No toeclips allowed in the little 5, actually I think even tapeing the feet is illegal. Also if you look at the film "shortie" is really streching his legs and pedaling with his toes and Cyrille is really bowlegged and low. Believe me the real fiction is that there's only the one wreck that Dave's in. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Rich Rose wrote:
> Let's see.., all 4 riders were jumping on & off the bike without
> adjusting the saddle height - I don't think the little guy could have
> reached the pedal's, especially not following Cyrill!
> They of course taped Dave's foot to the pedal - did they start out with
> toe-clips?
> And, oh by the way, he (Dave), made up an awful lot of ground on that
> last lap, didn't he?
> Richard (just guessing), Rose
>
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> Subject: [CR]Breaking Away
>
> Finished watching Breaking Away the other night. It raises a couple of
> questions. The bike looks like it is my size, anyone know what size it
> was,
> not that I would buy it if I could find it. Also, does anyone know the
> fate
> of that Masi? Was it an Italian or a California Masi?
>
> At the end of the movie during the race there were a few more blunders.
> Got
> a clue?