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  • Rider Jonathan Stichter, left, of Sigourney joins with the Singing Nuns from St. Athanasius Church of Jesup Friday in Gilbertville.  They were singing a rousing rendition of "A Bicycle Built for Two."
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  • RAGBRAI riders fill the roadway on their way into Colo on the historic Lincoln Highway, part of this year's RAGBRAI route.  The Lincoln Highway, built in 1913, was America's first coast-to-coast highway.  The highway stretches almost 3400 miles from New York to San Francisco, crossing the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.
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  • Beneath the dusk's final glow, Darla and Craig Bruggeman of Inwood dip their tires into the Rock River Saturday evening the night before the outset of RAGBRAI XXXV in Rock Rapids.  It is the first RAGBRAI for the couple, who choose to train for and join the ride this year because it started in their home county.
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  • Wanda Cox of Boone is liftted and "spinned" by the purple-coiffed Team Spin Tuesday afteroon during RAGBRAI XXXV in Eagle Grove.  The team gives the ride to women after covering their bodies with their team stickers.  I focused on making images away from actual riding on this year's RAGBRAI, and this is one of my favorite images from the many ways people spent their time out of the saddle.
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  • From left, Maddie Nelson and Kelli Pryde, both of Glen Ellen, Ill.,  and David Butler of Barrington, Ill., march with their bikes in the Mississippi River at the end of their ride in Dubuque Saturday on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • RAGBRAI riders converge on the port of Dubuque to dip their bike tires in the Mississippi River at the conclusion of RAGBRAI XXXVII on Saturday, July 31, 2010.  442 miles were traveled on the this year's ride from Sioux City to Dubuque.
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  • Tommy Dexter, 13, of Cedar Falls sports some big glasses for his ride through Lacona Wednesday on RAGBRAI XXXVII.  Tommy is riding portions of the route while his father drives a team bus.
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  • Wanda Cox of Boone is liftted and "spinned" by the purple-coiffed Team Spin in Eagle Grove.  The team gives the ride to women after covering their bodies with their team stickers.  Several teams partied in the streets of Eagle Grove - the second pass through town of the day - well into the afternoon before taking up their bikes again.
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  • Ed Hassler of Minneapolis, Minn., steps into the Mississippi River to conclude his first-ever RAGBRAI ride.  "I fell in love with your state on this trip," he said.  "I met a lot of fantastic people."
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  • Vong Philavanh of Fort Collins, Col. is sprayed with a water bottle by Jack Piper of Iowa City after Philavanh fell to the pavement in exaustion near the top of a mile long hill ascending from the Des Moines River valley west of Boone on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • Members of team Subtle Savages wear kilts - and nothing else - for the week of the ride.
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  • Mackenzie Kramer of Clarksville greets passing riders north of Clarksville and reminds them to stop for hot, fresh cinnamon rolls as they head into Tursday's first pass through town on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • Bill and Louise Moulder of Des Moines relax on a shady hillside in the final pass through town of Alexander Tuesday late afternoon.  The couple are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary by riding RAGBRAI together.
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  • RAGBRAI rider Lindsey Olson of Chicago is surrounded and "stung" by Team Killer Bees members, from left, David Failing of Ames, Scott Taylor of Ames, Terry Kremer (obstructed) of LaMott, and Ted Huseman of Chicago while reveling Wednesday in Lacona on RAGBRAI XXXVII.  The team traditionally surrounds fellow riders, chants and places stickers on their bodies.  Many riders lingered in Lacona to socialize and unwind on one of the shorter distance rides of the week.
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  • Clark Lupkes of the Kesley  Ag Center watches RAGBRAI riders roll into Kesley from atop an 80-foot tower over a fertilizer leg building on Wednesday.  "For a town of 80 people, to have 10,000 bikers come through, it's just incredible," he said.
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  • Kathy Fenton takes in the parade of RAGBRAI riders passing her property on Highway S31 outside Sandyville from the seat of her riding mower Wednesday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • The crush of riders make their way east into Millerton, the day's first pass-through town Thursday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • Siri Scott of Minneapolis, Minn., joins others in dancing like a zombie to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Wednesday afternoon in Lacona on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • Riders are given leihs while riding into Laurens Monday morning on RAGBRAI XXXV.  The town had a tropical theme for the visiting riders.
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  • Riders make their way over a bridge into Gilbertville Friday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • RAGBRAI riders climb on an antique tractor to take photos of the crowd descending on Kesley.
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  • Nature calls for a lone RAGBRAI rider in a cornfield near Kesley.
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  • RAGBRAI riders coast down a hill on their way into Graf on Saturday on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • Marjorie Buck of Grundy Center hawks watermelon slices to riders arriving in Kesley.
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  • RAGBRAI riders arrive to Kesley between lush corn fields.  The town of 80 residents welcomed the 10,000 to a main street full of antique tractors.
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  • Riders make thier approach to Milo Wednesday on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • Riders descend a winding hill on county highway V18 three miles north of Chelsea on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • Randy Ayers of Kansas City, Mo., dances for riders in an inflatable ballerina costume Thursday morning in Parkersburg on RAGBRAI XXVIII.   Ayers donned the costume on a dare from a friend, saying, "Anything for a laugh!"
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  • Riders make their way down a hill north of Lacona Wednesday on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • A horned rider gives a salute on the way out of Chelsea on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • A lone early morning rider rolls past an American flag-lined roadway entering Ogden.
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  • RAGBRAI Thursday  -- Riders coast down a hill south of Clarksville Thursday morning on RAGBRAI XXVIII.
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  • RAGBRAI riders arrive to the small town of Kesley.
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  • Daryl Dixon of LaPorte City sits roadside in Washburn Friday morning to watch RAGBRAI XXXVIII riders pass.
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  • Riders visit the Bethlehem Chapel in Bethlehem Thursday on RAGBRAI XXXVII.  The tiny roadside chapel has room to seat 16.
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  • Riders roll into Colo on the historic Lincoln Highway on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • Steve Felty of Old Town, Fla., enjoys his morning pie in Ogden on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • Kesley area farmer Dick Schurman drives a golf cart with Hattie LaRue to greet RAGBRAI riders leaving Kesley Wednesday.
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  • Andrew Mueller of Des Moines, right, joins other riders to fill water bottles near a large grain bin Monday morning in Laurens.
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  • Diane Potter of Cedar Rapids savors a cold slice of watermelon near the top of Potter Hill outside of Graf on Saturday.  Many riders said the mile long, steep hill was the hardest hill they've ever had to climb.  Many did not make it up without stopping to walk their bikes.
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  • A lone rider crosses the Rathbun Dam along the century loop Thursday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • "This is the most comfortable I've been all week," RAGBRAI rookie Michael Hart of Des Moines, front, says while relaxing with his family in recliners in Colo.  Behind him are his father, Brian, and brothers Josh and Aaron.
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  • RAGBRAI riders climb Potter Hill outside of Graf on Saturday.  Many riders said the mile long, steep hill was the hardest hill they've ever had to climb.
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  • Riders make their way into Gilbertville Friday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • Dressed as a stilted Uncle Sam, Tom Lawler of Parkersburg welcomes riders to Parkersburg Thursday morning.  "Wecome to Parkersburg!  RAGBRAI is a celebration of America!" he exclaimed.
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  • Dawn Westrum of Boone takes a photograph of riders from a railroad bridge west of Millerton Thursday morning on RAGBRAI XXXVII.
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  • An Elvis Presley impersonator entertains a throng of riders entering Eagle Grove.
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  • Most RAGBRAI riders needed to dismpunt and walk up Potter Hill outside of Graf on Saturday.  Many riders said the mile long, steep hill was the hardest hill they've ever had to climb.
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  • RAGBRAI riders make the turn onto county highway C51 on ther way to Kesley.
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  • RAGBRAI riders form a train while dancing Thursday afternoon in Dike on RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • Gerald Lund, 75, dons a special pair of spectacles to watch RAGBRAI XXXVIII riders arrive in his hometown of Dike.
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  • RAGBRAI riders roll past St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville on Saturday along RAGBRAI XXXVIII.
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  • Nathan Paskach, 8, of Ames, right, and his siblings, Eric, 6, and Dagney, 10, offer bananas to passing riders outside of Nevada on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • A man climbs a tractor wheel to snap a photograph of the throng of riders descenting upn State Center on RAGBRAI XXXVI.
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  • Early morning RAGBRAI riders roll past a few sleepy riders atop a truck in Dyersville.
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