When I raced as a junior from 1980 to 1983 I was mesmerized by La Course En Tete.
A few of the Cat 1&2 racers in Santa Cruz, used to rent the Scotts Valley Cinema and show this film. I especially remembered the crash sequence, it's hard to see on streaming video, but the part where the dog gets run over used to haunt me. That happened to my brother once on a training ride while going about 45 mph down hill. I was right behind him, unable to do anything about it.
wtf is with the weird background sounds jeesh
canuck1980 7 months ago
A helmet was definitely needed at 3:15.
pgong 1 year ago
Uuuuhhh UUHh
w1239345 1 year ago
Boy, steel bikes fall very differently than the Carbon machines today. They bounce a lot more.
pcfxer 1 year ago
2:24 LOL
LucaMayte 1 year ago
very goog background sound
SagatPL 2 years ago
that was the scariest shit i've ever heard O.O
TheILLTechnics 2 years ago
The music was awesome...how did you do that?
chronos74 2 years ago
beautiful music. Is Beethoven?
xaviqaz 2 years ago
The best youtube video ever. The scenes are very rare and music is fu*king genius. 2 Thumbs up!
kembooo000 2 years ago
saai
luukraver 2 years ago
That's soundtrack has been very stupid...
Lee07ds 2 years ago
david lynch movie?
PieRock 2 years ago
what the fuck, this music is awful.....
wiltschnig 2 years ago
Helmets was for sissies back then...A miracle most of them did´nt break their neck
lofi73 2 years ago
Those hairnet helmets? They were like foam...
dahgutone 2 years ago
What sort of fucking music is that?
SpikeGhost88 2 years ago
omg!! the sound scared the shit out of me!!!
enerumu 2 years ago
Great video, audio is something from the gate's of hell.
bianchibob1 2 years ago
music focks me up-but i watched it at the big screen in about 1080 and Bradford, fuk it dint scare me but fuk it does now...
StuBri1964 3 years ago
This is probably what the Warp sounds like.
billyboyjennings 3 years ago
Ha ha ha, Lol
morekew 3 years ago
that music is haunting.
dectangle88 3 years ago
i got about halfway through this and my dog started having a nightmare!
zscottk 3 years ago 6
Thanks.
I managed to track the film down. Very retro, but there's some amazing footage and it provides an interesting insight into the sport.
The crashes section is still my favourite though!
Jabbo86 3 years ago
What documentary is it taken from?
Amazing footage and soundtrack.
Jabbo86 3 years ago
Its from a video i think called "la course en tete" made in 1973 or thereabouts.
The music is David Munrow - Renaissance Suite.
chickasmith 3 years ago
the black and white stuff reminds me of old war footage, its really powerful
sometimesmatt 3 years ago 6
I hurt just watching this!!
AddictKat 4 years ago
When I raced as a junior from 1980 to 1983 I was mesmerized by La Course En Tete.
A few of the Cat 1&2 racers in Santa Cruz, used to rent the Scotts Valley Cinema and show this film. I especially remembered the crash sequence, it's hard to see on streaming video, but the part where the dog gets run over used to haunt me. That happened to my brother once on a training ride while going about 45 mph down hill. I was right behind him, unable to do anything about it.
AggregateDood 4 years ago
Oh man, you raced in Europe?! You're my hero!!
AddictKat 4 years ago