Videos
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5 essential cycling documentaries
A Sunday in Hell (1976) Arguably the best film ever made about professional bike racing, A Sunday in Hell chronicles the 1976 Paris-Roubaix one day classic. The visual equivalent of Tim Krabbe’s The Rider (see our list of great cycling reads) this is about as close as most of us will ever get to riding…
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Changing lives with bicycles
We love cycling as it adds to our sense of freedom, independent mobility and sustainability. For people living in precarious circumstances, these same qualities can make bicycles a life-changing asset, by improving access to basic essentials. Critical Mass to Calais Last year Critical Mass organised an event which saw eighty cyclists ride seventy miles through…
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5 great bicycle-themed films
Cycling doesn’t perhaps lend itself to the silver screen in quite the same way as other sports. It doesn’t yet have it’s ‘Raging Bull’, or even it’s ‘Escape to Victory’. Nevertheless there are several great movies which feature the bicycle at their heart. Add your own favourites below. The Bicycle Thieves Vittorio De Sica’s masterpiece…