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Des Moines Register writer John Karras helped create the annual Iowa biking event called RAGBRAI and says everyone pronounces the name wrong. He also says he made up a fake story about how cyclists dip tires in the water on each side of Iowa, and that people started copying what was meant to be a joke. Hear surprising stories from Karras and his wife Ann about the history of the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. From WHO radio in Des Moines in 1999.
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Des Moines Register writer John Karras helped create the annual Iowa biking event called RAGBRAI and says everyone pronounces the name wrong. He also says he made up a fake story about how cyclists dip tires in the water on each side of Iowa, and that people started copying what was meant to be a joke. Hear surprising stories from Karras and his wife Ann about the history of the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. From WHO radio in Des Moines in 1999.