Thousands of bicycle riders lined up to dip their tire into the Mississippi River marking the official end to this year’s RAGBRAI.

Some simply dipped their bike into the river.

Others went to the extreme of jumping in to cool off after the long trip from Sioux City.

The historic week-long biking event wrapped up Saturday after beginning the past Sunday.

This year’s ride was full of food, music, parties and hot weather; a pretty typical week for RAGBRAI.

Such high profile music acts as Smash Mouth and the Spin Doctors came out to perform and show their support for the riders.

After starting July 24 in Sioux City with the kickoff party, riders traveled to Storm Lake the next day and continued to Algona, Clear Lake, Charles City and Waterloo the next four days.

The riders rode on Friday to Manchester, before finishing up Saturday in Dubuque.

This year’s ride is finished for now but no doubt there will be some riders out there already counting down the days until next year’s RAGBRAI, where just like this year, they’ll spend the last week of July riding their bikes, eating food, listening to music and taking in the warm Iowa weather.

All in a day’s work for a RAGBRAI rider.