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It was definitely the most fun I've ever had in a work-related venture, though there was some tragedy associated with the film, too. There was the usual Black Widow bites, car crashes and the occasional endo. Both my parents died during the production and one of the cast members (J.F. Scott) was murdered. I dedicated the film to his memory. You can see some of the short film for Prof. Scott's induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in '08 here...
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWo_h1nBx4
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jas0ZgyyKGQ&feature=related
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjMUDjS_c9A&feature=related
The folks in the film are all wonderful people with fascinating lives, even outside of cycling. I not only made a film, but I managed to make a few friends along the way.
M.F., I had already developed that idea and started to budget a project about the birth of the bike messenger in the U.S., but I simply can't afford to do something like this again. For the film I was going to concentrate on the San Francisco scene not N.Y, since I'm from there, and that's where the 20th century fixie scene really started. I was going to do a bit about the 1800s, but the messenger scene really started after WWII in San Francisco. Some of the those guys from the 1940s and 1950s are still around and I had a few leads on some of the guys. It's a wonderful story and someone should do it. I simply don't have an extra $200,000.00 and 3 years to do it. I do hope someone does it...I'll buy a copy of that one, for sure. I did enjoy Pedal, but I'd love to see something with a historical perspective.