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fishcube

12-30-05, 11:03 AM

beatle bailey

12-30-05, 12:41 PM

So, I found these online:

Recumbent & Tandem Rider magazine
BentRider online (which I can't get to work...get "not found" all the time"

But, are there others? Also I'd really like to find a magazine in a bookstore or store in general that carries magazines. Can any be found in stores?

Sharon

The Bent Rider site is down now some kind of computer problems....it will be back up shortly, I hope. Sometimes your local bike shops have copies of magazines to sell and sometimes to give away for free, this is how I found out about Recumbent and Tandem Rider magazine.....I like this one, and it is the only one that I subscribe to at this time. I've looked in a lot of the major book stores that sell magazines, and in my area they do not carry the recumbent mags.

cyclistbrian

12-30-05, 01:08 PM

Recumbent Cyclist News (www.recumbentcyclistnews.com) is the only completely 'bent dedicated magazine. Some recumbent orientated bike shops carry it but for the most part you'd have to subscribe. It's well worth it. Velovision (velovision.co.uk) also has bent coverage. You could join the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (ihpva.org) to get their magazines.

megaman

12-30-05, 07:56 PM

Recumbent Cyclist News (www.recumbentcyclistnews.com) is the only completely 'bent dedicated magazine. Some recumbent orientated bike shops carry it but for the most part you'd have to subscribe. It's well worth it.

I agree. When I stopped by the Hostel Shoppe, they had several back issues on hand. Good magazine. Lots of reviews, and some good stories.

steveknight

12-30-05, 08:00 PM

magazines are ok for a bit but then you realize they just repeat the same info and try to sell you a new bike and or upgrades. all the info on the net and all it takes is time.

cyclistbrian

12-31-05, 05:34 AM

magazines are ok for a bit but then you realize they just repeat the same info and try to sell you a new bike and or upgrades. all the info on the net and all it takes is time.

Agreed for the most part but RCN is different. The magazine is steadfastly opinionated even to the point of angering advertisers. There are scores of interesting reader articles so you don't get the same slant every issue. The touring articles always make me want to go out and ride for a month straight. Zines like RCN or Jeff Potter's excellent "Out Your Backdoor" are a labor of love steeped in integrity. One might not agree with everything they write but at least you know they're not reprinting press releases as articles.

megaman

12-31-05, 09:48 PM

Agreed for the most part but RCN is different. The magazine is steadfastly opinionated even to the point of angering advertisers.

Yeah, I've heard they can't get certain bikes to even test cause of that.

zonatandem

12-31-05, 09:57 PM

Recumbent & Tandem Rider Magazine (R&TR) can be found at some bike shops, for free. However, for $9.95 you can get a subscription for one year delivered right to your mailbox. This is a quarterly magazine and tests all sort of 'bents, tandems and yes, even 'bent tandems!
They are unbiased in their reporting; in other words the chips fall where they may.
Their latest issue, #20, covers what's new at the huge Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem