1962 TDF

[jayonabike]

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]View: http://vimeo.com/21306164[/media]


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[Smokin Joe]

Real tough guys, the size of those gears they were pushing makes your eyes water,

Thanks for that.

 

[gavroche]

Fantastique! I think the commentary was by Jacques Anquetil. It certainly sounded like him.

 

[totallyfixed]

Top stuff, well done. I watched the first 15mins then stopped because I know my better half will want to watch it too. A couple of things stand out for me, how narrow their bars were back then and how brave they were not wearing any head protection

 

[Garz]

Dustin Hoffman sleeping on the back of a motorbike!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

love it. thanks jay…

 

[Garz]

Must admit it is good footage quality for that era.

 

[Fnaar]

Superb. Will watch it all later. I love the detail, like having a wee, going into a caff to stock up, the well stocked musettes, bottles of beer/champers in jersey pockets. Oh, and the cycling is interesting too!

 

[jdtate101]

Love it....having a beer on the go. I half expected to see them pull a bottle of red out of the feed back and start buttering up a bagette.

 

[Fnaar]

It gets even better as you watch... the director seems to have a clergy fetish going on near the beginning... later there's stretchers strapped to the side of a helicopter, applying a dressing to a head wound from a moving car... and I'd kill for some of those old cycling jerseys...top stuff!!!

 

[rich p]

brilliant. I hope the Ignis rider was okay.

 

[GBC]

Is it my rose tinted spectacles, or does that look so much more fun than now?

 

[jimheaney57]

Love the bit were one guy holds the back of the saddle while his mate takes a pee as they cycle along!

 

[al-fresco]

Great film! (But who'd have thought that so many nuns were cycling fans?)

 

[oldfatfool]

Brilliant thanks