DnvrFox

Current issue:

Article by Travis Stork on Bike Commuting and other topics

About 10-15 pages on the 50 best cycling cities in the US of A with about 10 more in-depth articles on several example cities, and a very in-depth article on Minneapolis. This was not featuring racing and the like, but the general bike scene, municipal efforts and the like.

A review of 5 commuter bikes and commuting accessories.

A multipage article reviewing a variety of foods that assist in energy, recovery and maintenance of endurance and the like.

Of course, it featured the superbly conditioned 1 out of 10,000 bicyclers on the cover - but besides that, it had some interesting articles, which I enjoyed reading.

Just sayin . . .

RonH

I enjoyed the food article and the recipes. I'm still waiting for a 50+ male or female cyclist on the cover of Bicycling.

Tardis

A Bit of Defense for Bicycling Magazine


+1

capejohn

The Bike Town articles are what hooked me to that periodical. I was a subscriber for a few years but let it lapse.

Road Fan

They had some 50-plussers in the issue on cycling and sex, a few years ago. But not on the cover! If I recall, that was Marla Strebs.

closetbiker

I cut my teeth with Bicycling magazine. I read a few books too, but from 88 - 98 most of my information came from Bicycling. Then came the internet. There is no way any magazine can compete with it.

Frankly, I'm amazed Bicycling is still in business, then again, if someone is just flirting with the topic, maybe it's seductive enough to survive.

Retro Grouch 

Yup. I'm thinking that Miss Kenton or Beverly on the cover would definitely sell some news stand issues. I know I'd buy a copy.

Road Fan

There's definitely a need for 50+ Foo!

closetbiker

I was always impressed with the quality of writing in Bicycling.

It also was diversified in its approach even if it was more enthusiast, than transportational.

DougG

My local library subscribes, so I usually drop by there once in a while to read the latest issue or to check out past issues. But usually only in the winter months when that's all there is to do.

Retro Grouch 

1. It already exists.
2. This is it.
3. So get over it.

Road Fan

get over it? musta missed something

late

Every forum has it's wild ones.

I read a bunch of bike mags, Bicycling is one of them. It's quite
uneven in quality, but they do have their moments.

My fave is Bike Quarterly, formerly Vintage Bike Quarterly.

The Australian Ride is good, but hideously expensive in the USA.

voldemort

WOW, I hope I'm still riding when I'm 98!

RoMad

I sign up for the Performance bike club and get the magazine with the membership. I always look forward to reading it. A couple of my friends like to go toghether and make orders from Performance to save on shipping and we always use my Performance code so I get the bonus points. Between the points and the magazine I think I come out ok.
The magazine isn't great, but there is always something that interests me in it.

love2pedal.com

I run hot and cold with Bicycling. I subscribe but probably won't renew

Its got a cluttered layout and I could do without the recipes and yoga stretches--all that active lifestyle stuff.

I much prefer Road Bike Action

oilman_15106

If you have not already, I dare you to post this over on the Road forum.

DnvrFox

That's why I participate in the 50+

Robert Foster

I liked the new Bicycling and tend to read it a lot. While I like to drool over some of the new bikes that I can't afford I do like the information they have on climbing group riding and yes even eating for energy and recovery. But only because I can get one whole opinion without getting 20 contradictory opinions like I do with the internet.

I did take the Minneapolis story with a grain of salt. Once they talked about the freewheel freezing up I decided there was nothing that would make such a place bike friendly to me. To me black Ice or boiler plate ice or brown sugar snow and jumping snow banks is the reason we have other states to move to. I would gladly give up 22 places to live in Long Beach with the weather they have so I could ride something without studded tires in the winter. But it was interesting to see what some other cities and states were doing.

lhbernhardt

Buycling is probably a good magazine to read if you are new to cycling. Subscribe for two years and you will learn everything they have to teach you, and you can move on to more specialist magazines, depending on your interest. The articles in Buycling are written according to a formula. You get the same formula if you subscribe to the online newsletter Road Bike Rider, since it's mostly ex-Buycling editors that write it and put out the e-books. The style works, but the tone is one that assumes you (the reader) know nothing. But it's a clean style that gets quickly to the point.

After two years, you will find that you have outgrown Buycling. It's too bad there's not a cycling magazine written at the level of The New Yorker, or even Esquire or Sports Illustrated (which also writes to a formula, but it's more personal and gripping).

L.

badger1

After two years, you will find that you have outgrown Buycling. It's too bad there's not a cycling magazine written at the level of The New Yorker, or even Esquire or Sports Illustrated (which also writes to a formula, but it's more personal and gripping).

L.[/QUOTE]

+1. In English, the only two I know of that are published 8 to 12 times a year are (unfortunately or not, according as to one's interests) mtb mags: Bike (U.S.) and Singletrack (UK).
Bike was perhaps better (in the literary sense) under former ed. Ferrentino, but it's still pretty good. Singletrack is a little more uneven, but still manages to print a few things each issue which are first-rate.
Cycling + (UK) used to be excellent, but it's now really just a bigger, UK-version of Bicycling: re-circulating the 'health and fitness' stuff on a 12 month cycle, and throwing in 'lifestyle' garbage as filler.

closetbiker

in the eyes of someone 20 or under, if you're 50 or over, you're practically 98

closetbiker

Imagine that. Buy-cycling tied up with a discount on cycling purchases. Never would have guessed.

SlimAgainSoon

Bicycling magazine has had a new editor for about a year. She's been doing a good job of inserting stories of interest among what had become a monthly catalog of enthusiastic advertising copy.

The previous editor ... a shameless shill for the latest bike fad and advertising $$$ ... was promoted within the ranks of Rodale Press. That's not a good sign, and indicates that Ms. Editor has a limited field of play -- she can only move the magazine so far.

Despite this, she's done a good job, and there is usually at least one well-written piece of merit in every issue. That's a big change. And, not every other article is about doing intervals and preparing for the big race.

Still, too many $7,000 bicycles, but what can you do?

Artkansas 

Bicycling Magazine is about as relevant to my bicycling experience as Yachting magazine.

I don't do any of the activities they promote, I'm not interested in any of the bikes they feature. I only get it because I am forced to because I am an LAB member. Even then, it sometimes goes directly to the trash before opening.