Any long group rides in Des Moines, IA? Can ride any day.
Routes?
Thanks!
There are some rides up there (I don’t live in DSM). Not sure how many of them have ended now that folks aren’t training for RAGBRAI any more. I know Bike World hosts a few rides (maybe a Wed night ride??). There is information about group rides and other charity rides, races, etc on bikeiowa.com.
yes there is, actually quite a few. Depending on what distance you want to go. Yesterday on the St. Charles/E. Peru/Truro loop I saw about 15 triathletes.
Check out the calender at BikeIowa.
http://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/calendar/calendar.asp?action=menu&year=2007
“Train” for RAGBRAI? What is that? Drink beer? 
I am not from the area so I don’t know the routes nor do I know anyone. I am looking to ride 4-6 hours and I am training for Ironman AZ.
How do I get in touch with these “ride groups”? Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it!!!
Are you moving to the area? Just stopping through for a day or three? You might want to join this yahoo group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bikeiowa/ and put a post on there. Also, there are a few tri clubs in the area - I would think you could find someone through one of these methods.
http://triracers.com/
http://www.altoonatriathlonclub.com/
http://www.dsmtri.com/
“Train” for RAGBRAI? What is that? Drink beer?
and get a good base tan so you don’t get too burned the first day.