When Bill Savage contacted me in early 2004 to tell me about his project called KLUNKERZ, I recoiled in fear. Good Luck, I told him sarcastically. At that time I had no idea he possessed the guts and determination it took to create the definitive film about the roots of mountain biking.
After carefully viewing the film twice, I am convinced KLUNKERZ belongs in the pantheon of definitive sports films along side On Any Sunday, Endless Summer, Riding Giants, North Dallas Forty and Slapshot. There is a labor of love at work here that becomes evident immediately. Informative, entertaining and respectful, this film is required viewing for anybody who ever straddled a Stingray, hammered up hills on a 10 speed, or bunny-hopped a Stump Jumper.
Riding mountain bikes is not just a sport to most of its participants. It is a religion. A way of life. Bill Savage, a Marin County founding father himself, has taken his time and his own money to carefully and passionately construct a cohesive and detailed documentary that never strays from the point. The cast list reads like the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. If you don't know the names Bonds, Breeze, Kelly, Fisher, Ritchey and McLean you will not only know them, but forever speak of them with awe and reverence, after seeing KLUNKERZ. Bill Savages' KLUNKERZ answers the frequently debated post ride questions: "Who invented the Mountain Bike?" and "How and Where did Mountain Biking begin?" Only a wheeze bag would not want to see this film.
Jerry Martin Producer The Fat Tire Journal
After carefully viewing the film twice, I am convinced KLUNKERZ belongs in the pantheon of definitive sports films along side On Any Sunday, Endless Summer, Riding Giants, North Dallas Forty and Slapshot. There is a labor of love at work here that becomes evident immediately. Informative, entertaining and respectful, this film is required viewing for anybody who ever straddled a Stingray, hammered up hills on a 10 speed, or bunny-hopped a Stump Jumper.
Riding mountain bikes is not just a sport to most of its participants. It is a religion. A way of life. Bill Savage, a Marin County founding father himself, has taken his time and his own money to carefully and passionately construct a cohesive and detailed documentary that never strays from the point. The cast list reads like the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. If you don't know the names Bonds, Breeze, Kelly, Fisher, Ritchey and McLean you will not only know them, but forever speak of them with awe and reverence, after seeing KLUNKERZ. Bill Savages' KLUNKERZ answers the frequently debated post ride questions: "Who invented the Mountain Bike?" and "How and Where did Mountain Biking begin?" Only a wheeze bag would not want to see this film.
Jerry Martin Producer The Fat Tire Journal