Originally Posted by
Hoss Cartright
I thumb through it from time to time and never buy it.
For a brief period, I had convinced myself that I like that newer magazine "Bicycle Times" - It has some interesting stories, the art was odd, the paper is recycled (and maybe the ink?) but it is perhaps too "urban hipster" for my taste. I got bored with it, and in fact, when I see the opportunity to peruse it for free at the Barnes and Noble, I seldom take the time to glance at an issue.
I wish a bike magazine would have some retro content.. (Maybe one does? I don't know?) I enjoy the "75 years ago" - "50 years ago" - "25 years ago" in our local newspaper. In the motorcycle and automobile magazine industry it is common to see references to the past. They reflect back upon articles from their magazine many years ago. It is interesting and it makes comparisons to how far technology has advanced and what actually has not.
I would really like a 100% vintage content bicycle magazine, that is something that would interest me, but with the Internet, perhaps real paper and print magazines have not much time left on Earth anyway? Otherwise I prefer to get on my 1970s bike and attempt to re-live my youth in real time.
Keep in mind, my original post was written with a state of mind that.. This is the C&V forum.