roadracer13

I just read the thread "bicycling magazine is terrible" and had to respond. The selection of stuff to read in this bicycling world is not good. I like VeloNews, but it comes and goes throughout the year.

So the question is, if I start a Bicycle Magazine... WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE IN IT?

Equipment reviews?
Technical Articles?
A Local Ride Page?
Lifestyle articles about people like you who ride?
Race coverage?
Interviews with industry people?
Training tips?

Anything you can think of.

Ktmartin

Women in Bikinis on bikes

johnny99

I don't mind the current subject matter in Bicycling magazine. What I really hate is the quality of the research and writing. Most of the product reviews are thinly veiled press releases with no independent or comparative testing. Ride reviews are usually just a couple of photos with no maps, detailed logistical information, etc. Their fitness articles are too generic, with little emphasis on the needs of cyclists.

Bicycling magazine was great in the 1970s and 1980s. You only need to look at back issues to see how they can improve. CyclingPlus (from the UK) is a great current magazine that shows where Bicycling could go. If CyclingPlus were cheaper and covered more US subjects, I would recommend it to everyone.

roadracer13

Great... thanks for the feedback. I will look into those magazines!

eric01

I'll cast my vote for ProCycling - another UK mag. Content wise, it's got great coverage of the euro peloton and some good, in-depth equipment reviews. Chris Boardman does most of their bike tests.

Subscriptions are $70 / year for 12 issues. Expensive, but definitely worth the extra $ considering our other domestic option is Bicycling.

pecos

Ditto your opinion. Double porn. More of it, lots of it. NOW!

fixedfiend

the last issue he tested a Viner. Sans helmet on wet roads. Badass.

fixedfiend

How about women who actually ride posing in some sexy clothes of their choice. I'm so tired of non riding naked women posed on bicycles.

Guest

How about more men scantily clad- but not the skinny ones either. That's not attractive. The guy on the cover for the latest issue... that olympic track dood, now that's more like it. Except he has too much clothes on.

Koffee

Chris631

I'd like to see more bike/equipment reviews. More detailed training. Pro inteviews & race coverage.

marqueemoon

Yeah. Race coverage and racer profiles, and maybe repair/maint tips that go beyond just buying more crap.

How about devoting some coverage to commuting and actually making cycling part of one's life instead of treating it like some kind of weekend warrior activity that requires a lot of expensive and flashy gear?

American cycling magazine are nothing but shills for the big manufacturers, and until this changes they will probably continue to suck.

DannoXYZ 

I want real tech stuff. Actual measurements of loads and flex on components (mm/kg deflection, degrees/kg, etc.). I want rear-wheel horsepower figures for various riders on various bike configurations. Wind-tunnel test numbers, etc. Kinda like the BikeTech newsletters and CyclingScience from Ed Burke and Chester Kyle back in the '80s..

roadwarrior

What I get in Cycle Sport and Velonews is fine. Supplement that with the tech section on cyclingnews.com (free by the way and waaayyy better than anything I seen any mag, especially the probikes section) and that about covers it for me. I pick up Procycling occassionally, but you need a second mortgage if you get it at the bookstore.
That, and Bicycle Retailer magazine, the industry mag which is good for short news and announcements on industry issues.
I don't read Bicycling...it's good to flip through while on the can, but that's about it for me. It's like 60 pages of advertisements.

SDRider

I'd like to see my picture on the cover leading the peloton in the Tour...that'll never happen though.