BIKEIOWA. home to the most comprehensive list of Iowa Bike Rides and events. BIKEIOWA is dedicated to keeping Iowa cyclists up-to-date on:- Upcoming Rides and Events
- News
- RAGBRAI info
- Iowa Racing
- Trail and Bike Lane Information
- Advocacy and Legislative issues
In addition to providing a one-stop-shop for Iowa's Cyclists, BIKEIOWA interactively allows you to:
- Add and Edit their own rides and events
- Post News items
- Send in pictures for the gallery
- Receive bi-weekly Ride Reminders
- Buy and sell items via the Classified ads
- Add to a full range of Forum Topics
- Take Monthly Polls
- and a host of other goodies
BIKEIOWA is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The site lists approximately 500-650 bike rides each year, hundreds of news items and features, and thousands of Ride photos.
The Ride Reminder List is approaching 2,600 bikers from across Iowa and beyond.
This site design is the 3rd layout for BIKEIOWA. Each is getting a little better and much more efficient and minor site updates occur regularly.
BIKEIOWA's "meat & potatoes" is the Ride and Event calendar. The goal is to house the most comprehensive listing of Iowa Bike Rides, Races and Events so you don't have to hunt elsewhere. Anyone can post a ride. The rides are monitored closely to ensure all rides are valid.
BIKEIOWA highly believes in freedom of speech. The forums are open and the tongue flows freely. BIKEIOWA also preaches "freedom to ride" as well.
As the costs to maintain the site increase over time, BIKEIOWA will seek out more sponsorship with hopes of promoting more rides and more involvement with trail development, advocacy, etc. Help Support the site and support the sponsors!
BIKEIOWA has gotten some positive press via the Des Moines Register and Bicycling Magazine. It's rides and news are featured regularly in the Cityview and events are listed in many other places.
Long Live Biking in Iowa. We sometimes take it for granted that 20,000+ bikers flock to this state each July to ride across this great state. A third of the state's population rides on the trails years year. And we wonder why someone would come to vacation in Iowa? In short, enjoy life here and ride when you can.
Pedal On
Scott Sumpter
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- BIKEIOWA.com opened its web doors in March of 2001 and has experienced growth month-over-month since then.
- BIKEIOWA.com has always been updated daily. Fresh content brings visitors back frequently.
- BIKEIOWA.com has more than 4000 News items, Features, Links, FAQ and Got Bike sections as of February 2006.
- BIKEIOWA.com has over 500 events posted to the Ride Calendar each year.
- BIKEIOWA.com has more than 70,000 unique visitors per month. 13,000 visitors visited the site more than once. More than 2,200 of those visitors are actively registered (Figure as of as of August 2008).
- BIKEIOWA.com's biweekly Ride Reminder goes out to more than 2,500 unique opt-in e-mail addresses. These readers have requested the Ride Reminder and are hungry for cycling related information.
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