"London to Paris" film screening

Homegirl Grace has her London premiere next week, but I'm sure you all knew, right?

LONDON PREMIERE
TUESDAY 1st DECEMBER 2009
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
(NEXT DOOR TO STOLEN SPACE GALLERY)
DOORS 7PM FILM STARTS 8PM
FREE BOOZE
FREE FOOD
Trailer: http://www.vimeo.com/6927295

Directed by Grace Ladoja, ‘London to Paris’ documents 10 riders from all over the world making the track bike journey from London to Paris to meet Lance Armstrong as the Tour De France 2009 comes to a close. With beautiful cinematography from David Procter.

Got me tickets to this already.. looking forward to it

Good stuff!!!!

It's going to be wicked! Grace is a leg end.

Fink it might just be rock up, will check with G

Are there going to be a lots of talking in that film or is it going to be like MASH/Macaframa with music and ride?

This looks great, gonna try and make it...

the trailer looks really good.

Are there going to be a lots of talking in that film or is it going to be like MASH/Macaframa with music and ride?

I think you'll be alright.

I think you'll be alright.

yeah I hope there won't be loads of talking, I can't really see what there is to say other than "We rode from London to Paris" and the odd anecdote about something funny that happened.

I hope to god it isn't full of "riding fixed makes me feel like the bike is just an extension of me.." guff

Like Fast Friday?

although I has no idea what they were saying in that video, it just look like a brunch of hipster spinning around in a basketball court.

Nice Trailer!

After seeing the pics in fixed mag I realised they rode the exact same route as I did in sept, so more respect for getting up the hills fixed that I just about managed with 5 gears!

What bikes were these guys riding? Steel frame 531s or new frames? What about wheels (Phil hubs, deep v's or some sort of Mavic rim)?
I'm guessing they put together bikes with components that were not compromised by price, so I'm just interested in what they chose.

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What bikes were these guys riding? Steel frame 531s or new frames? What about wheels (Phil hubs, deep v's or some sort of Mavic rim)?
I'm guessing they put together bikes with components that were not compromised by price, so I'm just interested in what they chose.

I think they may have been track bikes.

Components! Don't get all witty on me...

Components! Don't get all witty on me...

wheels, handlebars, saddles, chains...

damn, are they showing it again?

damn, are they showing it again?

hopefully - preferably somewhere I can actually hear the soundtrack (was it just me who couldn't hear a bloody thing?)

hopefully - preferably somewhere I can actually hear the soundtrack (was it just me who couldn't hear a bloody thing?)

The acoustics were terrible and it detracted from the film, which I think on the whole was good. Would like to see this again sometime.

I enjoyed the evening. Was plesantly surprised by the venue when I arrived, nice heavy booming system, white industrial lighting, bleak concrete, took me back to the days of Sunrise and Biology. The film was OK but seemed a bit superficial.

it just look like a brunch of hipsters...

I think Edscoble has just come up with a lovely new collective noun

Bikesnob

If the simple act of recreational cycling warrants this sort of mythologizing (sic) then there's no way the average person is going to feel comfortable simply hopping on a bicycle without sufficient backstory or an adequately expensive wardrobe. Incidentally, fixed-gear riders really should stop congratulating themselves for riding their bicycles more than a few miles at a time, especially since they stop pedaling just as much as riders with freewheels. I see "hipster coasting" [edit] and I spotted at least two instances of it in this video

The acoustics were terrible and it detracted from the film, which I think on the whole was good. Would like to see this again sometime.

Yea, it was hard to test the sound without people in it. But i still preferred that space over a cinema!