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Home of the Thundering Texans ( not a team -- a motley crew) 

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Who are these people?

  • Marcus Erickson
  • Bob Swanson
  • Kent Erickson
  • Marcia Erickson
  • And the Coloradoan: Stuart Erickson
Welcome to 2008, the inaugural year of the Thundering Texans. We are a bunch of Texans (and one guy from Colorado) who have decided to venture out of the state to tackle this years RAGBRAI. This is a seven day 500 mile bike ride across the state of Iowa in July. We will be riding each day and camping each night as we get away from it all to enjoy beautiful Iowa.

Status Update:

We have our wristbands,hotel reservations, charter service etc. Now we just have to get there for the start.

Pork Belly Ventures Charter Service and Hotels

Information on our pre-ride hotel and the in-ride charter service from Pork Belly Ventures including the update emails from Pork Belly. 

Packing list

Here is a suggested Packing List for team members.

Kent designed a cool tshirt logo. Order yours today!

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Training Rides

Here are some Houston Area Training Rides available who want to push themselves in a group before the main event. If you live in Denver you can check out Calendar of Colorado Bicycling Events but really you are on your own to finding ways to train when its not snowing.

To Do List

Links

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RAGBRAI 2008 Home Page