Back in July, Mellow Johnny’s and Rapha celebrated the 30 anniversary of the release of the film Breaking Away by putting on our own Little 500 and showing the film later l. I was there and took these pictures, but Rapha has released this video of the race. Breaking Away w/ RAPHA & Mellow Johnny’s [...]
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Photo’s from Mellow Johhny’s/Rapha’s Little 500 celebration of Breaking Away
On Sunday, eight teams of 4 riders competed for the ultimate prize, winner of the Little 500. The 300 lap track event put on at Kealing Middle School in East Austin was put on by Mellow Johnny’s and Rapha as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of the best cycling film of [...]
Rapha and Mellow Johnny’s celebrate Breaking Away with our own Little 500 Race
This year marks the 30th anniversary of arguably the best cycling film of all time, Break Away. It is a movie about blue collar/white collar classicism and growing up to adulthood, but bikes play a central roll with the racing of the Little 500 at the end. This track bike race started in 1951 and modeled [...]
