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Only 6 of the 24 moves advertised on the Bicycleman DVD preview video clip are actually taught on the DVD (denoted below with an asterisk).
Deck Spine
* Fan
* One Handed Revolution .v2
Deck Toss
Worm Cut
* M5
Korn
Plank Double
Hover Change
Ice
Dealing Bottoms
Cover Pass
* Pull Back Pass
Ace Production
False Sible
One Handed Pharaoh
Laurence Miller's Bicycle Cut
Deck Flip
Muscle Pass
One Handed Fan
* Reverse Revolution
Table Snap
* Classic Pass
Spring

Some consumers have spoken out! See:
ellusionist.com forum
themagiccafe.com forum
Weekly Magic Failure
More Consumer Reports

See why magic shop retailers have stopped selling the Bicycleman DVD.

Bicycleman Magic DVD by Laurence Miller
www.bicyclemandvd.com www.cherrydeck.com www.bicycleman.net

. [ Misleading ] . [ Stolen ] . [ Fraudulent ] . [ Bad Character ] . [ Help ] .

Stolen material?
Are Laurence Miller's magic tricks and sleights his original material? Or were they created by other magicians and is he selling them without their permission? Does he credit other magicians for their ideas, and sell their material with their permission? Or does he claim them as his own creation? Some of the magicians people have claimed he may have stolen material from are Ricky Smith, Steve Dobson, Tony Chang, Ray Kosby and Chad Nelson. Respectable magicians in the magic community that deserve our support for their contributions to the art of magic.
http://community.dananddave.com/showthread.php?t=4948

Preview video misleading versus actual DVD content?
Consumers have reported his DVDs do not contain all the material advertised in the preview video. When they received the DVD, some tricks/moves were missing such as those shown below. See the left side of this page for details.

Bicycleman Magic DVD by Laurence Miller

MadhatterMagicShop.com who has since removed the Bicycleman DVD from their website, once stated:

"The DVD is not as advertised on the clip. In fact the entire advertisement we found to be misleading.......well actually fraudulent. Mr Miller's website has also mysteriously vanished (probably the best trick he's done yet)."
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=207717&forum=111

The DVD running time is not as described?
The ad copy used to describe the Bicycleman DVD says:

"Running Time Approximately 1hr 41min".

Yet, if you are careful to watch EVERYTHING on the DVD and then calculate the time you will come to about 35 to 40 minutes. That even allows for the time it takes to navigate menus and press play for each clip. The product advertisement appears to be false by 1 full hour.

Shady character?
You can try to e-mail him through his website's e-mail form (no e-mail address is given). Here is a quote from his website:

"Even though I'm too lazy to answer any of my fans, my secretary will convincingly reply to you as me. She's very nice. If you get a mean e-mail, that was not my secretary and you should probably cease to send me letters. Because that means I didn't like you." -Laurence Miller

A member of the magic community who knew Laurence Miller personally recently wrote:

"...his ethics in magic is really bad. Until we started finding out he was really really shady. (He would give out fake numbers to everyone! Even people who thought were friends.)"
http://community.dananddave.com/showthread.php?t=4948#6

His website is designed to easily accept your credit card, but it lacks contact information of any kind. E-mail, phone and mailing address. After you see what he's been up to, you'll know why.

How you can help
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Bicycleman Magic DVD by Laurence Miller

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