The Forest City RAGBRAI committee is excited to reveal “Ride Forest Ride” as the local theme for this year’s overnight stop. The Forrest Gump concept was developed as a riff from dialogue featured in the 1994 film.
The logo features a likeness of the movie’s main character during his cross-country run, akin to the trek cyclists take across the state of Iowa each year. The character’s front wheel is melded into the letter ‘R’, like a bike rack, indicating the break that will occur in the city.
The theme was developed by Forest City’s RAGBRAI advisory team, and the logo was designed by Jackie Richardson and Signe Meinders, members of the marketing committee.
ForestCityRAGBRAI.com has also been launched, which will be the hub for all local details.