Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Free Messenger DVD

from Puma: http://www.pumaville.com/messenger/pindex.jsp

i ordered it forever ago and it still hasnt come.

- put it up for bittorrent download...

- has *anyone* received the DVD?

yeah someone posted this a few weeks ago saying theirs hadn't come. i ordered and then i emailed them and this is the reply i got




Dear ,

Thank you for the email and we apologize for the delayed response. Unfortuantely, we do not have this item available through our on-line store. We would suggest contacting the on-line store where you purchased it from.

Kind Regards,

Holly

PUMA USA Customer Service
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PUMA North America
5 Lyberty Way
Westford Ma. 01886
http://store.puma.com



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09/12/2005 01:10 AM

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Subject [RMX:#] puma messenger dvd

My friends and I were interested in the puma dvd featured at
pumaville.com. we have all tried to order one, but none of us has
recieved it. is it still available?

thanks

i ordered it forever ago and it still hasnt come.


Your DVD will arrive in 7-10 days.

hmm

If its free...you really cant complain.

.....now Im going to be pissed when mine doesnt arrive in 7-10 days...

If its free...you really cant complain.


yeah you can. its not really free. they're probably just collecting all our information for mailing lists. or theyll sell it to a marketing company.

looks like they'll be playing it at the bike film festival: http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com

MESSENGER
USA 2005 | DV, 18 minutes.
DIRECTOR: Daniel Leeb
A day in the life of New York City messenger, Alfred Bobe, Jr., “"the fastest man in the city".” Daniel Leeb's cinematography dances with Bobe's bicycle through the moving city. This film is sure to make anyone who ever considered moving to New York to become a bike messenger, book himself or herself on the next flight to JFK. Not only a stunning portrait of the courier workday, Messenger is a tribute to New York's energy and its do-or-die attitude. Bobe may risk his life for the next delivery, but his philosophical outlook and skillful riding will remind you why messengers setthe pace of urban street culture.

man i have been thinking about putting straight bars on my iro, now every one will think i got the idea from him.. damn....

I know, I was thinking of wearing sneakers while riding...now...I just don't know. It gets harder to be original everyday. Damn!

I was the one who posted a few weeks ago. After requesting the dvd 3 times since it came out i still have not received it. I saw this alfred guy this past labor day at kissena, should of asked him if he had some in his bag???

So no ones actually got this dvd?

i think someone on LJ said they got it, maybe not

i have it. have had it for a long time (couple months maybe?).

i have it. have had it for a long time (couple months maybe?).

did you your copy from Fadar magazine?

not exactly. i used to work with theo from puma when i was at the fader and he was at cornerstone, the fader's parent company. he's the guy at puma behind their investment in fg-related stuff, and i got it through him.

it's good. not life-altering, but a good short. he says one good thing, about there not being nor needing to be any rivalry between messengers and usps guys, says something like we do the same job, just that they do it without riding a bicycle [pause] "but why would you do a job where you don't get to ride a bicycle?" nice line, some good riding shots taken from another bike, some nice observation of this way that he kinda caresses other vehjicles when riding through traffic - like strokes them a little bit (make of it what you will), some nice little skids that he does. starts and ends with the billburg bridge. funny thing as you're watching the last shot of the ride home brooklyn-bound and the shot is from the pov of a rider going up the climb from delancey, every time you see one of the yellow dividers disappear under the bottom of the screen as the bike approaches it you brace yourself for the bump. it's involuntary!

be glad to lend to anyone in nyc

i have it. a friend from the pilates studio i used to go to lent it to me, and i haven't quite gotten 'round to returning it. i have no idea how she got it.

I'm in it for 3 seconds on the yellow mtn bike :rolleyes:

you were amazing!! ;)

you guys don't, by any chance, have experience ripping dvds and distributing through bit-torrent, do you?

not i

... Okay, messenger dvd owners:

Do any of you a: have a dvd drive on your computer and b: have the time / willingness to follow a tutorial that would walk you through the process of ripping a dvd, installing bittorrent (file sharing software) and sharing it to the interweeb?

I'd be willing to write something up if someone else is willing to go through it.

heres a seemingly easy dvd ripping guide:

http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/34/59/

edit: keep it high quality since its short!

and don't feel too pressured, this will take a few hours (unattended, but still). i won't hold it against you if you dont feel like doing it.

eyefloater i have dvd drive (not dvd burner) in a powerbook g4 running os 10.3.9. if that works go for it. i am stuck in the ****ing boonies of illinois until friday, but will gladly do it if i can on the weekend. either post here, pm me, or email eddie@eddiebrannan.com with a walk-through

oh, i don't know about powerbook. i don't think my guide will work with a mac. that might take some more searching.

Np. I'm good with either. There's a Mac next to the computer I'm using at the moment, so I'll work something out for you tomorrow and send it off. Thanks for helping us out.

Ps. You don't need a burner. Basically, you'll be copying the audio / video data from the dvd and converting it to a movie file like you'd download off any website. As long as your computer can play a dvd, we'll be fine.

k let's do it. i'm home friday afternoon. dvd's at home somewhere

With a mac, use "Mactheripper" for ripping.

C

Edit: ... posted before morning tea - failed to make sense.

What's the numerical value of 'short'?

18 mins if you're referring to the length of this movie

What's the numerical value of 'short'?


i think most people in the film industry use short for any film less than a feature length, which is about 100 minutes; and common usage a short is anything an hour or less.

where are you going to post it when you have it ripped?

I'll help seed it if you want to ftp it to me :D

no offense but FU wizard sucks, its slow and hasnt enough options to do justice to a good dvd rip

For avi's use the mencoder portion of mplayer, its open source, will rip on the fly, and has tons of options. A full 2 hr dvd on a 2ghz machine takes about an hour to an hour and a half to rip one into full res and any of the mpeg4 formats and mp3 audio. In console mode on a linux box it will do it in about 45mins. Thats a heck of lot better than the hours it takes FU wizard, much better quality too.

... Okay, messenger dvd owners:

Do any of you a: have a dvd drive on your computer and b: have the time / willingness to follow a tutorial that would walk you through the process of ripping a dvd, installing bittorrent (file sharing software) and sharing it to the interweeb?

I'd be willing to write something up if someone else is willing to go through it.

PM me, no problem with that.

If it's like 350mb or less better to just throw it on someones ftp. But if it is bigger bittorrent is the way to go.

bit torrent is the way to go, I'll help seed it when you get it online.
my work computer is always running, and is on a T1 connection. I'll leave it open for 24 hours or so.... that should be loads of time for lots of people to nab it.

Bittorrent guys. Let's get it out there for other people to pick up as well. The tutorial I'm writing up is just about finished, and Eddie's going to get to work this weekend. It'll be posted on a few torrent sites when it's up (I'll post them) and we'll post a link here too.

Thanks,

- eyefloater

Just make sure we aren't all going to be using bandwidth sharing a low qual rip... :D

I can definately seed, i have quite the connection

I can seed as well. My inhome server is up 24/7

Bittorrent guys. Let's get it out there for other people to pick up as well. The tutorial I'm writing up is just about finished, and Eddie's going to get to work this weekend. It'll be posted on a few torrent sites when it's up (I'll post them) and we'll post a link here too.

Thanks,

- eyefloater


so what exactly do i need to do? i get back to the city tomorrow, can find the dvd and get ripping. just tell me simply and clearly please :)

I had asked for one ages ago - never got it.

Eddie, expect an email in the next 5 minutes. I just finished the tutorial.

- eyefloater

Edit: ... and, sent. I'll run text support detail and we should have this documentry by early next week.

perfect. will do. it'll be monday before i get broadband access (someone didn't pay his verizon bill - oops) but i can get everything ripped by then

I hope the FBI and Interpol isn't reading this. If they are, I don't know what you are talking about. If they aren't, I have a T1 and could help host too.