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Global Ride: Hawaii Series Virtual Cycling Boxed Set
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* FOR A LIMITED TIME, ADD THIS GREAT DVD BOX SET TO YOUR ARSENAL OF VIRTUAL CYCLING RIDES FOR A DISCOUNT. ADD TO CART FOR DETAILS* This boxed set contains all three Global Ride Hawaii Series DVDs: Maui Rollers, Oceanside Ride and Strength and Endurance Hawaii.Each DVD features a 45-50 minute ride as well as a bonus yoga, pilates or strength training session tailored specifically to cyclists. Each is a completely different ride, with 3 coaching tracks and 1 live class track, giving the user 4 different rides for each DVD. This series also includes a 3 different 30 minute bonus workouts too: Pilates, Yoga & Strength Training with Hand Weights; each specific to cycling. That's 5 workouts per DVD! That's 15 workouts for the box set! On a cost per workout, it doesn't get any better than that. For details about each DVD, read the details on their respective pages. This clearly gives you the biggest bang for the buck, and you get a cool collector's box making it an ideal gift.
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 WOW! Indoor Cycling FUN..., January 15, 2009
By Mike Maher (Saltsburg, PA)
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Well almost:) The cinematography on this video is amazing. The scenery was incredible. There was a couple of time where I almost forgot that I was in snowy Pennsylvania. The videos are shot from the first person perspective and you really get the sense that you are riding a bike thru Hawaii. SO VERY COOL! This video makes wintertime training more than bearable and darn near enjoyable. The music is good and the coaching really keeps you motivated. Get these and hit the roads in Spring with summertime legs!
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Finally a DVD I Can Ride To, January 11, 2009
By LiveOnTwoWheels (East Coast, USA)
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I'm a dedicated cyclists, but not when it comes to riding in the cold or the rain - call me wimpy, but that's just me. For years I've worked out on my trainer to all sorts of cycling DVDs, but most of it felt like "work", not much like a fun ride. Someone told me about these from a Spinning class - they used them in a group class. I really don't live close enough to any place offering spinning, so I looked for them here and I found them! Global Ride: Hawaii Series Virtual Cycling Dvds Boxed Set
I've now ridden all three in the series, and they fully deserve my 5 stars. What is cool is that even though I've seen them all, next week I can ride them all again with a different coach. They have 3 coaching tracks and a live track from one of those spinning classes on each DVD. That's 4 different ways to watch each DVD. It's like I just got 12 different ride workouts. They also have Yoga, Pilates and Weight Training at the end of the videos too. I haven't had time to go through those yet, but I definitely plan on it.
And here's maybe the best thing - the music doesn't suck! It's not exactly what I have in my iPod, but some of it I might actually buy. I did not feel an overwhelming urge to mute the TV like I normally do. They are very cool. Even if you don't like the music though, they offer an option to use all the coaching tracks with no music as well (so you could play your own if you want).
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Great new approach, January 13, 2009
By Jeff J. Saporito (PA United States)
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I had never really been much of a fan of exercise. Once I decided to start doing something, I decided on cardio as the way to go, and indoor cycling as the means. It was pretty boring and tedious until I bought these DVDs. Cool coaching tracks give you several different versions of each ride, good music, good bonus pilates/yoga (I didn't expect these to be as challenging and refreshing as they were). Overall a solid product and a great choice for anyone wanting to add some enjoyment to their indoor cycling workout.
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Riding is awesome, plus the bonuses, May 22, 2009
By Mark Dalrymple (Leechburg, PA United States)
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These are some incredibly produced DVDs. The music is fun, the video is well done, and the scenery is amazing.
What really shine are the bonus yoga, weights, and pilates sessions. If you've never done any of them before, you can see what's involved. Yoga isn't nearly as scary after watching one of these.
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Back on my trainer thanks to Global Ride DVD's!, February 16, 2009
By S. Wallace
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I never really liked riding on a trainer, but after I learned what these virtual cycling DVDs were all about, I pulled mine out this winter. The first person view of the road made the difference for me, and the fact that it has so many different coaches makes it like I have a bunch of different "riding partners" to train with. After my first couple of rides so far, I'm now looking forward to riding all 12 different coaching tracks - that should go a long way to helping me be ready to hit the ground running this Spring.
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Very Motivating Ride!!, January 30, 2009
By triathlete
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Just when you think riding indoors on a bike going no where is boring - you can get motivated with these fun real life rides. You feel like you are really there. The music is great and the work out is the best part! It can challenge you because you are on a real course! Great for those days when riding outside is a challenge.
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Perfect for your next Spinning Class, January 13, 2009
By John Macgowan (Minneapolis)
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My wife Amy and I had the privilege to participate in a special showing of these new Indoor Cycling DVD's in Minneapolis at Pedal Indoor Cycling Studio, a wonderful private studio in NE Minneapolis. [...]
A great addition to your Spinning Class!
John Macgowan
Host of the Indoor Cycling Instructor Podcast
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Home Run!!!!, April 6, 2009
By Tweety (Miami)
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This cycle DVD was so much more than I expected. I bought the Global Ride: Hawaii Series Virtual Cycling Dvds Boxed Set. The coaching and music is motivational but not over bearing. I enjoy both but if you prefer either one can be turned off so you can use your own music.
I look forward to starting my day with the hour plus routine and feel that I get a great workout. I am sweating buckets when I am done.
There is a bonus at the end of each workout!!! Pilates, Yoga and strength training. This is a great end to the exercise and a great start to my day.
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 Very poor quality for the price, February 6, 2010
By Gina (OR)
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I was very disappointed to pay the amount of money I did for this and find out the quality was so poor. One of the rides had water drops on the lense throughout most of the ride, and the glare from the sun was not filtered well. This was the most amatuer low budget DVD I have every experienced. The only positives were the fact that it was filmed in Hawaii, and when my weather was cloudy and raining outside I could imagine I was in sunny Hawaii. The quality was poor, I feel like I could have done a better job by strapping my own camera on a bike and riding, and I could have my 11 year old fix the imperfections on some digital software program.
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Hawaii is beautiful., April 3, 2011
By cinstar
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This series is a good workout. The coach's voices are not easy to hear and the scenery is not as pretty as I had expected, not a high quality video production.
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Cant hear the coaching !, February 16, 2011
By Donna Lockett
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I have been enjoying spin classes for years and was looking for a dvd to use at home when I cant get to the gym. I was disappointed in the audio quality of the dvd . If you enjoy listening to the music while working out you sacrifice the ability to hear the coaching. It sounds like mumbling in the background and is very annoying. The visual is confusing, its hard to tell the difference between a climb and a decent so working without the coaching is also difficult. The scenery is beautiful and the music is good. Still if you are looking for a spin class experience, this dvd falls short in the coaching area.
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Get outside when you're riding inside!, January 30, 2011
By E & M's Mom
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Great product! Needed to get motivated and back in shape, and watching a bunch of people spinning on trainers with someone cheerleading them on is not my thing. Just tried my first last night, Oceanside Ride, and it was over before I knew it. No kidding...it seems like riding outside. Can't wait to try other coaching tracks and watch other discs in the Hawaii set. A great way to stay involved and interested...the sense of movement makes the time fly by. I am so glad I stumbled across these before I wasted money on something else.
Thanks to the people at GlobalRide and CyclingFusion for such a really unique and valuable tool. Some may complain about video quality, water on the lens, or camera bounce, but they're missing the point...that's part of the experience if you were really riding outside. Thanks for a great motivational product! I'd recommend these to anyone looking for something to make indoor training more engaging...actually something you may start looking forward to.
E & M's Dad
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Great Workout, March 14, 2010
By Doug (New Hampshire, USA)
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I already own their Italy 3-pak, and I recommend the Hawaii series. The DVDs in the set while in the 45 to 44 minute length are good for both speed spinning and simulated hill work. I use the 45 minute DVDs as a high cadence warm-up for weight training. The longer DVD, Stredurance is good for both a 50 plus minute paceline tempo workout coupled with 20 or so minutes of hill work. The scenery is beautiful and varied enough to keep the mind engaged. I have found the company, Global Ride, to be tremendously responsive and honest with me. I have been very satisfied with all of the products I have purchased. I do find their videos to be among the best I have viewed for indoor training and wish they had more: I own approximately 18 virtual cycling DVD's from 4 separate vendors. I recommend the Hawaii series set very highly. I rate this set at 5 star level.
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This is Such A Great Way To Get and Stay Fit!, March 6, 2010
By Bold Consumer (USA)
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I'll confess up front that I'm not an expert cyclist. I have a balance problem and tend to run into rock walls. Cycling outside is just not happening for me.
These are wonderful! Not only can I revisit places I've been and love, but I can visit them from a different point of view, and my 'fitness break' just flys by. I also get to go places I've never been and for a person who just enjoys new places and adventures, this is a great exercise solution.
First I timidly tried it with just the music. The next day I tried with one of the coaches, who was supportive and not at all intimidating! I enjoyed it and got one of the best workouts I've had in years.
I loved the little water drops. They made it feel so real. In fact, I loved everything about it and hope to get more of them in the future. These will keep me busy for quite some time.
Anyone can benefit from these. If you are an expert cyclists, you'll just be doing a lot better than the rest of us, but we'll never know. :)
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Good rides...poor audio mixing, February 24, 2012
By rgd10t
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I enjoyed these rides but as others have commented, the voice track is poorly mixed and is much too soft in relation to the music track. You have to struggle to make out what the coaches are saying (you feel like you are trying to figure out the lyrics to a rock song). If there were visual cues in the form of a dashboard this would be less significant but even after watching the same video several times, I miss cues to get out of the saddle until I hear instruction to sit back down. The first of the three videos seems to be the worst but all are hard to hear. You can turn off the music track but the ride is pretty boring with nothing but the narration.
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Nice scenery, workouts hard to follow, January 22, 2012
By R. Nelson (Washington, USA)
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I purchased this because one of the workouts is on the same road I run when on Maui. This isn't the drop-dead beauty you will see in a travel video, but rather looking at the road with scenery in the periphery.
I felt it would be a good recovery workout, which it is, as you can pedal at a reasonable pace while looking at nice scenery. However, it's hard to follow the instructions from the coaches if you wanted a particular kind of workout (hills or sprints for example). I prefer videos that display the gear or resistance that you should be riding and the cadence you should be spinning. It's hard to know that you are in the proper settings and pushing the designed effort (the Australian coach seems to give the best clues). You can tell when the course is going up or down hill, so you are on your own to adjust your workout to match the terrain and track your effort to the kind of workout you desire. I use this when I just want to get on the bike and spin.
If you are looking for nice scenery on a recovery workout and you are experienced with indoor training, you will probably find this set useful. If you like to be guided through a high intensity workout, this isn't the right set.
I've not done the palates effort, but it seems to be led well.
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 Not Very Motivating For a Cycling workout, January 9, 2012
By Barry
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If you want to watch Hawaiian scenery while on your trainer, buy a travel video. This vid was not very motivating for a cycling work out. The POV did little to make me feel I was really cycling on Hawaiian streets, as there were no other cyclists up ahead to give you a group ride feel. Occasionally, there would be cut away shots to a lone cyclist riding behind the camera car, as in watching a cyclist behind you if you were traveling in the back seat of someones car and looking back. It did nothing to make me feel I was on a virtual bike ride. The "coaching" voice over wasn't worth listening to either. Listening to someone tell me we were going up a steeper grade, or coming down a decent, etc. added nothing to help me very cadence or power output during the workout, as you really couldn't tell if you were on a climb or decent from just looking at the video. Finally, the music was very low energy for a workout. I would have rather listened to this music if I was lying in bed with a case of insomnia. save your money, and buy Spinervals or something geared to giving you a real cycling workout.
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