Great movie and story, and one a young bike racer could really relate to. Back when this movie was being shown in small movie houses if often came to one in my area. Myself and a bunch of other bike racers never missed a showing...it turned into a cult movie for us and we probably went and saw it 10-15 times.. It was always fun to watch the reaction of the non-cycling movie goers to the scene when Dave was shaving his legs. Cracked us up! Cycling scenes were well done, and the one when he was drafting that big truck was great. The music score was really good and fit the movies plot. It was also cool for those of us who owned an Italian MASI racing bicycle like Dave rode! No matter if you are a bicycle racing fan or not do not miss this movie. My comments are based on the VHS issue.