[Mostyn]

Can anyone recommend some really good cycling DVD’s? And has anyone seen “Chasing Legends” What do you think of the DVD film?

Thanks

M

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[Mostyn]

I’m going to watch many of
I’m going to watch many of them on youtube! Thanks for posting the links.

I would like the odd DVD though, like to relax and see some cycling on the TV.

[harbyharby]

Thumbs up for Death on a
Thumbs up for Death on a Mountain 😉 Road to Roubaix is worth checking out too.

Here’s 2 more from the same period as a Sunday In Hell & The Greatest Show On Earth –

La course en tête about Mr Merckx.
Classic scene on his rollers in his pristine garage.

&

Stars and Watercarriers, another about the Giro

Should be able find both on You Tube.

Enjoy!

[mpt68]

death on a mountain very good
death on a mountain very good documentary saw it on bbc4 last year.good interviews with his teammates and competitors. he really was loved by the french people

[Simon_MacMichael]

Another vote for A Sunday In
Another vote for A Sunday In Hell – and the entire film is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4IDCkcnnHg

Ooh and I’ve just noticed there’s a couple of links to the right of that I need to investigate including Eddy Merckx – The Greatest Show On Earth, filmed at the 1974 Giro, I’ve never seen it which I plan to change this weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8oh9gy7uvs&list=UU9T91HiumcoItoEA5WUMTGg&index=2&feature=plcp

[charliemac74]

+1 for A Sunday in Hell, also
+1 for A Sunday in Hell, also The High Life (Robert Miller) and Death on the Mountain (Tommy Simpson) if you want to know a bit about 2 of Britains best.

[harbyharby]

From the Merck era-A Sunday
From the Merck era-A Sunday in Hell (Roubaix) & The greatest show in the world (Giro) are both fantastic, well worth checking out. Pretty sure both are up on YouTube too.
The recent Swiss film about Koblet is worth a view.

[_SiD_]

Simon_MacMichael wrote:just

Simon_MacMichael wrote:

just shows you how much TDF has changed .

Simon,
What struck me was the essence of the race is exactly the same. It’s a 50 year old film, yes they wear no helmets and carry glass bottles in their jersey pockets (!) but the faces on the sides of the road, the enthusiasm, the buzz is almost identical.

It’s a remarkable piece of film and like you would recommend everyone watch it – at least 10 times…

S

[Simon_MacMichael]

Great link SiD
Just looked up
Great link SiD

Just looked up 1962 TDF on Wikipeia (welcome back) after watching that, just shows you how much TDF has changed – not many pure mountain stages, but 3 weeks, no rest days, couple of days where road stage followed by time trial on same day (one of them 147km of each, latter a TTT), race length 4,274km. Of that, 500km on the last 2 days alone, with longest stage of race the 271km run into Paris on the final day.

Mental.

Thoroughly recommend everyone watches that, 19 minutes well spent.

[Mostyn]

Thanks Dave,
Bicycle dreams
Thanks Dave,

Bicycle dreams looks really good – I may buy the DVD.

Regards

M

[Securivaj]

Hell on Wheels from 2003 is
Hell on Wheels from 2003 is pretty good, as is the previously mentioned Chasing Legends.

[Mostyn]

_SiD_ wrote:You could start
[quote=_SiD_]You could start off with this:

http://vimeo.com/21306164%5B/quote%5D

Sid,

Vive le Tour vid was brilliant!

Thanks for the link.

M

[dave atkinson]

Chasing legends is good.
Chasing legends is good. Bicycle Dreams is amazing.

http://bicycledreamsmovie.com/

[_SiD_]

You could start off with
You could start off with this:

[Author]

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