YouTube’s Ryan Van Duzer says he’s taking a break from RAGBRAI – The Des Moines Register

YouTube influencer Ryan Van Duzer, known for his videos about RAGBRAI, says this year’s ride will be his last for a while. Van Duzer, who has ridden RAGBRAI eight times, plans to return to the ride eventually but wants to explore other adventures. His YouTube channel, with over 200,000 subscribers, has brought international attention to RAGBRAI. ORANGE CITY — Will this be the last RAGBRAI for YouTube influencer Ryan Van Duzer, whose videos have brought renewed worldwide attention to the ride? At least for a while, it seems. Van Duzer, 46, who rode his first Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa in 2012 after a friend and Iowa transplant convinced him to come, announced on his YouTube channel in March that he would be “taking a break after this summer.” RAGBRAI 52, which began Sunday, July 20, is his eighth. At the Bike Expo on Saturday in the starting town of Orange City, he said he plans to ride RAGBRAI again — but he can’t say for sure when. “I love it with all my heart, and sometimes you’ve got to leave behind things you love to realize how special it is,” he said. “I’ll come back someday, but
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