![]() ![]() You will begin to receive our Daily News updates. Add your contacts.Īnd in the weeks leading up to RAGBRAI, he said a lot of Hawkeye members join up with longer rides - like the mid-June, 71-mile Bacoon Ride in Central Iowa’s Raccoon River Valley - to prepare for the weeklong trek. Wednesday rides are large enough to split into three groups, based on the pace people want to ride. “It skews a little bit older than the existing cycling community in Cedar Rapids,” he said, adding that most of the 30 or so new members in the past year are “young adults in their 20s and 30s, with young families, which is nice.”Īmong the organization’s many group rides, Bernstein said the Wednesday night rides are even more popular than weekend rides attracting just 12 or 15 riders. ![]() He’s 72, and a recent survey noted that the majority of the members are 50 and up. The Hawkeye Bicycle Association, one of several biking clubs in the Corridor, has about 230 paying members, according to Jim Bernstein of Cedar Rapids, its vice president. Nagle has incorporated cycling into his rehabilitation from a stroke he suffered, and plans to ride the entire RAGBRAI route this year. Matt Nagle stands for a portrait July 12 at his home in Cedar Rapids. And of course, there's the terrific distraction of having a conversation with other people that takes your mind off of any discomfort you might be experiencing while you’re biking. “The basic attraction is just to do a fun activity with other people and share that activity with them. ![]() ![]() “It just encourages me to sign up for the ride and go on the ride to meet new people and to hang out with club members and talk with them when I'm biking,” he said. Riding with a group aids his training and rehab. Nowadays, he uses a stationary bike in his house during the winter, then when the weather warms, gets back out on the trails and joins on Hawkeye Bicycle Association rides. After that, he bought a car and drove to work, but picked up biking again with his young family. Nagle, 61, rode a bike during his childhood in Davenport, all the way through law school in Iowa City. ![]()
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