VN Tour Guide, Got Yours Yet?

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Richard Adams
I buzzed downtown to goggle at my empty (aside from yet
another Delorme request for me to upgrade my topo maps for a
measley $60) PO Box. Where is it? I thought these things
were going out in the mail on or after the 18th of June.
Feeling bummed I wandered into the local Borders and there
they are, sitting on the magazine shelves with Lance himself
glaring across the aisle. I resisted the urge to shell,
since I'm due one, but this time the magazine shop beat the
mail distribution.

Nice profile and maps in these things. Whomever was looking
for good maps, there they be.

Also wondering where my issue of Velo is... probably got
held up for thorough inspection, as it's something coming in
from that country which dares stand up for its own
principles (what nerve!), probably show up in August covered
with grudging approval stamps and boot marks from the
inspectors.

I looked into getting the usual ProCycling and CycleSport
versions, but ProCycling would like very much for me to call
an overseas number (spend $20 to chatter about buying a $7
magazine, I betcha.) There was a supplement with the latest
ProCycling, but it is not the full tour guide. WCP I'll
probably tackle today.

Agreed about VeloNews - shouldn't it have come in the mail before in the stores? Bit irritating really...maybe it'll arrive today - glad to know I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten it yet

Yeah, I'm kind of steamed about not getting mine yet. It'd
be a shame to receive it after the tour started, when
there's all this prep time to obsess about it! Ugh...

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Quoted message said:

I buzzed downtown to goggle at my empty (aside from yet
another Delorme request for me to upgrade my topo maps for
a measley $60) PO Box. Where is it? I thought these things
were going out in the mail on or after the 18th of June.
Feeling bummed I wandered into the local Borders and there
they are, sitting on the magazine shelves with Lance
himself glaring across the aisle. I resisted the urge to
shell, since I'm due one, but this time the magazine shop
beat the mail distribution.

Nice profile and maps in these things. Whomever was
looking for good maps, there they be.

Also wondering where my issue of Velo is... probably got
held up for thorough inspection, as it's something coming
in from that country which dares stand up for its own
principles (what nerve!), probably show up in August
covered with grudging approval stamps and boot marks from
the inspectors.

I looked into getting the usual ProCycling and CycleSport
versions, but ProCycling would like very much for me to
call an overseas number (spend $20 to chatter about buying
a $7 magazine, I betcha.) There was a supplement with the
latest ProCycling, but it is not the full tour guide. WCP
I'll probably tackle today.

In all fairness to VN their website states it will be mailed June 28 to
subscribers: store.velogear.com20vetodefrgu.htmlOpen ↗

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Kristin Garau said:

Yeah, I'm kind of steamed about not getting mine yet. It'd
be a shame to receive it after the tour started, when
there's all this prep time to obsess about it! Ugh...

"Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I buzzed downtown to goggle at my empty (aside from yet
another Delorme request for me to upgrade my topo maps
for a measley $60) PO Box. Where is it? I thought these
things were going out in the mail on or after the 18th
of June. Feeling bummed I wandered into the local
Borders and there they are, sitting on the magazine
shelves with Lance himself glaring across the aisle. I
resisted the urge to shell, since I'm due one, but this
time the magazine shop beat the mail distribution.

Nice profile and maps in these things. Whomever was
looking for good maps, there they be.

Also wondering where my issue of Velo is... probably got
held up for thorough inspection, as it's something
coming in from that country which dares stand up for its
own principles (what nerve!), probably show up in August
covered with grudging approval stamps and boot marks
from the inspectors.

I looked into getting the usual ProCycling and
CycleSport versions, but ProCycling would like very much
for me to call an overseas number (spend $20 to chatter
about buying a $7 magazine, I betcha.) There was a
supplement with the latest ProCycling, but it is not the
full tour guide. WCP I'll probably tackle today.

Point taken. But doesn't that beg the question of the value
of having a subscription? You pay less overall to receive
your magazine two weeks after it arrives -- not in just bike
shops -- but the local borders/barnes and noble. If it's
printed and they want to give the bike shops a week
advantage that's one thing, but being so late when the
pieces have already been printed, folded, collated, and
trimmed with a partial shipment sent-- right before the
biggest race of the year-- seems negligent at best and
inconsiderate of the customer at worst.

-kristin

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Quoted message said:

In all fairness to VN their website states it will be
mailed June 28 to subscribers:
store.velogear.com20vetodefrgu.htmlOpen ↗

I don't disagree with you but was merely refuting the post
that claimed the guides were distributed on the 18th.

Kristin Garau said:

Point taken. But doesn't that beg the question of the
value of having a subscription? You pay less overall to
receive your magazine two weeks after it arrives -- not in
just bike shops -- but the local borders/barnes and noble.
If it's printed and they want to give the bike shops a
week advantage that's one thing, but being so late when
the pieces have already been printed, folded, collated,
and trimmed with a partial shipment sent-- right before
the biggest race of the year-- seems negligent at best and
inconsiderate of the customer at worst.

-kristin

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Quoted message said:

In all fairness to VN their website states it will be
mailed June 28 to subscribers:
store.velogear.com20vetodefrgu.htmlOpen ↗

My VeloNews is always late arriving.

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Quoted message said:

My VeloNews is always late arriving.

July Cycle Sport just in at Borders in Seaside, CA. Big
ol' stack of them, 236 pages of stuff. Has TdF stage by
stage, briefly with kinda weak maps and profiles. They had
the VN Tour Guide, too. I sure hope mine's in the box when
I get home