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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Sept 4, 2021 22:53:49 GMT
This is an interesting video. I cringe when the rider jumps onto some of the saddles. It is a silent film with Dutch subtitles.
Cheers Jim
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Post by velocipete on Sept 5, 2021 5:58:02 GMT
I thought it was an relation of Norman Wisdom!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by cusqueno on Sept 8, 2021 9:53:59 GMT
Either the old bicycles were exceptionally difficult to mount (let alone ride) or he star of the movie was hamming it up for comic effect. Or he was just not a very good cyclist - he doesn't look especially confident on the 'modern' bike. The film was interesting for me as I have been reading 'The Dancing Chain' by Frank Berto. The part of the book dealing with the early history of the bicycle mentions most of the ones that feature in the film.
Incidentally, the mention in the book of Lambert and Viscount gets several facts wrong and is unnecessarily rude. Also, strange in a book about derailleurs, it fails to mention the Lambert RD and FD.
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Post by wheelson on Sept 8, 2021 13:09:27 GMT
Either the old bicycles were exceptionally difficult to mount (let alone ride) or he star of the movie was hamming it up for comic effect. Or he was just not a very good cyclist - he doesn't look especially confident on the 'modern' bike. The film was interesting for me as I have been reading 'The Dancing Chain' by Frank Berto. The part of the book dealing with the early history of the bicycle mentions most of the ones that feature in the film. Incidentally, the mention in the book of Lambert and Viscount gets several facts wrong and is unnecessarily rude. Also, strange in a book about derailleurs, it fails to mention the Lambert RD and FD. It seems Lamberts and Viscounts are the Rodney Dangerfield of the bike world, I don’t get no respect”. Seriously, when I took the blue Viscount to classic bike meet a few years ago, it drew a lot of interest, a lot positive but of course all the horror stories of death forks, broken bottom bracket spindles, workmanship, you-name-it came out. I was so horrified at those stories that I decided to limit my collection. Therefore, my ownership went from only one to only six. 😏 Best, John “wheelson” |
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Post by brianbutler on Sept 9, 2021 11:42:54 GMT
Either the old bicycles were exceptionally difficult to mount (let alone ride) or he star of the movie was hamming it up for comic effect. Or he was just not a very good cyclist - he doesn't look especially confident on the 'modern' bike. The film was interesting for me as I have been reading 'The Dancing Chain' by Frank Berto. The part of the book dealing with the early history of the bicycle mentions most of the ones that feature in the film. Incidentally, the mention in the book of Lambert and Viscount gets several facts wrong and is unnecessarily rude. Also, strange in a book about derailleurs, it fails to mention the Lambert RD and FD. It seems Lamberts and Viscounts are the Rodney Dangerfield of the bike world, I don’t get no respect”. Seriously, when I took the blue Viscount to classic bike meet a few years ago, it drew a lot of interest, a lot positive but of course all the horror stories of death forks, broken bottom bracket spindles, workmanship, you-name-it came out. I was so horrified at those stories that I decided to limit my collection. Therefore, my ownership went from only one to only six. 😏 Best, John “wheelson” That shows remarkable restraint, John.
Brian
Brian
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