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After taking input here, via PM & email, the Central Iowa Bike Forum Group Ride is set for September 9th.

It will start @ 9:30 am from Waukee on Saturday, Sept 9th. We plan to do 63 miles - riding toward Panora on county roads & some on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. Please follow the link below and look for the I AM (Iowa Autumn Metric) for all the details including a map to the starting location.

http://www.bikeiowa.com/asp/calendar...th=9&year=2006

We will have many places to regroup and route maps will be available the day of the ride if anyone wants them. The route is quite basic, so I doubt most will want/need a map since the group will stay together.

The link below shows roughly the route we will take, but the mileage does not show correctly on this route - however it gives you a general idea.

http://www.routeslip.com/map.php?map=4022

If you want to let me know you are planning to attend, obviously, you are welcome to post here, PM me or email me. Some have already done so. I hope any and all that can join us will plan to do so on September 9th.

DP


<Original post below>

I have been reading about all the BF group rides that have been organized and wondered how many might be interested in an Iowa BF group ride. I am sure there are a lot of Iowa BF members, but didn't know what type of interest there would be in a semi-organized group ride.

RAGBRAI is over, but there is a lot of season left & with all the fun other groups seemed to have had - it just seemed like an idea worth exploring.

So what do all you Iowans think?

DP