Comments on: Cycling DVD Review – Global Ride’s StrenDurance in Hawaii

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:20:24 +0000

I have the Maui Rollers DVD from this series and thought they did a nice job with it. Definitely in the top ranks of the 40-45 cycling DVDs I own. I have a few minor complaints–sometimes the coaching commentary is difficult to hear over the music, I wish they had wiped the water droplets from the camera lens on the first section of the DVD, and a small pop-up timer that occurred occasionally(maybe every 5 minutes or so) to count down the ride time would have been nice.

The three things I liked best about Maui Rollers were the route, that they kept camera pointed straight up the road almost all of the time which helps maintain the virtual reality aspect of training DVDs, and that they keep the screen clean which also helps with the virtual reality aspect. I find that winding roads like that work best on cycling DVDs which was what drew me to Maui Rollers instead of the other two Hawaii releases.

The clips of the other two releases worried me that they might engage in my most disliked camera technique–camera angled away from the direction of travel to focus on the scenery. I wish people who make cycling DVDs would stop doing that because it is seriously disruptive. I don’t mind a quick pan(a few seconds at most) to look at the scenery, but long segments of the DVD with the camera skewed like that just ruins a DVD for me. I have many cycling DVDs that sit unused because of that(I purchased a multi-disc series in which most of the DVDs have that flaw.)

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:52:46 +0000

I agree with what Sally said. As someone who does work for Global Ride, I can say we appreciate all feedback. We like to know what we’re doing right and what people see as the unique elements of our DVDs, but also the things that we can work on in upcoming releases. Our Italy series is due out before the end of this winter training season and all user feedback since our start is being taken into account as we work on the new product.

For anyone interested in looking at our other Global Ride DVDs, pictures, videos, audio samples and more, visit our site at http://www.globalride.net

Keep up the good work David-

By: sally edwards

sally edwards — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:31:52 +0000

This was an excellent review and I appreciate the honesty in which you said the good and the bade. But, for his first video product on a limited (which is cycling and cyclist) budget I think Gene Nacey did a solid effort. Thanks for writing the review. the queen of hearts zones! SALLY EDWARDS

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:03:37 +0000

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