Biking Across Iowa for RAGBRAI (Bike Life: Unchained, episode 4)

Want to support this channel? Join my Patreon!   / bikelifeunchained   Bike Life Unchained: IOWA | Surviving RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Bike Ride Every July, tens of thousands of cyclists descend on Iowa for RAGBRAI—the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. It’s part bike tour, part endurance test, and part rolling festival across the cornfields. 🚲 From endless miles of soybeans and corn to the chaos of 20,000 bikes on the road… 🔥 From brutal 90-degree heat and thunderstorms to swimming in rivers to cool off… 🍔 From church-run food stands and pie to $8 bowls of oatmeal and gas station burritos… 🏕️ From camping on high school football fields to finding unexpected camaraderie with strangers… This episode takes you through the full @RAGBRAI_iowa 2025 route across northern Iowa, from Orange City to Guttenberg. We ride with friends from NYC, deal with broken gear, fight the heat, survive storms, bomb 44-mph downhills, and finally dip our tires in the Mississippi River. Contents 0:00 Intro 1:14 The origins of RAGBRAI 4:27 Logistics: getting bikes & riders to Iowa 6:08 Start festival and fixing my tire 7:41 GOATS! 8:27 Day 1 and vendors at RAGBRAI 10:15 Off route fun 12:26 Overnight stops & river swims 14:36 What I spent in a day on food and drinks 15:28 Final day: Amish country hills & fast descents 17:37 Biking is about attitude, not talent #BikeLifeUnchained #RAGBRAI #Iowa #CyclingDocumentary #BikeTouring #Bikepacking #CyclingCulture #AdventureCycling #Midwest