Iowa’s Ride may be in the spotlight during its inaugural run, but that doesn’t mean the people in Eldora will be in the dark.
It was announced in November that Eldora will be one of the overnight stops — the smallest overnight stop — on the new cross-state bike ride’s route. When RAGBRAI stopped in the town in 2015, Eldora was a stop as well. That helps the new Host Town Committee in the early planning process.
Marc Anderson, a Host Town Committee member, was also a part of the RAGBRAI advisory committee in 2015 – when 43-year-old ride spent a night in Eldora. When he heard the news that T.J.
Juskiewicz was leaving the annual ride to start a new ride, Anderson reached out.
“I just sent an email off to them congratulating them and telling them how much we appreciated their help in 2015 with RAGBRAI and wished them the best of luck,” Anderson said. “I told them if Iowa’s Ride ever wanted to pass through this way, we would love to talk to them about hosting Iowa’s Ride overnight or a pass through.”
A little while later, Anderson found out Eldora was going to be one of the overnight stops on the inaugural ride.