The C&V videos thread
#1
The C&V videos thread
Is there already a C&V videos thread? Hopefully there isn't
Please share your favorite videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and/or video channels featuring C&V bikes, particularly those done to a decent artistic standard (i.e., that are watchable). To be clear, period racing footage is cool, and welcome here, but I personally find enthusiast-produced short films to be more interesting.
Here are a few that I've seen in the recent past:
https://vimeo.com/109906467
https://vimeo.com/103998693
And here's a channel that I've recently begun to follow:
https://vimeo.com/vintagevelo
Please share your favorite videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and/or video channels featuring C&V bikes, particularly those done to a decent artistic standard (i.e., that are watchable). To be clear, period racing footage is cool, and welcome here, but I personally find enthusiast-produced short films to be more interesting.Here are a few that I've seen in the recent past:
https://vimeo.com/109906467
https://vimeo.com/103998693
And here's a channel that I've recently begun to follow:
https://vimeo.com/vintagevelo
Last edited by velofinds; 11-02-15 at 09:33 PM.
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I'd kind of like to find some links to bikes and riders filmed "back in the day." There are a few I've seen, like the Raleigh factory video and the British video of a large group of club riders. But I haven't come across a whole lot of others.
#3
There's a video I like called "Equinox Bicycle". Has some really good footage of jack taylor cycles, Cinelli and Raleigh concerning framebuilding.
https://youtu.be/g0QjhGr73Ns
https://youtu.be/g0QjhGr73Ns
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There's a video I like called "Equinox Bicycle". Has some really good footage of jack taylor cycles, Cinelli and Raleigh concerning framebuilding.
https://youtu.be/g0QjhGr73Ns
https://youtu.be/g0QjhGr73Ns
#7
Home movies from ~1976
High School bicycle racing in Rhode Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENK_BKPmI7o
High School bicycle racing in Rhode Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENK_BKPmI7o
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JBC-3 Your movies brought back many good memories of my school days racing in the 1950's. I was a ice skating racer and field runner so I had the body to bike race. I raced all over NYS and many times I would show up with my hand built three speed and many would laugh. I won most of the time. I had a 10 speed bike but most of the time the three speed was all that was needed for short races. In the winter I practiced with the US olympic team as two members were from my town.
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awesome, as the elders in my family pass away I am inheriting all the 8mm home movies. I've converted those from my side now have to do wifey's side. when I did ours I used a full sized VHS camcorder and now I have better digital camcorders. so thinking about re-converting some for better quality like exposure control. anyway good job!
#12
I'm enjoying "A Sunday in Hell" so far. This may not be new to many of you, but it's new to me. This is an excellent clip:
And here's the full film:
And here's the full film:
Last edited by velofinds; 04-10-15 at 10:11 PM.
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Enjoyed a few on Netflix recently, here's some trailers:
Slaying the Badger (Hinault vs. LeMond)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d5hhPBWMYqk
My Italian Secret (Gino Bartali during WWII)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3uSlHzOZ0
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xfN3uxk-vRs
Slaying the Badger (Hinault vs. LeMond)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d5hhPBWMYqk
My Italian Secret (Gino Bartali during WWII)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3uSlHzOZ0
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xfN3uxk-vRs
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I can't get enough of that one. It's exactly what cycling is to me. I could easily have lived in England then and went out on those club rides.
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#18
The Questioning City
Circa 1959. I still haven't been able to find this one so I can watch it.
60 Cycles.
Nothing like freewheels clicking along to the music.
The Race for the Yellow.
Average guys racing vintage bikes and as a bonus, the Christmas Story kid is the narrator!
Circa 1959. I still haven't been able to find this one so I can watch it.
60 Cycles.
Nothing like freewheels clicking along to the music.
The Race for the Yellow.
Average guys racing vintage bikes and as a bonus, the Christmas Story kid is the narrator!
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The Simplicity of Vintage Cycles
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Great film! I spent an entire evening with it earlier this year. Went through it almost frame-by-frame, trying to recognize the riders and their bikes. Some results of my efforts are here.
The quality is excellent and made for some informative screen prints:
The quality is excellent and made for some informative screen prints:
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Bikes: 2014 Cannondale Synapse Carbon 4 Rival; 2014 Cannondale Trail 7 29; 1972 Schwinn Suburban, 1996 Proflex 756, 1987(?) Peugeot, Dahon Speed P8; 1979 Raleigh Competition GS; 1995 Stumpjumper M2 FS, 1978 Raleigh Sports, Schwinn Prologue
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If only I still had a VHS player.
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Home movies from ~1976
High School bicycle racing in Rhode Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENK_BKPmI7o
High School bicycle racing in Rhode Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENK_BKPmI7o
Using most if not any of the streaming devices (or smart TV's) you can watch YouTube content right on your TV.
I recently removed the desk from what I use to call my home office (now my "cave"). And set up a TV with cable, a Roku, and a VGA connected PC too. The image below shows a (one of thousands... free) YouTube cycling video on the TV.
Last edited by Dave Cutter; 11-03-15 at 09:17 PM.



