The AIDS Ride~on TV "Seven Days to End AIDS"

[Melody]

I'll keep an eye out for it too....it's on DirectTV.....I'll see if I can TIVO it....

I have it setup to be Tivoed Then I'll dump them to DVD.

Mel

[Trek420]

It's touching, sad, funny, so nice to see the scenery and riders.

I saw Bikegoddess in a scene on Day 1!!!

They show us starting out and there she was, standing in the pedals and passing someone in the first block of the ride

Funny moment in the theatre, they profile/follow an HIV+ rider, he's young, in his 20's and comments "I want to do this ride now so when I'm in my 40's and can't ride...."

Explosion of laughter behind me from the row of late 50's early 60's Pos Ped riders looking strong and fabulous.

If I was the editor at that comment cue the shot of rider Bert, still riding strong at 80+, or Bikegoddess speeds in, leaps off her bike, takes off the helmet fwoosh, grey hair.

I was disconcerted by mixing up scenes, like riders arriving at camp on Day 1 (Aptos) then a scene of setting tents up....pretty sure shot in Ventura which is day 6.

But if you haven't done the ride you won't notice that.

TE gals may find subtitles with explanations like "a Century is a 100 mile ride" irritating but this is meant for the non-cycling public.

I also hope they profile riders who have done the ride many times. So far mostly 1st time riders interviewed.

But...over all, pretty good.

Catches much of the flavor of why we ride this and other rides.

[ACG]

K, so there is more than 1 episode? I taped it and it seemed like there should be more. Cable info doesn't say if it is episode 1, 2, etc. Just seemed like the hour I saw only showed days 1,2,3,4.

Anyone know.

[Trek420]

AGC, there should be 6, I don't know why not 7 but I heard 6, maybe they combine two days. Spazzdog is DVR'ing it for me since I have Logo'less and OLN'less Dishnetwork.

Guess who's switching in July?

I noticed that they did not mention the infamous "extra showers" at Aptos when the sprinkler system went off under our tents at zero dark thirty. Probably because the language on tape was too much for even Logo to air

[Pax]

I really wish I could see it but no Logo or OLN on my cable system.

If someone is interested in burning a second copy we could do a TE Share thingy where we watch 'em and pass 'em on to the next person in the queue?

[snapdragen]

I really wish I could see it but no Logo or OLN on my cable system.

If someone is interested in burning a second copy we could do a TE Share thingy where we watch 'em and pass 'em on to the next person in the queue?

Excellent idea, I'd love to see it too.

Logoless Snap

[Trek420]

So far we have Melody doing the Tivo to CD thing, Spazzdog is DVR'ing but I do not know if she can transfer to CD. I also may be able to get copies from some of the riders, so when it's over we'll figure out if we can get a copy going around.

Or.....get popcorn and pick a rainy day to watch.