RAGBRAI 50 Day 2 - Behind the Scenes at a RAGBRAI Stop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2023
- Hello Everyone!
Welcome back to BBB Adventures. This episode is the third of our 2023 RAGBRAI series as we work to make the best of the situation we find ourselves in. For more information about that, please watch the following episode if you haven't already.
• Our RAGBRAI 2023 Plan
This episode covers Day 2 of RAGBRAI 50 when we spent the day with the Iowa Beer Bus talking to folks and serving beers to our viewers and our RAGBRAI friends.
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The blind lady! So incredibly inspiring!!! Edited to add - I really enjoyed seeing the day from the town’s perspective! What a great idea. Thanks!
Hey Rachel,
Yes! Tina (the blind lady) is a truly inspiring human being and I love how she doesn't let anything interfere with her super human goals. I can't imagine doing an Ironman and she's done 8 of them!!! We are so grateful our paths crossed in Mount Carmel.
We are super happy to hear you enjoyed this episode and our effort to document something interesting since we couldn't ride.
Thanks for watching.
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I love the way your going behind the scenes and talking to vendors and townsfolk and that its really fascinating what goes into something like this
Howdy,
We are so happy to hear you enjoyed this episode. We were heart broken when I broke my collarbone and weren't able to ride RAGBRAI as planned but being able to document some of what goes on to pull this huge event together was really fun and rewarding.
Thanks for watching, we really appreciate it.
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Thought that was a nice location to stop close to the end of the route. Enjoyed me a nice Iowa Beer Bus beer over there. Thx for video. GHS
Hey Frank,
Mount Carmel was a great setting for the Iowa Beer Bus and we are so happy you stopped by and totally agree the bus had some great beer that day.
Thanks for watching.
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GHS - I didn't see any in Iowa.
Saw you guys there and got my gravel patch too. I loved how the whole town joined in on the heavenly theme.
Hey David,
It was great to see you in Iowa and that Dr. Strangehaze was off the charts good. Thanks for that!
Congrats on completing the gravel loop and getting your patch. Hope your trip back to Connecticut was uneventful.
We also loved Mount Carmel and thought the town did an awesome job, particularly considering the population. Great effort and great results.
Thanks for watching.
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Beth!! That must have been one of the towns we passed through where it was so busy we missed everything! Awesome to see the day from start to finish in one of the pas through towns!
Hey Greer,
Yes Beth and Ryan are awesome people...we love them. Oh...don't worry, we love you too!
Sorry you blasted past Mount Carmel and didn't stop to see us, but we understand it was hot and you guys were probably ready to be done for the day.
Glad you enjoyed this episode.
Thanks for watching.
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This is really an excellent idea to do a series of "behind the scenes" video. It shows how RAGBRAI works and its nice to know that for people not familiar with the ride, to anticipate some of the unknown conditions that are hard to describe on the RAGBRAI website. Thank you for doing this!!!
Hey Lane,
Thanks for the feedback and recognition of what we are trying to do with our coverage of RAGBRAI this year since our circumstances didn't allow us to participate as originally planned.
Thanks for watching and for the support.
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The awesome blind lady put Tears in my EYES 👀! I Love her! All the nice folks! Lovely Video!
Howdy,
Tina is super awesome and a truly inspiring human being. We love her too and feel so grateful our paths crossed in Iowa. I absolutely love how she doesn't let her blindness slow her down or keep her from achieving her super human goals.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the episode. Thanks for watching.
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4am, and I was playing my zipper song. Great job Agnes. Mt. Carmel was a great town looks like you had a little time to crawl back into the tent and have a nap. Wait, you didn't ride self supported this year. Poor Disco with all these strange vans and cats. He probably slept well when he got home. Enjoyed the Peter interview and the routine of the bike repair shops. Pack up at 2 pm, set camp, beers, and steaks. Interesting the town has to maintain the building, and yet the church won't give up the land. Oh, the poor ladies, when you mentioned they were going to get their corn pee'd on. It is great that the people of the town made an activity of mowing the community grass. What a neat idea. You both did great interviewing. Every camp needs a great chef to save having to hunt down food. I got water from the national guard on day 4 or 5. Tina was a great story with adaptive sports. I'm glad you mentioned she was blind. Otherwise, i wasn't going to figure that one out. Will be making a small donation to that cause. The greeting angels were a great part of that stop. It sure looks like a person only sees 2% of Ragbrai each year. Thanks, Mike and Lori. What a great episode you made.
Hey Dave,
Agnes is AWESOME!!
Disco did pretty well given all the people, dogs, etc. He was exhausted by the end of the day and crawled into the tent and crashed when we got back to camp.
The situation with the church is a tragedy. The town can really afford all the maintenance and the church doesn't help anymore but also won't let the town do something else with the property. Not a good deal.
Thanks for watching and for the detailed response. Love it.
We are super happy you enjoyed this episode.
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This Was Great !! If I couldn’t ride, this would be the next best thing. We had to hump it to get to you guys before closing, but worth the effort to sit in the shade and share a beer with you guys. Love all of this…. 🍻 Great Job BBB
RYAN!!!
Thanks for the recognition, it was hard not to be able to ride RAGBRAI like previous years, but we also had a great time hanging out with the Iowa Beer Bus. Thank you for stopping by and having a beer with us. We love you and Beth.
Thanks for watching.
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Literally every other video about RAGBRAI has left me wondering just how all those riders can be served in all the towns along the way. Thanks for giving us a behind-the-scenes look! It's looking likely that I'll be riding in RAGBRAI next year, along with a number of cycling pastors and presbyterian leaders from all over the country. I doubt I'd've had the willingness to say yes without your videos!
Hey Lucus,
It's great to hear we helped one of your big RAGBRAI questions about how all those riders get serviced.
It's also great to hear you'll be participating next year with a group of follow pastors and church leaders. We hope to be able to meet the group and have a beer along the route one of the days.
As your group gets into the planning process and have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can contact us on IG @busesbikesbeers or our email is in the about section of our TH-cam channel.
Thanks for watching and for the comment.
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I'm so very mad at myself for not stopping in Mt Carmel, the setting with the Church was beautiful. I don't know why I was in such a hurry to get to camp in Carol. I'll blame it on being hot and not thinking. I could have met you both as well. I really enjoy your videos thanks for sharing your journey's. I really enjoyed this video.. it almost brought a tear to my eye. I'm on to my next adventure soon. Mountains to Coast arcross North Carolina.
Hey Bill,
We are sorry we didn't get a chance to meet you face to face in Mount Carmel, it would have been fun to pour you a beer. I understand the "too hot to think straight" condition. This year was certainly hot enough. But don't worry, there is always next year when we plan on riding every day.
Thanks for the great feedback on BBB Adventures and we are happy you enjoyed this episode.
Your next adventure sounds awesome. Looking forward to hearing about it over a beer in Iowa in July 2024.
Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
I was looking forward to these behind-the-scenes videos ever since I watched the video on what your plan was for RAGBRAI. Great interviews! I would never have thought there would be blind riders on that trip. What courage they have for doing that. Thanks for sharing!!
Hey Kelly,
Thanks for watching and we are glad we didn't disappoint you with this episode. Trying to capture what building up and tearing down a RAGBRAI stop was a fun challenge. Tina is one of the most inspiring humans we've run into and we are super grateful our paths crossed in Mount Carmel.
Thanks again for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Kudos to small towns, and I mean small! Having been a part of small-town planning, I have seen how much effort and work goes into making a great experience for both riders and town folk. Mount Carmel came up with a very clever moto and ran with it. Good job!
Hey Craig,
Totally agree. We were so impressed with how the good people of Mount Carmel created such a great experience for the riders and how the entire town got involved. Given that the church has been the anchor for the town for a long time and is by far the biggest and most prominent structure, the heavenly theme was fantastic. It's sad that beautiful church is no longer in use and the "business" arrangement between the Catholic Church and the town doesn't allow the building to be used for anything else.
We had a great time in Mount Carmel and are happy to hear you enjoyed this episode. Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
@@BBB_Adventures From my experience, I'm surprised the Diocese didn't have it torn down like the church in Duncombe, IA.
@@cdmiller51 The towns people told us the town owns the building but the church owns the ground but somehow the terms don't allow the town to repurpose the building and can't afford to keep up the building. It's a weird and sad situation.
BTW, they also told us they are now "Roaming" Catholics because they have to travel to another church.
She's a beast!
For sure.
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I tried to leave shortly after 6 (official start time when police, ambulance, etc) were to be setup and ready to go), but looking at other TH-cam videos it looks like quite a few folks left at 4 to 4:30ish to beat the heat (and it looked like security, etc were out early). In hindsight, with the heat, I wish I had left about 4:30 each day. Putting that in my contingency plans for next year. BTW, loved the background music, the one at the Iowa Beer Bus reminded me of Crosby, Stills & Nash. The young lady that sang (entertainer) was really good. The blind lady was awesome and is an inspiration to all of us. How in the world did I miss you guys there!
The sun rises on the bike were amazing. But crashing at 9pm was a big blah.
Hey Steve,
So great to hear from you and thanks for watching. I think you're right, this year a lot of people were leaving very early to avoid the heat and/or the crowds. Historically we haven't left camp until around 7 but to your point we might want to leave earlier when the weather is forecasted to be as hot as it was this year.
I love you picked up on that song, I also thought it sounded like a Crosby, Stills and Nash song. :)
The young lady singing at Mount Carmel (before the rock band) was fantastic and she was only 14 years old.
Tina the blind athlete was a true inspiration, what an amazing person. We are so grateful our paths crossed with hers in Mount Carmel.
Sorry you missed us on Day 2. Hopefully we'll be able to ride like normal next year and we can hang out more.
Thanks for your comment.
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Bicycles and Beer, what could possibly go wrong! JK
I know, right! RAGBRAI is such a great combination of life's best things...bikes and beer.
Thanks for watching.
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As the week went by, more and more riders started around 4:00 a.m. to "beat the heat".
Hi Mike,
I don't blame them. I think if this had been a normal RAGBRAI for us and we rode everyday we might have hit the road early as well.
Thanks for watching.
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Nice to see you guys included me. Great to see the rest of the video and all the other kinds of things we don’t get to catch while out working it.
Hey Peter,
Thanks for talking to us and we are happy to have you as part of this episode. I'm sure you guys are busy all day and don't really get to see what's happening in other parts of the stops you participate in. Thanks for watching.
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Nice. And to have a team RAAM vet interview. Wow.
Howdy,
Thanks for watching. Yes...a RAAM vet but she's blind and was able to do it. Amazing. She also did a bunch of marathons and 8 Ironman's. WOW. So lucky we got to meet her.
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So if you two are back in the land of snow in April, we plan to ride bikes into Yellowstone Park when it opens for just bicycling. Maybe we could get together and ride to Old Faithful. It will be cold but nice to ride with no cars.
Hey Ben,
We plan to be back in Idaho in early part of March. We'd love to ride in Yellowstone before the park is open to cars. We do have some other commitments in April we'd need to work around. Please reach out on email so we can discuss more. busesbikesbeers@gmail.com
Thanks for watching and for your support.
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I really enjoyed this behind the scenes video! By just passing through these towns you miss out on so many great things that "small town America" has to offer, and your video highlights that very well.
Hey Tim,
Thanks for watching and super happy to hear you enjoyed the episode. Since we couldn't ride RAGBRAI, we thought this would be an interesting alternative to a traditional RAGBAI TH-cam video.
Totally agree that you miss so much when you either pass or quickly pass through all these great little towns. The people of Iowa are the best and we always enjoying talking to the great people in these small towns. Unfortunately it's not possible to stop for a long time at every pass-through town on RAGBAI or you'd never finish the ride. But when folks do stop at a town, they should enjoy all the great things being offered.
Thanks again for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Agnes’ moto has always been, “I’ll do whatever the team needs me to do.” ❤
Love me some Ryno and Bet too!! 😊
Hey Aaron,
Agnes is a CHAMP! We love her so much and are so incredibly grateful to her for getting out of bed so super early and helping transport us so we could get to Mount Carmel to start filming.
It was so great to see Ryan, Beth and the entire Team 985 in Iowa. Hopefully we'll be able to snowbird some in Louisiana again this winter and hang out with y'all.
Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Great job guy's! I really enjoyed all the behind the scene looks and interviews. Looking forward to watching Pork Belly and their logistical magic next week. It's a whole new aspect of these large moving adventure venues you never get to see. It's kind of like getting stuck with a big bag of lemons yet producing some kick ass lemonade. 🚴👍🚴♂👍🚴♀
Hey John,
Great to hear you enjoyed this episode. Hopefully you also enjoy the Pork Belly episode which we are still working on editing. Hopefully we get it done this week.
Thanks for the recognition of our efforts to make the most out of RAGBRAI given the circumstances we found ourselves in.
Enjoy the Ride
Sweet segment, sweet day. Love the quietude of a small town at sunrise, love your inclusion and found inspiration from the adaptive cyclist crowd. This video really captures the heart of the matter: we're all just passing through, and it's okay to pause, build connections, hydrate and nourish our better selves, and share the road and the love. The joy is the journey.
Hi Todd!
Always great to hear from you.
We love your perspective on the episode, thanks for sharing it, and it's really what RAGBRAI is all about... sharing an experience, building connections and sharing the love of life.
Tina from the Adaptive Sports team is an amazing and truly inspiring person. So grateful our paths crossed.
Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Hi...The video was awesome. Behind the scenes were great. Did Disco enjoy himself? The blind lady was very inspirational. I 'm not able to accomplish half of the things, she does, Ironman, etc and I can
see. If she can do Ragbrie then i know I stand a chance to do it. I live in NJ where they have some mean hills pretty much like Philadelphia. I can't wait to see your video on the Pork Belly, which I hope to charter fot next year. Keep up thegood work😊
Hi Phyllis!
We are happy to hear you enjoyed the episode. I wouldn't say Disco enjoyed himself but he is always happier when he's with. He did great during RAGBRAI and at the end of each day crawled into the tent and passed out.
Tina is a truly inspiring person. I couldn't do a fraction of the things she does and I have no disability other than my own ambition. We are grateful our paths crossed.
There is no doubt you can do RAGBRAI and it sounds like you have some good training areas near you. Looking forward to seeing you in Iowa in July 2024.
Thanks again for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Great video as usual ! Love the behind the scenes stuff ! Do you think you got sick at Ragbrai? Hope you guys (and puppy ) are feeling better now.
Stay safe and God bless
Thanks for watching and we are happy you enjoyed this episode. I can't be certain where I picked up the virus but given the timeline I'm guessing I did get it somewhere during RAGBRAI.
Everyone is feeling great and doing well, including my collarbone. I'm even riding my bike a bit again.
Thanks for the concern.
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The Case tractor at 24:55….400 or 600? We still have a Case 800. 1959 model. Same as me, ha ha. Enjoyed this one! Take care!
Hey Bryan,
Honestly I was so focused on filming I didn't inspect those cool antique tractors too closely. It was really nice of the owner to allow them to be used to hold the bike parking cable tight.
We are happy to hear you enjoyed this episode.
Thanks for watching.
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The older one looked like an LA Case. Was sure nice of y’all to help out there! Take care!
This video is awesome! I’ve watched a lot of RAGBRAI 2023 content as it’s been trickling out and this is far and away the best video focused on the experience of what it feels like being at one of rest stops/towns. Plus, that interview with Tina was lights out! She is beyond inspirational to say the least! Super grateful that you were able to use your platform to share her and others amazing stories. Looking forward to the next vid!
Hey Henry,
Thanks for watching and thanks so much for the feedback on this episode. We are super happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Tina is an absolutely amazing human and we were so inspired by her story and feel so grateful our paths crossed in Mount Carmel.
I think you'll also enjoy our next episode so please stay tuned.
Thanks again for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Sadly my Ragbrai ended 2 days before it began..Wed the 19th a friend and I got t-boned by a drunk driver and put both of us in the hospital..I did not get out for 3 days and could not even sit on my trike little own ride 500 miles..Doctors are still trying to figure out I am having trouble breathing after walking 20 feet..Sadly I didnt get to meet you guys or Ryan Van Duzer or get my shirt and cup nothing..Didnt even get a pork chop out of it(that one hurt lol) 😭😭😭 Have yet to be able to go riding again..Maybe next year
Keep the chin up there will always be the future RAGBRAI'S
Howdy,
And WOW...what a story. We are happy to hear your injuries weren't much worse. I'm assuming you guys were also in a car and not on bikes. Hopefully they figure out your breathing issues soon so you can continue your full recovery. I do understand what it's like to have an accident mess up your RAGBRAI plans, sorry about that. But, you'll be able to hang out with us (and probably Duzer) next year.
Here's to a speedy recovery (imagine I'm holding up a cold beer in your direction).
Thanks so much for watching.
Enjoy the Ride (when you are recovered)
Was just thinking that your video stopped halfway through the day. You filmed the morning but not the passing out at night.
Hey Dave,
This video ended about 6 PM or so. We had a bit more footage of the vendors leaving but left it out because the episode was getting a bit long. We didn't film much after that as we hitched a ride to Pork Belly Camp and went to bed pretty early. Our next day also started early. Stay tuned for our next episode to see why. :)
Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
Beer, Hot weather and Biking do not mix
Many of the stops had a wonderful non alcoholic apple cider chilled to near freezing. Give this a try next year.
You probably have a point and as Dave pointed out every stop has alternatives to beer so it becomes a personal choice. Above all hydration is key when cycling in hot weather.
Thanks for watching.
Enjoy the Ride
How unused are the bikes before ragbrai if they need spoke replacements? 😳
I wondered the same thing, but, did in fact need spokes replaced one year. I had a chain come off the gear set and got really jammed up, which weakened a few spokes. And, this was all caused from hitting one of those BLASTED traffic cones. So, sh@t happens I guess! Thanks for watching!
@@BBB_Adventures The traffic cones should have been colored a more noticeable color.....lol
Spoke replacements on Ragbrai tend to be more often due to heavy use of roadways. A good number of riders train using shared paths that are a lot smoother than the roadways are, hence it puts a lot more strain on the bikes.
Last year when we were setup in Havelock there was rough railroad tracks that were popping spokes left and right.
No cycling? That one woman you talked to way too long--boring!
I'm sorry you feel that way. Many of our viewers are finding her inspirational, as we did.