{"id":68,"date":"2025-12-28T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:08:01","slug":"about-lcc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"About LCC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lake Country Cyclists<\/strong>&nbsp;is a cycling club dedicated to the safety, recreation, and education of road cycling. We provide planned and organized daily and weekly rides and participate in other organized rides in Iowa. We also have our own specialty, overnight, and destination rides throughout the year. Members enjoy a spring meeting to kick off the riding season and a fall banquet to enjoy our accomplishments. Social and learning activities keep us busy during the off-cycling season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of our rides begin at the Ankeny Market Pavilion (AMP) located at 715 West First Street (south side of First Street).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lake Country Cyclists Board of Directors 2026:<br>President: Jim Rasmussen<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"mailto:president@lakecountrycyclists.com\">president@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><br><\/em><br><strong>Communications: Dave Beecher<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:communications@lakecountrycyclists.com\"><em>communications@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secretary: Del Konopka<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"mailto:secretary@lakecountrycyclists.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretary@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Treasurer: Tara Thomas<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"mailto:treasurer@lakecountrycyclists.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">treasurer@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><br><\/em><br><strong>Ride Chair: Greg Borton<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"mailto:ridechair@lakecountrycyclists.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ridechair@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Events Chair: Carol Marrow <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:events@lakecountrycyclists.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">events@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Non-board member:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WebMaster: Carin Murphy<\/strong><br><em><a href=\"mailto:webmaster@lakecountrycyclists.com\">webmaster@lakecountrycyclists.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For up-to-date ride information&nbsp;visit our member only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/lakecountrycyclists\"> Facebook Page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lake Country Cyclists is a civic organization registered with the Secretary of State in Iowa as a 501C4 not-for-profit organization. Bylaws available upon request.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/305922930_10166503875925593_8642611046544277891_n-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/305922930_10166503875925593_8642611046544277891_n-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/305922930_10166503875925593_8642611046544277891_n-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/305922930_10166503875925593_8642611046544277891_n-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakecountrycyclists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/305922930_10166503875925593_8642611046544277891_n.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Country Cyclists&nbsp;is a cycling club dedicated to the safety, recreation, and education of road cycling. We provide planned and organized daily and weekly rides and participate in other organized rides in Iowa. We also have our own specialty, overnight, and destination rides throughout the year. 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