An essay on the history and the many uses of the simple machine we have all loved since childhood.
In its day the film was repeatedly aired on Central Television. It is still watched with interest today — the bicycle is the same as ever, no one has come up with anything fundamentally new («Don’t reinvent the bicycle!»).
The voice-over is read by Zinovy Gerdt.
Prize «For a Witty Treatment of the Subject» at the All-Union Sports Film Festival in Leningrad.