Film Crew searching for “classic, 1970’s women’s bikes”

I got an email from a film production company looking to rent over 100 “classic, 1970’s women’s bikes” for a film they’re going to shoot in College Park. They’re offering $50 a day and, if you’re a woman in your 20’s who can bike fast, you can be an extra in the film. I’m not sure what a classic, 1970’s women’s bike looks like, but I suppose if you own one, you do.

Now a part of me thought that this might be some dude who figured a brilliant new way to meet athletic, young women with cool bikes, and I was a bit upset I hadn’t thought of this in my 20’s, but then I emailed my friend who’s wife does wardrobe work for movies and I found out what is what.

She says that the word on the street is that they’re remaking “Breaking Away” but with an all-woman cast, sort of like they did with Ghostbusters, but she doesn’t know where they’re filming it (or who is in it). I don’t know how it can be filmed anywhere other than Indiana (or why they're setting it in the 1970's since they didn't add a women's race until 1988!!!), but if Baltimore can stand in for DC, then College Park can stand in for Bloomington a.la. 1978. Or maybe it’ll be set in College Park. Or maybe it’s some other bike movie with women.  Who knows?

If you have such a bike and are looking to make some money off of it, or maybe even be an extra, you can fill out the form, which requires a photo of the bike, on their website.

BTW, while looking for photos for the top, this was by far my favorite one for ridiculousness. 

This was an April Fool's Day Post

Comments

[Ken Katz]

I first had to check the date to be sure it was now the 2nd. My wife's 'classic female bike' of the early 80s was / is a Bianchi Campione Del Mondo, she got while in graduate school at SIO (Scripps Institute of Oceanography) that is still a lovely ride.

[K Patrick]

This seemed like a serious post so I clicked on the link to the referenced website. It links to a Wikipedia page on April Fools day — wtf?

[washcycle]

My bad. This was suppose to post on April 1st, but I messed up and was out of town for a funeral so didn't notice.

[Ren]

Reading this late, but I totally fell for it. Thanks for allowing me to get temporarily excited about the possibilities for the bikes living in my parents' storage shed (a reappropriated castle).

[Contrarian]

I totally missed this as a prank post. Nothing that anyone in the entertainment business does can surprise me, I guess.

[huskerdont]

I too suffer from a "sense of humor" so dry that people often think I'm serious.

But this really should be a movie.

[washcycle]

I know right? I would love to see a an female-cast remake of Breaking Away.