Bike Cinema Club - Signatures

Some readers will remember the days where bike films had to have some form of plot (let's try and dig one up next week). Signatures starts that way with some chatter at the beginning trying to make a meaning for the random collection of bike footage. But actually Fullface Productions do a rather good job taking European riders and dropping them all over the world with their bikes and filming them.

Bike Cinema Club - Sprung 4

The first installment of Bike Cinema Club had to be a classic and we have a whopper for you today. I first purchased this film on VHS when it was released in the year 2000, this copy was lost during student house moves and quickly replaced by the DVD edition which itself was stolen during a house burglary. The film is so good I had to order a replacement copy from the USA, fortunately now it is available for all online.

Of course by now you must have realised that we will be watching Sprung 4. It is one of the classic Milan Spasic and Alex Rankin videos. This pair were some of the first to produce videos that moved away from the heavy metal and punk sound tracks. Their pan and zoom filming techniques are still referred to today as they truly set the bench mark for bike films. The content is a true mix with everything from dirt jumping, BMX and plenty of Downhill action from the UK and around the world (well mainly Europe).