My main inspiration

This is the documentary that sparked my idea to do something similar looking at the Leeds fixed gear community. This documentary looks into London cycles couriers, many of whom use fixed gear bikes. It is the couriers that pioneered using bikes that were designed to be used on a track on the road instead as the bikes offered them great acceleration and are easy to maintain. The documentary looks at the courier lifestyle and the job itself as well as the couriers attitudes to other road users etc. I think that it is a really interesting piece and the combination of interviews, riding clips and voice overs works really well to give you a sense of what it's like to be a courier. The documentary was filmed and directed by Philip Diprose who is also the editor 'The Ride Journal', a bike magazine looking at all aspects of bike riding.


Written In The Streets from philip diprose on Vimeo.