Favorite cycling films
12-25-21, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by seypat
Let me clarify. I was talking about the malice between the couples, not the quality of the movie. War of the Roses was entertaining.
12-26-21, 10:09 PM
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By far the best to get a feel for what it takes to be a rider in the Tour de France, the film Pour un Maillot Jaune from 1965 is in a class by itself.Vive le Tour is another good short documentary from 1962. The Flying Scotsman is a good movie about the politics of the sports organizations that control the participants and make changes retroactively because they can.
12-26-21, 11:04 PM
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Three videos that I have found really capture the essence if cycling, other than Breaking Away which is a great classic, are unReal, Le Ride, and Where the Trail Ends.
A few films on GCN (Global Cycling Network) are good also:
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A few films on GCN (Global Cycling Network) are good also:
- Send It
- 1903
- Train Like a Belgian
- Feather (especially good)
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12-27-21, 09:35 AM
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Awesome recommendations so far. To add to the free YouTube documentary style movies available:
Red Light Go - NYC bike messenger doc
Pedal - one of the earliest POV films of modern bike video era
Beasts of Burden - SF bike messenger doc
Red Light Go - NYC bike messenger doc
Pedal - one of the earliest POV films of modern bike video era
Beasts of Burden - SF bike messenger doc
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12-30-21, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
I really enjoyed this movie...
https://youtu.be/go1iV7bZbZs
https://youtu.be/go1iV7bZbZs
found it on Amazon.
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12-30-21, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by nel e nel
Awesome recommendations so far. To add to the free YouTube documentary style movies available:
Red Light Go - NYC bike messenger doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_TNZHuSPwg
Pedal - one of the earliest POV films of modern bike video era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyitrLKUUJI
Beasts of Burden - SF bike messenger doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EmbaZYRn8
Red Light Go - NYC bike messenger doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_TNZHuSPwg
Pedal - one of the earliest POV films of modern bike video era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyitrLKUUJI
Beasts of Burden - SF bike messenger doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EmbaZYRn8
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12-30-21, 09:11 PM
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Just finished watching Le Bike, following the original 1923 TdF route in the same time frame - 28 days? What blew me away, other than the unreal mileage (about 150 miles/day) was the first stage in the Pyrenees was 200 miles with 20,000’ climbing in one day! And this is on the original heavy period bikes where to change gears, they had to remove the back wheel and manually move the chain to the sprocket of choice. Many didn’t finish since it was more a race of attrition.
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12-31-21, 10:21 AM
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+1 for Pee Wee's big Adventure for silliness
+1 to Bicycle Thieves for great story, the scenery, and improvised acting
and ET; I was a kid when this came out and the BMX scenes were an eye opener for me.
+1 to Bicycle Thieves for great story, the scenery, and improvised acting
and ET; I was a kid when this came out and the BMX scenes were an eye opener for me.
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12-31-21, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LarrySellerz
Never seen Pedal, thanks for the link! You should watch the 2 seconds film I linked I think you'd like it
12-31-21, 11:13 PM
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guessing that this is not the best forum/thread to posit “death of a cyclist” from 1955 in. great movie tho…………
01-01-22, 12:51 PM
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Here's a little short that I really like. Before lycra and helmets. Great comradery. And the commentary is wonderful.
