Cycling Pigs

Its that time again for the Cycling Pigs to ride again. RAGBRAI is set to start in another month. Its only 4 weeks until the planes leave for Iowa or rather Omaha Nebraska where we fly in. Omaha is the staging area for another great Ride Across Iowa.
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The Register’s Annual Great Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) is coming up in July and the Cycling Pigs are again ready to ride. Last year the Fiersom Foursome, Nancy, Russ, Juli and myself were the Cycling Pig ambassadors from the San Gabriel Valley. We did a pretty good job of representing our area. [...]

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I goofed it up this year with our little cycling group the Cycling Pigs.  As it turned out I did not submit all of our applications waivers and fees at one time resulting in chaos.  No SMURF is not on the rampage it is just that we ended up as individuals rather than as a [...]

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This is the year of the Golden Pig so it is only fitting for us to don our golden jersey’s for our bicycle rides this year. My wife Jennifer is still in China visiting with her family for the New Years Celebration. Thankfully she will be back home this week. To have her month away [...]

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I have taken the liberty of reproducing Brian Duffy’s Personal Training Tips and posting them here at CyclingPigs.com/. The link below is to the RAGBRAI web site where this article is taken from. Enjoy and be safe out there!
Personal Preparation Tips from RAGBRAI Host Brian Duffy
Personal Preparation Tips from Register Host Brian [...]

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Stan Pitts sent me a picture of himself and his beautiful wife Tina on their last bicycle ride. He is attempting RAGBRAI next year after he works the bugs out of his current settup. You see they tend to jack-knife at high speed stops which could prove problematic during the crowed conditions of [...]

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What a great day to be alive riding the bike. This morning during our 50 miler through Montrose - hilly Montrose - I talked to Greg and Leone two native Iowa folks. As it turns out Greg’s home town of Rock Rapids Iowa is the starting point for this years RAGBRAI. Holy [...]

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This past weekend saw many of us ride the Palm Springs Classic Century on Saturday. Rain threatened the entire day and did not come until late that evening and poured on through Sunday morning. Due to escrow “Honey Dues” I had to be back here in Arcadia working on plans for our upcoming new home [...]

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Welcome to the Cycling Pigs Web site the home of the Monrovia flyer’s. In the coming days and months the members here will be preparing for the Great Ride Across Iowa otherwise known as RAGRAI.
If you wish to join us drop a note as a comment in one of the posts and come join [...]

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