Joyride
Alrighty folks. Up for me today on the Re-remasters™ review was Joyride.
First, let me acknowledge that this is a complete and total redo (except for the music and the workout itself) so anyone expecting a frantic over-the-top performance from Sir Dylan or cobbles and bouncy castles will be sadly disappointed. I, like many others, LOVED that video.
This is, obvs, NOT that. But…quite honestly, considering the above, it’s actually pretty good. It is not devoid of all joy and I would 100% ride this again and consider it completely repeatable. Not art. Not brilliant. But enough SUF style text and a great workout with great music and efforts that match the footage (mostly). There’s room for improvements.
Nice reference to Cav during the final effort of the warm up! 
- a little Climb integration would be helpful for even better engagement. The course is mostly very flat but theres a wee section of most of the efforts where the riders go up a slight incline prior to levelling out. It would be nice to feel that.
- There really ought to be some reference to the title Joyride, and there are several opportunities to do that. Maybe at the start, in reference to ITT’s in general or something like we’re gonna go for a little joyride. In fact, we’re gonna go for 5 little joyrides. And what could be more joyous than an ITT. Just you, all alone, going all out and all in. Ripping your own legs off in pursuit of The Joy of Suffering for the honour and the glory of the greatest mythical nation in the whole wide world. The purity of it.
Or, more simply, at the end, when the last rider finishes he could say, that was quite a joyride.
There are plenty of shots of the riders passing fans on the route where they could be yelling something at the riders, or just be distracted like in one spot there’s someone not even looking. I can imagine a thought bubble like: “Now where IS that donut shop everyone is talking about?”
Here are some screen shots where things could be tweaked a little.
