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Tag Archives: Cycling

Kit Grill – Velodrome

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

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Boards of Canada – Everything You Do is a Balloon

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

Classic Boards of Canada elctronica, with a spooky video based on a 1963 America public information film ‘One Got Fat ‘http://archive.org/details/OneGotFa1963

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How a Bicycle is Made (1945)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

‘I could go miles and miles on one of these Father…’

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David Byrne’s A Poem to Cyclists

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

Ex Talking Heads front man and noted cycling advocate David Byrne scored and compiled this video, which is a “poem to the bicycle and the people who ride them.” It was first shown at the 2011 International Green Energy Economy Conference in Washington DC.

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1950 Cyclocross Race

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

Autumn draws in and the ‘cross season is upon us, enjoy this vinatge 50’s film, the narration is priceless. They don’t make courses like this anymore, shame…

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Mint Sauce – Illustrating An Issue

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Matt Nearest-Faraway

In a world of digital short cuts and short attention spans the sheer amount of graft & tenacity that Jo Burt puts into one Mint Sauce strip is genuinely inspiring…

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