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Everyone seems to be asking … What is Willidici?
Willidici is a bicycling group, habit, attitude, party, body part, event, condition, and/or state of mind.
The word has a special meaning in ancient Italian, or rather, vulgar Latin.
It reportedly also has roots in Welsh and Irish/Gaelic.
Grammar
The 2nd most common question the Willidici get, especially from astute Iowans is … “What are the Willidici’s preferred pronouns?”
The answer is a resounding: “Yes … and verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and especially dangling participles.”
Always Up
The 3rd most common question the Willidici get, mostly from alert and admiring bikers and civilians is ... "Why are the Willidici Always Up?"
The answer depends on our mood, but normally is: "We are always up for a ride, always up for a laugh, always up for a beer, or always up for all 3. And we're (almost) always ahead of other bikers, always cheerful, and we always openly exhibit firm stamina."
Bikers commonly help each other to notice something in front or ahead of the pack, with a robust yell, such as "Car up!" or in the case of our team riding by: "Willidici Always Up!"
How to Pronounce Willidici
The Willi part of the name is Welsh; therefore, it is pronounced Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
The dici part of the name is Italian; therefore it is pronounced deechee, as in pizza.
Willidici Likes
Long level well-paved trails, or even better, downhill
Beer
Iowa farmers
Lemonade stands
Water slides
Pigsicles
Breakfast burritos
Beer
Bad Music
Good Beer
Good Beer Bike Club
Team Bitch
Team Bitch Bike Club
“Always Up”
Fred and Wilma
Iowa Beer Bus/Truck/Tent
Petting horses
Tail winds
TJ
Bread-baking Norwegian field hut in Decorah
Tom Sweaty and the Heartbusters
Ain’t nothin’ but a dream
Here’s to Vance
Clean kybos
Kybos that double as ATMs
Flag poles that double as toilet plungers
Being last in town
Patient bike corral guards
We come late
Willidici Bingo (see links below)
Iowa cornfields that speak to us: “I'm ready to ripen, come fertilize me.”
Willidici Dislikes
Head winds
Car Back
Carbon monoxide
Cold weather
Hot kybos
Flat tires
Loud theological debate at church dinners
Disrespectful teenagers on e-bikes
Stomach cancer
Bridge trolls
Allergies
Sand
Arthritis
Broken glass
Bee sting allergies
English pickles
Ruts
Cramps
Rain
Neuropathy
Rumbles
Atrial Fibrillation
GERD
History and Sitings
RAGBRAI -- 2018, 2021 and 2023
Bike the Coast -- a couple different years
el Tour de Zona -- 2022 and 2023
el Tour de Tucson -- 2018, 2021 and 2022
Custom Tours in Tucson and So Cal Coast
Supporters and Fans
Mark – jersey maker, winner of 2018 RAGBRAI best jersey design
Beth and James – drivers, launderers, and shoppers
Mark and Sam – family drivers and fridge stockers
Kris – best trailside sandwich lunch ever
Here’s to Vance – chief underwriter
Sam and Khanh -- aka tornado dodgers
Haiku Poetry
Tall corn on Iowa fields in the heat
Quiet bicyclists roll by
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