Stratocaster

Yeah, I know - we have this new thing called "the internet".
Still, I like just sitting down at my leisure - at the beach, perhaps - and take my time and read from a mag.

I subscribe to Bicycling Magazine.
I recently bought Velonews at Barnes & Noble - I like it. I may subscribe.

Wheever

Cycling (the English mag) and road bike action are the only magazines I've come across that I really enjoy. Velo is good, but I'm not that interested in pro bike racing.

Bicycling is just too much like all those brain dead American fitness magazines for my tastes. You know the ones I'm talking about.

GeoKrpan

I don't buy cycling mags anymore. The Internet surely has something to do with it.

I only look at Buycycling Magazine for a laugh. I knew an editor. He wrote as if he were an expert but he would get blown out the back as if shot out of a cannon on a pack ride.

Stratocaster

I hear ya. Being so new to the sport, I find Bicycling useful at this point. I imagine there will come a time when I tire of it, though.

"brain dead American fitness magazines"... Ha! While in Barnes & Noble looking for cycling mags, I noticed a nearby climbing magazine with a cover story, "Which Rope is Best For You?"

tjkoko

Most fitness magazines nowadays seem to be a vehicle for the promotion of nutrient supplements. Yet around the 1980s thru early 2000s I really liked Runner's World Magazine. It seemed that there was lots of good input to that publication.

Yoohoo

I read Southern California Bicyclist, it's a free magazine found in most so cal bike shops. Wonderful local articles, events and updates.

redfooj

yep.

I used to get Bicycling because it was free. i mean, thats their primary biz model - peddle it for free to attract advertisers. obv, all mags make money off advertising, but Bicycling does it off distribution rather than strength of the writing/content.

Lazyass

Haven't bought a magazine in years. I used to subscribe to all the MTB mags in the 90's. About 15 years ago I moved and threw out a box of over 100. I could kill myself for doing that.

CeeDotA

I subscribe to Bicycling because it was cheap ($4-5 from what I remember). It's entertaining. I like looking at pictures of bikes and people on bikes. I also have a sub to Triathlete. Much of their useful writing is available online, but like I said, I like looking at pictures of bikes, people on bikes, and people running and swimming too.

JohnDThompson 

Only one: Bicycle Quarterly.

JoshTheSkier

I get a free subscription to climbing and that cover got a big eye-roll. Most of the "climbing industry" seems focused on selling stuff to gym rats.

Doctor Morbius

I used to but haven't in years.

dougphoto

I subscribe to Peloton, it's a beautiful mag. I love to see thing in print still.

deapee

I only read the one that is included in the iPhone news app. Other than that, I follow like GCN on youtube, etc...

Cychologist

I've subscribed to Bicycling for years but don't know why. I now read all I want from it in 30 minutes. I guess it's the tradition.

On vacation I frequently pick up others, Cycling, Velonews, Bicycle Times... And I have several cycling books, most unfinished. I keep telling people cycling is something I do, rather than read about. Yet I seem to be on the internet looking at cycling stuff every day.

By the way, if I subscribed to a second bike mag., it would probably be Bicycle Times, because it introduces a lot of cycling related stuff not common to this old roady.

brianmcg123

Peloton

Rivendell Reader

GuitarBob

Peloton, Bicycling (because it costs $5/yr)

yashinon

I read Bicycling online only. Will have to check out Peloton mag, first time that I have heard of it.

Samuraidog

I was at the book store this weekend and I was amazed at the cost of those biking magazines. Cover prices ranged from $10 ~ $15. I realize that they can run for less with a subscription, but I haven't been around magazines in such a long time that it was a bit of sticker shock to me.

kbarch

I haven't been inclined to pick one up at a bookstore/newsstand, but there's one that comes with USAC membership, so I read that. It's not particularly good, but I do generally enjoy reading magazines - they're edited, organized, and usually have a distinct 'voice.' I also enjoy print and don't particularly like staring at a video screen. Also, the internet is interminable, and just too random and chaotic to be an enjoyable read, but I do enjoy participating in it.

bbattle

Peloton, Cyclist, CycleSport, and Bicycle Times.

aubiecat

The only cycling publications I read are inline. It saves me from my pack rat mentality and the stacks of old cycling publications.

thin_concrete

I subscribe to Bicycling - cheap bike porn that I can read on the weekend or at lunch during the week.

Bikeracer123

Road bike action and bicycling

Wheever

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I'm talking about. And hawking nutrients "to make you faster!", etc. but it's as much about the way the info is presented as anything else: little bites of cheery sugary insubstantial superlatives that make everything! Seem! So! Great! ("Waffles! The! New! Super! Food!" "Can! Avacodos! Make! You! Faster?") The British mags have universally better writing, reporting, and presentation.

I also only buy Bicycle when I'm flying. Also whatever other bike mags I can find. That's how I discovered Cycling and RBA. The only place I can find Cycling around these parts is this newsstand at grand central. I've been buying the electronic version to read on my iPad, and though it doesn't have the loveliness of real paper (and it happens I'm in the print industry) at least I don't have to hike into the city to find it, and it's about half the price of print.