NYC courier documentary
 

After high school graduation in mid 90's I was not sure what do to with my life. Saw an awesome documentary about NYC bike couriers on tv. It was about "Mother's" dispatch and "The Greek" was one of the couriers the documentary followed. That film was the reason I then started as a bike courier. I know that a follow up documentary was filmed and also shown a couple of years ago here on Swedish national television.

I would now like to get ahold of a copy of those documentarys. Preferably on dvd or by downloading on the web. The thing is I don't have any good search words for Google. Does anyone here know who directed or what titles I should search for? Maybe you know where I can get a copy?

The documentary on SVT was "Pedal!", by Peter Sutherland. I saw it too, and I remember thinking they were crazy going fixed, and now I do the same. :)

That´s all I know. Someone must have it taped!

schysst!

Saw now that "Pedal" is from 2001 and is a follow up from the original one from 95/96 I think.

I'm pretty sure it's called "need for speed", you could get it from Amazon for a while, but only vhs.

Thanks! That's the name! I remember it now.

Yup it's need for speed, I have it on vhs, got if from amazon, it's expensive, but the Greek's Oakley Blades more than make up for it. If you can't find it on amazon anymore hit me up I'll make a copy on vhs for you.

I think pedal is being released on DVD soon if anyone is interested.

thanks all for the help!

Thanks for mentioning this film. I had never heard of it. But now you have sparked an interest in me.
I located the website that produced it. The phone number is listed. Maybe they have info on dvd or at least vhs. Hopefully, this information will be helpful to you.

(Click the link for contact details there is a phone number there.)

http://www.mandy.com/1/film3.cfm?id=797

georgiaboy - keep us updated on the status of that email, i'm interested in getting a copy of pedal as well.

I sent an email per the address on the site. Never got an answer. I guess if the box were flooded it might trigger a response.

Thanks for letting us know! You're right, you would have gotten a response if it didn't reach the reciever.

looks like there are some clips here http://www.cinemacapital.com/pedal.html

i used to have a vhs copy of pedal... its laying around somewhere but im moving soon so most of my **** is packed up.....

Have you guys heard of "Red Light Go"? http://www.redlightgo.ws/ ... this looks pretty damn cool but dont know if it will come out soon or what... if you guys know anything of it let me know...

oh damn... i just clicked on the link i posted and you can buy it right now via paypal... answered my own question.