If you’re anything like us, when we’re not riding bikes, fixing bikes or generally thinking about bikes we can probably be found watching movies about bikes.
With a plethora of movies about cycling, both documentaries and Hollywood blockbusters, there’s plenty to keep you entertained. So with so many to choose from, here are our favorite feature-length movies about roadies.
If you’re more partial to knobby tires, mud and singletrack why not take a gander at our picks for The 12 greatest mountain bike films of all time
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Breaking Away
Breaking Away is the iconic cycling film. David (the characters in the movie only have first names) is unsure what do with his life after graduating from high school and becomes infatuated with bike racing and Italian culture after winning a Massi bike, which infuriates his father Ray, a used car salesman.
So, when an Italian pro racing team comes to town you know David is going to be in the race. Annoyed at David’s strength and gusto one of the Italian riders pulls a dodgy move and leaves him battered and broken physically and emotionally. After a brawl over a girl and some mistaken identity, David and his motley crew of friends are invited to participate in the Indiana University Little 500 race.
30 for 30: Slaying the badger
As part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series of documentaries, Slaying The Badger is the story of American cyclist Greg LeMond and his rivalry with Bernard Hinault. Based on Richard Moore’s book of the same name, the film looks back at the 1986 Tour de France, the first year it was televised live, where Hinault promised to help LeMond to his first Tour win in return for is support in the previous year's Tour.
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
The Flying Scotsman
Hell On Wheels
Road To Roubaix
A Sunday In Hell
American Flyers
The Armstrong Lie
Rising From Ashes
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