BRANCEL BICYCLE CHARTERS IS AN OFFICIAL RAGBRAI APPROVED CHARTER SERVICE
Thank you for visiting our site and considering us for RAGBRAI 2025.
Brancel Bicycle Charters offer a variety of options for RAGBRAI bicyclists.
We provide transportation with your bikes to the beginning town from the end town before the ride, with an option to also transport your gear during the week and have a designated campsite with canopies, chairs and beverages to reside at after each day’s ride. There are additional services from showers to massages, please see below for full list.
Bus and bike transportation on July 19, 2025 from end town to beginning town $210
- Professional moving company used to transport bikes (no bike disassembly)
- Ride in comfort in an air-conditioned charter bus
- A bus host on each bus to answer questions
- Registration table for easy check in
For more information, visit our Bus & Bike Transport page
Camping and daily baggage service option $340:
- Campsites selected in advance by visiting each overnight town
- Campers are limited which provides us with greater flexibility in selecting campsites
- Our campsites have
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- Northern Exposure shower trucks (additional cost)
- Canopies
- Chairs
- Wide variety of beverages (small fee)
- Portable bathrooms
- Hand washing stations
- Electronic charging stations with 450 outlets
- Luggage carts
- Bike pumps
- Bags are covered when it rains
- A bike mechanic traveling with our group with over 25 years’ experience My Bike Guy
- Color coded luggage tags
- Personalized service from a family run business.
For more information, visit our Week-long camping page.
Optional services:
We offer numerous optional services. We know not everyone will use every service if they come in a package. Offering additional services “ala carte” allows our customers to only pay for use.
- Food in our camp at least one night. We will either do a Hy-Vee cookout where you buy what you would like or a dinner from a caterer for purchase the night of for $15. Depending upon the towns and where we are located, we may add more.
- Daily towel service. We provide a towel and then wash and dry it for you each day. This option is $20 for the week. The towel service is limited to the first 400 people that pay for the service due to laundromat constraints. Most locations that we camp next to offer towels with the shower for a nominal fee.
- Mid-week laundry. You turn in clothes on Tuesday night of the ride and we return them to you on Wednesday night. This helps if you need to have bike shorts or jerseys done during the middle of the week. The cost of this is $30 and includes a complimentary bag.
- Morning coffee We get the coffee from Hy-Vee Stores or a local coffee shops.
- Massage offered by professional massage therapists.
- Limited sag to the next overnight town
With us you get to tailor it to your needs and not pay for what you won’t use.
Options and cost:
Option 1: $535
- Bus and bike transportation from end town to beginning town on July 19, 2025 and daily camping/baggage service for the week.
Option 2: $210
- Bus and bike transportation from end town to beginning town on July 19, 2025.
Option 3: $340
- Daily camping/baggage service for the week.
Option 4: $50 per night
- Daily camping/baggage service for those needing less than a full week. Per day camping.
The daily towel service is purchased with registration (so we have enough towels), but all the other optional services mentioned can be purchased once you are on the ride.
Northern Exposure shower trucks will be with us from Sunday thru Friday of the ride.
Please see our Q&A for the prices of the optional services.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
