Cheers to the film and Jeers aside...my first movies I watched were American Flyers and Breaking Away...I saw flyers first and loved it...Eddy the sprint training partner on the uphill! Come one...that was awesome. These two movies along with watching a bike race criterium in Erie, Pa were what got me into cycling...I am just happy to see any type of bike racing featured in a movie though. And regarding the getting pushed...I was never pushed but I was headbutted off a draft wheel toward the end of a race a time or two in the Cat 1-3 Category and I can tell you...it happens! It actually helps me out because the adrenaline starts pumpin' That's when you know you are truly living!
Walt Skrzypek
Falls Creek, Pa
> >> Sorry to burst your bubble but the racing scenes
> >> in American Flyers bear absolutely no relation to
> >> real bicycle racing. and the movie was regarded as
> >> a big joke when it came out
> >
> > Oh poop! Don't be so cynical!
>
> Well what about the scenes in which the "bad guy" (Muzzie?)
> tries to push the good guy off the side of the road and down
> the cliff? That's realistic? I mean, I've been pushed off the
> side of the road in USCF races but I don't think it was
> deliberate.
> Best regards,
> Fred Rrednor - Arlington, Virginia
>
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