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2 hours ago, Parr8hed said:

I still cry every time that Italian team frame pumps Dave.

As much as I love Breaking Away because it is so Indianay, I think American Fliers is a superior bicycle movie.

Isn't one of the Italian riders played by Christian Vande Velde's father?

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2 hours ago, dennis said:

Isn't one of the Italian riders played by Christian Vande Velde's father?

Dutch dude playing an Italian?! What is this world coming to?   I actually hadn’t heard that but the age is right.

Add some color to Dave Stohler & switch Italian for Dutch and that was me in HS...

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2 hours ago, dennis said:

Isn't one of the Italian riders played by Christian Vande Velde's father?

The answer is yes. 

"Speaking of the Italians, one of them was played by American track racer John Vande Velde, who was a two-time Olympian and National Champion cyclist, as well as the father of Christian Vande Velde, formerly of the U.S. Postal Team and the Garmin Team."

Here's another very cool piece of trivia about the bike(s), especially the one that went endo. :( Turns out, it was a sears bike painted to look like a Masi. 

"A third bike was used in filming, but it was not a Masi -- it was a Sears Free Spirit, painted and decaled as a Masi, and used in a pivotal scene where an Italian racer shoves a frame pump into the spokes, sending Dave Stohler to the pavement. The bikes used by the Italian team were all Colnagos."

Interesting blog: http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2014/04/classic-film-breaking-away.html

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