“Bicycle Dreams,” a documentary film about the 2005 Race Across America, will be shown at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Allen Theater in Annville. The showing is being co-sponsored by Lancaster-based Dream Ride Projects and the Lebanon Valley Bicycle Coalition.
The feature-length film, winner of multiple film festival awards, follows solo riders as they race the 3,000 across the country in what is billed as the toughest annual race in the world. The film was made from footage from 18 cameras embeded in race crew vehicles.
There will be a question-and-answer period after the screening with Mike Ridgeway, the founder of Dream Ride Projects. Dream Ride hosts charity rides, rider safety training and advocacy. Ridgeway was part of a four-person team that did the race in 2008. He plans to assemble another team for the 2013 RAAM.
Joining Ridgeway on stage will be Chris Champion, a Lebanon County bicyclist who will lead a support crew for riders age 70 and older in this year’s RAAM.
Tickets to the screening cost $8 in advance and $10 at the door on Saturday. Advance tickets can be ordered at bikelebanon.org. People who purchase advance tickets by Thursday will be entered into a drawing for a Lupine Piko 3 light, provided by Gretna Bikes.
