Vampire Cyclist

Thanks for the post on this mikmon it's very interesting stuff

This guy Mick Murphy used to cut the veins of cows and drink their blood to build up his strength
he was a seriously hard core cyclist. Someone should make a movie of his life.


Mick Murphy, Ras Tailteann champion 1958.

http://www.kerrycycling.com/2009/12/...-the-iron-man/

go to google and google Maurice Garin as well..feckin bunch of nutjobs early cyclists ! like the early MTBers..

In the good old bad days some people really made the most of their lives poor old Maurice was sold into slavery for a round of cheese and ends up winning the Tour de France.

It looks like someone made a short documentary about Mick Murphy but I can't find the actual film anywhere just this trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdSkwFzoXgg


It's a terrible pity RTE could only stretch to a radio documentary but thanks again mikmon for putting up the link, the guys a legend.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/convict.html

Yeah billy its movie material for sure. I read so much crap in the papers about bike to work schemes, cycle lanes, dublin bikes and hipsters on fixies! These are the things most people think bout when they think of bikes ffs and not the epic tales of this man and others like him. Nobody knows who he is and its a shame.