Dear Ragbrai Teams,

 

This is a message to invite you to participate in Bike MS 150. Riders pedal over 150 miles in two days through the rolling hills of the majestic Cedar Valley to raise awareness and funds to create a world free of MS. The ride begins in historic countryside of Atkins, Iowa and continues on the Iowa Plaines through Newhall, Van Horne, Keystone, Elberon, Vining, Clutier, and Garwin. The bike ends in the sprouting city of Marshalltown, Iowa. This year will mark the 2nd year for this fundraising bike ride. Riders will be treated to breakfast each morning, complimentary food and beverages at various rest stops about every 8-10 miles along the route, as well as a team of bike repair experts, and plenty of support vehicles. Lunch is provided at a rest stop each day and music, a variety of food, massages, and excited cheering crowds and free beverages await the riders at the finish line. On Saturday evening, a banquet is held for all riders, volunteers, and their families. Come and ride for a cause, ride for a cure..

 

www.myMSbike.org

 

Check out this link to see the celebrity that will be joining us on our Bike MS 150 rides:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4844670n

Thanks for taking your time to read this email helping others become aware of the devastating effects of MS is the first key to ending the debilitating disease! The proceeds from this event go entirely to end the devastating effects of MS. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society funds more MS research, offers more services to people with MS, provides more professional education programs, and advances more MS advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. Through its home office and fifty-state network of chapters, the National MS Society provides assistance to over a million people annually in its continuing mission to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. (www.nmss.org)

 

Kelley N. De Long
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
North Central States Chapter
5250 North Park Place NE Ste. 109
Cedar Rapids , IA 52402
Office: 319-447-1800 ext 200
Fax: 319-447-1804
Kelley.DeLong@nmss.org

Notice that I finally got some 2007 pictures and a 2007 video on the site! -With just a few days to spare before the 2008 ride.

cya soon

If you are having any trouble putting RAGBRAI pictures up to www.groups.yahoo.com (need ID and password) you can send to me at otis@teamnad.com.

No I don't have mine up yet either.

Maestro, can't wait to meet you....we have real Bitzches with NAD now!

hmmm... 2 years, big gut... doesn't narrow it down enough for me. maestro, I need more clues. Who the hell are you?

ive been gone for 2 yrs an im back baby my gut is bigger than isaacs so look out bitches.

my ass is copyright protected. plan to hear from my lawyer.

Anybody notice that Butt Ice's weekly ride was featured in Bicycling magazine. That's pretty cool!

Sorry for bringing your breakfast up! But didn't want to make it too hard to find- Had to share the feeling I got when I got the uncensored prints back. Damn you Opie!

Otis, It took me all of about 5 seconds to find it. You give too many clues.

I'll be going home sick now.

Website fun - I added a sort of an "easter egg" to the website, just on the mainpage "www.teamnad.com".

Can you find it? Hints- it's a "mouseover" event and it's not too pretty...

Our new Team NAD video is out there -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZkt5J5LG8

Hi Team NAD,

I've posted slide shows, video and audio downloads
and more stuff from RAGBRAI 2006 at our website,
www.roadsideboys.com, and I have some videos at
http://www.youtube.com/user/docphiliowa.

Thanks for checking them out!

Dr. Phil

Thanks to everyone for making this one the BEST RAGBRAI EVER!

Today (Wednesday) is probably my last day online before leaving for the RIDE! See you there!

IN THE NEWS- New Zealand- One hundred cyclists of all ages and in various states of undress - some fully clothed, others naked - rode from Tarakohe to Pohara on Sunday for a cause they strongly believe in.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3602572a4560,00.html

Woo hoo! The 2006 route is posted on the RAGBRAI site.

Sun. 7/23 Seargeant Bluff > Ida Grove
Mon. 7/24 Ida Grove > Audubon
Tue. 7/25 Audubon > Waukee
Wed 7/26 Waukee > Newton
Thu 7/27 Newton > Marengo
Fri 7/28 Marengo > Coralville
Sat 7/29 Coralville > Muscatine

As usual I have too much other stuff to worry about to update the NAD website.

BTW - Most of the the Team NAD internal communication is done through yahoo groups email, but I still like to post and look for posts here occasionally.

Ride on, Ride on.

Awesome Tailgator, That's how it works when there's no time to drive the route! Hope those bars are still in business (ok, be optimistic Otis).

So we just cross-reference the bar database with this years route to figure out the beer route. Sweet! Your work is done.

T!

I dunno Sloane. Last year the list made it onto the website just under the wire. I wonder if there will be any "research" this time. I'll bet things are pretty busy in the Loomis household this year.

Good job on the bar data base, I knew someone was nice enough to do this task

Do you have a list for this years specific route?
Sloane
Team CO2

I'm game Otis. I'm behind in both aspects of training for the big ride (bars and bikes). We'll have to work out a time we could do it.

I just did my own Tour de Grumpy's between the three Grumpy's bars around Minneapolis. I blogged it here. What do you think? Jack? Anthony? Want to try that sometime?

Cool picures from Chuckie at Tour de France! Try to find the one that has both Chuck and Lance in the same shot. I think there was only one but I could be wrong?

i would like a new & improved nad t shirt. i am too out of shape & lazy to join, but i do like to support my nads.

Dam - came back with 2 chigger bites this year. No escaping the little SOBs.

Good to see and ride with everyone this year. 2-1/2 days was not enough.

All packed, hmm what am I forgeting? Oh well- see you there!

BE sure to hit the Lakewood Ballroom and Night Club in Lake View! They will have everything there. Camping, Showers, Food, THE MUD PUPPIES for a live band. Cold Beer (including Miller Lite which you will not find in the offical beer garden!), Drinks. It is about a mile and a half from the main area... but it is right on the map as the route to take getting out of town the next morning! The Boeckmans are great people... please support them!

Well the bar maps are finally posted. I even got the Coral Reef in. Sorry for the delay.

I'm sure that your research is very thorough but we just wanted to make sure that you've got the Coral Reef at Twin Lakes, Iowa included on the bar list. The ride goes by there after Rockwell City on Monday. The band "Standing Hampton" will be playing from 1-5. $2 beers. Vodka Lemonades. Po'boys-Brats-Pork Sandwiches. 6 miles north of RC. Should be a good time!!

The t-shirts are a go! Sara and I put together a bar list and will get it posted, soon. We'd hate to disappoint those who visit our site for the research!
See you at a bar!
Marsha

This year, as quotes come to you for t-shirt slogans, write them down, on your skin if necessary, and pass them on to our bus drivers!

Since it's been a whole year since anyone has posted, seems like a fine time to throw some words on here.

For those who are not on the Team NAD email list, this year Shawn is getting custom Team NAD bike jerseys made (cool!). It's still up for debate whether there is enough interest in having the traditional t-shirts too. Tough call- on the one hand there's the tradition of listing the bars on the t-shirts. On the other hand, if you already have a closet full of NAD shirts, and enough to wear a different one everyday of RAGBRAI... well- I'm on the fence.

Another though choice for me- To catch the beginning of RAGBRAI, I'll have to miss my 20 year high school reunion. Some of the old pals in Davenport say "RAGBRAI is every year but there's only one 20 year reunion." True, but we're talking about RAGBRAI here! I think RAGBRAI wins.

Otis.

As I changed jobs this year I don't have much vacation, but will be going Sunday thru Osceola. I was going to leave my truck at the airport but if anybody knows if we have a house, I would like to leave it close to that if possible.

Thanks, "going fresh this year" Bowden

Hey everybody, Anthony is planning on riding the big ride this year. He thinks we should have a pool on how long he lasts. His only requirement is that he gets the pot if he completes it. (I don't know how he'll smoke it all himself, though)

Any one working on a research ride, yet?

I can't believe it's almost June. I've got a lot of riding to do. Can't be slow on the new ride. You'll all laugh me off the team.

Otis

Want to go out for a ride this weekend or next? I'll be in town.

Let me know.

Otis, get your ass down here for the brr.

Don't forget about the BRR ride Saturday February 1st.

http://www.perryia.org/brr2003/default.htm

Am I going? Not sure yet. Maybe? Am I talking to myself? Yes, I think so.

Who's going to the Humanitarian Bowl?

Hey! Why don't I have a star next to my name?

I think we should have a ride this fall.

Hey! Lets have a ride this fall!

Strong Bad sure does know a lot about cold ones:
http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail39.html
"A One that isn't cold is scarcely a One at all"

ARE we having a ride this Fall?

Hey, are we having a ride this Fall?

Woohoo!!!!!
Woohoo!!!!!
Woohoo!!!!!
That's all I've got to say right now.

can't...contain...excitement...

can... not...wait...any...longer...

can't...type...without...dots...

Oh, dots, gotta stop pressing that stupid key - there- much better! hmm -dots-

2002 slogans

no bon jovi is too much bon jovi

Shane Powers is a turncoat

lets go do what we do best

and pubs

I also like taverns

Bars are good.

PSA:
Additional bar information is pouring into my email from all corners of the globe. Well, just from a RAGBRAI enthusist Rolf Aronsen (who, research shows, is also an attorney in Mason City). I thought I'd throw it out here because the information could be useful. Knowledge is power.

According to Rolf:

Forest City:
I know of two additional bars in Forest City. The VIP Lounge is on highway
69 a block south of the intersection with Highway 9 has a large capacity.
Also next to the Winnebago campgrounds there is the Lodge an upscale
restaruant with a large bar in the basement. Both are nicer than the
Sportsman if that is a concern.

Charles City:
Tori's this will be the party bar. Its by the river.
Retlaw's good sports bar.
Home Base smaller quiet bar (usually)
Bowling Alley good food and good time.
Sherm's Place big and fun

Fight the power.

It's the year 2002 2000SI CAAD5 Frame. Orange to yellow to white fade. The guy got the frame from a friend who works for Cannondale then he built the rest. He said it ended up being to big for him. I think he needed quick cash.

Can't wait to see the new ride Drewbo!
Sounds pretty nice. What's the frame?
CAAD5? CAAD6?

nadomite!

New bike yes, Cannondale frame Campy Chorus parts.
More than I need sure, but Shawn led me to the website
of used bikes and I could not pass up the deal. Only had 60 miles on it. Loomis owes me money! I already put over 1000 miles on it...if you include when it was on top of my van on the way to northern Wisconsin.


Nadolicious!

I do remember the County Seat because I had to ask an older guy where it was.
Me: Where is the County Seat?
OG: Yeah, this is the County Seat.
(me, pause, think to myself- oh Montezuma is the County Seat)
Me: No, I mean a bar called the County Seat.
OG: Oh, It's right over there on the other side of the square.
Me: Thanks!
OG: You aren't having a drink already this morning are you?
Me: Uh... Yeah (under my breath) duh.

you can all come back to montezuma,iowa to go to county seat i think they will let you in

NEWS FLASH: Naked woman caused cyclist to crash
http://www.expressandstar.com/artman/publish/article_5979.shtml

Drewby: I heard you got a new bike! What did ya get?

Then there's the often quoted "Wish I hadda had so much to drink".

I don't know about this 'Who speared Bill' thing.
Peeg had much better ones. Like his classic
'Nervous sausage bag ice'.

"who speared bill" I like it!

2002 slogan

who speared bill??

ask shawn, i do beileve he was loaded and tried to say who spilled beer

those arent Pillows, the're the NAD's

Good Story. Sounds like a great career.

1992 Slogan:
Nad to the Bone!

Here's a weird biker story right out of todays headlines:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor.../od_nm/britain_dc_1

(An Alaskan chicken-hypnotist who cycles around the world with a traveling circus has ground to a halt after a charity clothes shop in Scotland sold her bicycle by mistake while she was in the fitting-room. )

More on Slogans:

I'll have to double check these tonight to make sure.

1993 - Get Back in that bar!
1992 - (not sure there was a slogan - these were the shirts with the pink lettering. I think it just said Team NAD on the back)
1991 - It's a NAD NAD NAD NAD world!
1990 - 'Go Nads'

Cool addition Otis. We can use this space to abuse
Isaac since I'm sure he doesn't know how to use the web.

Otis - Let me know if you want to get together for a ride around the TC's. And yes, you can draft off of me if you don't mind going that slow!

Edited by author 06-19-2002 02:22 PM
Team NAD slogans of years past:

2001
There's nothing worse than a bunch of smelly NADs.
(I heard this was supposed to read 'sweaty' NADs

2000
10 years with the NADs.

1999
Not Against Drinking.

1998
We've done the homework.

1997
It's 2:00 AM do you know where your NADs are?

1996
Support your local NADs/ Bust a nut with the NADs.

1995
Tastes like chicken!

1994
We can drink all we want... we're freaks!

?year?
Get back in that bar!

?year?
It's a NAD, NAD, NAD, NAD world.


Here are some ideas for NAD slogans that Peeg dreamed up this year:

Yep, there's the NADs, I wonder if there is any beer in that can.
(What? You've never seen "The River's Edge"???)

Green NADs and ham.

Are those the NADs or are they just happy to see me?

When the going gets tough the NADs go drinkin'.

A sight for sore NADs.

Biking shorts don't do the NADs justice.


I'll bet you've been drinking of some good ideas too! Let us know!!

How to ride RAGBRAI like a NAD: (Please consult a physician before starting any bicycling and drinking regimen. He or she will tell you not to.)

*Sleep in as late as you can. You can make up for the extra sleep time by increasing your average speed between bar stops. Starting late is no excuse for skipping a bar!

*When you get to the first town check your NAD T-shirt to see what the official NAD Bar Stop is. Make sure you are looking at this year's T-shirt. This town (and all following towns as well) shall be referred to as “Stinktown”. Spend all your money buying rounds in the bar.

*If there is no alcohol in Stinktown just get on your bikes and ride.

*If the bar is closed or just plain boring find a gas station to buy a case of beer. If this goes over well, continue to buy cases of beer until the gas station runs out.

*Even if there is still some alcohol left in Stinktown it is only courteous to leave when the local residents start to appear bored by the spectacle (hint: they stop asking you where you are from).

*Get to the next town as quickly as possible. Draft off of Chuckie if possible. I'm sure he won't mind.

*Repeat last 5 steps until you see the NAD bus.

*You have made it to the last bar stop before the overnight town. The NAD bus is here and you have two options: Throw your bike on the bus on and enjoy the ride into town (easy and enjoyable); OR Ride your bike into the last town as the sun is setting (difficult and painful). If you are leaning toward riding the bus then you are thinking too clearly and need to impair your judgement buy buying another round. Repeat until you are on your bike.

*Wish that you had lights on your bike and think about bringing some tomorrow (but don’t do anything about it.)

*Arrive in Stinktown set up tent, shower, find bar, sleep, but not always in that order.

Go back to first step.

Hello anyone and everyone. Please feel free to use this Team NAD bulletin board to post anything that is relevent to Team NAD, the Team NAD website, RAGBRAI or other bike rides and events. It is my hope that we can have some lively participation and contributions from team members and others who are just surfing in from the website.

Also- RIDE YOUR BIKE! THE POOR THING IS GETTING LONELY OUT THERE IN THE GARAGE ALL BY ITSELF! (actually that message is just for myself because I'm sure everyone else has already logged marathon miles in the saddle, right?)