Is the reign of fossil fuel over? Tonight's program looks at the bicycle in all its diversity-as a low-impact vehicle for independent mobility, a lovingly held sporting machine, and a two-wheeled oddity. For pure tire-screeching thrills, Jonah Kaplan's Bicycle (1996, 6 mins, B&W, 16mm, From filmmaker) takes us on a hot-dogging tour of New York City traffic. Sober but silly, Bill's Bike (William Steuber, 1939, 12 mins, Color, VHS, From Wisconsin Department of Transportation) is a moral tale about responsibility in the guise of a bicycle safety film. Petschek and Churchill's Velorution (28 mins, Color, 3/4" video, From Seven Generations Video) looks at the revolutionary use of bicycles in Cuba, a revolution inspired by the scarcity of oil. With several million bikes ordered from China, every aspect of daily life in Havana was suddenly effected by the push for pedals. Plus: From 1900, a race between a car, a bike, an elephant, and a camel; a quick spin around the roof of the Palace of Fine Arts in 1916, and many other rare snippets from a century of pedal power on film.-Steve Seid