The Des Moines Cycle Club
We are a non-profit organization serving the greater Des Moines metro area. The purpose of the club is to sponsor recreational cycling activities, encourage safe bicycling practices, promote bicyclists’ rights as a transportation alternative and give interested cyclists an avenue into competitive racing. If you’re new to this area or just new to bikes, or if you’re a veteran tired of riding alone, an introduction to the Des Moines Cycle Club may be the best way for you to enhance your enjoyment of riding your bike.
Our monthly club newsletter Draftlines, is available online free. It contains articles and columns of interest to the local cycling community and club members. A Yahoo! group used for club communication can be found here. Please join this group as soon as possible as it will be used to release late breaking news about club events and group rides and is the preferred way for members to exchange ideas and information.
Des Moines, and the state of Iowa has a very diverse bike culture including the largest, oldest and longest bike tour in the world, RAGBRAI. Our goal is to provide central Iowans a way to particapate in cycling and give us a combined voice for the benefit of the cycling community.
The Des Moines Cycle Club’s board of directors and all of its members would like to encourage you to join us. Please read the letter from the President!
Upcoming Events:
New location for the DMCC FREE Hamburger Picnic is Colby Park in Windsor Heights, 6900 School Street, Monday July 7th, 6:00p. Our featured speaker is BRIAN DUFFY, Award Winning cartoonist for the Des Moines Register and HOST of RAGBRAI. Brian has ridden the 2008 RAGBRAI route and will tell us what to expect.
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Also, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DALLAS COUNTY. Our group will be brought up to date on the Dallas County supervisors and their thoughts at a recent meeting on restricting groups of riders in the county to as low as 10 that will be required to register, get a permit, carry a signed waiver of liability and show huge liability insurance for the group ride. Find out how the Dallas County engineer and Dallas county attorney are involved.
