Bicycle Magazines

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On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1:49:26 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 04:10:33 +0000 (UTC), Ralph Barone
wrote:

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.

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


I agree that Buycycling magazine has "jumped the shark", so to speak, but
every once in a while, they do a stellar article on the act of riding a
bicycle that redeems them for a little while. I'm currently finding that
Canadian Cycling Magazine is a more enjoyable read, although they
concentrate more on the racing scene than I would prefer.

It seems to me that magazines have deteriorated over the years. I can
remember when Popular Mechanics used to have articles detailing how to
build a midget race car, how to build a welding set using an Aircraft
engine generator, how to make a hunting knife out of a saw blade and
such like. I remember that my father and I (actually my father with me
watching) built a crossbow from an article in Popular Mechanics that
was powerful enough to shoot an arrow through both sides of a 55
gallon barrel.

Now the Popular Mechanics publishes articles about "The Arizona
Boneyard Where Old Warplanes Go To Die" a tour of Davis-Monathan AFB
(which was established in 1925 :-)
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John B.

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On 4/2/2016 6:11 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 20:48:46 +0100, Phil W Lee
wrote:

In general newsagents, you'd be out of luck these days, although the
CTC magazine goes to members, and Velovision is still (I think)
available by subscription.

I forgot about the CTC magazine, I was a member for a number of years
just to get the magazine. I think Peter Eland has sold VeloVision on to
a new publisher, a young fellow.


Today's news from the magazine industry:

http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-rod...201-story.html

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

1 April, 1971

right. I've lost contact. Music books...no fiction for a long time now, LeCarre....what's good what's funny what's necessary ? ??

uh the end of the Cold War...hahahha.

There's a stack of textbooks and what's needed....Digitial stuff software...

and then there's only so much time.

when I'm done here as a daily time period there's not much time for entertainment reading. Make time for Backpacker. lite.

so I go thru google with the Atlantic, some economics, catch a video....build a steam turbine...killing drone pilots for fun and profit....

I buy books from B&N....guidebooks...how to buy your first yacht...

In conversation with a coupla book ladies at B&N the women shake their heads like we're at a wake.

here's Dick.

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Frank Krygowski wrote:

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.

Heine is a rec.bicycles.* veteran from way back, IIRC.

I'm a big fan of Forester's history of cycling in the United States:
http://www.johnforester.com/Articles/Social/My%20History.htm

I remember reading something that Jobst wrote about his personal cycling
history, as well as Sheldon's pages and Jon Finley Scott's writings. Ken
Kifer's site also gave a good run-down of his personal history. I'd pick
up a copy of BQ that included "Frank Krygowski: Cycling History." Same
for Andy Muzi or Peter Chisholm.

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Lars Lehtonen
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