Motorcycle in Bicycling magazine
11-16-05, 12:04 PM
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Motorcycle in Bicycling magazine
I was at a friend's house last night and was flipping through the pages of the latest Bicycling magazine. (You don't think I would actually admit to having a subscription do you?) In its listing of cool and/or new products, they had a kid's motorcycle. Did anyone else find that a little strange? I know the folks at Bicycling seem to have a hard time finding anything related to bicycling to write about, but..... motorcycles????
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11-16-05, 01:26 PM
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Well, like any other magazine, their goal is sales of advertising space first, and sales of magazines second (I'm not even sure they aspire to quality articles at all), so no, I'm not surprised. Personally, I'm not even sure why people bother reading magazines at all these days. All the articles you could ever possibly want to read are available freely on the Internet. You might as well just spend the 30 seconds it takes to google it, save yourself a few bucks, and save a few trees.
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Yeah, its kinda out a place, but is pays the magazine and the motorcycle company has reason to believe that this reaches potential customers.
All mags like this are like pages of ads with articles and hot new product sidebars too coincidentially being about the same products in the ads.
I don't subsribe, but read 'em while getting coffee at the bookstore.
Al
All mags like this are like pages of ads with articles and hot new product sidebars too coincidentially being about the same products in the ads.
I don't subsribe, but read 'em while getting coffee at the bookstore.
Al
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Originally Posted by Chris L
Personally, I'm not even sure why people bother reading magazines at all these days.
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Originally Posted by Olebiker
Because I don't want to take my laptop in the bathroom with me.
11-17-05, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Olebiker
Because I don't want to take my laptop in the bathroom with me.
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How's this for odd, on their website the bicycle commuting forum is sponsored by Ford. I don't think they get it.
