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Old 08-29-09 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by divineAndbright
Don't think ive ever seen mention of this video here yet, cool little documentary with good picture and whatnot. The rider in part two literally riding-on until he falls over is some more interesting footage ive seen, I can't imagine you'd see that kinda stubbornness in a racer today, although maybe thats due more to all the crazy health monitoring and all the stuff that sucks a lot of the life out of racing today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3EHJjHP6yc part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B6ZycaBelU part 2
Brilliant! Thanks for posting this - I've never seen it before. Really captures the atmosphere of a bygone era and fascinating to see the difference to today. Not just the vintage steel bikes, but the race itself looks a lot harder for the riders.
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