Cycling Active Magazine ceasing publication...

[Kajjal]

Most bike magazines are very similar and just give the impression the manufacturers want. If they gave true reviews with detail a riot would break out. Instead they just list the spec and put some general waffle in which has no real meaning and repeat.

The best example of this is the relentless magazine space devoted to plus sized mountain bikes which are useless for most people.

 

[gaz71]

I used to get CA magazine but stopped when they revamped it.I now get Bikes etc,thats a fairly good read.

 

[Brandane]

I too stopped buying any cycling mags a long time ago. Anything you need to know about all matters cycling can be found for free on the web. LINK.

 

[smutchin]

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

Just realised I did get a letter, in with my mag - it was on the back of the address label...

 

[ColinJ]

That's the letter!

I would have showed you a copy of mine but I recycled it after reading it.

 

[the_mikey]

Only cycling magazines I read these days are Cycle and Arrivée.

 

[snorri]

Every time I flick through a magazine in the newsagents now .

After failing for weeks to penetrate the band of mag flickers in my newsagents I realised I was surviving quite happily without buying a cycle mag.

 

[Johnsop99]

I used to get CA magazine but stopped when they revamped it.I now get Bikes etc,thats a fairly good read.

Same here although I'm thinking of putting the money saved towards a zwift subscription.

 

[Elybazza61]

Currently subscribe to Cyclist,Rouleur and Cycling plus although still getting the last few issues of my cancelled subs to Bikes etc.

Will probably always get the first two;cycling+ I got as there was a free Lezyne computer which is perfect for the other half(she just wants speed and distance)but will probably cancel when the year is up.

Did get Cycling active for a bit but seemed to grow out of it and as others have said it's just a mini cycling+ now;also had ProCycling for a while but the Inrng website and the pro cycling section on bike radar()keeps me up to date with pro stuff.

 

[smutchin]

FFS! I noticed the other day that Time Inc had debited my bank account, renewing the subscription for a now defunct magazine. Haven't had a chance to get in touch with them about it yet.

Today, a copy of Cycling Weekly arrived in the post. So it seems the mother-lovers have just switched my subscription over to a mag I don't want. Grrrr!

 

[ColinJ]

FFS! I noticed the other day that Time Inc had debited my bank account, renewing the subscription for a now defunct magazine. Haven't had a chance to get in touch with them about it yet.

Today, a copy of Cycling Weekly arrived in the post. So it seems the mother-lovers have just switched my subscription over to a mag I don't want. Grrrr!

They did say that they would send Cycling Weekly until original Cycling Active subscriptions ran out (which is itself a bit cheeky) but renewing a subscription like that is definitely not on!

 

[smutchin]

They did say that they would send Cycling Weekly until original Cycling Active subscriptions ran out (which is itself a bit cheeky) but renewing a subscription like that is definitely not on!

My CA subscription lapsed around the same time as it folded, so I assumed my account would just be closed. I just gave the subs people a call and had my suspicion confirmed that they had indeed switched me over to a CW sub. Absolutely outrageous - and possibly even illegal.

I gave the poor woman an earful... and then apologised because I know it's not her fault personally. But I'm properly hopping mad about this.

 

[Rustybucket]

I liked cycling active before it tried being like cycling plus. I currently subscribe to cyclist and pro cycling

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Are there any decent mags out there? Not into all that commercial crap either, altho a few ads is expected.

https://www.cyclechat.net/
No ads, lots of useful info, nobody trying to spruik expensive products.

 

[John the Monkey]

https://www.cyclechat.net/
No ads, lots of useful info, nobody trying to spruik expensive products.