Worldwide Debut Of ‘Mountain Biking – The Untold British Story’

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On Saturday night in Hebden Bridge, a packed-out audience of mountain biking enthusiasts came together to drink beer, mingle, and enjoy the highly anticipated worldwide debut of ‘Mountain Biking – The Untold British Story’. Produced by Blue Hippo Media in conjunction with Singletrack Magazine, the British MTB movie was made into reality following a successful crowdfunding campaign. If you’ve been following the film’s progress, you would have seen our previous story about the crowdfunding campaign, as well as the news about Gary Fisher coming on board and Purity Brewing backing the project too. We also brought you an interview with the film’s producer, and you may have watched some of the movie trailers as well. Needless to say, there was a lot of excitement building on Saturday night!

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The film premier of British Mountain Biking – The Untold Story

While there are many well-worn tales about the early history of mountain biking in the big ol’ land of the USA, few are aware of just how deep the roots extend in our own backyard. The crowdfunding campaign began as a way to bring many of these stories to life, documenting the rich 40-year history of mountain biking in the UK. Filming for began in August of 2015, and it includes classic footage of well-known British riders such as Martyn Ashton, Tracy Moseley, Rob Warner, Steve Peat and Rachel Atherton. The movie made its worldwide debut on Saturday night, and we were there along with over 200 other mountain biking nuts to see the finished product. And drink lots of beer courtesy of Purity Brewing of course!

Based upon the reaction from the crowd (and our Twitter feed) on the night, the film will be very well received. Amongst the audience on Saturday night were several stars of the movie, including Tracy Mosely, Jason Miles and the original crew from Muddy Fox. Long distance hardman and recent Tour Divide record breaker Mike Hall was also there on the night.

Following the film screening, our very own Chipps Chippendale sat down with the directors of the movie to hear about want went on behind the scenes in making the film and some of the challenges they faced in putting together such a comprehensive documentary. Chipps was beamed out into the world via Facebook Live, though thanks to the glories of the internet, you can watch the video below.

Want to see ‘Mountain Biking – The Untold British Story’ yourself? The good news is that there are a whole load of movie screenings coming up over the next couple of months, which we’ve listed in a neat list for your viewing pleasure below.

Where can you watch the movie?

The film will be available to download/stream on Vimeo from 6th August. It is also being shown at the following venues:

OtecBikes, Halton Tennis Centre, Chestnut End, Halton, HP225PD
Date : 30th July

Llangadog Community Hall, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire SA19 9BR
Date : 30th July

Swinton, Manchester M27 0DW
Date : 30th July

Rockets and Rascals, Poole
Date : 30th July

Summit Cycles, Aberrystwyth
Date: Sat 30th July – 7.30pm – Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
Tickets £6.50 – Tickets available from: Summit Cycles Abreystwyth 01970 626061. Ceredigion Museum 01970 633088

Llandegla
Date: 31st July – Coed Llandegla Forest Visitor Centre 5pm
Admission by free ticket available from North Wales MBA Facebook page.

Værløse Bio, Bymidten 34, DK-3500, Værløse, Denmark
Date : 3rd August

Hen and Chicken, Bristol
Date : 4th August

Revel Outdoors, 19-20 Brentgovel Street, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 1EB
Date : 4th August

Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, Coed y Brenin Forest Park,
Date : Thurs 4th August – Tickets £6.50 – Tickets available from: Beics Brenin 01341 440782

Birmingham Premiere
Date : Sat 6th August, Venue TBC

The Church Inn, 40 Church Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AJ
Date : Sat 6th August – Details here

Guildtown PH2 6BS
Date : after 6th August

Potterspury, Towcester
Date : after 6th August

Lincoln bike night
Date : November

Pedalling Squares, The Old Brassworks, Quality Row Rd, Newcastle NE16 3AQ
Date : tbc

Rockets and Rascals : Plymouth
Date : tbc

Epping, Essex, CM16 5ED
Date : tbc

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