So, we got these “racing” movies on deck. I’ve no idea, really. They just show up in my inbox and there you go. I’m seeing a limited release in cycling heavy places like Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Oregon. And, then straight to DVD. They should be available for Holiday purchase this fall through a number of internet sites and cycling catalogs.
The Potential Inside
Ok, ready? Dude races, wins, retires, coaches, experiences difficulty in that all-to-difficult transition back to the real world, loses someone important to him through a senseless tragedy, finds/meets some damaged guy, damaged guy becomes his client, dude saves client and our protagonist also saves himself in the process. High five later.
Peloton
Nice guy racer down on his luck, can’t even cut it as a messenger (ever try a bike shop?), taken in by buddy, buddy’s girl hung up on danger of racing (pillow talk moment where she asks “name one of your friends that hasn’t crashed?”), collectively the two buddies overcome some mixed adversity (namely 1. girlfriends who don’t understand racing and 2. aforementioned danger of crashing), the couples eventually find each other through (surprise!) racing, and the boys, of course, win a bike race and discover what’s really important in life (i.e., something they already had).
September 7th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
GAWD….those look horrible. Then again, have you watched Breaking Away, American Flyers or Quicksilver lately?
September 7th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
…somebody DID recently state in this august chronicle that “cycling is the new golf”…
…take that for whatever it’s worth…
September 7th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
I guess the MAMIL (Middle Aged Male In Lycra) phenom is real now that there is 2 movies out about it.
Read about it here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608
September 7th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
In Peloton. Around the 1:15 mark. Where he rides right in to a dumpster.
I’m cracking up here.
I so did that once.
Some kid. Riding a skateboard. Took me by surprise.
Then…..Thump.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Tho I have to say.
The racial undertone of both movies annoys me.
I need to go do something. Ride. Walk the cat. Something.
September 7th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Sean, American Flyers and Quicksilver are utter crap. Breaking Away, on the other hand, is a fantastic coming of age film. It is well written and has very solid performances from all four main characters as well as the actors playing Dave Stoller’s parents. To lump Breaking Away in with tripe like American Flyers and Quicksilver is a travesty of a mockery of a sham.
September 7th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
“Refund? REFUND???!!!”
September 7th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Sleepy, my bad. I should have said “RAD – The Movie”
“At Helltrack – The Heat is On”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeD9nrpfeY
September 7th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
jesus fuck. i made it 27 seconds on the 1st video and thats all i could take. all my children has better actors than that. CHEESE.
September 7th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
are you crazy? am. flyers and quicksilver are the money. that topless scene with the hippie chick, and the edgy urban fabric of nyc messenger underworld. gold, pure gold. three words for you boys. RAE. DAWN. CHONG. take that.
September 7th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Jazzy–that topless hippie chick later went on to costar in Waterworld…also with Costner.
wacky
I used to hang out with the guy who played Eddie in American Flyers.
September 7th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
“Flying Scotsman” Great cast, well acted, and the bike scenes are actually something bike racers can appreciate (The tunnel-vision on the track during the pursuit is spot on).
Sidenote: Didn’t “Breaking Away” win an Oscar for the script?
September 7th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
“Thanks for the t-shirts, Mrs. Stohler.”
September 7th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Even though these movies feature bikes and people riding them, I’m still catching “shades of Talladega”
September 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
“The Italians! The Italians!”
September 7th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
HEY LITTLEJARHEAD – FUCK YOU.
September 7th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Cinzano much?
September 7th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
@trout Eddy was a dog who chased bikes.
September 7th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
one of the guys that used to work at my shop is in the first clip. first i have seen of it. apparently the final funding that got the movie made had some evangelical strings attached or something so things got weird pretty quick with the storyline in that flick.anyway, anyone coming to Gran Prix of Gloucester OCT 2 and 3rd? is so shoot us an email and drop by our tent.
September 7th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
BMX BANDITS!
September 7th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Look for “2 seconds” it’s a french film about a female pro DH racer who gets disillusioned with racing and moves back home and ends up a bike messenger. She then strikes up a friendship with a crank old bike shop owner. There is a great scene where the two compare battle scars that captures an element of true cycling.
September 7th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
seaside – i’ll be there all the way from michigan.
September 7th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Trailer for 2 seconds.
http://www.alltrailers.net/2-secondes-2-seconds.html
September 7th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
They look like great flicks…can’t wait for x-mas!
September 8th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Anybody seen “The Triplets of Belleville”?
September 8th, 2010 at 4:50 am
…while “breaking away” may be a little too goofy to be a mainstream classic, it’s THE quintessential cycling classic…
…i don’t care whatcha got, i ain’t budgin’ on that…
September 8th, 2010 at 6:52 am
Kilgore – Actually, that topless hippy chick went on to star in Baywatch – her name is Alexandra Paul. The Waterworld actress was Jeanne Tripplehorn
September 8th, 2010 at 6:53 am
Flying Scotsman ftw!
September 8th, 2010 at 7:12 am
‘Breaking Away’ and ‘Triplets of Belleville’ are two of the best cycling movies made. The rest are all pack fodder.
September 8th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Breaking Away’ is the best! If you don’t like it, ask Mr.Stohler for a refund!
September 8th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Whoa Sean, you’re right. I always thought Jeanne Tripplehorn was Alexandra Pauls porn name, but I guess they’re two different people. Funny, though, the little girl from Waterworld was the nerdy chick from Napoleon Dynamite.
Triplets is the shit, and the theme song is a major earworm…”they are so rough, so very rough, rougher than the Triplets of Belleville”.
September 8th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Gotta get me that movie. “Triplets”, I mean. I’ve an idea even my stridently non-cyclist daughter would succumb to its charms.
September 8th, 2010 at 8:24 am
@Jazzy Jeff – Quicksilver took place in Frisco, not NYC. Have you seen it?
September 8th, 2010 at 8:37 am
gritty urban fabric is what i remember, maybe you are right since there was that scene where they were going up a monster hill. if you want to go toe to toe with me on quicksilver minutia, bring it on. wait a second, didnt bacon hit the floor on the NYSE to get hector’s hot dog cart $?
September 8th, 2010 at 8:38 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_(film)
set in NYC, filmed in SF and LA sucka.
September 8th, 2010 at 9:04 am
“if you want to go toe to toe with me on Quicksilver minutiae”
lol. Outstanding. We’re all winners now!
September 8th, 2010 at 10:34 am
yeah 2 seconds was actually pretty decent. not breaking away, but worth a watch when you are on the trainer this january.
September 8th, 2010 at 10:50 am
“on the trainer”, my ass! Got studded tires and fenders for a reason.
September 8th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
two thumbs up. feel good movie of the year.
September 8th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Triplets wasn’t much. Cycling was more of an aside as opposed to a driving force of the movie.
September 9th, 2010 at 3:57 am
joe, your constant omission of pronouns grew tiresome long ago. you speak like bumper stickers.
those sentences remind me of tragic muumuu beach cover-ups that say shit like, “been there, done that.” they have outspoken attitude and serve to cover up major flaws. what the shirts are really are saying is “i’m a defeated lower socioeconomic class underachiever, and i will not rise to the challenge of being respectable.” tighten your game up, brother. your underwear is shoeing.
the movie titled triplets of belleville rules ass.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Brevity, son. Try some.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Joe – You’re daughter is stridently non-cyclist? I’m sorry.
Coming from a guy who has ridden a winter with studded tires and knows the feeling of hosing off the salt, crud, and collected ice off of a bike, I would say, let her see how happy and strong you are for riding the bike and maybe she’ll come around. It’s a superior vehicle. Superior to the scooter, moped, motorcycle, car, truck, train, and bus.
When gasoline is $x.99+9/10 per gallon, we’ll see people figuring it out the hard way. Personal power plants are so fucking last century.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
improve yer english littlejarhead. “you’re” a daughter… always knew you were a little bitch. step up punk.