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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Urban cycling update
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:33:01 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:26:51 -0400,
  Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  On 9/28/2024 3:09 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
> > On 9/28/2024 1:44 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> >> On 9/28/2024 1:09 PM, Shadow wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:34:28 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/lifestyle/nyc-bike-messengers-reveal- 
> >>>> their-surprisingly-busiest-time-of-year/
> >>>
> >>>     All bikes shown have thick chains, no gears(maybe hub 
> >>> gears on one) and no apparent brakes. Hub brakes by back 
> >>> pedaling?
> >>>
> >>> <https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/victor- 
> >>> ramirez-credit-sammpicnyc-instagram-90397651.jpg>
> >>>     []'s
> >>
> >> Right, primarily fixed gear.
> > 
> > I crazy dangerous job that I expect some people have no 
> > trouble taking. Not me that would be crazy. Also, having road 
> > a bike for most of my life and many miles I have never road a 
> > fixed great bike. Does this mean you are either pedaling for 
> > not? The hub must not be a freehub or cassette. In my world I 
> > have no idea how anyone could ride a bike like that, seems 
> > incredibly dangerous. Do they use cleats and what is basic 
> > speed your are going?
> 
>  "I can't work in an office. I don't like wearing suits. I like 
>  to ride. Fixed gear, steel frame, no brakes. The bike cannot 
>  coast. The pedals never stop turning."
> 
>  That's a quote from a movie that came out about ten years ago 
>  called Premium Rush, an action adventure story focused on a 
>  bike messenger in NYC starring Joseph Gordon Levitt. The 
>  storyline is meh, a bit cheesy, but there are a _lot_ of great 
>  riding sequences in traffic on fixed gear bikes with no brakes. 
>  There is a lot of good stunt riding by Danny MacAskill, but 
>  Gordon-Levitt did quite a few of the stunts himself, at one 
>  point misjudging his distance to a parked cab. He plowed into 
>  the back of it, shattering the window, and ended up with 31 
>  stitches. They worked it into the the movie. The acting is 
>  decent for the most part with some recognizable actors, most 
>  notably Michael Shannon.
> 
>  IMHO it's far and away better than American Flyers or 
>  Quicksilver, though doesn't carry the poignancy of Breaking 
>  Away.

Excellent, thanks!  Added to my watch list.

FWIW, Breaking Away has been a favorite for a long time, even 
preceding my 15 years of living (and riding) in the area.  Kind of 
like the jumping off cliff scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance 
Kid, the real height is quite a lot less than it looks in the 
film.

Also, the old timey bike shop in town has a poster signed by the 
Cinzano team hanging on the wall.

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA