5つ星のうち4.0Entertaining movie if you like competitive cycling
2023年12月4日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Some of the plot lines are a bit sappy, but I still like it. Has drama, humor, and some light romance. And bike competition modeled after the old Coors Classic. Fun movie.
5つ星のうち5.0Classic Motivating Cyclist movie from the 80's
2022年9月28日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Finally on Bluray waited years for this to happened and glad it did . The movie is a very good if you never seen it. But for the 1980's cyclist is a must own movie classic. Sound is good, Day scenes very clear the dark scene a little granier maybe in 4K they will improve.
I saw American Flyers in the theater when it first came out, and it was great to see the same race courses that were used for the Coors Classic being used for "The Hell of The West". The Morgul Bismark was considered to be one of the toughest circuit courses in the world at the time; now it's just another subdivision outside Boulder!
Another interesting anecdote... the scene when David takes the Treadmill Test and beats Marcus' best time was partly based on fact. In the early 80's there was a local Colorado racer named Bob Cook who was one of the best climbing cyclists in the world. At the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Cook's VO2 Max test results (using a test similar to the one depicted in the movie) were the highest ever recorded for a cyclist at the time. Sadly, Cook passed away in 1985 (the year American Flyers was released) from a brain tumor. The annual Mt. Evans Hill Climb, a race held for over 45 years was named The Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb in his honor. The race ends at Echo Lake, where Stage 3 of "The Hell of The West" ended.