EBFF iii

third film of the bike fest for me and it's the best so far - 24-solo. a documentary on the 2006 24 hour solo worlds and the epic tale of chris eatough vs craig gordon vs themselves, which leaves one in tears and the other on a dialysis machine.

almost enough to make me miss 24 hour (team) racing. then i remember Mounting Mayhem last year and recall why i stopped enjoying them.

few beers and some nachos (finally, dammit) with folks in the bar and i squint out into the daylight and ride out to my cramond on a very unhappy sounding fixie (suspect the gxp bb).

a walk of the dog, a nice tea and we're back to work already. fuck.

EBFF ii

a scant few hours since i scampered from the filmhouse, i'm back again for a showing of klunkerz at the edinburgh bike film festival. no time for nachos, but plenty for a beer or two with anna, gary, peter, shearer and su.

a slightly sugary documentary on the early days of mtbing in marin county, it's an interesting enough, but you get the impression the real story is in what isn't said...

q&a with jacquie afterwards is entertaining, particularly the q for a youngster in front of us who asks whether jacquie has been to that modern day mtb mecca, glentress.

couple of beers afterwards at the excellent chopchop in haymarket (in the presence of one of the standing start directors nae less) and we fifers are on the dundee train and heading home for a *very* quiet saturday.

tomorrow brings a tspc outing to see 24-solo, a few hours at work and tea at my maw's.

EBFF i

the edinburgh bike film festival is now in it's third year, but this was the first time that i've managed to remember it was on. good mix of stuff on show - heavy on mtb, light on worthy/overly arty crap.

opening night was track films.

battle of the bikes - obree vs boardman c. 1993.
just a minute - chris hoy's attempt at the kilo record.
standing start - a short on craig maclean.

battle of the bikes (a channel 4 documentary (remember when they did them?) from the makers of the high life) was new to me, a cracking insight into two characters who led the world for a while and approached the sport from very different angles. just a minute i'd caught on telly, so no surprises and although i'd also seen standing start before, it was good to see it and catch all the wee bits i'd missed the first time round.

the films were followed by a q&a sessions with obree, richard moore and the directors of two of the films.

good night out - only wish i'd had time for a beer and a chat with folks at the end. back tomorrow for more - klunkerz - and this time there's a couple of beers and a plate of filmhouse nachos with my name on them fer shure