 So we're actually going to try to ride together today riding together. We got our bikes We got lost the last couple days, but today it's gonna happen. Today's the day. No crashes. No whammies. No flatties Who's psyched up to ride bicycles? It's really fun to start your day with just thousands of people who are all in the same boat the biking boat It's not a race vibe because race vibes people are kind of competitive and nervous and this is just straight joy I hear these are the award-winning cinnamon rolls. They are. They won first place at the fair. Nice. Which fair? The Iowa State Fair. What makes them so good? It's a secret recipe It's a pretty darn good cinnamon roll. You want some mom? We are now coming into the town of Coming, C-U-M-M-I-N-G and yes, they celebrate it. They love to come here. Tom, Dick, and Harry were their names. I am her only boyfriend Each of them would boast But she passed on Tom and Harry Because she liked Dick the most Now she's got Dick in the palm of her hand She likes to hold Dick. She likes to squeeze Dick. She likes to kiss Dick all of the time All seems like Dick is always on her mind They serve mostly meat at these lunch stops a lot of bacon a lot of pork chops But there is one place that has a salad bar for a vegetarian like me The money goes to climb fruit Haiti, which is a non-profit organization and a hundred percent of our profits go down to help Probably 20 some families that we've been working with for the last five years and the money helps pay for education That's what we're here at rag right to spread the message that there's hope in the world And there are things that we can do outside of ourselves To make this world a better place and in the meantime you get some vegetables and vitamins on the route People loving it people are loving the salad bar I almost feel like we provide a service here more than we provide a sale Because people come and they say oh, it's a fresh vegetable. I need the vitamins. And so yeah, it's been a lot of fun I found liquid vegetables Ryan Yeah, pretty happy look at it. What's up bud? Not much, but just enjoying the ride enjoying the ride Let me tell you about my friend Luke I met him for the first time last year on rag bright and he told me all about how cycling Essentially saved his life because he lost so much weight. Someone's going out with my heart and the doctor told me was like listen if You're done, and I was like, what do you mean? I'm done. He said you got you got two choices You're either gonna change your ways or you're gonna die very young. I was five hundred and forty four pounds I ended up giving him one of my old bikes a Trek 920 and this is the first time seeing my boy Luke Since last year's rag bra. How's the bike treating you? Well, I gotta tell you it's really nice to not constantly have to worry that something's gonna explode underneath me By this time last year I got to the point where if some bang or pop it happened. I immediately was like, that's a spoke I know that's a spoke. The docks like blown away. It's like I can't believe how good you're doing Sometimes the thing is is that you just have to find something that you love so much that it can replace the desire to fill the void with things you shouldn't be doing like eating pastries or over-eating or Truthfully just sitting around on a couch and so cycling is my new obsession and it helps when your obsession is Fulfilled by something that you know, honestly is amazing people talk to me all the time about it I I'd be riding around in my in my own community people stop me They're like that's kind of a far-out bike man. I got to tell them the story and then you know on rag bride It's almost like More recognition than I've ever known in my life And I mean I was pretty much the biggest fattest guy in my town at one point So I'm kind of used to people staring at me, but people come to me all the time like hey, I saw you in the video I really think it's excellent that you're out here. I Had three people yesterday come up to me one with cancer and two with heart conditions and tell me That I'm the reason they're out here and I got to tell you it's just it's unreal How amazing this whole thing is but for me personally? Just to not have to fear that I'm gonna blow my entire budget Constantly having to get some crummy bike fixed. I mean it's it's amazing and I'm telling you man It's a dream come true. Thank you so much, dude. You're connected. We're connected for life Well, I'm constantly gonna be riding loser's bike. No, it's your bike now, man. It's your bike You must always stop at a sleeper fight My name is Uriah Steffen. I'm from the Indianapolis, Indiana here with the group from church Riding rag bride this year first time doing this and I am absolutely loving it I am a left below the knee amputee 2012 I was riding my bicycle to work and got hit head on by a truck gentlemen went to pass in their vehicle didn't see me and Hopefully have missed it doing about 60 to 65 miles an hour. I was doing about 25 the other direction. It's a busy stretch of road Spent the next year and a half in and out of hospitals in and out of surgeries had 15 surgeries total Before I would finally heal up before the doctors would release me to start with the prosthesis Over the next two years after that I learned to walk again learn to start lifting again and training All I wanted to do is get back on my bike ultimately the the goal is to join team USA for 2024 and 2028 Paralympics hopefully and sprint triathlon. So let's see how it goes Currently, I'm an I'm an APT life coach So my advice to you is find a goal find something you want to do Focus on a stick to it and do not give up Every day is a new opportunity to find joy find happiness and everything that you do you got to dig deep some days because some days It's hard I see a rope swing Time to get off the bike I'd like to give a high five to my cameraman a lawn Thank you so much. Are you gonna do it? I think I'm gonna do it. I think you got to do it It's scary, but you got to do it. It's a good way to wash your clothes. Yeah, this shirt needed a good washing Oh, that feels awesome. Come do this everybody. It's good for your soul Nice job Are you making any enemies with your packers? Well, not yet. There's a bear guy Well, that's all right. We haven't had any real insults. Just go packer most Whenever you see a sign for Amish baked goods You really should stop even if you're full because the Amish makes some of the best food along the route here on Radbrie and their pie and ice cream is just epic hot out of the oven You have a personal favorite Well rhubarb right now, why do I say that rhubarb is in front of me? I like whatever pie I see, right? You know along the route you can get some church lady pie and it can be hit or miss, you know Sometimes you get a good one. Sometimes you don't the Amish one. You always get a solid piece of pie I went with the rhubarb pie today. Mmm It's so good It's warm and soft And just perfect not too sweet Riding on a cruiser bike riding like cool a girl riding it on a cruiser bike. Yep. How many years do you have three? bike weighs 42 pounds Not counting my basket. How you doing? You're great. You skate the whole thing. I'm skating the whole thing It's been a lot of fun so far. Is it hard? It's I mean, it's tough But I think our skater skating or doing any kind of self-propelled motion across the states gonna be tough What do you got in there buddy? I'm at the ambulance, but not for bad reasons for very good reasons What's in the box? What's in the box? Oh my gosh, look at all these goodies Beans and tortillas This is unbelievable Bobo's Bobo's from Boulder. My wife and son are gonna ride Friday Saturday, so I wanted them to get the flavor. We work it every year. Yeah of rag rice. So we're watching Yeah, the video watching the videos and you go to rag-brite on YouTube and the first third and seventh one is team Dozer and love cycle, but when you gave him the bike this fall, yeah, that's kind of people We want to run and dude you just gave it to me. I did not bikes were quite a bit So we can't replace that but we can give you team dozer an ice cream So we want to support your rag-brite ice cream endeavors And so we all pitched in and this is your your rag-brite ice cream. Oh my god, you are so sweet I can't believe it. Oh, they got everything I love. They got the bees. They got the stickers This is a big-ass box of stuff, but I'm gonna try to fit as much of it in my bags as I can grant And there Grant goes off to save somebody's life. What a great guy I can't believe that he watched my video about Luke got inspired and put together a care package for him All my favorite things and rag-brite really brings together some some beautiful people and Yeah, that guy's the hero. He's the one that's saving saving lines every day I'm Joel Snore and I've been in North Carolina my brother Barry did right right last year and Enjoyed it so much that he talked me into joining him this year. I'm not a biker I never bike seriously until November this past year and and Barry has been coaching me We got together six times a thing for longer and longer rides. We started with a 20-mile hour and 30 40 50 60 and I remember that at the end of the 20-mile hour I was dying and and I Knew it wasn't for me, but but but but he persuaded me to keep keep keep trying and Three four three four three four so later. We did that at the 30 and Not easy but but These year and and and then 40 was great and 50 50 60 worked and The rest is history. So you're the one that convinced him to do this. Yeah, he convinced me to ride again this year I had a great time last year first time riding it and hasn't been riding with your brother. It's wonderful It's a you know, this is experience. We haven't had for You know, obviously we grew up together, but You know we live in different places now We have different lives but to take a week off work and spend a week with my brother and our sister who's actually driving the sag wagon So that's nice, but I think the three of us haven't been in the state of Iowa for 30 years together So I'm I wasn't sure that Iowa was ready for us, but I think we're doing alright. What were some of the challenges? balance with part-parts Bounce the women one of issues what walking or writing but Started so starting and stopping especially get anybody going from zero to something and and Come to come to a stop But If my feet don't get on the ground, but right away, I'm in trouble And how do you feel doing this, you know your four days into this? It's it's a rush for me and and the the benefits of cycling are becoming pretty well documented for Parkinson's and and the Repetition of the pedaling and the intense cardio It is it is great. It doesn't cure this disease, but but it slows down the progression and and there's kind of a feeling of euphoria, I think you Meet me wake up each morning and and seize the day Most often you can't Love love Love everybody