Originally Posted by
jebensch
We all know Breaking Away - e vero, no - but are there any documentaries out there that deal with vintage bikes and the culture or the birth of racing or the boom or... what am I missing?
If there's nothing then dangit -who wants to be in a documentary next summer?!
In the mid 80s, I helped a couple of USC film students with a film called the Cyclist. We ronded up a bunch of people, many were my friends and we rode for many of the shots in the film. Lots of racing footages were filmed at our Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. He had 2 paid actors but one could not ride across the finish line with no hands. I played the bad guy (Armstrong to Beloki look)who dusted the star of the movie up a hill during training. Anyone locally involve in that thing?