Update: A correction has been made in the first and second paragraphs to clarify the RAGBRAI bike event was a "ride" not a "race." SPRINGFIELD — The state’s top court has denied a Taiwanese bicycle-maker’s plea to avoid liability after a woman’s bike fell apart during a ride in Iowa. Illinois’ top justices denied the manufacturer’s appeal to be removed as a defendant in the lawsuit stemming from a 2013 incident during the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride …