Good cycling films

AndyMalone
AndyMalone Posts: 55
edited January 2012 in The bottom bracket
Hi,

I'm in the mood for watching a good film/documentary. Can anyone recommend any good cycling ones that are available on DVD?

I've seen 'Chasing Legends' about Team HTC in the 2009 Tour de France (very good by the way) and I've recently watched a couple of the San Francisco fixie films (like MASH – impressive, a bit mental, not something I'll watch again).

Anyone got any other suggestions?

Cheers,
Andy

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    A sunday in Hell

    if you don't mind it '70s anyway...
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Overcoming is pretty good.
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  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    Cheers, there is a full copy of 'A Sunday in Hell' on YouTube (not sure how legit that is).

    I also stumbled across 'Overcoming' just after writing this post and found it for £3.88 so that's one is on it's way. Thanks for the tip.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Problem with cycling films, inevitably, is that it's never quite as good as the actual racing :p.


    For road themed occurances, Belleville Rendezvous.

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  • garrynolan
    garrynolan Posts: 560
    Apologies in advance... American Flyers. Well, I liked it.
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  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    Classic French animation and a Costner film... I didn't expect that!

    I found the Mark Beaumont series "The man who cycled the world" on YouTube in good quality last night and ended up watching the whole 2 hours of it.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    The Greatest Show On Earth and Le Course en Tete are excellent.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpEPeU-bdxw
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Road to Roubaix is good too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQGibzq8Sg
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    And you can't buy these on DVD (yet) but the Beyond the Peloton shorts are superb and can be watched in HD on YouTube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82lSvva0Ag

    I wish they hadn't stopped making them :-(
  • martinwitnam
    martinwitnam Posts: 439
    +1 for American Flyers.
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  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    Thanks for the links. They'll do nicely to watch on the laptop later once the missus crashes out.
  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    edited January 2012
    Wow... Just watched Chasing Legends for the 1st time... HOW AMAZING? I'll be watching that again on the turbo... Christ.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    It's prob best to watch the BTP films via Cervelo's website so you get em in the right order

    http://www.cervelo.com/en_us/team-garmi ... o_headline
  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    'Breaking Away' was better than 'American Flyers'. Silly sappy, but won an Oscar for the script.
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  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    Islwyn wrote:
    Wow... Just wanted Chasing Legends for the 1st time... HOW AMAZING? I'll be watching that again on the turbo... Christ.

    Yep, fantastic!
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    I just watched Chasing Legends on blu ray, awesome in HD!
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  • Alinshearah
    Alinshearah Posts: 339
    ET.
  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    I've watched a few of these now...

    Overcoming: Good, interesting characters in the team but after seeing Chasing Legends was just left wanting a bit 'more'.

    BTP: Excellent! Just at the end of the second series and gutted there is only one more to go. Cracking film making and insight into the Pro Tour environment.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    I quite liked the Graham Obree bio pic: The Flying Scotsman with Johnnie Lee Miller.
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    Pokerface wrote:
    I quite liked the Graham Obree bio pic: The Flying Scotsman with Johnnie Lee Miller.

    Seconded, couldn't remember the name.
  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    Nice, I've added it to my LoveFILM list.
  • AndyMalone
    AndyMalone Posts: 55
    I've just noticed on Team Sky's latest training gallery on Facebook that they talk about a film team following them (and setting up equipment on their bikes) making a documentary.

    Has anyone got any further info on this? Is it going to be a one off (Chasing Legends esq) or a series like Beyond the Peloton?
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Yes, there is a doc being made about them. I think it's being made by MCBD the people behind the Pendleton Hovis adverts.
  • stigofthedump
    stigofthedump Posts: 331
    I saved this link from the last similar thread

    Vive Le tour
    http://vimeo.com/21306164

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  • Alain Quay
    Alain Quay Posts: 534
    I thought somone would have mentioned Hollentour (Hell on Wheels) by now.

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