450 MILES ON A TANDEM BICYCLE (this is how it ended)

If you missed our last video, we are three days into this thing called Rag Ride Rag ride goats on the side of the road. It's a seven day ride where 15,000 people bike 455 miles across the entire state of Iowa through endless amounts of cornfields. Hey, look at that corn in 100 degree heat.

A dangerous heat wave is making conditions.

Sweltering across central Iowa. Day three of Ragbrai was the hottest one yet.

It was all about the heat. Let's just talk about how hot it has been. 90s made a comeback and I'm not talking about the music. It was the heat.

We decided to do the whole thing on a tandem bicycle that we rented and rode for the first time the day before the race started. We thought, how hard could it be?

Stop screaming.

It turns out as non bikers so far this week has been filled with highs and lows.

Oh, you're not helping at all. Is this what you're gonna be like on the back of the bike?

One minute we feel like we're dying and the next minute we're at a big party. Yeah. 2021. We are doing this crazy adventure with Nate's brother Dusty, his wife Sarah, and our friends Rick, Beck, Evie and Frankie.

So my ph if you need a cold mix.

Unfortunately, the first 206 miles have taken a toll on our group and we're starting day four with two less teammates.

Good morning.

Good morning.

It hurt.

It hurts so bad.

I've been pedaling on a bike for the last 30 minutes and I still haven't had coffee and I've been up since five.

Just wanted to make that note.

Good morning. It is 7:15 on day four and we are already 10 miles into the ride. Today is supposed to be the hottest day of the entire week. 99 degrees and we still have to ride 67 miles. So we put our tents up in the dark last night. We woke up so early this morning we were taking our tents down in the dark. Also, there was no coffee. And Kara managed to ride 10 miles uncaffeinated, which may be the most impressive feat of the entire trip. But we found coffee.

Oh my gosh. It's real coffee and real food.

The sa y bone is so good.

This is without a doubt the best food and coffee we've had all week. This is the best day of my life.

All right. We are fed, we are caffeinated. We have 57 more miles to go. I had the most miserable person out of all 10,000 Ragbry riders on the back of my bike. This Morning. And now I have the happiest I feel.

Good work. I love it.

All right, we made it to Moutown. This guy is riding over 300 miles with his ferret. Mike, stand on your hair.

Hi, baby. Oh, you want to ride on the tandem right there?

Just like a little neck massage.

I can use a little neck massage. Yeah.

You never know what you're going to see at Ragbride. Have a good one.

We've come up with a new nickname for the team. We're calling ourselves the Java Rockets because we are just flying by everybody and we're giving the coffee the credit we.

Never get to take.

Hey, look at that corn.

It is 10:15. We've made it to the lunch town. Everyone's in great spirits. And Kara and Evie are about to sing some karaoke.

Y' all ready for this?

Does anyone know Wagon Wheel?

Is this Wagon Wheel?

You cleared everyone out.

Why is everyone leaving? Do you know the next verse? We have no idea. No idea what the next verse is. Who knows the next verse?

I don't think anybody knows that next verse.

The whole crowd was like, evie, good job. That was the weirdest music the Wagon Wheel I've ever heard.

I was like, is this wagging wheel? And he was like, I think so. Chocolate pie now it's the first time I've seen chocolate pie all week. I love this place.

It is day four, Bragbrai, and this is only my second piece of pie. I think that means I'm doing it wrong.

That was my best carrot impression.

Nailed it.

I keep saying it, but this is the best thing I've put in my mouth. And all the money's going towards building a splash pad in the town. So win, win for everybody here.

Thank you, nice church ladies in New Brunswick.

Definitely not.

Where are we? All right. Fun is over. The heat index today was supposed to be up to 112 degrees, so we've been super thankful for these clouds.

I feel like this is the most Ragbrai thing we've done yet. There's this house that has a pond in front of it, and they've just put a big inflatable in the middle of the pond. And everybody is stopping for a swim.

One, two, three.

It feels amazing. I know. It does feel so good. I was so sweaty. How you doing? Good. Good dancing. It's hot. People needed a break. They needed a rest. They needed to be able to, you know, rejuvenate. So we didn't want to keep it for ourselves. We wanted to share with everybody. Oh, that's so sweet. This is the perfect picture of Iowa nights. Thank you so much for your hospitality. You're welcome.

Hi.

Why don't you try to get lost?

Okay.

Shift the weight to the hands.

Keep it.

I gotta lunch him.

Thank you. Are you the one giving out the free beer?

Yeah.

What for? I wanted you to stop. I wanted to talk to you people. All right.

Woo.

Yay.

I did it.

Way to help Roger give it away. His free beer.

I don't know why we're doing this, but I'm having fun.

Thank you, Roger.

You're welcome.

I feel like this is the first day we've officially done ragbry. We've eaten pie, swam in a stranger's pond, and now we just got free beer.

All right. We have made it to Janesville, which is the second to last town of the day. We're only 15 miles away from Waterloo, and we've learned over our last four days at Ragbry that this, this is where the party happens. Because everyone's almost done with the day. They feel like they've almost made it. So they let themselves take a breather and just enjoy it before heading to the last town. Especially today, the weather was supposed to be so hot. I think everybody just blazed through the first half of the day as quickly as they could. And now that we all made it here earlier than expected, it's just a big party. We're gonna walk you through one of these typical ragbride towns that we stop in and kind of show you what's available.

We have the iconic Thelma's. Ice cream sandwiches, some Latin American cuisine, all of your typical fried foods and bar snacks. Brazilian food. Mr. Stula. A lot of land. Hot dogs, Porta potties. Oh, sorry. Cute little trailer selling adult beverages. This is a great welcomed change to beer for me. Sick of beer. Tractors. Slipping slides. Woo. Local honey. Hey.

Cookie dough. If we're really lucky, there's a water fill up station. These things are awesome.

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This is probably my favorite part of every town, which is where all the locals set up their own little tents and sell things that are homemade. It just shows how big of a deal that it is that this many people are coming to their town. It just makes me so happy. This is what we call a scotcharoo. It's like an Iowa tradition. Look at that icing.

Oh my gosh.

Amazing. Yeah, they taste just like peanut butter balls, but in a different form. Yeah, chocolate peanut butter crunchiness. It's like the most beautiful combo.

You guys need to like have a.

Show on Food Network now because I feel like your food descriptions are like a 10 now. When you first started, you'd like never done it.

She's been watching our early videos. We apologize for some of those.

This was pretty good, obviously.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Drop it. Just drop it. Just drop it.

It's about 100 degrees outside. Kara just ate a huge peanut butter scotcharoo and an ice cream and now I'm concerned that she's gonna throw up on my back on the way to Waterloo. We're almost there.

The last 15 miles has been tough. We had the beating down sun and the headwind that I dreaded day. But I'm so grateful that it was just the last hour and not the entire 10 like I thought it was going to be. We're rolling into camp and it's only 4:15.

So hot. Hey.

Shade and ice better than anything else they rebuilt.

This is why you don't see much of us. After we finished the bike ride, we just collapsed. That was a tough Finish.

This is home for the night. Pretty sure it's still 100 degrees outside right now, though.

Getting pretty good at setting up the tent quick these days.

All right, today was day four.

When I woke up this morning, I questioned everything, like, why are we doing this? Why does anyone do this? I slept on top of the bed with zero clothes on and zero covers. So I woke up hot, naked, and afraid. Isn't that a show? So, wow.

Last night I was thinking, this is the hottest I've ever been going to sleep. Literally just laying in a puddle of sweat. And before I could finish that thought, I was asleep.

So today was my first full day on the struggle bus. Our guardian angels have taken me in under their wing as all. Oh, Hawaiians, Hawaiians.

This video is going so good right now.

Today was actually best day so far because we actually woke up early.

We timed our breaks perfectly, had a nice swim at a pool. It was like the funnest and almost easiest day we've done so far.

I went from thinking today was gonna be the worst day of ragbry to it being the absolute best day, except for missing Beckham.

So I spent the first two and a half days having people ride past and go, oh, the one in the trailer, you know, sleeping or the one in the back's not pushing. That used to be the comments, and.

Now it's, hey, you lost the one in the middle.

Honestly, it's like when you hear it four times a day and you're tired.

Being on a tandem brings people closer, not farther apart. And if it does bring you farther apart, then you probably shouldn't be together anyways.

Dusty, that's so harsh.

Good morning. It's day five. I can't even make myself put on clothes, it's so hot. We have to go ride 84 miles, which is tied for our longest day yet. If we make it through today, though. So it's all downhill from here. Not really. There's little hills, but, you know. How'd you sleep last night?

Really bad.

Good. But then mom woke me up. Now I'm super tired, short and sweet. I slept decent, but it was so freaking hot. So great.

Not great. So I was kind of joking this morning when I said I wasn't putting on clothes because I was so hot. But then we all decided that it was the day the entire team rides. And only chamois. I'm wearing tights in public. Looking good, Dusty. Looking good, Rick.

Thanks, buddy. I like it. I feel fast.

The first few minutes of the butt are always the worst. I can't like, get on my weight now.

All right. It's been about five minutes, and my butt already feels better. This happens every morning. Once again, been up since 5, haven't had a proper coffee, but I learned from my mistakes yesterday and had a little bit of powdered coffee in a water bottle full of lukewarm water. It at least is going to keep me from being a witch this morning.

Yeah, I like this morning energy. When we wake up, we don't really want to get going again because we're kind of tired. And then you get in the slipstream with these hundreds, thousands of other cyclists, and it's just like this energy just pushes you along the road.

We're all suffering together.

This is what I get to look at every day.

I'm working as hard as he can to keep up with the peloton.

15 miles in. Just got to the town of Jessup. They have gone all out. They have flags lining the road all the way to downtown, and they've drawn with chalk all over the road. I have a good feeling about this one.

So we rode the first 17 miles without food or coffee this morning because we got a message on Instagram from a place called Reinhardt's that said they would give us a free breakfast sandwich if we made it here. Better be good.

Hello. How are you?

Okay.

Reinhardt's is a farm. We grow all of our fresh produce, and then my sister and her husband made our breakfast sandwiches. I'm so happy right now. Yes. Oh, look at this burrito.

Easily the best sandwich, the best food I've had on this whole trip, and we needed it today big time. I feel like this is gonna revive us.

I know you're not gonna believe me, but it's the best breakfast burrito I've ever had.

I really needed a second dose of caffeine this morning, so got a hot coffee to go. It's really hot, so it's hard to drink fast. It's also hard to drink in general because I'm on the back of the bike.

Nate pedals us to the next town.

Keep out the good work, Nate.

All right, we've made it to the town of roly. We are 35 miles in. Unfortunately, the first 35 miles of the day felt like what I expected the last 35 miles of the day to feel like, which is rough.

If I ride like this, my neck doesn't hurt as bad. I think my body's just not used to leaning forward like this for this many hours a day. It's hard to shake It. Way to go. Thank you. You're welcome.

Those are the little moments that make Ragbrai what it is. And I don't feel like we've done a great job of capturing it, but there are so many people who are just standing at the end of their driveway spraying you with their sprinkler. You're pretty much just riding by random acts of kindness all day. And that's what makes it beautiful.

It's just so heartwarming and really does, like, give me energy.

Also, if you're wondering what the car situation is on Ragbrai, they pretty much have the roads completely shut down. It's almost 100% bikers out here outside of just a few random cars. And I think that's because the police will let people through that live on the road.

Welcome. Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

How's the team feeling?

Feeling great. Best we felt all day, I think.

100. Agreed.

Water.

Is it free? Yeah, it's free.

There's plenty more in Pulse. Work up the wheat in there too.

Thank you so much. 20,000 bottles of water for you guys.

Thank you.

I'll take it. I'll take a four.

Oh, wow.

I'll take a splash.

Thanks, guys. All right, we have made it to the halfway point, which is the appropriately named town of Center Point. We are about 53 miles into our 83 mile ride. I don't know, something happened, but I feel like a new man right now. I also feel like I'm walking around town naked, not wearing shorts over my shampoo. This feels so weird. I even feel weird pointing the camera down there.

The energy in this town is just awesome.

Plus, they have barbecue Mac and cheese, which I feel like I can eat guilt free.

Somehow the 9 year old has more energy than all of us. She's biked every single mile of this trip.

Comando, they say dead. It's been headwinds and hills ever since pulling out of the lunchtown. Even when it looks like we're going downhill, it still feels like we're pedaling uphill. This is crazy.

When we stand up and stop pedaling, we like almost stop because of the headwind. Second half of the day has been a grind. Really. The first half of the day was a grind.

We had a great middle.

The middle was good.

Goats on the side of the road. Rag brag.

I wonder if that goat could pedal.

In the middle of our bike. Look, little goats. I have food. It's working so sweet.

Can we just pedal? Yeah.

I mean, I'm not in charge, but I Think it's fine. We've made it. Central City, second to last town. Before we make it to the end.

What am I ordering? Big pickle. Get your big pickle right here. Big pickle. Not an ordinary pickle. It's a big pickle.

Oh.

Never had the symbol. I never thought a pickle is something I would eat while I was exercising, but apparently they're hydrating and I've had one every day. I think the salt just helps your body retain water. We only have about 15 miles to go, so we're gonna make it. But if it's anything like the last 15 miles, it's not gonna be easy.

So we've seen a bunch of people walking around with Dorito bags and a fork, and it turns out they're called walking tacos and they are an Iowa staple. We got crunch up Doritos taco meat, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and salt. I'm sitting down while eating a walking taco. I feel like I'm breaking the rules.

Rebel.

Last 15. You ready? You can do it. You can do it. Oh, you're not helping at all. Is this what you're gonna be like on the back of the bike?

Super cool.

Keep up the good work. We made it.

Animosa.

4:55. 11 hours on bike. 84 miles and we have made it. Kind of feels like the desert out here. There's no escape from the sun. Good work, team.

Hardest day yet.

I really think I had a solid hour where I, like, felt good and strong and fast. But the other 10 hours, it was like every single pedal was a struggle.

I don't even think it's that we didn't feel good today. The route was just especially hard.

I think everyone probably won.

Well, this has become the daily routine. Set up the tents, take a shower in the hose pipe.

This is better than a fire hydrant.

This is a lot less weird. Everybody else is over there. Like, we have our own private shower tonight. As much as I made fun of Cara for showering in the fire hydrant the second night, I've now lowered my standards and I'm showering in a hose pipe in front of everyone. Ragbra, I'll do weird things to you.

You.

No matter how early we wake up, there are always people in front of us. It's day six and today is already off to an awesome start. This has to be the coolest morning of the entire trip, which is a very welcome change from yesterday when it was so hot I didn't even want it to put. Put clothes on and best of all, Bex knee's feeling better so her and Frankie are riding with us and we have the entire team back together.

Problem with it being cold in the morning, nobody wants to get up. Setting up and taking down a tent is starting to feel all too normal. The van is going to feel super luxurious in a few days. It's funny how everything is relative. A few weeks ago we came back from Europe, got off a yacht in Spain and then we moved back into the van and then it really felt like we were roughing it. Now we've done the boundary waters and ragbraai and slept in tents for two weeks straight and it's totally reset our mindset and now the van is like the most luxurious thing I can fathom right now.

How are you doing today, Frankie?

Are you excited to be riding with us today?

Yeah.

All right.

We're so excited to have you back. What is that?

What's that animal on you? Baby Yoda.

Two drop rockets are ride together.

Oh yeah.

And look at this.

Day six.

Day six. Let's do this. Feels weird if my mom.

How's it feel? Good. Does my face say otherwise? I was a little nervous for a second.

It was actually cold this morning.

Always complaining. It's hot. It's cold.

What are these chill bumps on my skin? Alright. The first town is 17 miles away.

We've learned that if you get up and ride in the morning while you're half asleep, you just kind of don't even realize that you're doing it. And it feels like you get a bunch of free miles in the morning. There are a lot of riders out this morning. Wake up legs. We got a giant hill to climb.

Come on, you can do it.

The first five miles of the morning have been nothing but hills and headwinds. Bessie and Sarah found this new breakfast place yesterday.

Hey.

Oh, breakfast. Yeah. All right. How was it?

It sounds like it's going fine so far.

Can we stay like this?

That was hard.

Frankie's exhilarated.

This is my new favorite truck. They have Mexican breakfast bowls.

This is fine. Thank you. And giant hot cups of coffee.

Dusty and Sarah ate at this food truck yesterday and they said it was the best thing that they've had all week so we had to try it.

It gave me so much energy yesterday. Woo. I want to be just like Sarah. I'm going to eat this whole thing. Woo. I've been missing out on this.

We're laughing about just how much things have changed since day one. Instead of getting up at 7:30 and being the last ones out of camp, we were gone by 6:30 this morning. We're eating healthy breakfast bowls and coffee. On the first morning six miles in, we were having margaritas and fried cheese. We just get caught up in Ragbrai the first day and made some mistakes, but we've learned a lot. So no one enjoyed this? No, it was awful.

This stream of bikes that's coming down the road right now, we've probably been here for 30 minutes and it has not slowed down one bit. Every time I think, wow, thousands of people just came by. There's no way there can be anyone left. They just keep coming for hours and hours.

And what is it? Anytime you see a large gathering, it's probably free beer. No, I know.

Last full day of rack, right?

Yeah. Free beer. What you got?

We got Twisted Vine Brewery, Old Crusty Scottish ale.

Thank you. So remember when we were talking about our bad choices from day one?

Cheers.

8:00Am I was hoping you would stop here. Here.

I think we get a ridden underneath that tractor. Chill mugs all over my body.

Biggest American flag in Oklahoma. Iowa. Where are we?

I saw a sign that said deal of the day. Buy two sandwiches and pay for them both.

Alright. We are 22 miles into our 65 mile day and we have made it to Oxford Junction at 9:50am going about as slow as you could possibly get. But because it's fun, not because we're struggling, this is a good day.

Today just feels different. I think it's knowing it's our last full day. The hard days are behind us and the clouds.

From what we've heard, tomorrow is the last day. It's 30 miles, it ends early and then like everybody gets in their car and goes home. So today's kind of like the last real day of Ragbrai when everybody just has fun.

We're taking full advantage of every single stop.

Cheers, Evie. Good work this morning. We're back to making smarter decisions. All right. I love the outfit.

Looking good.

I wear this all the time. Good morning. R.

So most people I've seen walking, they're back in the A hill all week. Oh, man. We there? Yeah. Oh, it's tough. Yeah.

Love the suit.

Looking good.

Only on formal Friday.

Oh, we made it to the next town. For the first time ever, we pulled a peloton. Dusty and Sarah pulled a peloton. Oh, my legs feel like jello.

All right, which one's the best?

I made one, Barb, and it's all gone. So.

Okay, so I can't offend you by picking a Different one?

No.

This looks like a giant piece of apple pie. Ice cream on top place. Thank you so much.

I'm not joking. I almost killed myself pulling that peloton.

It's a cookie icing sandwich.

Mmm. For those of you who don't know, a peloton is not only a hipster cycling thing that you get to put in your house, it's also a group of bicycle riders. So that's what we were pulling earlier.

When you have a group of bikers in a line, somehow it's like you break the wind and you don't have to pedal as hard.

So if you're in the back, it's super easy. If you're in the front, it's really hard because you're doing the hard work for the rest of the group.

Alright, I just ate four cookies and we're off to to the next town.

What? Well, that lasted about 15 seconds.

There should be one more drunk.

Okay, for real this time.

We're doing this. Unless there's another gin and tonic booth around this corner.

Hey, look, Corn.

Nice outfits.

We started our own Pelly, y'.

All.

We got Dusty and Sarah in the front, not fam in the back.

What was the inspiration for the barefoot ride? Oh, I just. I'm always barefoot.

Shoes even to work. No, I love it.

Corn. Graduation. I haven't seen that one yet.

We've made it to DeWitt and I think we're all a little sad. This is like the last full day of Ragbrai coming to an end. There have been many, many, many times on this ride that I've been ready for Ragbrai to be over. But right now, it's not one of them. Oh, that looks beautiful.

Best pizza I've ever had.

I almost died, but it's delicious.

Great call on Casey's.

Keep in mind that this pizza review is Shortly after biking 65 miles, we would have given a piece of cardboard with cheese on it at 10 to 10.

Rag Bride.

Today was such a good day.

The best day.

Waking up to cool air was probably the best part of the trip so far. Yesterday we rode 84 miles in 10 hours. Today we rode 60 miles in 13 hours.

We just knew it was our last day. We were all together and we just wanted to take full advantage of the whole Ragbrai experience.

It's funny how quick it can change to where, like, biking 65 miles in a day just seems like not that big of a deal. We're going to call this the Ragbrai roller coaster because it's just A constant series of ups and downs.

They're like the highest of high moments where it's like, this is the best thing we've ever done. And the moment moments where I'm like, get me out of here. What did we sign up for? I'm never doing this again.

Was it enjoyable for you?

No, it wasn't.

Didn't like it?

I loved it.

You loved it. Well said, Frank.

I think overall, ragbrai, maybe like 20% suffer. 80 best, 30 suffer.

It really just depends on the person and the day.

Overall, it really is so hard. But that's one of the things that makes it so great. Like, if it wasn't hard, the hour you lay in the grass with your friends, it just wouldn't be as fun.

It's shared suffering for us as a family.

It's been a really, really cool experience.

The girls, they are shining.

We are just extremely proud.

Some of my biggest fears ended up not being that bad. Like, I was so worried about butt pain and chafing and all the things that come with sitting on a bike seat for so long. And really, it hurt the worst, I think, the second morning. And then it just kind of goes away.

It was just such a good way to see Iowa. All these little towns that we would have never seen otherwise.

It truly brought the best of Iowa to the surface. Like, I can't imagine coming to this state and doing anything else.

The locals went above and beyond, and that was just so awesome to see.

The people of Iowa have been absolutely phenomenal.

Like, it makes the ride.

You would never do this without these people here.

I am super proud of you.

I was really proud of Beck for. For getting back out there after she was injured.

I'm proud of my wife for making it for one full week on a bike. And he had such a good attitude the whole time.

Except for that last guy who told me I wasn't pedaling. If one more person drives past the tandem and says that I'm not pedaling.

He got the bird.

No, Dusty, stop. Do not put the. I found myself all week long being like, oh, next year we'll do this at Ragbrag. And then I'm like, wait, are we doing this again next year? And are we coming back to Ragbrab? We're doing it again. Yeah. I want to. Yeah. Thumbs up.

Absolutely. We'll be back for sure.

Hey, Frankie. We biked across the entire state of Island Ragbrae.

That's what we know Iowa now as.

30 more miles to Clinton.

That's right. We could do it. Without stopping if we needed to.

Okay. I think it's a pedal bike.

The heat's gotten to their brains.

Love you.

It's been fun.

It's also raining a little bit.

I'm glad we did it. It's like actually pouring.

It's a miracle. Day seven of Ragbrai. We got coffee at our campsite.

Up to this point, the campground has just been a big field. No one's ever selling anything. But Rick found a lady selling coffee and donuts out of her car this morning so we don't have to get on our bikes. Foodless and caffeine less.

Great way to start the last day.

Every morning we have to have our bags on the official ragbrai truck by 8am so they can be transported to the next location. So far that time hasn't been an issue because we've been getting up super early to try to avoid the heat of the day. But today we only have 30 miles miles to ride and we found coffee and donuts and had a nice slow morning. Now we're throwing them on the truck with about two minutes to spare.

Thanks for bringing the energy.

Try.

Also, if you're curious about what the bathroom situation has been for the last week, when we're out on the road, we're usually peeing in cornfields because honestly, that feels more sanitary than going in Porta Potties for the most part, even though there are usually some available along the route. But every night at camp, you're definitely just using Porta Potties exclusively for the week. This time, in this last town of Dewitt, there have been volunteers going in and cleaning every single one after someone uses it. I don't know who volunteers for that job, but they're a better person than me.

Last day.

First petals of the last day. 30.

30.

I'm a little sad.

It feels weird seeing the town that we're riding to on a sign.

I am gonna miss this. It's gonna be weird to not just show up to a 400 person keg.

Party around every corner. Spirits are high this morning. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes in just how your body feels knowing that you only have to pedal 31 miles. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning.

Wow, look at that corn. Wow. Corn. Morning, Frankie.

Are you ready for Ragbry to be over?

I want to keep going.

Morning.

Morning.

Good morning.

I love the tandem.

Watch out. Watch out. That is peloton. A trend at Ragbry has been fanny packs that have like a belly button or a butt crack on them. They get me every time.

We've just gotten to the first town, which means we are already at a third of the way finished with the last day. We found beautiful sausage omelette, croissants. Stage is going by way too fast. The food just keeps getting better.

It's so crazy how normal this feels like. What was my life before ragbride?

All right, last 15 miles.

I'm so sad.

It's 12:30. We've been going for four hours, and we've made it a grand total of about 16 miles. We're in no rush to finish this thing.

Hold your cheetos up.

Guys.

Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, guys.

This is it.

Yeah.

All the way across Iowa. Welcome to Clinton. We've done it.

Good work. Good job.

I'm so proud of you.

Oh, my God.

They have pies.

You biked all the way across the state of Iowa. Can you believe it?

What a journey.

All right, before we eat pie, A lot of people deserve a lot of credit. Cara, to your first huge bike trip. I'm so proud of you. You are the best tandem partner ever. Your first big bike trip. Thanks for coming back for another adventure. And the people who deserve the most credit, Rick for pulling the whole family. No matter if there were two or.

Four, he was the best.

And back to coming back for the last two days through the knee pain.

I'm so glad I was able to come back to get this pie.

Oh, this apple crumble looks incredible. Best pie of the week.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, wow. I can't think of a better way to celebrate the finish. Oh, that's really good.

The Mississippi river.

So the official finish of ragbright is the Mississippi river. And the tradition is to dip your wheel in the river to officially finish the race.

We did it.

Over 400 miles across hour.

It's falling back.

It's actually over now. We take the bikes back to the rental shop and it's on to the next adventure. That's my toe. Oh, this is a good angle.

I think we're just leaving the rest.

Of the story While the camera's laying on the ground. We're looking at it.

Who's your favorite mommy? Sarah. Cara. Mommy, Sarah and Harry. All of us.

Yeah.

Good answer.

That's not really how favorites work.

I like Sarah. Dad, you need to go get some cats. Let's see.

Brian. New York.

What's the next state?

Let's turn around and ride back to Colorado. Did you see? What's the next state?

New York. Yeah. What state is next?

Are you so excited?

What is that, Frankie?

This really nice guy right up next to us. And he was like, hey, I watch your videos.

And then proceeded to ask us about 21 questions, all of which I answered. And I'm pretty sure Kara just had her head down and her eyes closed the whole time. So, Sam, if you're watching this, sorry for the bad first impression.

We have as much fans as you guys do.

I think it's true.

Ragbride's over, and I'm riding the tandem for the first time. Front, the jokes have started. Do you have pads in your speedos?

We do not.

Oh, we're on YouTube.

Yeah.

Yeah, we are.

Do we have more fans than Karen Nate on this ride?

Yes.