Ragbrai training ?

I am no fan of Ragbrai I have redubbed it Registers Annual Great Beer Ride Across Iowa as from my personal views of seeing it come through my community 2 times in 3 yeas. When they left out town it was completely out of booze.It brings alot of money to every community but if we can be arrested for driving drunk theres got to be lot of these bicycle riders who are pretty bombed by time they get to the final town of the day for the big party. Not to mention public intoxication by the thousands in the evening.But for a week in July this is ok and pretty much ignored. But if any other time someone staggers out of a bar he's busted for public intox. It takes training to pour back loads of beer and act like a ass? Or a complete idiot just add beer.
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Ive seen some of these partiers dont even ride all the way they ride last 3-5 miles into town get bombed to til daylight and crash get up in middle afternoon load up on their support vehicles haul them to last few miles before next town and do it all over again. There is so many drunks now on this bicycle ride it totally disgusts me anymore I cringe every year when they release their route hoping it doesn't come through my area.

I thought that bicycles are supposed to abide by the same laws on the road as we do but if you ever have to go down a highway that Ragbrai happens to be on forget it they cover both sides of the road and simply dont care if they block traffic they are IMPORTANT and late to get to next town to get drunk. If I drive down the highway and cross the center line and hit a semi head on its my fault and im gonna die.I think these people need to leard to stay on THEIR side of the road to.

Beyond bringing in lots of money into communities they leave tons of garbage and beer bottles and cans and cups.When Ragbrai came through my area back in 1984 the riders enjoyed the scenery and seemed more down to earthy and I saw less of the partying.People now I dont see that as much on last 2 time they came through very few stopped to talk its on to last stop to PARTY!

And with the roads now decaying and crumbling I sure dont want over 8,000 -10,000+ riders and drunks risking getting killed hitting a pothole and needing more people to sue the state. Some of these roads are bad enough for a sober person in cars. For something that started out as nice way to meet country folks sure has turned into the biggest Beer ride in the World. I wonder if we did away with the booze in all the night stops in each town how many less riders the ride soon would have?

The last time they came through my town the drank the bar we had dry some women from the ride got on the pool table and stripped all their cloths off and danced.Ive seen some offer to have sex with every guy in the place. This is the reasons I could care less about it ever coming back through my community.