Videos and articles about Paris-Brest-Paris

Harriet Fell, owner of this site, was one of the first Americans to finish the iconic 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris ride, and was one ammong several people to give talks about PBP at an event run by the Charles River Wheelers bicycle club in February, 2019.

Here is a video of her talk. You may click on the link to YouTube in the video to view it in HD resolution and with closed captions. (We are still looking for someone to clean up the Google translation into French…interested?)

Several other people also spoke at the February event. We have a new page linking to all the videos and to our articles about PBP.

Harriet Fell’s 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride

Harriet Fell tells the story of her 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride. She was one of the first Americans to complete PBP. The story is online at sheldonbrown.com, and her illustrated talk is on Youtube.

Harriet Fell riding PBP in 1975
Harriet Fell riding PBP in 1975

Video interview!

Melanie Morris from Somerville (Massachusetts, USA) Community Television will interview Harriet Fell and John Allen about Sheldon Brown — and it will be available over the Internet. Go to https://www.somervillemedia.org at 7 PM EST Monday February 5 (00:00 Tuesday February 6, UTC). The show will be rebroadcast at 9:30 PM EST Tuesday February 6 (02:30 February 7, UTC) and will later be archived for on-demand viewing.

Video of aluminum bicycle frame presentation

Now, a video to go with Harriet Fell’s article recently published on sheldonbrown.com: her presentation on the MIT aluminum bicycle frame project at the 2016 International Cycle History Conference.

MIT aluminum bicycle project, 1974

Marc Rosenbaum's 12 1/2-pound aluminum track bike, 1974
Marc Rosenbaum’s 12 1/2-pound aluminum track bike, 1974
Harriet Fell rides her aluminum bicycle, 2005
Harriet Fell rides her aluminum bicycle, 2005

New post: the MIT aluminum bicycle project, 1974, where modern aluminum bicycle frames got their start as student Marc Rosenbaum’s thesis project. sheldonbrown.com site owner Harriet Fell built one of the original MIT aluminum bicycle frames, it came to be an exhibit in a Klein vs. Cannondale lawsuit — and she still rides it!

Bottom bracket of Harriet's bicycle
Bottom bracket of Harriet’s bicycle
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