Dave Clabby, RAGBRAI Charter Manager
Dave will serve as lead driver for Overland Touring Company's 2008 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. 2008 will be his sixth year as a driver for OTC and his first as the lead driver.
In addition to his time serving on the RAGBRAI staff, Dave also served as SAG driver for the GRABAAWR and SAGBRAW rides in Wisconsin, volunteer director for the Minneapolis Bicycle and Fitness Expo and is currently the ride director for the Midwest Scenic Tri-State bike ride in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. If you want a great training ride for RAGBRAI, check out the MWS website.
When Dave is not coordinating bike rides, he is working for Hy-Vee Food Stores. (32 yrs) He is married to Lori, who also works for Hy-Vee (35 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 2008 RAGBRAI charter. I can be reached at 608-341-8854 or by using the contact form on the Contact Us page.