CORALVILLE—As the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI, came through Coralville Friday, Steven Fitzpatrick just happened to pump up the old bike tires and go for a little ride.
Fitzpatrick, 42, thought RAGBRAI was next weekend or something.
Witnesses speculate that his bicycle ride was inspired by the thousands of athletic cyclists streaming through Coralville throughout the day, and that it was perhaps an attempt to feel less like he has wasted his whole summer.
Admitting that he hasn’t actually ridden his bike in a year or so, Fitzpatrick told The Iowa Iowan that it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. “It’s exercise, you know? And with gas prices like they are these days….”
