Cycling's Super Collectors | movie | 2022 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Jon Cannings is an avid collector of obscure cycling memorabilia: from full bikes, to strange aero helmets, and even roa | dG1fQTNlRWJhMEY3OTQ

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00:00 Some of the rarest bicycles on the planet.

00:04 This is one of six ever made.

00:07 From obscure 90s mountain bikes.

00:09 It is actually one of the original prototypes.

00:12 To experimental track bikes.

00:14 I'm supremely proud of this bike.

00:16 It took me two and a half years to restore it.

00:18 And curations of items from the most iconic teams, riders and races.

00:25 It's that combination of objects that sort of start to tell stories.

00:29 Entrusted to Cycling's super collectors.

00:33 Each item has got a story to tell.

00:35 Whether it be a bike or a jersey.

00:37 They need to be preserved.

00:40 Every collection is unique.

00:42 What makes these items so special?

00:44 Crazy colours, crazy shapes.

00:47 This is all cool, crazy stuff coming from space.

00:51 Part of the excitement of being a collector is the hunt.

00:55 Just when you think, that's it, I'm done with collecting.

00:58 I've got it.

00:59 Something else pops up.

01:01 There are two types of collectors.

01:03 The healthy ones and the ones which are a bit insane in the membrane like me.

01:07 And they can't stop.

01:09 Obsession, addiction.

01:10 There's a very fine line between hoarding and collecting.

01:13 Well this is my office.

01:15 Head of operations obviously.

01:17 I think he thinks he's some sort of saviour to old bikes.

01:21 It's more that idea of creating new objects and putting them together.

01:24 The problem is letting go.

01:26 Which I haven't worked that out yet.

01:28 I think no collection on this planet will be ever complete.

01:35 There are some rusty bits here and there.

01:38 But come on, it's history. It's the bike.

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