Editing Rippey, Iowa (section)

==BRR - Bicycle Ride to Rippey==
Annually since 1977 on the first Saturday in February, the Bicycle Ride to Rippey, known as BRR, occurs.  BRR was founded on February 6, 1978, by Dennis "Doc Savage" Hurley along with Jim Walstrom who both wanted to get a ski trip going but instead put together the ''Coldest Day of the Year Bike Ride''.<ref name=HurleyWalstrom>{{cite news | last = Cole | first = Clint | title = BRR celecbrates 40th Anniversary | url = http://www.theperrychief.com/news/20170206/brr-celebrates-40th-anniversary | newspaper = Perry Chief | location = [[Perry, Iowa]] | date = February 10, 2017 | access-date = February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name=HurleyWalstromVodenik>{{cite news | last = Caufield | first = Jim | title = Volunteer labor abounds behind the scenes of BRR | url = http://theperrynews.com/volunteer-labor-abounds-behind-the-scenes-of-brr/ | location = [[Perry, Iowa]] | newspaper = The Perry News | date = February 8, 2017 | access-date = February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=The Perry News staff |url=https://theperrynews.com/dennis-hurley-of-des-moines/ |title=Dennis Hurley of Des Moines |work=The Perry News |location=Perry, Iowa |date=April 9, 2024 |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411190213/https://theperrynews.com/dennis-hurley-of-des-moines/ |archive-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ilesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Dennis-Doc-Savage-Hurley/Des-Moines-Iowa/1892050 |title=Dennis "Doc Savage" Hurley obituary |work=Iles Westover Funeral Home |location=[[Des Moines, Iowa]] |date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=April 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411191007/https://www.ilesfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Dennis-Doc-Savage-Hurley/Des-Moines-Iowa/1892050 |archive-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref>  The first year, BRR had 22 riders who made it to warm up at Larry Vodenik's Rippey Tap and, the next year, only 12 rode.<ref name=HurleyWalstrom/><ref name=HurleyWalstromVodenik/>  In 2016, 500 pre registered with over 1700 bicyclists riding the route and, in 2017, 650 pre registered with more than 2000 riders participating on the day of BRR.<ref name=HurleyWalstrom/><ref name=HurleyWalstromVodenik/>  Starting in [[Perry, Iowa|Perry]] and ending in Perry ([http://www.perryia.org/uploads/9/3/3/3/93335938/registration2017.pdf map of the route]), this {{convert|24|mi|km|adj=on}} often [http://site.iptv.org/iowaoutdoors/story/1864/brr-bike-ride-perry-iowa frozen fun ride] is the beginning of [[RAGBRAI|RAGBRAI season]].  The Perry Lions Club hosts a breakfast starting at 7am and packet pickup begins at 7:30am in Hotel Pattee, 1112 Willis Ave.  At 10am, the bicycle riders depart for Rippey from one block east of [[Iowa Highway 144|Highway 144]] at the intersection of Second Street and Willis near Hotel Pattee.  The participants are encouraged to leave Rippey by 3pm.  The route support ends at 7pm.  In 2017, the cost to support the event with advance purchase through Eventbrite is $17 without merchandise or $25 with merchandise or $33 with merchandise and a breakfast.  $35 on the day of the event gets you a BRR 2017 shirt, hot chocolate, SAG services, admission to the Rec Center and other local discounts.  The Perry Chamber of Commerce sponsors the activity, but the highlight of the ride is the warm welcome always given to the riders by the town of Rippey.<ref>{{cite web | title = 2017 BRR registration form with a map of the route (pdf) | url = http://www.perryia.org/uploads/9/3/3/3/93335938/registration2017.pdf | access-date = February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2017 BRR - Bike Ride to Rippey online entry form | url = https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-brr-bike-ride-to-rippey-registration-30665668841 | access-date = February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Perry Chamber of Commerce Hosts 39th Annual BRR- Bike Ride to Rippey | url = http://www.iowalivingmagazines.com/2016/01/07/perry-chamber-of-commerce-hosts-39th-annual-brr-bike-ride-to-rippey/ | magazine = Iowa Living Magazines | date = January 7, 2016 | access-date = January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Ivankovich | first = Stephanie | title = BRR ride returns | url = http://theperrychief.com/news/brr-ride-returns.html | newspaper = The Perry Chief | location = Perry, Iowa | date = January 7, 2016 | access-date = January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Caufield | first = Jim | title = Boosters peddle BRR, Let's Connect at annual Iowa Bike Expo Saturday | url = http://theperrynews.com/boosters-peddle-brr-lets-connect-at-annual-iowa-bike-expo-saturday/ | location = Perry, Iowa | newspaper = The Perry News | date = January 25, 2017 | access-date = February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Caufield | first = Jim | title = After two decades, BRR Bike Ride to Rippey still shivering onward | url = http://theperrynews.com/after-two-decades-brr-bike-ride-to-rippey-still-shivering-onward/ | location = Perry, Iowa | newspaper = The Perry News | date = January 9, 2016 | access-date = January 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Siepker | first = Scott | title = BRR Bike Ride, Perry, Iowa | url = http://site.iptv.org/iowaoutdoors/story/1864/brr-bike-ride-perry-iowa | publisher = Iowa Outdoors (#201) on the [[Iowa Public Television|IPTV network]] | date = January 6, 2012 | access-date = January 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = BRR | url = http://www.perryia.org/brr.html | publisher = perryia.org | access-date = February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Webster | first = Jeff | title = What cold? Enthusiastic throng sets off on 40th BRR | url = http://theperrynews.com/what-cold-enthusiastic-throng-sets-off-on-40th-brr/ | location = Perry, Iowa | newspaper = The Perry News | date = February 4, 2017 | access-date = February 23, 2017}}</ref>