Breaking Away... and other bike movies...

[K'Tesh]

"Near Dark" the kid vampire used his bike to lure his victims.

[K'Tesh]

In "Better Off Dead" the paperboy and his buddies use their BMX's to deliver terror to Lane Meyer.



If you can't tell, I'm having fun with this thread...

Rubberside Down!
K'Tesh

[flovalflyeruk]

Joe kid on a stingray.... Documentary but you know....
and of course the fantastic animation "belleville rendevous" very funny.

[poser]

K'Tesh: I can't believe you listed both "Spirited Away" and "Kiki's Delivery Service" while leaving out Miyazaki's other stand-out flick "My Friendly Neighborhood Totoro". (both my kids' favorite movie) - there's about 5 scenes on bikes or with a bike in them.

of course, I always wince watching the scene with dad and his two little girls riding a bike down country roads with no helmets on...

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[Jim E. Hat]

The Flying Scotsman is pretty awsome... as is the doc The Six Day Racers

[Western Flyer]

I second "The Flying Scotsman" by Douglas MacKinnon.

"Cyclo" by Anh Hung Tran. Very sad movie, but show the day to day of a bike messenger in the third world. Tran also directed "Scent of Green Papaya."

[Western Flyer]

And also "Ladri Biciclelle" (Bicycle Thief) by Vittorio DeSica

[Jim E. Hat]

..also the doc Pedal. you guys would love the alleycat race scene.

[SpyT]

Some good foreign flicks:

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
http://twitchfilm.net/archives/005604.html

The Elephant on the Bike
http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept...id-1005155619/

[t27]

Fun flick and all about bikes. Includes some great mountain bike scenes, a grey hair, some bike messengers, and a discussion about Shimano Vs. Camponolo that needed no subtitles.

The grin whenever she rides is great.