Who are the Cutters?! | Dispatches

The little 500 is the largest intramural event in the country. Each year 25,000 students gather to watch 33 student bike teams sprint 200 laps around a 1⁄4 mile race track in Bloomington Indiana.
The students and coaches that participate in this event train year-round without professional facilities, equipment, scholarship or salary.
This begs the question, “Why do they do it?” This short documentary would aim to answer this question by exploring the drive and desire through the lens of one team. . . the Cutters.
Production Company: Blueline Pictures
Director: Matt Dillman
Executive Producer: Kevin Weaver & Chelsea Sanders
Producer: Matt Dillman
Associate Producer: Sami Masak & Mitch Hannon
Director of Photography: Matt Dillman & Evelyn Rehrey
Camera Operators: Andrew Torbenson, Joe Sailer, Victor Grossling
Field Sound: Evelyn Rehrey
Editors: Matt Dillman & Tucker Gragg
Animation/VFX: Matt Dillman
Sound Design: Ben Frazier
Colorist: Hector Perez
Grips: Sam Oates, Sami Masaki, & Matt Rice
Production Assistant: Megan Dillman
Music: Alexander the Great & Matt Dillman
Special Thanks:
Robert Harmon
Jim Kirkham
Indiana University Student Foundation
Historical footage provided by Indiana University Student Foundation
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[@merc_w0838]

GCN needs to do a Lil 500 episode!! Even waling around Bloomington and seeing a Little 500 bike being ridden feels special. There is no better tradition in US cycling!

[@Konishi010]

That 2019 race was amazing. No idea what Phi Psi was doing at the end there.

[@lobstahgirl]

Rest in peace Mr. Huibregtse.

[@DrummyBrian]

Nice video. Good group of people.

[@skiandscytheguy]

Looks like a cool bunch of guys. I have been involved in various sports my entire life and I have a lot of respect for people like them.

[@rebeccaholloway6529]

Beautiful video

[@AlanWhisler]

Amazing kids luv u Cutters

[@Mretz]

Cool

[@roscoebertsch7109]

Where can I get a black cutter jersey?!

[@mylifeisJDM]

🚲❤

[@nathanparkhurst5872]

# fire ab

[@nateh7674]

No Clipless while racing?

[@zachstevens55]

Nate H the bikes used for the Little 500 are single speed coaster brake schwinn bikes. Really low tech. Flat pedals are used in the race (1 because it is in the rule book) but also because there are exchanges between riders that make flat pedals easier

[@mplsmark222]

Relatively low gearing, helps keep the speeds down, requiring very fast cadences. As opposed to other kinds of bicycle racing, it’s about the athletes, fitness, team work, not about tens of thousands of dollars spent on bikes.

[@randygravel2057]

Douchers 🚴