Originally Posted by
Iowegian
I wanted to go on the first one, I think it was called 'FAGBRAI' ...but I was just a paperboy and didn't have a car and all that. I still remember reading Donald Kaul's columns about it while he did the ride.
Someday I'll go, hopefully when the route goes through my hometown (again).
According to the video about it there was no name at first. In fact it wasn't planned to be a annual event just a ride across the state to make a series of news stories. Then people wanted to know the date for "next year" and it happened again. After that they decided to make it annual and the rest is history.