Old School Throwback: Sprung

Feb 10, 2013 at 6:09
Feb 10, 2013
by Matt Wragg
 
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Yes, it's been around on the internet for a while (we've even had it here on the Pinkbike front page), but how could we do this old school throwback series without Sprung? It just wouldn'ty be right to leave this out. Alex Rankin and Milan Spasic's series of Sprung videos were the point when British mountain bike filmmaking came of age and it's probably fair to say they have influenced nearly every filmer since. Enjoy!
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60 Comments

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flag n1ck (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:40)
 That's the 90's alright. No wonder my body is falling apart. Oh well. Completely worth it.
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:32)
 No pads, no helmets...just balls.
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flag reverend (Feb 10, 2013 at 22:24)
 @ 24:40 Did Peaty actually say he dislocated his head? That must have been some good morphine indeed!
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Feb 10, 2013 at 23:21)
 Hehe. I guess he said that about his hip.. But the morphine made him feel like he dislocated his head.
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flag gshock89 (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:52)
 All time classic film series, I used to watch em over & over. Rob Warner,Peaty,Nige (no wage) Page and many more icons of the era Smile
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flag elscotto (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:01)
 After that terrible game of rugby, this has truely brightened up my day.
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flag Angryham (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:14)
 Frown unlucky bro i was rooting for Ireland
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flag KParsonsLI (Feb 10, 2013 at 11:08)
 Same here, Angryham.
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flag schwinnstraight8 (Feb 10, 2013 at 10:48)
 ahh the memeries, i used to ride bmx back in those days with the older kids with their mountain bikes, jumping and allsorts lol now i own one of those retro rides, schwinn straight 8 ((yeti Cool 7 mins into vid) lol still having the best time of my life Smile
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flag emu-er (Feb 10, 2013 at 23:12)
 same here...actually i ride these trails with my unicycle Wink
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flag jaykink (Feb 10, 2013 at 11:13)
 yh all you ppl out there who say " your bikes shit mate" this film just goes to show, you dont need all the to ride like a bitch!!!!
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flag schnecor000 (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:36)
 Could you imagine taking one those bike down whistler nowadays... my imagination only shows the bike get half way down before it brakes and brakes you.
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flag alan96 (Feb 10, 2013 at 15:10)
 that guy that crashed under the pick nick table made me l laugh so hard!! that could have been so much worse. (7:0Cool
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flag alan96 (Feb 10, 2013 at 15:12)
 Damn it. i meant 7:08
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flag davidstuartkelly (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:38)
 Ooooooh the memories came flooding back after watching this, thanks Pink Bike!!
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06)
 Do you happen to know (or anyone else) what song is used from 7.55 till 10:25. Is it Chomsky? Because I couldn`t find anything...
Thank you!
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flag Angryham (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:49)
 Chomsky, honey lemon water
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Feb 10, 2013 at 10:04)
 Tnx for response.. I thought so, it says in the vid. But I couldn`t find it anywhere. Do you have any idea where I could get this song?
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flag mfbeast12 (Feb 10, 2013 at 16:55)
 Wonder how many late-90s red and yellow Cannondales it took to make that... they threw that thing around like a rag doll
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flag Tomarse (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:00)
 The Plymouth scene brings back some memories! I used to ride there too. Half of it doesn't even exist any more.
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flag mnorris122 (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:23)
 This is awesome! Prolly my favourite OST yet
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flag socalshreder (Feb 10, 2013 at 13:29)
 lol so rad. Chainsmoke one days. hell ya! I still see dudes like this at big bear lol with halfcuts on and bombers on ther bike, I use to be one lol.
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flag AAAndres (Feb 12, 2013 at 13:19)
 Old school British mountain biking at its best. Some of them even wearing helmets this time too!
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flag david-kooi (Feb 10, 2013 at 21:20)
 I wonder what would happen if someone went back in time and gave these guys the bikes we take for granted today
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flag Turqoise (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:01)
 Classic! Too bad HD wasn't around back in the VCR days...
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flag Coyoteblue (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:35)
 I love sprung. I love lamp.
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flag bubbaburger911 (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:22)
 i guess they were going through the same no-helmet fad that bmx is in right now?
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flag Lilshredman (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:32)
 probably, just means that they've got nothing in there to protect.
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flag CruJonesGhost (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Fad? BMXers just aren't pussies.
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flag finnrambo (Feb 10, 2013 at 21:50)
 Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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flag highrider005 (Feb 12, 2013 at 9:55)
 Would you rather be a pussie or have your head in pieces?
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flag Craig-Hinchliffe (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:19)
 Is that FOD? Looks like ski run at the begining!
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flag bigburd (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:17)
 Yeah that is ski run such a cool track back then before they put those shitty slow switch backs in after the dark to light part , used to be 25-30 mph down there into the ditch jump....
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flag oldmanDan (Feb 10, 2013 at 10:26)
 It still is Leon, just get off the brakes! Lol
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flag bigburd (Feb 10, 2013 at 11:18)
 hahah ! It's all part of the FOD ' safety ' style building they do now , anything that gets you above 4th gear has to have a switch back thrown in to stop the knob jockeys from dying !
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flag bigwheels29er (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:27)
 6:20 - Who needs mountain bikes? Wheelbarrows are where its at! (at least he has a helmet...)
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flag Lilshredman (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
 idiots.
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flag flowyridestilltherestofmylife (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:23)
 Awesome throwback!! Those were the days when nothing was impossible..
How did he manged to stuff himself under that table at 7:13?
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flag JonnyLotus (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:13)
 That fast on those bikes! I think ill give that a miss thanks!
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flag gerhards (Feb 10, 2013 at 13:17)
 the most modern thing in that film is that land rover @ 4:42
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flag Jackcarey (Feb 10, 2013 at 13:01)
 One of the best vidios iv seen in a long time Really good
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flag superbikes (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:09)
 Steve peat ummmm seems to be a patern here lol
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flag mr-smashy (Feb 10, 2013 at 21:36)
 Next one please be ride to the hills?
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flag browner (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:04)
 Student champs are pretty much identically awesome races these days!
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flag superbikes (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:05)
 Ohhhh the joy brings it all back the good old days .
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flag masterk (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:58)
 oh wow how bike have evovled now
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flag mmjf9696 (Feb 11, 2013 at 14:03)
 NOT FOR SALE.....Thank GOD!!!
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flag southwestdj (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:12)
 anyone know where i can watch sprung 3 and 4 and they was the best ones
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flag joshdodd (Feb 10, 2013 at 14:34)
 4 and 5 you mean!
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flag JoeHarrison-IOM (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:29)
 I didn't think it was humanly possible to dab that much!
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flag Coyoteblue (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:36)
 Seriously though I do love sprung.
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flag mat74 (Feb 10, 2013 at 8:22)
 Bunch of absolute headers
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flag Lilshredman (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:35)
 Wearing bowling bowls for "helmets" (at least most of them are wearing helmets) LOL Smile
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flag freebird002 (Feb 10, 2013 at 21:16)
 haha ohhh the 90's
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flag jaykink (Feb 10, 2013 at 11:28)
 19:22, you know it!!!!
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flag arschwasser (Feb 10, 2013 at 9:46)
 so fucking rad
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flag jtnord (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:19)
 5:24 - why you wear a helmet
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flag Lilshredman (Feb 10, 2013 at 7:34)
 I think he's more worried about his/her "luscious" locks.
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flag mfbeast12 (Feb 10, 2013 at 14:59)
 love the moped.....
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flag TimYO (Feb 10, 2013 at 6:23)
 Yeah student champs!
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