Letter to Bicycling

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and had
the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style" section. What
were you guys thinking?

Was this the April Fools issue?

"Ken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and
had the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style"
section. What were you guys thinking?

Was this the April Fools issue?

Alas, no.

An acquaintance showed me this article.

The feature was a model showing off designer clothes made
from old inner tubes, not clothes you would wear to actually
bicycle. The model did look rather, uh, extreme. I doubt
Claire will be the only woman writing in. I doubt the
editors will care.

Who takes that magazine seriously, anyway?

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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and had
the misfortune

of

Quoted message said:

stumbling into the "Style" section. What were you guys
thinking?

"Gary Smiley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Who takes that magazine seriously, anyway?

Quoted message said:

I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and
had the misfortune

of

Quoted message said:

stumbling into the "Style" section. What were you guys
thinking?

I haven't seen it but I checked out the website. However I
haven't found the style section. WHat's the date on the
issue? In canada we get them later. Now I'm curious as to
see that article.

Sun, 11 Apr 2004 02:06:03 GMT,
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Mike Kruger said:

The feature was a model showing off designer clothes made
from old inner tubes, not clothes you would wear to
actually bicycle. The model did look rather, uh, extreme.

People have been wearing fetish gear made from inner tubes
for years already. Some very intricate and exacting work
goes into the nicer pieces. Done well, it can be quite
attractive.

tubes. I've seen capes and kilts woven from strips. Heavy
like armour. Also bodices, skirts, bikinis and accessories.

the extremes are constantly pushing the fringe into the
mainstream.
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zk

Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:43:21 -0400,
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Marlene Blanshay said:

Now I'm curious as to see that article.

I was planning to scope it out at Safeway later tonight.
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zk

Mike Kruger said:

An acquaintance showed me this article.

The feature was a model showing off designer clothes made
from old inner tubes, not clothes you would wear to
actually bicycle. The model did look rather, uh, extreme.
I doubt Claire will be the only woman writing in. I doubt
the editors will care.

They'll be laughing all the way to the bank, as more people
buy the magazine to see what all the fuss is about. This is
textbook lowest common denominator marketing, like making
slasher movies so "smart people with a keen sense of irony"
can "laugh at how stupid they are." Don't take the bait.

Matt O.

Claire Petersky said:

I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and had
the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style" section. What
were you guys thinking?

I have yet to see any evidence that the people who produce
bicycling are more than casually acquainted with this
'thinking' thing that you postulate. Or maybe they are
simply thinking about the clean green feel of the
advertisers dollars as they roll gleefully in them.

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Feh.

You're welcome to borrow my Cycling + issues when I'm done
with them. That should help wash some of the taste out of
your mouth.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without
programming, life becomes meaningless." -- Geoffrey James,
"The Tao of Programming"

Dane Jackson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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You're welcome to borrow my Cycling + issues when I'm done
with them. That should help wash some of the taste out of
your mouth.

Even though it costs between $7 and $8 per issue at Borders,
I buy Cycling + every once in a while just to see what a
well done bicycling magazine should look like. I get the
impression that the folks at Cycling + actually ride bikes
and have a clue what their readers are interested in.

[censored] Durbin

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and had
the misfortune

of

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stumbling into the "Style" section. What were you guys
thinking?

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

Ken said:

"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:YuYdc.107146$gA5.1416752@attbi_s03:

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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and had
the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style" section. What
were you guys thinking?

Was this the April Fools issue?

Not much different from the March Fools issue, or the
February Fools issue. And so on.

--
-------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's
between "at" and "cc"]

araby said:

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

Weirdly enough, I now have a subscription, for the first
time in years. It comes at no charge, courtesy of the
rapidly deteriorating League of American Bicyclists.

This is nicely symbolic of the changes produced by the
League's new, self-perpetuating board of directors.

See labreform.orglabreform.orgOpen ↗

--
-------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's
between "at" and "cc"]

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"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and
had the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style"
section. What were you guys thinking?

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

It's among the magazines that my kids sell to support their
youth organization, Camp Fire. I subscribed this year.

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If it wasn't the 'April Fools' issue then maybe it was the
February Fools or the March Hare or the May Fool-U issue.

I'm sure you get the point - don't buy cycling magazine.

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| "Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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| > I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and
| > had the misfortune of stumbling into the "Style"
| > section. What were you guys thinking?
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| Was this the April Fools issue?

frkrygow' 'frkrygow said:

araby said:

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

Weirdly enough, I now have a subscription, for the first
time in years. It comes at no charge, courtesy of the
rapidly deteriorating League of American Bicyclists.

See, they have to give it away...

Matt O.

censored Durbin said:

Dane Jackson said:

You're welcome to borrow my Cycling + issues when I'm
done with them. That should help wash some of the taste
out of your mouth.

Even though it costs between $7 and $8 per issue at
Borders, I buy Cycling + every once in a while just to see
what a well done bicycling magazine should look like. I
get the impression that the folks at Cycling + actually
ride bikes and have a clue what their readers are
interested in.

I can't find any shops in the Seattle area that carry C+
unfortunately. I did manage to pick up a copy when I was out
visiting my brother in Philly a while ago. I was very
favorably impressed with it and have been wrestling with
whether to subscribe or not till recently.

At least one of the contributers (Scott Munn ?) to C+
appears to be a uk.rec.cycling poster. Heh, evidently one
of Guy's quotes about helmets made it into C+ via that
channel. I've been lurking on ur.cycling for a bit, and the
denizens seem to carry a fairly good opinion of the
magazine. My first issue (May) is supposed to be arriving
in the mail soon.

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Unix is the worst operating system; except for all others.
-- Berry Kercheval

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"Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I sat down to enjoy the latest issue of Bicycling and
had the

misfortune

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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of stumbling into the "Style" section. What were you
guys thinking?

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

It's among the magazines that my kids sell to support
their youth organization, Camp Fire. I subscribed
this year.

Campfire! Like the campfire girls? I seem to remember ads
for the campfire girls on tv when I was very young, but not
anymore.I guess it's just Campfire now, for boys and girls.

As for the magazine, it's not Cyclesport but it'snot as bad
as it used to be. They actually have some good articles,
like one on the website for climbing workouts.

I got my subscription the same way last year. I remembered
"Bicycling" from the early 90s, when it seemed like a
pretty good magazine. I was surprised at how bad it is now.
They were always pushing expensive stuff that an ordinary
bicyclist could not afford, but they used to have some good
articles. Now you're lucky if there is one decent article
in an issue.

MP

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:11:33 -0400, "frkrygow"

frkrygow'@omitcc.ysu.edu said:

araby said:

I didn't realise that cyclists still read Buy-cycling.

Weirdly enough, I now have a subscription, for the first
time in years. It comes at no charge, courtesy of the
rapidly deteriorating League of American Bicyclists.

This is nicely symbolic of the changes produced by the
League's new, self-perpetuating board of directors.

See labreform.orglabreform.orgOpen ↗

And don't forget the chainring tattoo, either!

Bicycling has don this before, back when their subscription
base was suffering. my guess is they may be in dire
straights again. Hence the "swimsuit issue". I don't bother
with this mag anymore. AFAIK, it's just another narrow-
minded racer mag.

If so, you can bask in that, at least :-#)

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for the hills!"

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