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Films from the 7th Annual Bicycle Film Festival

08.19.07 | admin | In courier, tulsa, neistat, bicycle, film

Some of the videos featured at the Seventh Annual Bicycle Film Festival 2007 which took place in Chicago the past few days and also in NYC, LA, Paris, Toronto, Portland, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Vienna, London, Milano, Roma, Barcelona, Sydney, Melbourne, and Tokyo.

The Youtube videos are messing with the flow of the page so click more to view them all.

Monster Track VII: A fixed gear ride on a cold day through neighborhoods and bridges of New York City. Other videos from the Monster Track series can be found as well.

Holland Tunnel: an illegal bike ride through New York City’s Holland Tunnel by the Neistat Brothers.

Ines Brunn on a Artistic Bicycle: Ines Brunn on one of her many performances on her fixed gear trick bike. This is an unedited full version.

Biking in the Bible Belt: There are many obstacles to riding a bicycle in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This short is a glimpse into their strong and varied riding scene.

A bunch of Lucas Brunelle videos

Riding Bikes & Robbing Trains: Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds tells us about his life long passion for cycling and how it introduced him to a criminal lifestyle.

Wolfpack. The Hustle Ride: Every monday night is a 30-45 mile ride through Greater Los Angeles.

On The Board: Freecall Messengers in San Francisco: This documentary is about the riders (and freecall dispatchers) at Jetset Couriers, a bike messenger company in San Francisco, CA.

Bicycle for Sleeping or Maybe Drunk OK: Edy Arturo Lopez Peralta shows off his bicycle.


Bikecar: trailer for a longer documentary from J. T. Fountaincat about a home made human-powered car.

We Just Work Here: just a trailer for a longer film about the workers of Santa Cruz Bicycles.

Klunkerz: The definitive documentary on the birth of the modern mountain bike.

Written in the Streets trailer (London couriers)

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