https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHU1wnqd_7A

I'd not be in the slightest bit surprised were we to have an enthusiast or two among us...

I'd not be in the slightest bit surprised were we to have an enthusiast or two among us...

FFS, you had to show me that didn't you.

Everyone needs (another) hobby...

Ice Beard Surfers of Lake Superior

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vo1BzyBwZ1E

techno wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:11 pm

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:31 am

techno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:45 pm This is on tomorrow night. Premier of Robert McFarlanes film:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upstream-f ... 8365977093

Not sure if it'll work in the UK though.....

I missed this before, but your link goes to a screening this Thursday night. Did it work for you before?

I missed it too.....
Have registered for the 3rd. Fingers crossed

Missed it again because I had the opportunity to ride with a mate who I hadn't seen in ages.

Luckily it's available for 30 days (or somewhat less now): https://emergencemagazine.org/story/upstream/

Just watched it... it's pretty abstract, as expected. I think it needs to be seen on a big screen in a proper cinema with surround sound to get the proper atmosphere really. Watching it on my laptop while we ate tea probably wasn't really how it was intended to be seen.

Completely the other end of the spectrum from lawnmower racing

I caught the free link at its death, but the Arcteryx film "Free as can be" is worth looking for.

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:14 pm

techno wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:11 pm

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:31 am

techno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:45 pm This is on tomorrow night. Premier of Robert McFarlanes film:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upstream-f ... 8365977093

Not sure if it'll work in the UK though.....

I missed this before, but your link goes to a screening this Thursday night. Did it work for you before?

I missed it too.....
Have registered for the 3rd. Fingers crossed

Missed it again because I had the opportunity to ride with a mate who I hadn't seen in ages.

Luckily it's available for 30 days (or somewhat less now): https://emergencemagazine.org/story/upstream/

Just watched it... it's pretty abstract, as expected. I think it needs to be seen on a big screen in a proper cinema with surround sound to get the proper atmosphere really. Watching it on my laptop while we ate tea probably wasn't really how it was intended to be seen.

Completely the other end of the spectrum from lawnmower racing

Wasn’t for me that film, think I lasted 8 minutes or so. No denying the photographer skills but really wasn’t keen on the editing side of things.

Tier 4 the new lockdown

Mortimer & Whitehouse : Gone Fishing

BBCiPlayer

'I'm a Kind of Mechanised Tramp'
Documentary about Scotsman Bill Houston and his friend, Jacky. Filmed in 1971.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKfNKNxntY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dahGaL6ehjc

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'I'm a Kind of Mechanised Tramp'
Documentary about Scotsman Bill Houston and his friend, Jacky. Filmed in 1971.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKfNKNxntY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dahGaL6ehjc

Thanks for reminding me about those - superb.

"people are becoming too soft these days"

The sun trip,

Ok so its electric bikes but it's electric bikes with solar panels going thousands of miles in crazy places!

https://youtu.be/P1LB0jPh7QQ

Hardcore tinkering:
https://youtu.be/sjxiHLZdSGw

Hardcore tinkering:
https://youtu.be/sjxiHLZdSGw

Aye, Allen is a very clever man. I love the way he just sets about something with an idea in his head. No real drawings or planning. His Velocette V twin is stunning because it appears factory.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:28 am

Hardcore tinkering:
https://youtu.be/sjxiHLZdSGw

Aye, Allen is a very clever man. I love the way he just sets about something with an idea in his head. No real drawings or planning. His Velocette V twin is stunning because it appears factory.

Absolutely. Some amazing knowledge he has and some real skill in the workshop. What he manages to do at home (albeit with a extremely well stocked workshop) is stunning. His suspension design for the hyperride shock and forks is another example if him producing something apparently superior to the the market leaders using established techniques and some industrial grade ingenuity.
The Barnes Wallace of the bicycle.

For those who don't know wha he's about, get stuck into his channel for some serious nerd food: https://youtube.com/user/millyardviper

I thought this was a good watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmdxs_0 ... 22&index=1

Not sure if it was posted before a few pages back but 'Safety to Nome' is on Amazon Prime, thought it was worth watching - a 2020 film by Salsa about the Iditarod. I spent most of it thinking about the guys who do it on foot. 1000 miles.... by bike is something but setting off on foot is hard to imagine. The bike group winner is an inspiring guy. Incredible landscapes and light / colours there too. Really got me thinking - not so much about the Iditarod, just about far off places and travel. Nice bit of escapism.

His Velocette V twin is stunning because it appears factory.

I know zero about motorbikes but that looks so good.

techno wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:52 pm Not too much biking but fun anyway. Slovenia looks better and better too: https://vimeo.com/425880313

Best thing I've seen in a while. Thanks

ootini wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:46 pm

techno wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:52 pm Not too much biking but fun anyway. Slovenia looks better and better too: https://vimeo.com/425880313

Best thing I've seen in a while. Thanks

no problem

There's something about what he does here that feels quite familiar....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCghemtjjM

His Junk Build vid is ok too..

Past Reg's bedtime but made the mistake of starting to watch Get Carter just now on telly. Brilliantly gritty. Not sure I can stay up long enough to see the best bit - at the end at Blackhall Colliery aerial ropeway .

If anyone is partial to a bit of [hushed voice] road racing [/hushed voice] then the De Ronde Behind the Scenes videos of the Tour of Flanders over the last four years are rather good. Loads of great footage of the race but also team cars, DSs, commissaries, moto’s and all the commentators and the guys that do all the filming.
The organising of the live TV footage looks like more of a circus than the race itself sometimes!

Here’s one of them
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFqfqO6CQko

Not exactly a film but a Sky News rant which made its way into my Youtube list. Interesting to say the least... Presenter sounds very angry ..

https://youtu.be/pF_kXE-HXSQ

Have people seen this? Released yesterday, just watching it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF8tj4eeq2s

Verena wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:48 am Have people seen this? Released yesterday, just watching it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF8tj4eeq2s

I haven't seen episode 1 or 2 either so thanks for linking.

I'll save them for the rare moments of peace and quiet in my crazy house

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:53 am Not exactly a film but a Sky News rant which made its way into my Youtube list. Interesting to say the least... Presenter sounds very angry ..

https://youtu.be/pF_kXE-HXSQ

I don't know enough about "The Great Reset" to decide whether it's a rant, or some well-informed observations .

Interesting points though and I'm aware Sky is possibly not the most objective source of information.

He does need to buy some reading specs, though .