In spring, twins Anita and Carolin Gehrig traveled to Iran with their mountain bikes and a film crew. The result is a beautiful and emotional film about courage, passion and Iranian female mountain bikers, for whom the mountain bike means a piece of freedom - free riding. The work celebrates its big premiere on the occasion of the World Championships.

A look behind the curtain: in the West, we are mainly familiar with Iranian moral strictures and war rhetoric. Enduro pros Anita and Caro Gehrig experience open-minded people, hospitality, great interest in the West and, last but not least, an unconditional passion for mountain biking. And there is a reason for this: the bike is the vehicle to freedom, because there are no moral guardians on the trails.

Freeride, or rather free ride, takes on another dimension in the land of the mullahs. Even if you can hardly communicate with words, you can understand each other on a bike. Free Riding Iran is a film about courage, passion and mutual inspiration on two wheels.

In collaboration with Halsundbeinbruch Film, the Gehrig twins realized their long-planned video project in May 2018. The result is a 25-minute documentary film that will celebrate its premiere at the UCI World Championships in Lenzerheide.

This somewhat different "Free Ride Film" will be shown for the first time on Thursday, September 6 at 9 p.m. in the Crest'Ota mountain restaurant. The main protagonists Anita and Carolin Gehrig and a surprise guest will of course be in attendance.