"Savage
is the craftsman who weaves this all together with one part
pride, he’s a Marin local after all, two parts awe,
and three parts love. KLUNKERZ is a thrill ride and a throwback
to a simpler time when bored youth went outside and invented
fun. Still, one thing remains the same, a good day can still
be measured by how much mud you have in your teeth."
“Klunkerz screened at the L.A.
stop of The Bicycle Film Festival.
The MBA Wrecking Crew was in
the house and we were totally
blown away. Director Billy
Savage
has put together a remarkable film
that traces the early evolution of
mountain biking…Maybe the
most remarkable thing about the
film is you don’t have to be a
mountain biker to be thoroughly entertained.”
Mountain Bike Action,
October 2007.
“Maybe we’re
suckers for nostalgia,
but KLUNKERZ-that sepia-toned documentary
about the sprot’s
earliest days from filmmaker
Billy Savage-seemed
to resonate
long after the moveie ended... But
more than
anything else, the film
opens the door to mountain biking’s
earliest days and allows viewers
to enter the wild party that fueled
those first tat-tire forays.
"Savage's
funny and often poignant film looks at how a bunch of semi-stones
hippies in Northern California developed a unique style of off-road
bike riding through collaboration and competition. The free-floating
and (sometimes) selfless sharing of technology quickly led to
a full-blown industry and Olympic status as a sport in
1996."
