I have been on RAGBRAI (Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) several times since 2005. Over the years, I’d like to think I have figured out a pretty good list of gear. In general, this list is usually what I start with when planning a bicycle touring trip, not just for RAGBRAI. An asterisk denotes a “luxury” item that I only take when riding supported (team bus). Otherwise, everything can pack on the bike (except the bike itself of course). ...

i finally had a chance to mess with jekyll a bit more and added a few features to the site: bootstrap css/js fontawesome archive page disqus comments google analytics categories/tags feel free to checkout my repo to see how i did it all.

giving jekyll another go.