Cycling Magazines - recommendations?

On 29 Dec 2003 11:57:00 -0800, [email hidden] (Reenie) from

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Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good. I'm
thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
Cycling' magazine?

ProCycling rocks. Cycle Sport is good, too. Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by
Rodale. It blows.

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What Kevan said, and maybe add Velo News to the list.

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Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good. I'm
thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
Cycling' magazine?

If he's interested in europro racing, CycleSport is very good. Velo News has a bit more coverage of
racing here in the US. I can't comment on Pro-Cycling. I've never seen it around here.

Regards, Bob Hunt

"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Pete

Hunrobe wrote:
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::: Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good.
::: I'm thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
::: Cycling' magazine?
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:: If he's interested in europro racing, CycleSport is very good. Velo News has a bit more coverage
:: of racing here in the US. I can't comment on Pro-Cycling. I've never seen it around here.

Is there any cycling mag that doesn't deal with pro-cycling and/or racing, or anything pro? I'm not
a pro, I want something for the average joe who uses bicylcing for enjoyment and improving health.
Looking at super expensive gear don't cut it, either.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:48:31 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner High

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Well, at least you'll have lots of nice pictures of expensive gear to look at.

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Is there any cycling mag that doesn't deal with pro-cycling and/or racing, or anything pro?
I'm not a pro, I want something for the average joe who uses bicylcing for enjoyment and
improving health.

Try Dirt Rag, Rivendel Reader, or Asphalt.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:13:11 -0500, "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> from

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Hunrobe wrote:
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:: wrote:
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::: Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good.
::: I'm thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
::: Cycling' magazine?
::
:: If he's interested in europro racing, CycleSport is very good. Velo News has a bit more coverage
:: of racing here in the US. I can't comment on Pro-Cycling. I've never seen it around here.

Is there any cycling mag that doesn't deal with pro-cycling and/or racing, or anything pro? I'm not
a pro, I want something for the average joe who uses bicylcing for enjoyment and improving health.
Looking at super expensive gear don't cut it, either.

Cycling Plus is decent:

futurenet.comissues.aspOpen ↗

There's also Asphalt:

asphaltmag.comindex.htmOpen ↗

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:48:31 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Well, at least you'll have lots of nice pictures of expensive gear to look

at.

And cars. 7 pages of car ads, out of 91.

Although it DID have a nice one pager on a 4 wheel couch bike.

Pete

I got an included subscription to Bicycling when I joined the L.A.B. (I know, that's likely to start
another argument). I used to read it years ago, and was quite surprised at how bad it is now. I'm
not sure what bothers me more, the fact that it has so little real content, or it's assumption that
all it's readers are rich yuppies who can blow thousands on bikes and equipment.

MP

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

> Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Well, at least you'll have lots of nice pictures of expensive gear to look

at.

And cars. 7 pages of car ads, out of 91.

Although it DID have a nice one pager on a 4 wheel couch bike.

Pete

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:20:24 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner High

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:48:31 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

> Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Well, at least you'll have lots of nice pictures of expensive gear to look

at.

And cars. 7 pages of car ads, out of 91.

Although it DID have a nice one pager on a 4 wheel couch bike.

Still no minorities ?

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Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:48:31 GMT,
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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Pete

Ouch. No wonder we learn to hate Xmas.
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Cycling Plus is decent:

futurenet.comissues.aspOpen ↗

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There's also Asphalt:

asphaltmag.comindex.htmOpen ↗

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Cycling Plus is good, though oriented toward UK cycling. I think it's better on touring and general
cycling than any of the US mags. It costs about $5 an issue to subscribe to if you live in the US.

"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Still no minorities ?

There are a couple in the Feb issue.

Pete

Well, there's the Rivendell Reader, which is only quarterly, and
doesn't have a lot of articles, but usually has one or two that are
pretty interesting. They have a number of articles posted on line, so
you can get the idea before subscribing.
rivendellbicycles.comreader.htmlOpen ↗

Subscribing also means that they will charge you $5.00 less per item if you order stuff from them.
Granted, some of their prices are fairly high anyway. I've bought a Carradice saddle bag and a few
other small items from them, but they don't have much more that I want. I do like the "Reader", but
haven't decided yet if it's worth continuing the subscription.

MP

Roger Zoul said:

Hunrobe wrote:
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::
:: wrote:
::
::: Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good.
::: I'm thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
::: Cycling' magazine?
::
:: If he's interested in europro racing, CycleSport is very good. Velo News has a bit more coverage
:: of racing here in the US. I can't comment on Pro-Cycling. I've never seen it around here.

Is there any cycling mag that doesn't deal with pro-cycling and/or racing, or anything pro? I'm not
a pro, I want something for the average joe who uses bicylcing for enjoyment and improving health.
Looking at super expensive gear don't cut it, either.

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Hunrobe wrote:
::: [email hidden]
::
:: wrote:
::
::: Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly
::: good. I'm thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard
::: to 'Pro-Cycling' magazine?
::
:: If he's interested in europro racing, CycleSport is very good. Velo News has a bit more
:: coverage of racing here in the US. I can't comment on Pro-Cycling. I've never seen it around
:: here.

Is there any cycling mag that doesn't deal with pro-cycling and/or racing, or anything pro? I'm
not a pro, I want something for the average joe who uses bicylcing for enjoyment and improving
health. Looking at super expensive gear don't cut it, either.

I like Cycle Sport and Procycling, but the only one we subscribe to is Velonews. ALso, sometimes we
pick up some of the French Magazines, like Velo. They're very good.

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:48:31 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner

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>"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote
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>> Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.
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>That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

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Although it DID have a nice one pager on a 4 wheel couch bike.

Pete

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I got an included subscription to Bicycling when I joined the L.A.B. (I know, that's likely to
start another argument). I used to read it years ago, and was quite surprised at how bad it is
now. I'm not sure what bothers me more, the fact that it has so little real content, or it's
assumption that all it's readers are rich yuppies who can blow thousands on bikes and equipment.

MP

I like making fun of Bicycling as much as anyone, and indeed briefly considered doing a regular
report on the most-recently claimed ratios of the effect of weight on the bike or the wheels versus
the body (the typical formulation is some pseudoscientific tossed-off comment in an article like "a
gram on the wheels is worth three on the bike"😉. It turns out they don't do this quite often enough
to make tracking it interesting.

Now to the good stuff. First off, a newbie could do worse than to read Bicycling. Most of the advice
is credible, and their reader tips routinely impress me as being worth trying. Their exercise advice
seems pretty mainstream (do intervals to go faster, build base miles, etc.) if a bit repetitive. The
only really dreadful bit is their road-test analyses of the qualities of frame materials (Though I
remember reading back issues in high school, and thought at that time they were putting frames on a
fairly impressive-sounding jig that tested frame flex at various points. What happened?)

But in the last six months or so, I have read (I don't subscribe, but I mooch at the supermarket
magazine rack like crazy) several very, very good feature articles in their pages. They had an
amazing article on Graeme Obree, the ill-starred one-time hour record holder and monster TTer. They
did a very nice report on the world's biggest road race, held in South Africa. They did an
interesting, though somewhat flawed article on an idea they came up with and followed through on:
they gave 50 people in Portland, ME a half-decent Trek hybrid, and then followed up on them
periodically to see what happened. The stories were fascinating. As you might expect, many of the 50
seemed to just have excuses for why they weren't riding their nice new bike, and some just ended up
toodling around the block once in a while (but isn't that enough for some?), but one rider basically
started a block bike ride because of his new bike. One rider lost a bunch of weight in time for her
wedding. One family got a couple of the bikes, and rode all over the place. They did article-size
profiles of a great number of the riders, and had sidebar capsules on almost everyone.

I gave them credit just for trying such a mad idea, even if I thought it was a bit silly.

Bicycling has a lot of dorky features, starting with Style Man (though I think he's just Fabrizio
Mazzoleni's day job) and ending with the goofy back-page grid thingy, and at its worst the whole rag
comes off as Cosmo on two wheels and with fewer ads, but the feature articles I have checked out
lately have been surprisingly good.

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"Reenie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Do any of you subscribe to any cycling magazines, and, if so, which ones are particularly good.
I'm thinking of getting a subscription for my husband... any specific thoughts in regard to 'Pro-
Cycling' magazine?

Thanks,

Reennie

What is good depends on his area of interest. There are racers tourists, and recreational riders.
Which is he?

This is coming from someone who would rather join the rednecks at a NASCAR race or sleep through an
opera than watch a bike race: Adventure Cycling puts out a very good magazine for club members ($30
dues) adventurecycling.orgadventurecycling.orgOpen ↗ I subscribed to Cycling Plus for a year and loved it. It costs
over $60 though. I get the Rivendell Reader and enjoy that. Bicycling Mag. isn't what it used to be,
but I would rather have it than nothing.

Zoot Katz said:

Pete said:

"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Stay away from Bicycling magazine published by Rodale. It blows.

That's what my kids got me for xmas. I gritted my teeth, smiled, and said 'thanks, dudes'.

Ouch. No wonder we learn to hate Xmas.

Sheesh...that's pretty harsh. Well-intended but mis-informed gifts should be a reminder that people
love you and support your interests -- even if they don't understand said interests themselves.
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