Tag: Film
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Time For Another Big Bike Film Night
Click or not: Time For Another Big Bike Film NightWho doesn’t love a good cycling film? We do, so it’s always an exciting time when the Big Bike Film Night rolls around. This will be the fourth edition, and as usual the selection is vast and filled with variety that caters to just about any type of cycling fan. If it is isn’t coming… …
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Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s Peak
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s PeakPike’s Peak was put on the world motorsport radar by the now legendary film Climb Dance, a hair-raising trip into the setting sun with Ari Vatanen and his terrifyingly fast Peugeot 405 back in 1988. Full gas and mostly sideways, Vatanen made the iconic dirt road in Colorado with its drops to the side of… …
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No One Tires Of Spring
Click or not: No One Tires Of SpringIt’s here; the best time of year. The tasters have come and gone with their heat, dust and sand, the embrocation and rain gear are back out and Northern Europe is the rightful epicentre of bicycle racing once again. When tasks, nay rituals, such as gluing on tubulars become the most important thing, when bad… …
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Bombtrack At The Highland Trail 550
Click or not: Bombtrack At The Highland Trail 550 More Scottish bikepacking goodness this time from the Bombtrack lads as they take on the Highland Trail 550 race at a pace less time trial and more mental trial. The Highland Trail is a long distance self-supported cycling route of 885km through the Scottish Highlands. There is no entry fee, no prize money, and… …
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The Moment
Click or not: The MomentIt was when mountain biking was full of freshness and blind innovation, when bikes were for one for all terrain and riders were still concentrated on racing and going up was more important than going down. While the rest of the world was Lycra’d up and hitting heart rates, some renegades in British Columbia were… …
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Wild About Argyll
Click or not: Wild About ArgyllNo, it’s got nothing to do with business socks or your granddad’s cardigan. It’s all about bikepacking the Scottish Adventure Coast, which looks both breathtakingly scenic and forebodingly wild in equal measure. Our mad German friend and former Wellingtonian Markus knows his way around on a bike, having completed an around the world trip on… …
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Art of Punk: Bryan Ray Turcotte
Click or not: Art of Punk: Bryan Ray TurcotteIf you think a few posters and some vinyl entails a punk collection, think again. This guy has the shirts off punk’s very back. …
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Not Far From Home: Destination North
Click or not: Not Far From Home: Destination NorthErkki Punttila is on a mission to the cold, dark north by boat and by bike. There’s a common saying that life is like a wave and our existence is essentially surfing whatever kind of water comes our way. Metaphorically there may not be a better way to justify the ebbs and flows of good… …