bicycle dreams the Movie

[DiddlyDodds]

Just seen this link http://bicycledreamsmovie.com/ on an advert , the story of the 3000 mile race across America , has anyone seen it , is it good .

 

[ianrauk]

first i've heard of it but looks very interesting.


[media]
]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEHvr-zKm0[/media]

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Watches a documentary on TV last year about an British bloke who did it in i think 11 days, it was staggering how they ride 22-23 hrs a day with just a few short stops for sleep and massage, the chap i saw had to have a home made devise strapped to him with a loop to hold his chin up as his neck muscles had gone.

 

[ianrauk]

It's pretty extreme isn't it? There is also a great short film about a recumbent team that did the race.
And I have just remembered about the mad Slovenian the late Jure Robic who won the race 5 times. He used to get so far into the zone that he thought he was seeing demons whilst on the bike. On one of the races he only had 8 hours sleep over 8 days of the race.

 

[Fifelad]

Mentalists !

 

[PoweredByVeg]

Oh well, that puts the PBP and LEL into perspective, trust the Yanks to do it bigger

 

[cloggsy]

Mentalists !

+1

 

[jdtate101]

Anyone know of somewhere to buy this on digital download (don't really want to buy a DVD)???

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Well i got the DVD and it is a cracking watch , well worth getting .

With the photography and the the music would love to see it ina cinema .

 

[steveindenmark]

The guy at 1.42 is Chris Mcdonald. He is an American but lives and works in Denmark. He is a very quiet guy, who is now a motivational speaker. Obviously as hard as nails but very gentle and considerate with people.

Steve

 

[raindog]

I think that's less about bikes and more about weirdos.