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  1. Original post
    hippy
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    If anyone was silly enough to be awake at
    1-2am this morning (last night?) you might
    have seen this movie with Kevin Bacon
    working as a NYC courier after losing his
    job as a stock broker. Has anyone seen this?

    There was some nice tricks in there with
    Bacon(?) riding backwards on his fixie
    whilst the bars spun around rapidly. This
    might have been staged but it looked real.

    There were also guys doing flatland bmx-style
    tricks and trials moves (like backhops) on
    fixed-gear road bikes!!!! Some crazy stuff in
    there... I'm totally jealous of their skills.

    Cool track session last night too... thanks
    Rowan!

    hippy
    "Caffeine.. IV... stat!"

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  2. NickZX6R
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    #2
    hippy said:

    If anyone was silly enough to be awake at
    1-2am this morning (last night?) you might
    have seen this movie with Kevin Bacon
    working as a NYC courier after losing his
    job as a stock broker. Has anyone seen this?

    Quoted message said:

    There was some nice tricks in there with
    Bacon(?) riding backwards on his fixie
    whilst the bars spun around rapidly. This
    might have been staged but it looked real.

    Quoted message said:

    There were also guys doing flatland bmx-style
    tricks and trials moves (like backhops) on
    fixed-gear road bikes!!!! Some crazy stuff in
    there... I'm totally jealous of their skills.

    Quoted message said:

    Cool track session last night too... thanks
    Rowan!

    Quoted message said:

    hippy
    "Caffeine.. IV... stat!"

    I must confess...I taped it. Just so I can fast forward through
    the crappy bits. According to most reviews, there are plenty
    of those 🙂

    Besides it on right after TDU.

    --
    Nick

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  3. hippy
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    "NickZX6R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I must confess...I taped it. Just so I can fast forward through
    the crappy bits. According to most reviews, there are plenty
    of those 🙂

    Well, I taped it as well. Unfortunately, I have a habit of
    seeing something interesting and watching it anyway, so
    I watched it through.
    I might just dump the good bits to computer so I can
    watch the tricky riding when I want and not have to
    FF through the good guy vs. bad guy stuff...

    Quoted message said:

    Besides it on right after TDU.

    Yep.. go aussies!

    hippy

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  4. NickZX6R
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    hippy said:

    "NickZX6R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I must confess...I taped it. Just so I can fast forward through
    the crappy bits. According to most reviews, there are plenty
    of those 🙂

    Quoted message said:

    Well, I taped it as well. Unfortunately, I have a habit of
    seeing something interesting and watching it anyway, so
    I watched it through.
    I might just dump the good bits to computer so I can
    watch the tricky riding when I want and not have to
    FF through the good guy vs. bad guy stuff...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Besides it on right after TDU.

    Quoted message said:

    Yep.. go aussies!

    Quoted message said:

    hippy

    Well I just watched it. What an appalling soundtrack 🙂

    Still..wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

    --
    Nick

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  5. gescom
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    Yeah, it was on after the TDU highlights. Samuel L Jackson was pretty fast at the start 🙂, and you gotta love those down tube shifters!

    The stunts were pretty crazy although I stopped watching it after SL
    died. What happened in the end? (let me guess, Kb and Terry kill th
    'bad guy' right?

    As for the TDU the gravel road was pretty bad and those road tire
    puncture easily. Maybe dirt road sections should be a feature of th
    race like the cobblestones are in Paris to Roubaix

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  6. NickZX6R
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    gescom said:

    Yeah, it was on after the TDU highlights. Samuel L Jackson was pretty fast at the start 🙂, and you gotta love those down tube shifters!

    Quoted message said:

    The stunts were pretty crazy although I stopped watching it after SLJ
    died. What happened in the end? (let me guess, Kb and Terry kill the
    'bad guy' right?)

    Or Lawrence Fishburne even?

    --
    Nick

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  7. hippy
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    "gescom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Yeah, it was on after the TDU highlights. Samuel L Jackson was pretty


    fast at the start 🙂, and you gotta love those down tube shifters!

    Actually, that was Nelson Vails at the start.

    Quoted message said:

    The stunts were pretty crazy although I stopped watching it after SLJ
    died. What happened in the end? (let me guess, Kb and Terry kill the
    'bad guy' right?)

    The courier actor that died (hit the taxi) was Laurence Fishburne.

    Quoted message said:

    As for the TDU the gravel road was pretty bad and those road tires
    puncture easily. Maybe dirt road sections should be a feature of the
    race like the cobblestones are in Paris to Roubaix.

    Myself and a mate were talking about the possibilities of running
    something like this when we were in Mildura - as we hooned along
    some "off-road" roads. Same deal as Paris-Roubaix we were
    thinking, but an Aussie version. Just for something different to
    shake da bones down! So, sponsors anyone? :-)

    hippy

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  8. gescom
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    Oops, it was on late ok 😉 . Looked up Lawrence Fishburne and he played the character Morpheus in the Matrix movies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/

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  9. Daniel Searson
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    NickZX6R said:
    hippy said:

    If anyone was silly enough to be awake at
    1-2am this morning (last night?) you might
    have seen this movie with Kevin Bacon
    working as a NYC courier after losing his
    job as a stock broker. Has anyone seen this?

    Quoted message said:

    There was some nice tricks in there with
    Bacon(?) riding backwards on his fixie
    whilst the bars spun around rapidly. This
    might have been staged but it looked real.

    Quoted message said:

    There were also guys doing flatland bmx-style
    tricks and trials moves (like backhops) on
    fixed-gear road bikes!!!! Some crazy stuff in
    there... I'm totally jealous of their skills.

    Quoted message said:

    Cool track session last night too... thanks
    Rowan!

    Quoted message said:

    hippy
    "Caffeine.. IV... stat!"

    I must confess...I taped it. Just so I can fast forward through
    the crappy bits. According to most reviews, there are plenty
    of those 🙂

    Besides it on right after TDU.

    I taped it too but I screwed up the programming on the VCR and didn't
    get anything after he made the bad guy drive his car off a bridge. Oh
    well, I assume that all ended happily and he got the girl.

    (in South Australia we get the TDU highlights at 7pm so we dont have to
    wait around till midnight to get them!)

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  10. dave
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    hippy said:

    If anyone was silly enough to be awake at
    1-2am this morning (last night?) you might
    have seen this movie with Kevin Bacon
    working as a NYC courier after losing his
    job as a stock broker. Has anyone seen this?

    There was some nice tricks in there with
    Bacon(?) riding backwards on his fixie
    whilst the bars spun around rapidly. This
    might have been staged but it looked real.

    There were also guys doing flatland bmx-style
    tricks and trials moves (like backhops) on
    fixed-gear road bikes!!!! Some crazy stuff in
    there... I'm totally jealous of their skills.

    Cool track session last night too... thanks
    Rowan!

    hippy
    "Caffeine.. IV... stat!"


    Yeah I have that somewhere

    Report

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