Bicycle Magazines

Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.

yeah, duh...I was just over there...no Backpuckers !!! but 8' of cycling magazines crowding the runners right into the sailing shelf.

amazing. Used to be only Cycle World ......

On 4/1/2016 10:17 AM, wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.


Agreed, there isn't even controversy:

http://www.cyclingindustry.news/comm...ead-consumers/

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.

Once, it seemed different to me.

I started into this journey by reading _Bicycling!_ magazine - the original
1970s version, with the exclamation point in the title. I learned something in
almost every issue, and read them cover to cover. (Of course, as a newbie,
I had a lot to learn.)

When Rodale took it over (and dropped the exclamation point from the title)
I felt it had gone downhill a notch. Nowadays, it's a lot closer to
_Buycycling_, as in "You gotta have this!!!" Advertisements disguised as
articles. Occasionally a good article pops up, but they seem rare to me.

For a while, _Bicycle Quarterly_ seemed excellent, although too much
of a one-man operation, I think. It's approached things from a different
direction, and presented some information that would never be in _Bicycling_.
It's also a beautiful magazine. But I sometimes think that Jan Heine is
running low on ideas. We'll see how it goes.

At first, I thought _Bicycle Times_ would be good, with its utilitarian bent.
But the writing isn't particularly good, in my view. And they don't promote
$200 lycra tights like _Bicycling_ does; instead, they promote $200 hipster
bike commuting jeans.

I used to enjoy Grant Peterson's writing. But does the _Rivendell Reader_ still
exist?

Thank goodness for rec.bicycles.tech! ;-)

- Frank Krygowski

On 04-01-2016 13:56, Frank Krygowski wrote:
When Rodale took it over (and dropped the exclamation point from the title)

I've seen Prevention and other rags from Rodale.
None of them impress me.

--
Wes Groleau

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:56:47 -0700 (PDT), Frank Krygowski
wrote:
On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4,
wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the
most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the
face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not
cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines
isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that
we report on in this awesome magazine.

Once, it seemed different to me.

I started into this journey by reading _Bicycling!_ magazine - the
original 1970s version, with the exclamation point in the title. I
learned something in almost every issue, and read them cover to cover.
(Of course, as a newbie, I had a lot to learn.)

When Rodale took it over (and dropped the exclamation point from the
title) I felt it had gone downhill a notch. Nowadays, it's a lot
closer to _Buycycling_, as in "You gotta have this!!!" Advertisements
disguised as articles. Occasionally a good article pops up, but they
seem rare to me.

Wow, Frank, you're as old as I am I guess. I remember Rodale buying out
the magazine and it going quickly downhill.

For a while, _Bicycle Quarterly_ seemed excellent, although too much
of a one-man operation, I think. It's approached things from a
different direction, and presented some information that would never
be in _Bicycling_. It's also a beautiful magazine. But I sometimes
think that Jan Heine is running low on ideas. We'll see how it goes.

He's kept it going a remarkably long time now given the relatively
limited premise. I subscribed from Vol 1 No 1 through Vol 9 No 2. At
that point I let my subscription lapse because I got tired of "great
rides in the Washington State mountains" reports and the "the bicycle
was perfected by the French in 1956 and everything else has been
devolution from there" attitude. The Germanic declarative writing
style and overuse of the word "optimized" got irritating. Jan does not
lack in confidence in his ideas. That said, he appears well organized
and has been very consistent with producing an attractive magazine with
no outside advertising, critical and seemingly demanding equipment
reviews and a lot of enthusiasm for what he does. It's a pretty good
value for the subscription cost.

At first, I thought _Bicycle Times_ would be good, with its
utilitarian bent. But the writing isn't particularly good, in my view.
And they don't promote $200 lycra tights like _Bicycling_ does;
instead, they promote $200 hipster bike commuting jeans.

I used to enjoy Grant Peterson's writing. But does the _Rivendell
Reader_ still exist?

Grant puts one out on an occasional basis. One just came out a couple of
months ago. And he published a couple of books: _Just Ride_ and _Eat
Bacon, Don't Jog_.

I used to like Bike Culture Quarterly a lot and its offspring
Encyleopedia, Bycycling and Velo-something that Peter Eland published
for years. I used to enjoy A to B Magazine quite a bit, despite its very
tight Anglocentric focus, but gave up when every issue became about
electric bikes. Big Brompton and mixed-modal commuting fans. And Dirt
Rag was entertaining for a while, even though I am not a mountain biker
by any stretch of the imagination.

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.

THE HERE IS Poster lacks reading skills

but there is a new piazza

https://www.google.com/#q=racing+winning+bicycle+brands

https://www.google.com/#q=endurance+...bicycle+brands

https://www.google.com/#q=BLOGS+most...ring+equipment

technically, applying what you want or believe you're looking for is a land of diminishing returns unless you have funds that encompass the area.

economy best buy (for ?) and buy what you want with the idea uragonna spend a lot of money.

If the product doesn't get in here then what's to write about ?

If the writer winds up BSing then the product is runoff the mill or the writer sucks.

Thinking n reading abt this requires intelligence of which the Poster is a good example of what he's thinking. Notice he's not buying magazines.

Cycle World was just outasight.

Here's a Brough, a Squirrel, a Velo, A Jawa, Triumph Daytona, Greeves....

then Yamaha 350 with the grey helmet I bought ....

fairly simple sorting that out.

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:57:03 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:17:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Road bike magazines - Dude this bike we just tested is, like, the most awesome and jaw dropping bike we've ever ridden.

Mtb magazines - Riding nice trails is out - jumps straight down the face of a two story high cliff are in. Anything else is, like, not cool dude.

Touring magazines - a 300 miles ride along one of the coastlines isn't enough. Like, dude, you gotta tour Patagonia.

BMX magazines - Hey dude, two full circle backward flips are all that we report on in this awesome magazine.

Once, it seemed different to me.

I started into this journey by reading _Bicycling!_ magazine - the original
1970s version, with the exclamation point in the title. I learned something in
almost every issue, and read them cover to cover. (Of course, as a newbie,
I had a lot to learn.)

True, but if you go back and read some of the early bike reviews, you'll realize they're not much better than today's hyperbole -- they're just unenlightening in a different way. e.g. http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g...geViewsIndex=1

Most of the real technical content is irrelevant today -- mind-numbing gear charts and cog selection, benefit of half-step plus granny, high flange versus low flange, 3X versus 4X. There was much, much more touring content and racing content, although not much about Europe, IIRC.

- Jay Beattie

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 6:35:15 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Cycle World was just outasight.

Here's a Brough, a Squirrel, a Velo, A Jawa, Triumph Daytona, Greeves....

then Yamaha 350 with the grey helmet I bought ....

fairly simple sorting that out.

http://cyclingdutchgirl.com/