Thousands of bicycles will come in to Washington Friday along with extra wireless capacity and a few bikes for area children. The Children’s Charity has teamed up with RAGBRAI and local schools to help get bicycles and helmets to 21 children through their Bikes for Kids program. At 4 p.m. Friday the bikes will be awarded to the kids at the intersection of Main Street and South Iowa Avenue.

Also, U.S. Cellular will be bringing in a COLT, or Cell on Light Truck, to increase wireless capacity in Washington. The COLT adds network capacity for the increased data usage, as well as the many calls and messages the visitors will make while in town.