Cycling Active Magazine ceasing publication...

[shouldbeinbed]

I buy one mag a year when there is a buff on the front of it.

I gave up on them years ago when I realised I was just paying to see adverts.

 

[Tanis8472]

4 * £2.99 instead of 1 * £4.99 (Cycle Sport price) actually sounds like a good deal to me, provided that you want to read Cycling Weekly!

My bad, thought it was equal months

 

[andrew_s]

It is equal months, but Cycling Weekly is 4 times a month (the clue's in the name )
For ColinJ it's a good deal, and presumably also OK for other Cycle Sport subscribers since the subject matter is similar.

Since the company isn't going bust, you should be able to get a refund for the unused part of your Cycling Active subscription, but you may have to ask to avoid a possible automatic transfer to CW.

 

[Tanis8472]

I really am having a thick moment lol

 

[Ian193]

So does this mean that I will get cycling weekly every week till my subscription expires (I buy it weekly at the moment anyway)

 

[smutchin]

full of adverts

Part of the reason CA is closing is that it's not nearly as full of ads as the publishers would like.

My sympathies go out to the people losing their jobs.

 

[ColinJ]

So does this mean that I will get cycling weekly every week till my subscription expires (I buy it weekly at the moment anyway)

Yes.

I received a letter from the publishers last week explaining this. Didn't you get one?

 

[Ian193]

I got Septembers issue on Saturday I didn't see a letter in with it

 

[Smokin Joe]

Yes.

I received a letter from the publishers last week explaining this. Didn't you get one?

He's on their ignore list.

 

[ColinJ]

I got Septembers issue on Saturday I didn't see a letter in with it

My letter came separately.

 

[smutchin]

I've not had a letter either, but I think my sub was about to expire anyway.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Sadly, I'm not surprised it's closed. Prior to their revamp, they did stand out as offering something a bit different, by trying to cover more than just your typical sportive bikes, but subsequently it was near enough the same stuff as Cycling Plus.

Although to be fair, they never bothered to copy the photo-shoots of Cycling Plus, which always seem to show very intensive young men who never smile or grimace, climbing hills, whilst gripping the very bottom of the handlebars. So not at all realistic.

 

[MarkF]

MrsF kept getting me a subscription as an Xmas present, it got pretty boring, tests of say 5 bikes that were pretty much all the same bike, plus it's regular little digs at non-helmet wearers ("no brainer") despite claiming to be impartial, drove me bonkers. It's re-vamp was stupid, focusing on tours & long ride features, really? With sites a zillion time better like crazy guy?

 

[Tanis8472]

Tbh, I've never really read them either. Occasionally bought one if at airport for example to while away time.

I'd agree they all seem to be the same.
I find that with most mags though too.
Funny thing is, a couple of writers used to write for motorcycle mags.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Tbh, I've never really read them either. Occasionally bought one if at airport for example to while away time.

I'd agree they all seem to be the same.
I find that with most mags though too.
Funny thing is, a couple of writers used to write for motorcycle mags.

They are journalists first, cyclists second. Next week they could just as easily be writing for a computer magazine and doing the same thing, just repeating the manufacturer's PR blurb.