91-year-old Minnesota Man Gears Up for 420 Mile Ride Across Iowa UPDATED
91-year-old Minnesota Man Gears Up for 420 Mile Ride Across Iowa Bob Wagner, 91, rides his wheel near his Grand Rapids domicile last week. Wagner is preparing to have part in the RAGBRAI, an annual, seven-day wheel ride across Iowa. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. ― Bob Wagner wastes little fourth dimension when asked what could entice a 91-yr-sometime to pedal his 35-pound Trek 2700 road bike 420 miles beyond Iowa in the dead of summertime. "Utilize it or lose it," Wagner said last Thursday afternoon from his chaotic, cozy apartment. "I remember that's very important, both intellectually and physically." And so the former high school educator, ambassador and coach busies himself biking, jogging, volunteering and, in the winter, cross-country skiing. He look