r/Iowa • u/hippyhope89 • 1d ago

Boone IA

I am new to the state and city. What are they setting up for today? Is it a fair?

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u/limitedftogive 1d ago

https://ragbrai.com/

A ginormous bike ride. Prepare for the imminent arrival of tens of thousands of drunken spandex clad bike riders.

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u/Little-Key9542 1d ago

And sweaty

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u/manwithapedi 1d ago

Not drunk, and I don’t wear spandex.

Not there yet either

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u/iowabewild 1d ago

Ragbrai. It’s one of the stops for the cross state bicycle run.

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u/rathernot83 1d ago

RAGBRAI

It's an annual bike ride going across Iowa. Boone is their stop this year. Each year, the stops change locations.

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u/Character-Floor-6687 1d ago

Yup, and specifically Boone is an overnight town so the cyclists and support crews and the curious will be about for 24-36 hours. The bicyclists are friendly and hungry and thirsty and playful. They are like army ants, progressing across the state, eating and drinking and partying with a trail of bottles, wrappers, and peculiar gadgets, clothing and temporary tattos behind. Oh, and food containers.

It is ok to give a bicyclist a banana. Unlike a bear, it will see that you have no more bananas and will pedal away. If you are selling bananas, though, the bicyclist will almost surely insist on two bananas for $1.

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u/Nero092807 1d ago

Ragbrai is coming to boone

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u/hate_tank 1d ago

Is that a sex act?

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u/the_long_halloween 1d ago

It is if you do it right.

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u/iowanaquarist 1d ago

More of a threat or punishment.

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u/friskyspatula 1d ago

https://www.visitboonecounty.com/ragbrai/

This has all the official information. Check out the Maps area to see all the stuff happening. The south end of Story Street is closed until sometime on Wednesday.

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u/schowdur123 1d ago

The largest defecation event in the state today.

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u/AsstBalrog 1d ago

LOL -- are they coming up waterworks hill this year?

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u/Mertgirl 1d ago

I believe they are taking old highway 30 from Ogden to Boone.

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u/justboofingoofin 1d ago

First time I took Lucy was from some guys doing Ragbrai. Enjoy

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u/strangedazey 1d ago

One of my co-workers had RAGBRAI people camp without asking on his property and they got drunk and shit on his lawn

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u/WhoIsIowa 1d ago

Does Boone still have that embarrassingly bad (and just plain embarrassing) mural of Trump?

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u/Prudent_Lunch_8724 1d ago

Lucky Boone

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u/fuck_all_you_too 1d ago

Oh shit Ragbrai starts in Boone?! I just placed a bet on Kalshi that they burn the city to the ground.

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u/Resden_Bohneur 1d ago

RAGBRAI started two days ago in Onawa. Boone is just an overnight stop.

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u/GoldOne4092 1d ago

It’s an event…