Aw, all right, I’m gonna admit it – I love this movie – my DVD copy is about worn out – it has Eddie Merckx (who doesn’t like firing a starting pistol), Specialized bikes made out of steel (!), Kevin Costner in a Seven-Eleven kit (apparently, Costner hated riding the bike, but was athletic enough to make it look halfway authentic), grunting Soviet goombas (spin, you numbskulls!), Rae Dawn Chong and Alexandra Paul as the love interests. Breaking Away might be a better film, especially if you really love cycling, but there’s something about this movie, admittedly reeking of bad acting, which evokes the days of Greg Lemond’s greatness, the Coors Classic, etc. for me, that just draws me in time after time.
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