Review of Bike-O-Vision Cycling DVD #8 St. Croix, USVI

Bike-O-Vision Cycling DVD #8 St. Croix, USVI
Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 3
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Makes Workouts a real Pleasure!

On: 2007-07-25

I love to cycle (indoor or out) and this dvd is just what Id been looking for and a great compliment to my indoor workouts. The island scenes are great because Ive been wanting to visit the US Virgin Islands anyway. The realistic "forward-motion" views keep you wanting to push ahead instead of slack off in your workouts. I ended up getting all their dvds and use them often. Its probably the best investment Ive made other than my stationary bike. Many interesting and scenic rides so Ill never get bored. I also appreciate the lack of distracting commentary, cyclists on the screen, and graphics found in the other DVDs Ive tried. Im looking forward to their next one.

Great Video for cycling workouts

On: 2007-07-25

Great Video! I have the entire set of fourteen videos and use them for daily cycling workouts. There are so many scenic rides youll never get bored again!

Its not 75 minutes long as advertised

On: 2007-04-21

This DVD is outstanding and I am going to order the highest rated Bike-O-vision DVDs. I use it several times a week while riding my exercise bike, I find the music to be immersive and appropriate to the scenery, and I often find myself unconsciously speeding up my pace when on downhill sloping sections of video footage or I change my pace to match the music. About the music -- music is a subjective experience. I can imagine how some people might not like the variety of music which ranges from (what I call) "steel-drum-salsa" to classical music. So have your own music handy, just in case the music doesnt work for you. I suggest Reggae and Steel drums.
So why only 4 stores? Because I feel like Bike_o_Vision bilked me with false advertising concerning the length of the DVD.
I have no idea how Bike-O-Vision can get away with claiming on the box that it is "75 minutes long" when it is closer to 45 minutes and includes several minutes of unavoidable advertising at the end. If the video and music had not been so good, I would have returned it because I feel like I payed for 75 minutes and only received 40-45. I will be sure to time the DVD with a stopwatch on my next ride, and post the exact time here. My workouts are an hour and 5 minutes, so no matter the exact length of the DVD, this discrepancy is a little inconvenient and it would be nice to be able to choose the duration of the workout as you can on many Yoga DVDs.

really nice

On: 2007-01-18

Well, I havent actually used it with my exercise bike yet :) but I did play it for awhile to see what it was and Im actually excited to exercise to it. The music is a little nutty - starts good but then goes to a slow classical piece (not the best to exercise to). So Ill probably mute it and listen to my Ipod. But the scenery was nice and there was a nice flow to the video. Ill probably get another in the series.