Note: The information in this essay was gathered in part with my intermediate and somewhat dubious Spanish language skills. I’ve been unable to reach Rodrigo Otero for clarifications and corrections, but…
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This video says a lot about why I love vintage bicycles and the stories they tell: they don’t come much better than John’s. I’ve been lucky enough to ride a bit…
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It’s far from being my rarest or most valuable bicycle, but I’ve put the most miles on my modified ’71 Raleigh International. The 46 year old still does the job in…
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Nicely produced video profiling Kenneth Wallace’s wonderful Bisbee Bicycle Brothel, which is part museum, part shop, part cycling geek hangout. …
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Frame Builder Interviews Reporting VideosCiclos Perucha: A Documentary about Madrid’s Master Framebuilder
This is a relatively new Spanish language documentary about Higinio Domingo ‘Perucha’. Perucha is a former professional bicycle racer, ONCE team Sports Director, Vitus factory employee, and grandfather of the cycling…
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A wonderful video featuring the passionate Colombian cycling photographer, Horacio Gil Ochoa. His evocative black and white images show the frightful and often muddy condition of the roads back in the…
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It was a warm September evening. I was riding with my daughter Zoë, and her friend Mario Cranks, from the very center of Madrid, Retiro park, north toward the Gate of Europe,…
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We were barreling down a dirt road when it began pouring. The backs of our jerseys got splattered, and then striped, with taupe-colored Michigan clay. In Michigan, I suppose you don’t…
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Read more about Cycles Roold here.…
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I keep a list of my all-time 107 favorite movies and Breaking Away is number 14, but that is only because they are listed alphabetically. If I limited the list to…