Bike Films Thread

[lone-rider]

What's out there that is worth watching or not?

Favourites I have seen lately (you probably have watched too):

MTB
- Seasons (did anyone catch the screening of this in Sydney?)
- Roam

Fixed Gear Culture
- Mash SF (saw at the Verona theatre, Sydney)
- Macaframa (saw at Bicycle Film Festival, Sydney)


Watching F1rst now, had to stop for a bit because of the voice over (drone!)

[Justin Fox]

Seasons is awesome. I've got F1RST too and haven't ever watched it since I bought it but I've watched seasons a few times.
PS: I was there that night at Mashed too (The Verona), great fun! Road to Roubaix was a worthy watch too, if a little too long. I caught that at the BFF.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flying_scotsman.jpg/200px-Flying_scotsman.jpg
Also worth watching is "The Flying Scotsman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Scotsman_(film))", a film about Graeme Obree who was known for his unusual riding positions and for a bicycle he built which included parts from a washing machine. He joined a professional team in France but was fired before his first race. He suffered mental problems for much of his life and twice tried suicide.

I caught it on Fox once night when flicking through channels, did some Google on it and the real story is awesome (great that they used the real bike in the film too).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Graeme_obree.jpg
Graeme Obree on "Old Faithful", his home-made bicycle which smashed the world record, then was banned.

[rhys]

I've seen Earthed 5 and its pretty awesome. Also worth seeing is American Flyers, its got Kevin Costner in it and its not too bad. Pretty corny but hey, its a sports movie from the 80s.

[Sp33dY]

Do BMX Bandits and RAD count ? :lol:


Although I've never fully seen Rad, i LOVE John Farnham's contribution to the movie :)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HGxT4w8zrTs

[lone-rider]

I have to see BMX bandits :) just watched the trailer here (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNjqh1MxiQ).

[Sp33dY]

It's cheeeeap on dvd (under $10) :) has a sweeet bmx VS car-chase too!

[Justin Fox]

Also worth seeing is American Flyers, its got Kevin Costner in it and its not too bad. Pretty corny but hey, its a sports movie from the 80s.

Shit I remember that! Wheelies on road bikes if I remember correctly?!

[crank]

You can't beat Roam and Seasons! I'm a bit biased towards the Trailflix videos too.;)

[Nutty]

My Latest MTB flick is http://www.24-solo.com/trailer/
These guys are very inspiring, Their tough as. Makes me feel like a big girlyboy for a little biut of leg burn. :loling:
Riding for 24 hours, they're pretty shattered when they finish a race, Interesting insite into their training and the race though.

[Justin Fox]

Been meaning to watch that one.