You're welcome, Kim. I just watched the first few minutes, and it's eerily (perhaps somewhat depressingly?) relevant to what's happening in the world today. Worth a peek for fans of the Rivendell approach to cycling, IMO.
Don't know what Ted is up to, but as of a year or two ago, my sources tell me George B. is still doing his thing in NYC. Did a feature on work bikes that featured George and his vision of a transportation hub with human powered vehicles, which he partially realized over the years. On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 1:22:39 PM UTC-4, Flowerfang wrote: > > That is so fabulous you mention it. > The scorcher documentary was such an inspiration to me. I had a vhs copy > from ted. I must have watched it a hundred times back then and I wore the > thing out. > I wonder what he’s doing now? I Shall google :) > Gracias > > (kim in az) > > On Thursday, June 4, 2020, Mark Roland <absolut...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I had a Scorcher. It was fun, but not in the same league as a Rivendell >> quality-wise. That bike was the brainchild of Wes Williams (and maybe Scot >> Nicol?) Fixed gear, 700 x 41 tires, Cresent style handlebars, Brooks >> saddle. Williams tigged the frames; used an aftermarket chrome cruiser fork >> with lugged crown. >> >> The name came about because of a documentary at that time (early 90s) by >> Ted White, *Return of the Scorcher*. This referred to the name given to >> early bikes and riders in the late (18)90s, due to their speed. Fun fact, >> the movie was also responsible for linking the term Critical Mass to >> cycling--at an early showing in San Francisco, a group of activists picked >> up on George Bliss's use of the term to describe a phenomena in China >> involving bike riders at intersections. I got my Ibis as payment for a few >> ads they took in my magazine at the time, *In Traffic, The Metro Cycling >> Journal.* >> >> Here it is on the web: >> >> <http://goog_1449103937> >> https://youtu.be/K1DUaWJ6KGc >> >> >> On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 8:03:47 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> My dirty little secret is I'm really not a fan of anything but the most >>> basic names like Road or Mountain, and traditional sounding stuff like >>> Clubman. Although the best name ever was the Ibis Scorcher. Scorcher is >>> untouchable. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e535d2e9-4038-4342-ac0b-ab279efed71eo%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e535d2e9-4038-4342-ac0b-ab279efed71eo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/979597b9-fe3c-4d64-b0bd-d2b399a52447o%40googlegroups.com.
