Murph and AP take over the pod today for a Pigtails preview! Learn all about our 48-mile women's specific ride starting in the Prairie Trail district of Ankeny, looping up to the High Trestle Trail, and back. There's still time to register at www.PigtailsRide.com!

It's Parrottology this week as ParrotTalk and Murphology joined forces to talk about starting and maintaining a group ride. Murph and AP talk about what makes these weekly adventures fun and exciting. TJ talks about some upcoming activities and some nice riding now that it is springtime!

Christopher Maharry sits downs with Murph to express his passion for cycling and photography and how those two worlds often merge. Mark and TJ update the listeners on some RAGBRAI happenings.

This week's guest is Wes Ehrecke, the President/CEO of the Iowa Gaming Association that has been named one the "fittest execs" according to the Business Record in Des Moines. Wes started his cycling juggernaut 13 years ago, after he had an epiphany lying in bed as he turned 50. Cycling would be his life-changer he decided that day and scribbled his goals on his bathroom mirror! After achieving his first goal of 20,000 miles in 10 years he moved the goalposts back to 50,000 miles in 20 years! Mark and TJ also catch up on happenings this spring in cycling.

Murphology channels her inner "Tron" today on the podcast, as she talks all things virtual cycling with Frank Garcia, CEO of CVR World Cup Cycling E-Sports! The CVR World Cup League is a global virtual tournament that directly feeds into the CVR World Cup Live races and offers prizes to all abilities. Human... robot... human... robot... human!

Murph talks with Bob Sharpe of Jefferson about his love of cycling of all types. Bob has ridden every day for over two years on roads, trails, gravel and even snow and ice! Mark fills us in on legislative happens.

Murph talks with James and Terry from Team Alma from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The team supports the Alma Center with a mission to end domestic violence, re-build the relationships between men and their families and communities, and drastically decrease the likelihood men will return to prison. Mark and TJ talk about spring happenings and March Madness and Andrea returns with another edition of ParrottTalk!

For more information on the Alma Center visit, http://almacenter.org/

The giggling Murph and AP gab about group rides and the fun that had on past rides. They also touch on some fun upcoming rides like the RAGBRAI Training Series events. Mark & TJ discuss other bike happenings in Iowa.

One of the founders of Big Grove Brewery, Matt Swift, sits down with TJ to talk craft beer, the Big Grove Brewery's involvement as official beer of RAGBRAI and their new Tailwind Golden Ale and the new event, the Big Rove coming in June. Andrea returns with a ParrotTalk on communicating during RAGBRAI.

To kick things off, TJ and Mark talk bike legislation. Then Murphology AKA Kathy Murphy gets some hot tips and cool stories from Bike Whisperer Craig Cooper from Bikes to You.