and miles.

Grinnell to Coralville

27/07/2023

RAGBRAI day 5. Des Moines to Tama Toledo (but staying at a hotel in Grinnell tonight).

It was a very difficult day with significantly less riders compared to previous days. The heat index was 110 degrees. Biked 65 miles with 3,200 feet of climb. Not a lot of pics today but did get to joke with the Iowa State Police in Grinnell as they "closed down" the city in order to keep the bikers moving.

25/07/2023

RAGBRAI Day 3. It was a rough ride from Carroll to Ames. 86 miles with a lot of head wind. Went to the top of a bell tower and the view was amazing. And held a llama.

Witnessed a RAGBRAI wedding at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent near Luther.

24/07/2023

RAGBRAI day 2. Storm Lake to Carrol

23/07/2023

21/07/2023

Team Ludy's is a bit smaller this year for RAGBRAI. We will have Jacob, Casey and Cindy biking this year but not on the same team.

Jacob is riding with some Quad City friends.

Should be a great ride!

29/01/2023

2023

31/10/2022

Look what just came out today!

02/10/2022

A Ludy’s Bicycle Club hat spotted at the Minnesota marathon. Congratulations Matt!

30/07/2022

Here is what we are up to our final day!

29/07/2022

Day 6
63 miles
2025 ft of climb
Thank you to Jimmy who is a FANTASTIC SAG DRIVER

28/07/2022

Dancing through the day!
12 riders
47.9 miles
1260 of climb

Happy 32nd Anniversary
Drew & Ellen Cassidy

We danced,sang, ate and drank our way through the windy day.

Our blue shirts look fantastic and our hats make our riders easy to find in a crowd.

27/07/2022

All century riders in!
All in safe and sound!
Thank you CC for the great weather and strong tailwind!

27/07/2022

Team doing great- only photo we have gotten! 80+ miles in and 30ish to go.

27/07/2022

Day 4
10 brave riders
105 MILES (that’s a lot)
1,699 of climb

It will be a long day but finishing the day will be a HUGE feather in their bicycling cap! Say a little prayer for their safe travels today!

PS team rule of beer by 9 has been waived today

27/07/2022

What we have been up to in case you think it is all biking

26/07/2022

Day 3
12 riders on
56.4 miles 756 feet of climb
Temps in mid 70’s

25/07/2022

Day 2.
71 miles 1694 ft of climb
Yesterday the weather was fantastic but the ride and hills took its toll on the riders this morning they are smiling and ready to roll on this beautiful Monday

25/07/2022

Day 1. 53 miles with 2545 of climb(that is a lot). Our drivers and 10 riders.

23/07/2022

The 2022 Ludy's Bicycle Club RAGBRAI team has started our journey to Iowa. Some facts about this year’s team and ride:

13 bikers, 1 expert driver
454.1 miles of biking over 7 days
11,954 feet of elevation
453 miles traveled by RV and truck from Peoria to the starting town of Sergeant Bluff
9th year since Ludy’s Bicycle Club rode our first RAGBRAI
2,736 ounces of beer in the RV (many more to be consumed en route)
3 training wrecks… not enough training miles
1st RAGBRAI century day (100+ miles) in almost 40 years in honor of RAGBRAI co-founder John Karras, who passed away in November
5 first-time RAGBRAI riders
2 Drews, 2 Caseys, 2 Cindys
All geared up for a little bit of biking and a whole lot of fun!

03/04/2022

Time to start training!