Capitalising on recent GB success in cycling and the rise in popularity of the bike in general, Bafta winning director Michael B Clifford and international award winning film producer Pip Piper are currently in pre-production with their documentary Bicycle. It tells the story of cycling in the land that invented the modern bicycle, it’s birth, decline and re-birth from Victorian origins to today; it will be made to coincide with another big year for British sport – the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow and the coming of the Tour de France to Yorkshire. Featuring the finest components from archive to contributors and live action from cycling culture now, Bicycle will be ‘a humorous, lyrical and a warm reflection on cycling and its place in the national psyche.’
Supported by a number of high-profile sponsors including Trek, Shimano and Chapeau! with media support from Cyclo the new website bicyclethefilm.com is now live and funds are being raised via a campaign on crowd-funder Indiegogo – take a look if you can help out and follow progress at both facebook and Twitter.
More news on Bicycle coming soon…
