RAGBRAI L is the first biking event of its kind that I am signed up for in July of 2023. This is a 400+ mile ride across Iowa. From past years there will be roughly 10,000 other riders starting on the west side of Iowa and moving east over the course of a week.
I have decided that I will be bikecamping this event. I will be using my trusty Salsa Cutthroat, packed with all the camping gear I need and extra cloths. I don’t think I will need much more because the support for this event from what I read is amazing. There will be food/water along the way. This is not remote at all, the ride is going through towns across Iowa.
I still need to purchase some items though. I have already purchased a tent, sleeping pad, sleeping blanket. I still need to get a set of panniers for the ride as well as a handle bar cage to put either my tent or sleep blanket. The rear rack will be used for the panniers and either the tent or sleeping blanket.
This should be a fun event, never done something like this before. I am excited for it. Time to purchase a few more items and train, train, train.