Blast from the past
 

Last night my 7 year old son and I were kicked back watching the tube before bed. He was channel surfing and settled on an old favorite ---- "Breaking Away." It has been many years since I have seen that movie. What a hoot looking at the 70's styles and the now vintage bikes and accessories. Anyone else happen to see it? It was on one of the Encore movie channels. Lp

Spinz@50 you must be young to have a 7 year old son now. One of my grandkids is that old!

My wife has Breaking Away on DVD so we watch it occasionally, along with American Flyers, and while both are fairly vintage with regards to bikes, the human side of the storys is still very applicable today!

Rick / OCRR

One of my favorite movies of all time! :thumb:

besides a biking movie American Flyers could be considered a chamber of commerce film for
biking in Colorado you really can come out and ride in places you see in the movie

At a meeting I was at last week bicycle colorado announced bicycling's answer to hikers trying to summit all colorado's 14'ers Colorado is going to create 25 scenic biking byways

the below is from sept 2007 (I couldnt find an update)

"Bike the Byways" is coming soon to Colorado - we hope! Our #1 priority project with the FY 2007 grant is the development of a "Bike the Byways" program for all 25 of our byways, in partnership with Bicycle Colorado, a statewide non-profit. While there will be a printed brochure available, the major component of the program will be the "Bike the Byways" website, from which the maps can be downloaded.

The online information guide will contain:
• Bicycle maps displaying useful information needed by bicycle travelers. Details on the road itself such as: shoulder width, rumble strips, traffic volume, and elevation profile. Bicyclists would find out about other bike routes in the area, bike shop locations, and area attractions promoted in conjunction with byway organizations and tourism offices. Also links to weather conditions and bicycle safety tips will be included.
• Online registry to track completed byways. Bicyclists will register their completion date of each byway ride and view a list of completed routes. Registered users may also enter their comments or advice on a particular route.
• An incentive program would consist of producing a yearly commemorative bicycle jersey which riders who complete four byways may purchase. Website visitors may also order Bike the Byways stickers and patches.
• Tips for motorists on how to share the road safely with bicyclists. The tips may be reproduced in other byway materials or linked to by communities.

Bicycle Colorado will also provide public relations support to announce and promote the program. They will work with the Byway organizations and communities to connect with existing information on attractions and distribute information to the greater bicycling community to increase awareness of the Bike the Byway program. Bicycle Colorado also has a ten thousand subscriber email list and a quarterly print newsletter distributed to members and bike shops around the state. We are hoping that this partnership will help open the door to a new group of stakeholders participating in byway activities.

Hopefully we can have this program ready to go next summer - if the funding comes through in a timely manner.



--
Sally Pearce
Scenic Byways Coordinator
Colorado Department of Transportation
303-757-9786

Yikes! Seven year old son! I have great grand kids older than that! :(

hell, i have a four year old. my kids range in age from 33 to 4. doesn't everybody's?

be well,

jim

I thought my spread from 23 to 13 was bad enough. I love my kids, but I'm happy I don't have any younger than I do.

I watched it again a few months ago, and I was kind of disappointed. The bike racing parts remain great (the Italian racers and the Little 500 in particular), but the love story and the father / son conflict parts struck me as too hokey, or hokier than I remember.

I liked the scene with Stoller drafting the Cinzano truck at 50mph in the 42T chainring. :)

I think they only show that movie in N.C. Only kidding.........haven't seen that flick for years.

[quote=Rick@OCRR;7711071]Spinz@50 you must be young to have a 7 year old son now. One of my grandkids is that old!

Yeah Rick ---- we didn't think we were going to have kids. When I was 43 we were told to get ready. The rest is history. I jokingly tell my wife I was poking fun at her and she took it serious. :eek::innocent::D:lol: Lp

Refund!

You have to have fun before you can be re-fun d........

just saying

When I watch <I>American Flyers</I> I cheer for Rae Dawn Chong's legs and the brain aneurysm. Maybe that's because it was made in the 80s, when we also got <I>Personal Best</I> and <I>Flashdance</>, which gave us (respectively) Mariel Hemingway's legs and Jennifer Beals' butt.

Even if pulling around the Cinzano truck is over the top, <I>Breaking Away</I> is tied for first in my pantheon of 70s-flashback sports films, right up there with <I>Slap Shot</I>.