STEEL IS REAL... BUT CARBON IS QUICKER looks at the grass-roots from which the vibrant and fast-growing British cycling scene has sprung.
BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with director Dominic Wade about his cycling documentary STEEL IS REAL... BUT CARBON IS QUICKER.
STEEL IS REAL... BUT CARBON IS QUICKER is screening at the CUBE CINEMA, Bristol on Saturday 23 November 2019.
Thirty years ago the idea of a Brit winning the Tour De France would have been unthinkable.
Thirty years ago the idea of a Brit winning the Tour De France would have been unthinkable. But now the UK is a cycling tour de force, with sporting giants like Chris Froome, Laura Trott and Mark Cavendish winning golds and topping podiums across the globe.
None of this success happened overnight. For decades the British cycling scene was one typified by hard graft and little reward. You did it for the love of the sport.
STEEL IS REAL... BUT CARBON IS QUICKER looks at the grass-roots from which the vibrant and fast-growing British cycling scene has sprung. It celebrates the heroes who took to the road and proved that it was paved with British grit.