![]() ![]() During the year, I still find it hard to understand, and I don’t really feel comfortable associating with them, people that have such different understandings. ![]() “When you're riding together,” Molsberry said, "well, you put that stuff aside for a while. And this guy on his handcycle - I’d been riding with him all week - he turns and says, ‘We’ve been riding all week and now you bring up politics?’ “We got to the last day and we were pulling into Burlington, and I dropped some kind of comment about President Trump, and it wasn’t favorable. “A few years ago, I was riding with the Adaptive Sports team and a couple of other guys in handcycles,” he said. He also likes that thousands of cyclists in a deeply divided nation can leave their attitudes, beliefs and pent-up angst at home, and prove that folks sharing a common interest like cycling can still get along. The camaraderie built over seven days and 500 miles, often through painfully rolling hills and withering late-summer heat, feels irreplaceable. Molsberry, a retired United Church of Christ minister who was paralyzed when he was hit by a car while riding 26 years ago, loves meeting people from all walks of life on the annual trek across Iowa. This year, the ride celebrated its 50th anniversary in July, with anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 riders taking part on any given day. The following year, he and his wife joined in, starting what has become a family tradition. That was in 1973, and there were just a few hundred riders in RAGBRAI (the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) - Bob Molsberry was a college student when he first watched the recreational bike ride that organizers say is now the country's longest, largest and oldest. ![]()
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