Improve your Hill Climbing while Indoor Cycling with Epic Rides through the Hills

Epic California - Mt. Baldy takes you on a virtual training ride on an extremely challenging and beautiful route out of the Los Angles County city of Glendora. The route for this ride matches the grueling last half of this year’s Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California. This route will also be featured by Rapha sportswear as part of their noted Continental Tour.

Epic California - Mt. Baldy includes over 6,000 feet of climbing with a grades between 7 - 10% and maximum grades of 15%. As with the Tour of California, it finishes at the top of Mt. Baldy road, a Hors Categorie (above category) climb that has been compared to the epic stages of the European Grand Tours. 

This 1:35 DVD includes a new "Just the Ride" menu option which gives indoor trainers, coaches and instructors a choice of either 60 minute and 45 minute versions of the ride to fit their training or class requirements. The video also features an expanded use of multiple HD Bike Cams to make this our toughest, yet most beautifully immersive virtual cycling experience!

Time: 95 minute training ride. 

Format:

• DVD - This will be sent out to you with your normal order. Note the DVD is an additional $5 over the Digital Download price
• Digital Download - SAVE $5 and no Shipping Costs. You will receive an email with instructions to download. This is a Digital Download in formats used within iTunes and QuickPlayer. No shipping costs and no delays

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8 Reasons to Love Epic Rides

1. Amazing Locations - There are a lot of great locations for cyclists to ride in and we are determined to film them all! We're traveling across the US and eventually Canada and the rest of the world to bring you the widest variety of virtual ride experiences!
2. Epic Routes - epicRIDES are based on the best cycling and racing routes at each location. Routes that qualify for the term "Epic!" They're routes you would definitely want to ride if you traveled to that area. We even provide you a downloadable route map of each! 
3. Digital Dashboard - Our clean, elegant Digital Dashboard keeps you oriented on your ride. There's a terrain profile with progress indicator. A countdown timer. Readouts showing average grade and training zone. So you'll always know where you are and what's up coming next!
4. Beautiful, Wide-Screen Picture - With a virtual ride we believe that it's all about the picture quality. That's why epicRIDES are shot in with high-end cameras at the 16:9 wide-screen format which makes them beautiful for viewing on your new flat screen TV or computer.
5. Training Guides - Our virtual rides are designed to provide a range of real world challenges for your indoor training and to give you some options we provide a downloadable Training Guide to complement each epicRIDE. 
6. Companion Music Mixes - We give you our original composition music with each epicRIDE, which many of our followers just love. And with our partnership with Cadence Revolution, we now give you a second music option using indie artists from around the world. 
7. Digital Downloads - Now you can enjoy epicRIDES on your iTunes, iPhone, Touch, iPod, or similar device! Play epicRIDES full screen on your computer in iTunes! Get your rides instantly and save shipping costs! 
8. PowerProfles - PowerProfiles are downloadable time-based workout files that are compatible with programmable indoor trainers. Our first PowerProfiles release is for the CycleOps PowerBeam Pro and 400 Pro Indoor Trainer, with more trainers to come! 

To find out more about the above you can visit the Epic rides website  

Questions about Digital Downloads

What are the quality of Digital Downloads? - Our Digital Downloads have been optimized for iDevices such as the iPhone, iTouch, video iPod. They use the H.264 codec. They will also play on QuickTime.

Are Digital Downloads the same quality as your DVDs? - No, our epicRIDES DVDs are of much higher quality then our Digital Downloads. That is because they are optimized for playback on DVD players and wide-screen televisions and Digital Downloads are optimized for iDevices. That said, many of our customers have said that our Digital Downloads look good even on larger televisions.

How long will it take to download a Digital Download? - DDLs are very large files - between 350 and 750 MB - and as such require a high bandwidth internet connection (DSL, Cable, T1, etc.). Dial-up won't cut it!

What file format are Digital Downloads? - Our Digital Downloads are .m4v or .mp4 (MPEG-4) digital video files which are guaranteed to be iTunes (PC or Mac) compatible.

Will Digital Downloads play at full screen? - Yes, Digital Downloads will play at full screen via iTunes.

Can Digital Downloads be shared on a home network? - Yes. Digital Downloads are compatible with all iTunes functionality including home network sharing.

Can Digital Downloads be burned to a DVD? - There are ways to burn Digital Downloads (.mp4 files) to a DVD but due to the many variables involved (PC platform, software, etc.) and constantly evolving nature of this area, we don't offer any specific advice here other than you may want to change the extension on your Digital Download file from .m4v to .mp4. We would also add that even though you might be able to make a DVD from our Digital Download, the quality of our original mastered DVD will be better.

What if I have a problem downloading a Digital Download? - In general, downloading problems often occur because of network and customer computer issues and are not related to our download server. The number of variables would test the most skilled IT technician. Depending on your operating system and configuration something as simple as a screen saver kicking in can stop your download. Different web browsers handle downloads differently as well.

Note: We provide these tips for customer convenience. We don't provide any support for iTunes, Computrainer, PowerBeam or other third party products.