Day 1: RAGBRAI LIII Route Inspection Recap

Day 1: RAGBRAI LIII Route Inspection Recap

From JustGoBike by JustGoBike

June 1, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

A recap of Day 1 of the 2026 RAGBRAI Route Inspection, featuring insights from guest Scott Matter.

Here 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.

People in this episode

Hosts: AP, Murph

Guest: Scott Matter

Topics covered

  • RAGBRAI
  • Route Inspection
  • Biking
  • Elevation
  • Community Highlights
  • Interviews

Keywords

  • RAGBRAI
  • Route Inspection
  • biking
  • elevation
  • community
  • interviews
  • JustGoBike

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JustGoBike

Places: Onawa, Turin, Soldier, Dunlap, Earling, Westphalia, Harlan

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