Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
my issues are scanned and loaded onto Flickr, so that is a place to look if you just want to see what the full issues look like. I think it might be the best road bike magazine of its era, which might be why it didn't last long. Maintaining that level of quality and production value takes a lot of resources.
edit: I have 5 issues of Asphalt.. Winter 2002 is the first, and the last is just marked "Vol 2, number 1". It is copyrighted as 2004, though, which suggests they weren't sure when it would get to press.
Steve in Peoria
Thanks Steve. These may be tricky to track down, especially since there was a car mag called "Asphalt!"
The early 2000s might have been a little late in the game to do a magazine like this on classic bikes, which would have hastened its demise. I have a Bicycle Guide from the early 1990s (1992?) where one of the writers talks about how road bikes were majorly on the decline in favor of mountain bikes at that time.