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Cinecicleta's two riders on loaded touring bicycles, one towing a trailer, along a dusty dirt road (Heraldo de Aragón, 2018)
Photo: Heraldo de Aragón (heraldo.es) — via heraldo.es

Cinecicleta

Spain · Expedition

Active last verified 2026-09 Low-volume activity; most recently documented at Velomundo Ejea, May 2025.
Live-wire (ultracapacitor)
1 touring bicycle (single-rider kit)Documented

No website linked — No official website located; documented through Spanish press coverage.

Cinecicleta carried a single-bicycle pedal cinema 18,000 km through 14 African countries between 2015 and 2017, giving 217 screenings. Carmelo López and Isabel Segura built it around an ultracapacitor pedalier kit bought in London and still present the expedition documentary occasionally, most recently at Velomundo Ejea in May 2025.

Key facts

  • Route

    18,000 km through 14 African countries1

    Documented

  • Screenings

    217 pedal-powered screenings (2015–2017)1

    Documented

  • Buffer

    Ultracapacitor 'pedalier' kit, bought in London1

    Documented

  • Still active

    Documented presenting at Velomundo Ejea, May 20252

    Documented

“Tenemos un pequeño cine portátil. Es un cine que funciona a pedales.”

We have a small portable cinema. It's a cinema that runs on pedals.

Carmelo López and Isabel Segura, interview with Heraldo de Aragón1

Cinecicleta is a Spanish touring pedal-cinema project of two riders and one bicycle. The pedal assembly is the generator for a bank of ultracapacitors, which release their energy slowly enough to keep the projector running. The expedition ran from August 2015 to September 2017 and produced a documentary; its screening at Velomundo Ejea on 23–25 May 2025 is the most recent activity located. No website or organisation beyond the two founders is documented.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Route distance18,000 km by bicycleDocumented1
Screenings217 pedal-powered screenings, 14 countries (2015–2017)Documented1
BufferUltracapacitor 'pedalier' kitBought in London; the pedalier acts as the generator for the ultracapacitors.Documented1
Generator make, model, ratingnot disclosedNo make, model, or wattage rating for the kit is published.Not disclosed1
Most recent documented activityVelomundo Ejea, 23–25 May 2025 (documentary screening)Documented2
Poster for Velomundo Ejea de los Caballeros, 23–25 May 2025, listing Cinecicleta and El viaje de Abdou in the programme
Image: Ayuntamiento de Ejea de los Caballeros (ejea.es) — via ejea.es
Typographic panel noting continued low-volume activity in 2025
Still presenting in 2025 (Velomundo Ejea, May 2025)1,2 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
  • Cinécyclo pedal-powered screening during an African tour

    Cinécyclo

    Active last verified 2026-09

    Fellow European single-rider touring kit, a similar ultracapacitor-based single-bike format

  • Cin'énergie's two riders standing with their loaded touring tandem, front and rear panniers, in front of a building

    Cin'énergie

    Active last verified 2026-09

    Fellow single-rider expedition-style touring pedal cinema

  • Daytime crowd pedalling at the Cinema a Pedal festival in Nigrán

    Festival Cinema a Pedal, Nigrán

    Active last verified 2026-09

    Fellow Spanish pedal-cinema project, part of the same national touring-format tradition

Sources

  1. [1]Heraldo de Aragón, 08/05/2018www.heraldo.es
  2. [2]Ayto. Ejea — Velomundo 2025www.ejea.es

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