The Bicycle - A Celebration of the Invention

The Bicycle - A Celebration of the Invention

[@catthepunisher3067]

The Bicycle is the most efficient vehicle ever made and it doesnt use fuel and is power by the riders legs . I commute by Bicycle every day and night and I love it . cycling is the best way to get around .

[@bighands69]

I love bikes but I think the roads are just too dangerous for a bike. We need to start thinking about building roads just for cycling on.

[@Impanis2]

bighands69 .. come to holland :)

[@mitoand9]

I live in the Netherlands and I can assure you, bikes are great for moving in some small towns and have several advantages such as cheap, no environmental and noise pollution, but they are very annoying for cars and pedestrians. Especially here in the Netherlands, bikers just run over you, they don't care about others (I also bike but asap I'll get my car). It's a bit like scooters in Italy, so annoying.

[@ShermanSitter]

very well put mitoand9 ...anything eventually finds a segment of the population that finds it annoying. I'm sure there are some mickey mouse haters out there. :) I always tell people, the issues are due to humans, not the mode of transport. if aliens created the perfect transport, we'd still have people complain about it.

[@Mr71paul71]

Bike do use fuel, fuel that powers us the engine of the bike. Without our engine powering the bike it's just a rather large paperweight...

[@johnacord5664]

Knowing that the bicycle is making a comeback for me is a new birth of freedom.

[@lometatron357]

In what country do you see this happening in? I hope usa for my sake😅

[@MauiReyes-ep7mq]

This is one of the best if not the best bicycle documentary I've ever watched and enjoyed.

[@RCPrepping]

I bought an Electra Townie electric assist bicycle in March 2022 as an alternative means of transportation. I don't always use the electric assist function, but I am glad it is there when I want it. My alternate is now my main. I only drive my truck if my wife and I have to go somewhere together or if the weather is not favorable. I also lost 36 pounds in four months.

[@shawnriffhard]

Outstanding!

[@skirks3121]

I'm very proud that I have fixed gear, it reminds me of the old bikes

[@jonasmeier417]

The bicycle is one of the best machine that has ever been invented. This is a very good documentation! How can it be that Shimano is still on 9 out of 10 bicycles in the average? These 1980-ies/1990-ies bikes are still around. Still riding for example Giant Cadex, GT, Trek, Specialized, Scott, Schwinn...

[@BenThorp]

I had this on VHS when it was first shown in the UK (might even still be in a box somewhere at my parents house). Was great to watch it again.

[@BikeItUK]

Well that about sums it up, Cycling is great and its hear to stay! They say it's the future, with so many benefits who can disagree. Happy peddling one and all, and what greener and cooler way to get around town than on a recycled retro ride! Andy

[@alprobert]

Thankyou!! I've spent about an hour googling from a vague memory to find an old doc I saw on telly years ago and...this is it!

[@shawnriffhard]

Isn't that a gas when that happens? Woo hoo!

[@briz1965]

super video. I was an avid cyclist in the UK and rode sit up and beg bikes from 1976-79 when my dad bought my younger brother a 'mountain bike' in 1980 - I remember it snowed that christmas in England - rare - but I rode his new bike that day and was amazed at how it rode in the snow. I bought a 500 GBP bike a few years later from Freewheel in London, and rode a cyclocross race with it. Although I finished dead last, it weighed I think 30-40 lbs - it was brill and I knew this was a match to light the explosion - I've rode a few fishers - they are very comfy

[@briz1965]

+briz1965 I grew up in Nottingham- Home of RALEIGH bikes - we had one of the first BMX tracks I am sure in History probably 1977/78 - on Crabtree Farm Estate - I crashed quite heavily on a Raleigh Chopper - I rode to Raleigh the same day and they replaced everything I broke at NO CHARGE - this would never happen today

[@eggaweb9127]

I enjoyed this documentary from start to finish. I like it that they even mentioned 'bents and velocars.

[@Kevin15047]

Damn you Henry Ford.

[@kattihatt]

1:35 Da Vinci never did that drawing. Its was discovered to have been created somewhere around 1900.

[@jonsoulfire6891]

nicolas crane legendary bloke. so much info missed but still a great documentary. imagine the next 200 years of cyclevolution carbon nano tube frames, spiders silk spokes or zero g assist, mag/lev seating... who knows.

[@CalvinCai_Frisbee]

very in depth documentary, worth every second

[@NoreenHoltzen]

I really refreshing documentary about cycling without all the dogmas. Furthermore ingenious directing to get access to so much incredible and diverse footage.

[@basstard4860]

This documentation is a hidden jem

[@SuperSteveJO]

Good documentary - long but I stuck with it- how things have changed

[@marccarter1350]

Nice to watch this. Some of those big firms are long gone on 2024. I had 2 bikes, one Audax, one Touring, both UK built from Condor and Thorn. Not cheap, but I don't drive, never have

[@anjojoaquin]

The guy with the chunky computers on his bike must be riding a lot easier now

[@mrcart497]

Thank You for Posting this! I'm a Cyclist and wanted to know the History of the Bicycle!

[@Spoonbill_88]

Brilliant doc. Thanks for uploading. This is the reason I love KZbin…

[@SuperTastyone]

Bob rodale nailed it at 1:16:55 Never a truer word said of cycling! Excellent doc. Thanks.

[@TrOuTster5]

Thank you for posting this very enjoyable program. Happy pedaling.

[@TheFettz]

Thanks for sharing this, really enjoyed this documentary

[@alvarodigital]

What a good documentary!

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Wow, 40MB hard disk drives! I love reminiscing the time when that was hot shit.

[@lorjon68]

Equal parts education to comedy . Love it!

[@captdoug]

Thanks for the upload.

[@deutschegrammophon8188]

Great upload!

[@b.r.a.a.d6870]

B.R.A.A.D bicycling documentary. Crraaazy!

[@dirttdude]

i'm what they call an expert level XC rider and amature downhiller. That makes me a pro all-mountain mountain biker, we typically race from point to point on rugged and steep terrain for 10 to 20 miles, dual events on the same bike are also fairly common. We do a 20 mile XC race on saturday and then the main event, the timed downhill event on sunday, you have to use the same bike and the same wheels. That's why long travel bikes with triple rings are still popular, i dont know if they make them in 26" anymore or not

[@Nerdsplayingcards]

I fixed my rear rim myself with french michelins and the satisfaction of saving bike parts is my steez..i love❤ it ....NAGR1

[@powerant1914]

I just love bicycles!

[@CyclingMartialartswithMusic]

The bike without pedals reminds me of my very first bike.

[@Montrealcycling]

Vive le tour de l'île de Montréal! Since 1985 and Still going🚴🏻👍✌️✊️🍌

[@bikinglikebecker]

200 mile bike race, and most of it on foot.. lol... ❤👍 🍁

[@joelsavrimuthu4404]

The best of the best history of the bicycle I have ever seen. Thanks you very much Sir. From bicycle fans Joel from Mauritius.

[@bonessesher8506]

cool video

[@cuthbertbaggins2036]

Small but significant error @ 15:49 The Polish name for a Bicycle ('Rower', is pronounced 'Rover' in Poland as the 'W' is pronounced as a 'V' in most of middle\eastern Europe

[@dizzyrider3883]

Da Vinci's steering system looks dubious.

[@thenatnatboy]

1:20:10 does this guy still exist with newer invention?

[@Jonifico]

What year was this made in?

[@stevebirkbeck1526]

The de Vinci sketch was later proved to be a fake.

[@MrVorpalsword]

you don't say! ... sorry Steve (if you are still alive), I'd never seen the sketch before, I'm amazed someone took it seriously, I suppose if you want to believe something enough, then maybe u do? Leonardo was one of the greatest draftsmen in history, this thing looks like the crayoning of a 12 year old.

[@cs_DutchCheese]

Happy word bicycle day!

[@AdamHecht]

your opinion of BMX around 23:00 seems wrong.

[@stevemtc1]

I have to agree

[@JoseHernandez-zm5ik]

old video

[@deepindercheema]

Pinkerton spotting. Any idea who made this doc and when?

[@TXLorenzo]

Big money means big corruption.

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Bicicleta are cheap and healthy transport

[@TurningPower]

Boy o boy, have Odense fallen.

[@lassepanduro4137]

Who has created this film and how old is it?

[@Sroughface]

Y

[@SvenDansk7]

If you watched the video you'd know it's listed at 1:53:21.

[@JB-uv4hm]

1991. Yes it would be nice if the poster would put the year in title or at least in descrip. Digital twits aren’t into details though.

[@5084204]

27:20 Principle of the caster in cars :-)

[@user-do5hd7zb4x]

Exemplary! Magnifiqu!😅

[@denisrace3150]

Riding on air. Well said.

[@KOJIFICADO]

1:06:57 descendentes de alemães nos eua tem a fabrica na tailandia que onde os trabalhadores fazem a radio taisou japonesa.

[@alanssnack1192]

it blow smy mind how they drive motorbikes in front of the tour de france, because i know it sucks to breathe fumes on a bike, let alone a comp!

[@leica842]

Leonardo da Vinci... what a genius!!!

[@blackbearbowie8162]

i think they could have cut the last half hour

[@jjovereats]

I should make a 'Tour de Quesnel' which is named after its via-point city (the race would be a round trip tour rather than a race)...

[@peterjv8748]

48:54 "he doesn't even like vitamin injections." whaaaah?! Unless you have some severe medically diagnosed vitamin deficiency you should definitely NOT be getting any kind of vitamin injection! In fact, unless you only eat macaroni and cheese for every meal, you prob don't need any kind of vitamin supplement.

[@alwhyte6533]

They always have denied that they were on steroids and PED's in the world of professional cycling. It's worse now. Tyler Hamilton recently said that he thought around 80-85% of the Tour cyclists were on drugs.

[@deepindercheema]

1:51:06 Ed Schwinn does not know the influence of the Lance Armstrong effect in the future would radically reinvent the bike industry in the states for all the good reasons.

[@fredgarvinMP]

+deepinder cheema Like doping?

[@johnvandenheuvel6792]

The Australians have it right. Check it out mate

[@_MrSnrub]

Ah, nothing has changed in 200 years, we still get those "stone throwers" as "rude drivers" nowadays, but its nonetheless the same concept. Those in the country don't like bikes.

[@PhilOsGarage]

It’s not car ownership that is the problem, it’s car USAGE. It needs to be much more expensive to drive.

[@Leviajohnson]

Everyone’s speaking voice sounded WAY more intelligent in 1990. What happened

[@reginaldbowls7180]

no drugs hahahahahahahahahahahahhaha

[@jayaybe1]

Unfortunately when he said that the EPO era was already beginning for some.

[@Mr71paul71]

Drugs, electric motors etc etc, pro cycling is joke full of cheats

[@g_y.rtz420]

Legalize bicycles

[@imjustjamei]

Safety Bike, known today as a 'fixed gear'

[@PatRiot-]

Jamei Mcleod not safe you get beat to hell by pedals when you think you are going to stop pedaling ha

[@StephenSternGoth]

American Dad brought me here

[@rigurat]

Enlightening

[@socraticproblem86]

Name of folk song in the beginning pleeeease!

[@charonne1986]

...And not a single word about LOOK???!!!

[@TimpBizkit]

7:25 coal rollers even in the 19th century

[@fin3590]

If I could go back in time I would “invent” the bicycle as we know it.

[@Zelpo777]

Regarding the 'shared-use' of trails that Fisher talks about @ 24:00 ish ... this is coming from someone who used to ride offroad motorcycles & was involved with the land-use issues of a local National Forest in the US: Assuming 'management' of multiple users of trails is a pipe dream. Human nature is that 'I've got mine, screw yours' ... one group doesn't like sharing with other groups. This can be OHV, bicycles, hikers, whatever. The Environmentalists (Sierra Club etc., there are a kajillion enviro groups) dislike all users except for themselves. Enviro's have a clever tactic that they use to kick everyone else off of the land: the Law, and Divide & Conquer. I've seen the OHV group splinter into the dirtbikers that dislike the quads, the quads (ATVs) dislike the UTVs, the UTVs dislike the Jeeps. I've witnessed mountain bike clubs activity campaigning to kick off the offroad motorcyclists from 'there' trails. And on down the line to the hikers duped by the likes of the S.C. And for 'management'? Ban them all, and the problem goes away. Path of least resistance. And the Law is on there side to do it. The enviro's dance with glee. With nothing being done about the human population explosion, access, pressure & use of existing trails will only get worse. Already offroaders are forced to be criminals in order to use trials that they once had access too. This is trickling down to bicycles and yes to even hikers themselves. Think about that next time you want to kick someone else off of 'your' trail just because they use a different form of transport for personal recreation. Nevermind, it's too late.

[@deepindercheema]

elaine chao - she held the George Bush appt dept of transportation chair in 1989. So the film has to be about then. The badly dated fashions seem to concur,

[@amara6656]

deepinder cheema End credits 1991

[@thecowsechronicles4952]

you say it like keeran

[@g_y.rtz420]

No auto CC is racist Legalize Auto CC

[@joeenglert]

25;56 light as a feather? hahaha...that pos looks at least over 20 pounds

[@bluemoondiadochi]

As a long time bicycle fan, i must disagree with the way this video portrays bicycles. meaning: it's a shame they're celebrating the bicycle by mentioning only it's most flashy atributes of latest high tech in mountain bikes and racing bikes (no, a cursory historic overview is not enough!). but, by question is: where is the bicycles as personal transportation for people and goods, as a military machine of huge historical importance, as source of emancipation for women, and as a means that gave personal mobility to low classes?? none of this is mentioned at all! and i believe these roles really define the value of bicycle for mankind, not some racey-fancy machines (no matter how expensive and specially built). the video makers clearly oversaw the basic, non-flashy, daily indespensable roles of the machine for the more flashy but ultimately useless ones. and as such this video doesn't honor the bicycle in a way it should bev honored in light of it's contribution to mankind. it's like celebrating a horse as a domestic animal just by looking at parade and race horses...

[@drawingablank746]

Did you watch the whole documentary? To me it appears a critique of the culture you suggested it praises, especially given the part titled "Vehicle for a Small Planet" which starts at 1:34:21.

[@taufikabidin412]

clearly you didn't watch the vid

[@JENDALL714]

I never understood the appeal of the Mountain Bike? What grown adult wants to ride through mud and get dirty?

[@DerekConradie1]

Really? Seriously?

[@1amadeo]

a good MTB can ride everywhere you want, thats the thrill

[@JENDALL714]

Derek Conradie Yes, seriously. It's fine if your 12 years old, but a grown man?

[@DerekConradie1]

JENDALL714 I see from your pic that you "hit the iron". Why do you do that? Is it not a silly thing, wasting so much time, effort and money on something that potentially will get you no where? Or is it because you enjoy it, and get fulfilment out of expressing yourself and pushing yourself to your limits? I would assume so. The same would apply to basically every person doing any sport anywhere. No every physical activity can appeal to every person. Hell, some people think that anyone doing a recreational activity is stark-raving mad. But we are not. Like you, we just enjoy spending some of our free time doing something that we enjoy.

[@kamikazeboy123]

JENDALL714 i don't understand,i mean what's your point of bringing this up?

[@fin3590]

Tour de trump. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@UndeadAnonymous]

automobiles suck

[@jjovereats]

not true.

[@Kevin15047]

jjovereats Not untrue either. "Bikes run on fat and save you money. Cars run on money and make you fat."

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Autos are great for carrying weight and staying out of the weather. Bikes for everything else.

[@stevezodiac491]

All cycling is dangerous in the UK, not just when there were ordinaries about. Whilst cycling / training i have broken several ribs, two collar bones, an elbow and my hip. With 'safety' designs came faster speeds and a vast increase in kenetic energy, which is more dangerous when abruptly brought to a halt by another object.

[@jackspraker3542]

I love poor people on the road. Mountain Bikes are bull shit. Fuck selling mountain bikes to people who need road bikes.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Jack Spraker The problem is marketing. It's like all the cunts that drive 4X4s and never leave the city. They are told a jeep is safe. You're up high, you can see. But people still drive on the phone and can't park the bulky heaps of shit properly. When I drive a Land Rover all I do is bob up and down uncomfortably in the driving seat thinking, "imagine getting into debt for this hunk of shit when a car is much better. When mountain bikes took off, the people into them bought the high end light ones but the industry churned out big fat heavy metal monsters with knobbly tires for the masses to ride on the roads. You see men and women's legs spinning like mad in the granny gear going up a small incline. So after the 80s, racers declined as people heard "they're bad for your back" and nasty MTB that were so heavy they would sink in the mud if you went off road". There must be more abandoned MTBs around every home than any other bike. If the average Joe bought a bike in the last 25 years it was a MTB, but there are no mountains in the city! Funny enough Land Rover had a brand of MTB a few years back. If you had a Land Rover you could by a bike to hang on the back of it! Saying all this I have half a dozen road bikes but I was curious enough to by a Raleigh M-Trax 600 MTB and you know what, I have to say it, it's amazing, it's light and I love it and I can train in all weather in all terrain on days off from the road!

[@jackspraker3542]

Sweetie. I lost a perfect friend. I bought a little mountain bike in 96 before it took off as a thing. Solid little frame. Small for me but basic. Steel fork and no heavy suspension bs. I put road tires on it and rode what seems like most of my life. Had to learn to tool to replace components. But the cheapest shimano or sram always worked for me. Then some fucker stole it. Why?

[@jackspraker3542]

Sorry poor people ride.

[@fredgarvinMP]

+Jack Spraker What the fuck are you guys talking about?

[@joeenglert]

54;40 Greg being an a hole ..10 merckx in the peloton...?? Greg could not carry Merckx jock strap...funny thing is ...years later, armstrong said the same thing about greg.what goes around comes around

[@Sugarcayne-z4g]

The way they disregarded BMX in this video is crazy!! Almost 2 hours long and lest than 5mins spent on BMX. The BS "BMX is for kids so it doesn't matter" narrative is pathetic.

[@kolijboss]

Jesus is Lord. Thank GOD for Wisdom. Amen.

[@giutubospatubo1546]

So it is not an English invention, rather Italian by Da Vinci.

[@kattihatt]

No. Da Vinci did not draw that.

[@user-ho4rv6kg8u]

Kirkpatrick Macmillan, who invented the bike, was Scottish. Robert William Thompson, who invented the pneumatic tyre, was Scottish. John Boyd Dunlop, was born in Scotland, reinvented the pneumatic tyre. John Loudon McAdam invented tarmac, was Scottish.

[@skystalker2]

tour de TRUMP!

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

This story is all hogwash. I invented the first bicycle in 1956 in Grosse Point woods Mi. and the three speed lightweight in 1958-9

[@conradvancouver7276]

First part good; last part good. Middle filled with garbage road racing.

[@rosomak8244]

MTBs are just crap.

[@theguniomi6905]

Go eat some more potato chips you fat bitch! See some people like to live longer

[@rosomak8244]

. JAM . Yeah... Thank's for the tip. But potato chips will slow me down on my road bike a bit too much.

[@Fr0sht3d]

rosomak Your dumb, MTB are a whole different thing and requires different skills. I love my MTB and my Road bike. Fuck your opinion it's wrong

[@Makuhesa]

Every bike has it's own capabilities and their beautifull on their own.... I have me Poly mtb and building a roadbike right now from and old frame (wish me luck)

[@ronwhite8503]

Won't mummy buy you one?

[@darek795]

Interesting film but this political corectness bullshit is sometimes annoing. Bicycle isn't always more ecological than a car or more practical. Imagine yourself biking in a rain or snow.

[@tcorourke2007]

Where the hell do you live that there aren't people cycling in inclement weather?

[@veganmatry]

I love biking in snow. It's so much fun!

[@mikemills54]

darek795 My wife and I both own trucks but I bike to work in the rain all the time for fun.

[@PhilOsGarage]

There is literally no situation where a bicycle is less ecological than a car. GTFOH with that bullshit.