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JustGoBike
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The award winning JustGoBike Podcast is all about the culture of biking just for the fun of it, and tales from the RAGBRAI Nation. Your hosts Kathy Murphy (Murphology), and Andrea Parrott (RAGBRAI and ParrotTalk), are joined by a variety of guests each week that delve into the social side of cycling.
Come for the bikes, stay for the fun, leave with a smile.
So…. just go bike!
Theme song by Ryan Stier
Logo by Suzanne Milosevich
Intro by Pumpkin
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Day 2: RAGBRAI LIII Route Inspection Recap
2d ago00:20:05Tap to summarizeHere is a recap of Day 2 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Harlan, we then visited Elk Horn, Exira (Meeting Town), and ended our day in Guthrie Center. We biked about 56 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 3,500 feet of climbing again today! Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will fill you in on the ups and downs of the route, news and highlights from the RAGBRAI LIII communities, interviews with fellow Route Inspectors, and more! Registration for RAGBRAI LIII: www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Day 1: RAGBRAI LIII Route Inspection Recap
3d ago00:24:28Tap to summarizeHere is a recap of Day 1 of the 2026 Route Inspection. Our day started in Onawa, we then visited Turin, Soldier, Dunlap (Meeting Town), Earling, Westphalia and ended our day in Harlan. We biked about 60 miles and experienced a total elevation of about 3,500 feet of climbing today! With us on this episode is fellow Ride Inspector Scott Matter from the Dream Team. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will fill you in on the ups and downs of the route, news and highlights from the RAGBRAI LIII communities, interviews with fellow Route Inspectors, and more! Registration for RAGBRAI LIII: www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Day 0: RAGBRAI LIII Route Inspection Recap
4d ago00:14:52Tap to summarizeHere is a recap of Day 0 of the 2026 RAGBRAI Route Inspection. Our day started at RAGBRAI HQ in Des Moines where we gathered, loaded up our gear and bikes, and made our way to Onawa. Murph and AP are joined by Ride Director Matt Phippen. Be sure to catch up with the JustGoBike Podcast daily reports on each day of the RAGBRAI Inspection Ride! Co-hosts AP and Murph will fill you in on the ups and downs of the route, news and highlights from the RAGBRAI LIII communities, interviews with fellow Route Inspectors, and more! Registration for RAGBRAI LIII: www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 402: The Inside Scoop on RAGBRAI’s 250k Double Loop
2w ago00:45:58Tap to summarizeThis year, RAGBRAI is offering riders an extra challenge with the addition of an all-new loop route: the America 250 Double Loop. The America 250 Double Loop extends the Day 5 route to a 250‑kilometer ride (with a route just over 159 miles) in celebration of the 250th anniversary of our country. Several riders went out recently and rode the entire route, and are on the podcast today to share their experiences. Scott Olson, Scott Sumpter, and ride director Matt Phippen talk stats and highlights of their long day in the saddle. Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 401: Spotlight on the Iowa City Bike Library
3w ago00:44:45Tap to summarizeAudrey and Kate are on to tell us about their community bike shop, which is located in Iowa City. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, We-Cycle in Ames, and the Dubuque Bike Co-Op. https://icbikelibrary.org/ https://soundcloud.com/justgobike/episode-349-the-iowa-city-bike-library-is-on-a-mission-to-get-more-people-on-bikes Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 400: Butts, Bikes, Dude Wipes and RAGBRAI
4w ago00:34:05Tap to summarizeEpisode 400! Congratulations to Murph, AP and everyone at the Just Go Bike Podcast!! And THANK YOU for continuing to be a listener, maybe even a fan! On today’s episode we ‘flush’ out a topic that everyone has to do but not everyone discusses: bathroom breaks. The KYBO takes center stage today and Tim from Dude Wipes plunges in with toilet tales on how Dude Wipes went from three college guys joking about ‘number 2’ to a multi-million dollar personal care brand that makes flushable, biodegradable wipes, wiping over one billion butts….and counting. AND they are coming to RAGBRAI! https://dudewipes.com/ Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 399: Spotlight on the Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective
May 100:41:49Tap to summarizeKathryn, Mark and Roger from the Cedar Valley Bike Collective are on to tell us about their community bike shop, which is located in Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, We-Cycle in Ames, and the Dubuque Bike Co-Op. https://www.cvbikecollective.org/ Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 398: The Tour of the Mississippi River Valley Weekend Ride
Apr 2400:41:32Tap to summarizeThe Tour of the Mississippi River Valley bicycle event is back again in 2026! Coming up June 6 & 7, this two day bike ride is put on by the Quad Cities Bike Club and has been around for about 45 years. Tina, the TOMRV ride director is on to talk about this popular event that attracts cyclists annually to ride the scenic and challenging roads along the glacier-carved Mississippi River Valley. From flat stretches to steep bluffs, TOMRV offers a variety of terrains that challenge riders, from competitive racers to fitness enthusiasts. If you are looking for stunning views and plenty of hill training, TOMRV is your event! https://qcbc.org/ Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 397: What RAGBRAI Riders Can Learn from Ultra-Endurance Cyclist Lael Wilcox
Apr 1700:48:07Tap to summarizeLael Wilcox, ultra cycling endurance athlete, is on the Just Go Bike podcast today! Lael chats with Murph about her latest quest, to pedal around the world and not only break the women's record, but break the men's record as well. That’s over 18,000 miles!! She rode her bike around the world in 2024 and holds the women’s record, averaging 170 miles of pedaling each day. This time she is shooting for over 230 miles of pedaling per day, for 78 days! She has been endurance cycling for awhile, she won the Trans Am Bike Race back in 2016, biking across the US in just 18 days, and has done a bunch of other epic adventures too like Tour Divide, Baja Divide and a bike packing race in Switzerland. In addition to racing, she dedicates time organizing kids mentorship programs and encouraging more women to ride, with scholarships and bike packing rallies. Lael hopes to ride RAGBRAI with all of us some year. Lael is sponsored by Quad Lock, who is also a RAGBRAI sponsor this year! Learn more about Quad Lock: https://www.quadlockcase.com/ Lael Wilcox website: https://www.laelwilcox.net/ You can tune into Lael’s daily podcasts as she attempts the world record: https://www.laelwilcox.net/podcast Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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Episode 396: Spotlight on the Chain Reaction Bike Hub
Apr 1000:35:22Tap to summarizeEvan Schmidtke is on this episode to tell us more about the Chain Reaction Bike Hub, located in Cedar Rapids. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, We-Cycle in Ames, and the Dubuque Bike Co-Op. https://www.crbikehub.org/ Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.
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