Posts under ‘Book & Movie Reviews’

Summary: Documenting an experiment with the effects of social cycling on bike use in young women from Darlington, England, Beauty and the Bike shows a compelling vision of how attainable a cycling culture can be with the right equipment, social network, and basic bicycle infrastructure like bike lanes and paths.
Beauty and the Bike
Darlington Media Group
55 [...]

The Bicyclists
Craftmaster Independent
DVD available online at The Bicyclists website
Overall impression: 3/10
Last night, Portland filmmaker Carl Jameson was kind enough to provide a free showing of The Bicyclists, his feature length film about characters he developed in his online series, The Bicyclist. Both the web series and the film focus on Conrad, a Wisconsin transplant [...]

On Monday, we discussed how a community’s bike -friendliness and level of transportation cycling is tied to how well they address the needs and concerns of women. Essentially if you aren’t closing in on gender equity in cycling use, you are never going to make the strides toward real growth in biking as a viable [...]

Race Across the Sky, Leadville Trail 100
Citizen Pictures
A one night national showing on October 22, 2009 with encore showing scheduled for November 12, 2009.
Overall impression: 6/10
On the weekend of the Texas Custom Bicycle Show, I joined fellow builder Brad Cason of KirkLee Bikes for a viewing of Race Across the Sky. Brad, who did the [...]

My experience: Global Ride sent us their 3 set Hawaii Rides DVDs for riding on indoor trainer. I did a workout session on my indoor trainer for each DVD.
Quality: 3/5
Utility: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
Availability:  Various Global Ride DVDs are available online at their website for $30 each or $75 for the 3 DVD set. 
Summary:
With cold weather approaching [...]

Movie Review: Bicycle Dreams
A Film by Stephen Auerbach
Official Site: bicycledreamsmovie.com
Overall Impression: 9/10

“The Race Across America is an epic, 3000-mile bicycle race from the Pacific to the Atlantic. First held in 1982, RAAM is considered the most challenging sporting event in the world. Top riders finish in under 10 days, riding over 300 miles per day [...]

Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bikes
Directed by Billy Savage
Pumelo Pictures
Official site: Klunkerz.com
Overall Impression: 7/10
Pumelo Pictures were kind enough to provide us with a review copy of Klunkerz, their documentary about the orgins of the modern mountain bike, recently. I watched Klunkerz with my wife, who (thankfully!) takes a passing interest in bike culture.
At its heart, [...]

We were asked recently to review a new documentary called Klunkerz, which is a profile of the origins of the modern mountain bike, from northern California in the 1960’s. We will have the movie soon to provide a full review, but for now here’s the trailer:

You can find a lot more info on Klunkerz at [...]

Review: Bicycling and the Law
by Bob Mionske, JD
“As Mr. Wells was driving north near Broadway’s intersection with West 74th Street, Miss Thomas was approaching the intersection from the opposite direction. Shortly after noon, near this intersection, something went wrong with Wells’s vehicle and their paths fatefully crossed. Wells los control of the Duryea, and it [...]

Summary: Johan Bruyneel, the team manager for all 7 of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France victories and this year’s comeback season, has developed a record as one of the winning-est managers in cycling history with a record eleven grand tour titles to his resume. Bruyneel’s book about his career and how he wins is only average [...]