The Hard Road - Anyone?

hippy said:

Has anyone seen this? Ordered from Amazon?

http://www.thehardroad.com/

hippy

I have a copy (bought from the above website). A good "gritty" documentary which shows how tough trying to make it in pro bike racing really is - not much glamour and no podium girls on view. Some local interest too 'cos Hilton Clarke was one of the team riders in the film.

Unregistered said:

I have a copy (bought from the above website). A good "gritty" documentary which shows how tough trying to make it in pro bike racing really is - not much glamour and no podium girls on view. Some local interest too 'cos Hilton Clarke was one of the team riders in the film.

is there a PAL version around/on the horizon?

"byron27" <[email hidden]

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Unregistered said:

I have a copy (bought from the above website). A good "gritty"
documentary which shows how tough trying to make it in pro bike racing
really is - not much glamour and no podium girls on view. Some local
interest too 'cos Hilton Clarke was one of the team riders in the film.

is there a PAL version around/on the horizon?

You need a DVD player or TV upgrade.. off you go
to Retro Vision (is that where everything is in mission
brown?).

hippy

Found it on bikepro.com, might get it from there.

Unregistered said:

hippy said:

Has anyone seen this? Ordered from Amazon?

http://www.thehardroad.com/

hippy

I have a copy (bought from the above website). A good "gritty"
documentary which shows how tough trying to make it in pro bike racing
really is - not much glamour and no podium girls on view. Some local
interest too 'cos Hilton Clarke was one of the team riders in the
film.

Hippy said:

You need a DVD player or TV upgrade.. off you go
to Retro Vision (is that where everything is in mission
brown?).

It's where the remote has friction levers rather than buttons.

Regards,

Suzy (in total bliss today 'cos she put together her new bike last night and rode it in to work)

hippy said:

"byron27" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Unregistered said:

I have a copy (bought from the above website). A good "gritty"
documentary which shows how tough trying to make it in pro bike racing
really is - not much glamour and no podium girls on view. Some local
interest too 'cos Hilton Clarke was one of the team riders in the film.

is there a PAL version around/on the horizon?

You need a DVD player or TV upgrade.. off you go
to Retro Vision (is that where everything is in mission
brown?).

hippy

doh!, yes i have a DVD player but its in a thing calleda playstation 2 so im not sure if this will play other region DVD's.
as a famous aussie said, please explain.....

suzyj said:

Suzy (in total bliss today 'cos she put together her new bike last night and rode it in to work)

Is this the Tourer for the GSR?
Almost 4 weeks now...

Pete
Canberra

Poiter said:

Is this the Tourer for the GSR?

Yup... It's got a nice coat of red paint (I'm getting the hang of this whole bike painting gig) and put together largely with bits stolen from my old Colnago. It rides really nicely. Neutral handling, stable, tracks straight, goes well no hands, and fits beautifully. Hopefully now I won't get a sore neck during really long (>150km) rides, as the bars are moved up by about 2cm c/w the Colnago.

Quoted message said:

Almost 4 weeks now...

I can't wait 🙂 I did another 200km last Sunday, and have another 200km+ ride planned for Saturday (helping in a bike week thingy this Sunday), but then am off to The Netherlands on the 9th for a fortnight, which may prove troublesome. Oh well, I've entered now, so there's no backing out.

Regards,

Suzy

"byron27" <[email hidden]

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hippy said:

You need a DVD player or TV upgrade.. off you go
to Retro Vision (is that where everything is in mission
brown?).

doh!, yes i have a DVD player but its in a thing calleda playstation 2
so im not sure if this will play other region DVD's.
as a famous aussie said, please explain.....

According to this:
http://www.dailypeloton.com/throrderpage.asp
"The Hard Road" is Region-0, ie. region free.

According to this:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=playstation+NTSC+dvd+site:.au&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=vhbg2tk8bolvu4i4agtecnk3dcjqpq2sf2%404ax.com&rnum=4
you can play Region-0 discs on a PS2.

BUT.. it appears that the PS2 doesn't convert
NTSC (scumbag standard) to PAL (our standard).

So, unless your TV and/or VCR are newer, multi-format
ones, you may or may not be able to watch it..

Could always dump it from DVD to PC to watch it
if you cant view NTSC source material..

hippy
dvd nerd, acting

hippy said:

"byron27" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

hippy said:

You need a DVD player or TV upgrade.. off you go
to Retro Vision (is that where everything is in mission
brown?).

doh!, yes i have a DVD player but its in a thing calleda playstation 2
so im not sure if this will play other region DVD's.
as a famous aussie said, please explain.....

According to this:
http://www.dailypeloton.com/throrderpage.asp
"The Hard Road" is Region-0, ie. region free.

According to this:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=playstation+NTSC+dvd+site:.au&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=vhbg2tk8bolvu4i4agtecnk3dcjqpq2sf2%404ax.com&rnum=4
you can play Region-0 discs on a PS2.

BUT.. it appears that the PS2 doesn't convert
NTSC (scumbag standard) to PAL (our standard).

So, unless your TV and/or VCR are newer, multi-format
ones, you may or may not be able to watch it..

Could always dump it from DVD to PC to watch it
if you cant view NTSC source material..

hippy
dvd nerd, acting

thanks for that hipp!

i have a new world of region free visual stimulation to explore!