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My wife and I attended the world premier screening of Road to Roubaix this past Sunday here in New York City as part of the first leg of the ’08 Bicycle Film Festival. As soon as we arrived, we immediately said to ourselves, “only in NY”. It seemed more of a get together for the city’s bike messengers and the alternative crowd rather than a bunch of cyclists with farmer’s tans owning $5000 bikes. Not to be stereotypical, of course. The screening was held at the Anthology Film Archives building on the edge of the East Village and the Lower East Side. Located in an old Courthouse building, the organization geniously plugged up the buildings beautifully detailed windows to create 2 theatres inside.

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The 8th Annual Bicycle Film Festival is coming to New York City on May 28th. A series of independent films, both long and short, will be screened at the 5 day festival. STL will be there to watch the world premiere of Road to Roubaix on June 1st. Watch the trailer.

Here's a brief description of the film from it's website:

"Road to Roubaix is a visual narrative of an old-school, bare-knuckle clash of the finest athletes in the world with each other and one of the world’s most unforgiving sporting environments. The filmmakers will tell the story of the riders, the fans, the mechanics, and the unpredictable landscape that is the setting for the Paris-Roubaix."

For those of you interested in viewing this film, The Bicycle Film Festival will hit a few other major cities in the states and the world after New York. Please click here to find out more.

Stay tuned for a report about the film.