Tym Allison, Founder

Tym's interest in bicycles started in the 1970's when he noticed his brothers' banana seat bicycles. His first tour was in grade school with his family and he rode his single speed 20 inch bike 30 miles to the family camper. He took his first tent camping tour with friends in high school and his first self-contained tour during college when he travelled with his roommate across Wisconsin. In the summer of 1995, he biked from Washington to Maine covering 4150 miles and in 2005 he completed RAGBRAI.

Dave Clabby, RAGBRAI Charter Manager

Dave will serve as lead driver for Overland Touring Charter's 2010 RAGBRAI charter. Dave's RAGBRAI experience covers many years and numerous titles. It started in 1990 with the Rainbow Cyclists bike club in Waterloo, IA. He pedaled RAGBRAI between 1990 and 1997. During 2 of those years, he served as  Rainbow's RAGBRAI Director. During that tenure, the Rainbow Cyclists RAGBRAI charter included over 230 riders.

In 1998, Cedar Falls, Iowa was tabbed as a RAGBRAI overnight stop and Dave served as co-chairman of the Cedar Falls  committee. Between 1999 and 2001, he worked on the RAGBRAI staff, marking the bike and vehicle routes with arrows and safety signs. He joined the OTC charter in 2002 as a cyclist for a few days. In 2003, he joined Dave Harrenstein as the second driver on the OTC charter. 2010 will be his eighth year as a driver for OTC and his third as the lead driver.

When Dave is not coordinating bike rides, he is working for Hy-Vee Food Stores. (35 yrs) He is married to Lori, who also works for Hy-Vee (37 yrs) and has 2 sons, Kyle and Reed.

“My goal is to maintain and improve the Overland Touring Charter that Dave Harrenstein created and has improved since 1997.” I welcome your suggestions and comments concerning the 2009 RAGBRAI charter. I can be reached at 608-341-8854 or davegnbikn@overlandtouring.com.