I follow Bikeiowa.com on Facebook and they posted a story about this documentary about RAGBRAI.
It’s called A Million Spokes, and when I watched the promo I cried… There have been a lot of emotional stories that we’ve covered here at WHO-TV lately, soldiers killed, tragic deaths, and none of these make me cry. I feel like a terrible person, but I just have to hold it together to tell their story and I just never have a moment to let the tragedy get to me. But there’s a man in the documentary who lost his wife 5 months after they all rode RAGBRAI together and he comes back to ride in her honor. They show him scattering her ashes in the river and I lost it.
Watch the promo here:
The Fleur Theater in Des Moines is showing the documentary from July 15th through the 21st. Definitely a flick I’m going to catch. They’re also showing it in Carroll, Boone and Grinnell during RAGBRAI.
This is what Bike Iowa had to say about the documentary:
This feature-length project was filmed during the largest, longest and oldest bicycle-touring event in the world RAGBRAI.
The annual bicycle ride takes place over seven days in Iowa. Every year, over 20,000 bicyclists descend on the state to partake in an adventure that is singular in its ability to attract some of the most unique people you
will ever meet. We explore RAGBRAI through the eyes of a host of characters like Ray, Chau, Erik and many more. Some come for the
challenge, some come for speed, some come just to party. Not everyone rides for the same reason but the common thread is the ride. It becomes far more meaningful to the riders as they build community along the road.
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