Bike documentary mid 90's can't remember what it is!!! Please help!!!
06-15-12, 04:30 AM
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Bike documentary mid 90's can't remember what it is!!! Please help!!!
Hello there,
I know that getting an answer is probably like trying to find a needle in a stack of needles
... but there was a cycling documentary I watched in my early teens that really ignited my interest in cycling. I think about it sometimes but can't seem to find it anywhere (although I have found some similarly awesome vids - like this one where a guy on a skateboard follows a bike messenger around new york with a fisheye lens...)
Anyway - here are the sketchy details I can remember if anyone knows what I'm taking about I'll be forever grateful!!
Channel 4 (Or maybe BBC2, but I think it was ch4)
Mid 90's (sorry can't be more specific! probably 95-97)
Was about New York bike messengers - mostly focussed on the exploits of one company - one guy was a tall white guy with v.long dark hair - It follows him around doing deliveries for a bit (and I remember him telling an anecdote where he did a secretary or something cos she liked his skimpy lycra shorts or something). There was an older black guy in his late 40s or 50s - there was a thing about "am I too old, is it too tough etc", he got hurt when some bird opened her car door and hit him.
The only other thing i remember was an aside about some sort of group (or troupe) of street cycling lunatics that seemed to show off and do crazy tricks etc - the other messengers were like "they're cool - but is it too much??"
Anyway - yeah if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd much appreciate it!
I know that getting an answer is probably like trying to find a needle in a stack of needles
... but there was a cycling documentary I watched in my early teens that really ignited my interest in cycling. I think about it sometimes but can't seem to find it anywhere (although I have found some similarly awesome vids - like this one where a guy on a skateboard follows a bike messenger around new york with a fisheye lens...)Anyway - here are the sketchy details I can remember if anyone knows what I'm taking about I'll be forever grateful!!
Channel 4 (Or maybe BBC2, but I think it was ch4)
Mid 90's (sorry can't be more specific! probably 95-97)
Was about New York bike messengers - mostly focussed on the exploits of one company - one guy was a tall white guy with v.long dark hair - It follows him around doing deliveries for a bit (and I remember him telling an anecdote where he did a secretary or something cos she liked his skimpy lycra shorts or something). There was an older black guy in his late 40s or 50s - there was a thing about "am I too old, is it too tough etc", he got hurt when some bird opened her car door and hit him.
The only other thing i remember was an aside about some sort of group (or troupe) of street cycling lunatics that seemed to show off and do crazy tricks etc - the other messengers were like "they're cool - but is it too much??"
Anyway - yeah if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd much appreciate it!
06-15-12, 06:06 AM
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I'd say "On any Sunday" but that was motorcycles. Still worth watching.
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I seem to recall the film you are talking about. But I can't give you a name.
Here's an except from one called Pedal. It's got the fisheye lens thing going.
Here's the link to the Quicksilver trailer.
It shows Kevin Bacon and Lawrence Fishburne
Here's an except from one called Pedal. It's got the fisheye lens thing going.
Here's the link to the Quicksilver trailer.
It shows Kevin Bacon and Lawrence Fishburne
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06-15-12, 10:47 AM
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yeah, pedal was the fisheye thing I watched its amazing. No its not quicksilver sorry, it was definitely a documentary.
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