YouTube 1950'sBritish cycletouring film

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Pretty cool. Wish they would do these things nowadays.
Great old steel English touring bikes!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

Don't miss Part 2!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I&mode=related&search=

[cosc]

Lisa, those films were just way cool. Cyclist really haven't changed much except for gear and apparel. I thought the music was a perfect fit for the whirling tires.

[Zen]

Thanks for that.

[HillSlugger]

You just don't see films like that anymore.

I was surprised to hear the term "bonk" used. I would have guessed it to be recently created/applied.

[mimitabby]

i liked how they had to lick their labels!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes I was surprised to hear "bonk" as well. I loved the music too- so corny and perfect! :p Also, they all seemed so comfortable and happy riding their bikes.
Wouldn't you just LOVE to join them for a little jaunt like that? I would!! :D :p

And Mimi- they seemed a little overly OBSESSED with licking their labels if you ask me.

[margo49]

Oh, jolly hockey sticks!
Did you see those "gells"? Those school-boys? Those sturdy steel bikes? The clothes? Where do I stop?
Lisa, this is erotica, pure erotica.

Did the London-to-Brighton ride in 1982 - one of the best days of my whole life. There is nothing like English cycling.

Mimi and Lisa - the stamp-licking was nothing compared to the puncture orgy

What a thing to wake up to! [It's morning here]

[Bruno28]

That was pure magic Lisa. Thanks.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mimi and Lisa - the stamp-licking was nothing compared to the puncture orgy



You're right! Too funny.

I liked the manly guy who hops on and off his bike by swinging his leg over his handlebers.

Man they sure knew how to have fun!

[pooks]

Not just "bonk," but a "touch of the bonk!"

It inspired me to post it on my blog today:

http://planetpooks.wordpress.com/2007/05/18/time-travel-friday/

And now, off to ride!

Check ya later.

[missymaya]

Those videos are just too cool! It just shows how much of cycling hasn't changed, despite new technology. It all comes down to going from one place to another.
Now I have the corny music in my head, that'll be there all day.:p

[pooks]

And the more things change, the more they stay the same, God Save the Queen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSmowZGSNM&NR=1

[HillSlugger]

Oh, jolly hockey sticks!
Did you see those "gells"?

What are "gells"?

[7rider]

Did he say "A cycle tour without a map is like new potatoes without the smell of mint."???? :confused:
D'oh!
I knew I was missing something!!!

Okay...finished watching the films.
I like how they cure "a touch of the bonk" with a glass of beer!
Yay, carbo loading!
Why, we did that just last night after blasting around the woods after work!
Happily, in spite of all the advances in technology that apply even to cycling, some things never change!

[margo49]

What are "gells"?

A particular English pronunciation of the word "girls".
Prob'ly shows my age (and the power of British Cultural Imperialism!)

I think I'll go and look at them again. Lisa, you are awakening all my dormant fantasies. Ah, well; if the worst comes to the worst I shall just fly up and visit Bruno for a palaver and we will get up to all sorts of shenanigans!

[KnottedYet]

Ahhh, that was good!

I yearned for those gorgeous huge seat-bags.

(and I got a kick out of some youngster's comment on YouTube about "the years before the atomic bomb".... um, no, this would be a decade AFTER the atomic bomb, kiddo...)

Now I wanna go for a ride! On my lugged steel bike with my sprung Brooks saddle and my waxed canvas-n-leather handlebar bag!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I yearned for those gorgeous huge seat-bags....

I have the Baggins Little Joe for everyday riding, I can fit all kinds of gear in there.

And I have the larger olive green Carradice Nelson for multiday tours:
http://www.freemanscycles.co.uk/images/carradice_range/Nelson_saddlebag.jpg

I like the "Bagman" bag support, which attaches right to my saddle rails and holds the bags tilted up nicely and away from the tire and seatpost.


...Now I wanna go for a ride! On my lugged steel bike with my sprung Brooks saddle and my waxed canvas-n-leather handlebar bag!

Yeah Baby!!! That's what it's all about for me as well. :cool: