Bike Movies

Sitting Pretty Video

For 15 years, Steve Hogg has been one of Bicycling Australia’s most popular writers and seminar presenters. A world expert on cycle fitting, Steve presents a double DVD set that will help all cyclists, but will be especially helpful if you suffer from any form of injury or pain when riding.

Emmanuel's Gift

Is being handicapped or severely ill a blessing or a curse?

I [Heart] Huckabees

The most telling scene of I [Heart] Huckabees is when a burnt-out firefighter, who hates our petroleum-based society, rides to a fire on his bike rather than on a firetruck.

Jour de Fête

In Jour de fête – a film about technology and change – the bicycle represents traditional, humane values in a world increasingly dominated by powerful machines and driven by the demands of speed and efficiency. The film is a strong indictment of the headlong rush into the modern world immediately after World War II, but its message also applies to today.

Bicycle Thief

The Bicycle Thief demonstrates unforgettably that in certain times and places, bikes were a serious matter. They could mean the difference between a job and no job; bread and no bread.

Medicine for Melancholy

Bicycles seem to be a better medicine for melancholy than booze and drugs in this film that portrays the day after a one-night stand in the lives of two African Americans living in San Francisco.

True Fans

True Fans is an unusual film, ostensibly about basketball, but bicycles are front and centre throughout. This original documentary tells the true story of three friends who bike from Venice Beach, Calif., to Springfield, Mass., home of the National Basketball Association’s Hall of Fame.

Quicksilver

You have to be a bike buff to enjoy Quicksilver, which spins its wheels on plot twists that go nowhere and characters that don’t ring true. Nevertheless, it redeems itself by offering fun and excitement on ten-speeds.

Hardihood

Hardihood starts slow, but stick with it. This documentary traces the long, sometimes tedious week in the professional women’s downhill mountain biking circuit. The rigors of travel and the need to re-hydrate are covered on Monday, followed by relaxation on Tuesday. But the week builds up to practicing on the race course on Saturday and the race itself on Sunday.