Cycling Magazines

[mickle]

I'm a member of the Rough Stuff Fellowship and theirs is the only periodical I receive through the letterbox.

I used to buy any and every bicycle magazine I could get my hands on - Bicycle Action, Nude Cyclist and particularly the US mags such as Fat Tyre Flyer, Bicycling and Mountain Bike Action, and BIKE when it was independent. At various times in my life I've had to throw away several hundred weight of accumulated bicycle mags. These days I only buy a magazine if there is a particular story I want to read or a particular hour I want to kill. Which is very rarely.

At work we receive Velovision and the CTC mag along with trade journals - Bike Biz and Euro Bike.

Oh, and I do buy Rouler, The Ride and Boneshaker but they don't feel like magazines to me...

 

[frank9755]

I get sent Cycle - the CTC mag. But not for much longer as I am moving to affiliate status. It's not bad. I generally read Chris Juden's pages, as he knows his stuff, and a few other articles.

I also get sent Arrivee - the audax mag. I do have a look through to see if there are any articles on rides I've been on but don't read much of it. If they didn't send me it I wouldn't mind (but have not seen an opt-out box to tick)

Then there is my club mag - which comes out every few months. Usually read that (and get arm-twisted into writing chunks of it as well!)

I used to subscribe to VeloVision. It was / is interesting, but many things are interesting and there is not enough time for them all.

I don't generally buy the cycling porn mags. Occasionally I do, if I am stuck in an airport, too tired to read a book or a newspaper and want to look at some pretty pictures with zero mental effort.


Edit - Just seen your question about events. They are all on the internet.
Time trials are on CTT site / local area sites (although I do have the handbooks as easier to use)
Audax on Aukweb, with some backchat and more info on YACF
Friendly stuff is on here
Sportives are on the Cyclosport site

 

[Fletch456]

Thanks Colin, just out of interest, as you have mentioned that you're not interested in racing and mtb activities, do you attend big cycling events such as The Tour of Britain?

To find out about events - pre event am sure you mean as opposed to news post the event, then I use the web a lot and for advice on viewing locations I'd come here to cyclechat for more information.

From time to time I read Pro Cycling, Cycle Sport and Cycling Weekly, which is the one I would buy if any, for event information.

 

[palinurus]

Very occasionally buy Cycling Weekly, usually when I'm going out to get takeaway. It gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my order to be cooked. I can never get it together to phone the order through.

Otherwise my only active subscription is to AtoB magazine. Why? I couldn't give a stuff about electric bikes, although I do like folders. I like road racing and cyclocross, and there isn't any of that in AtoB. I think I like it because it has normal-looking, often unhelmeted, cyclists in it riding bikes to go places.

I get the CTC magazine of course, with the membership.

 

[mickle]

Oh yeah, A to B. I buy that from a cycle shop now my prescription has expired..

 

[wiggydiggy]

Never even thought of buying one as dont really follow cycling 'news' about products etc. Anything sporty is general in enough detail on BBC news for me or ITV4 if I want to watch.

Product reviews etc too abundent online to warrant buying one.

Not really an eventer or tourer just a commuter/casual user so the ones mentioned dont really interest me much....

 

[Hilldodger]

I'm sent several but wouldn't buy any other than perhaps Velovision.

 

[Cush]

I am a mug for mags and when I walk regulary I buy the walking mags, when cycling I buy the cycling mags but not every month

 

[pepecat]

I read cycling plus, but i was given a subscription of it for my birthday....

 

[blockend]

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of cycling mags in the loft going back to the 1970s if mice haven't eaten them but I don't think I've bought a mag in the last ten years. Now I've stopped paying the CTC subscription I won't receive that magazine either.

My favourite was the original folded newspaper version of Cycling World, which was a walk through genius or madness, not sure which. There were a number of short-lived cycling magazines of varying quality in the 80s and 90s but I don't miss any of them. Most really aren't well written enough to engage me or are full of gear and adverts.

 

[TheCyclingRooster]

I'm carrying out a bit of reasearch and would like to know which cycling magazines people prefer to read, could you please let me know? All feedback greatly appreciated.

Hi blowncherry. I moved from CW to CA. I missed the first publication but ordered a back-copy when I picked up issue number 2. I continued with it for a length of time but have not picked up a copy for several months now. I will go back to buying it again. I had a letter published but I think the content had been tinkered with. I pointed out that not all pensioner cyclist could afford silly money on bikes and kit that had price structures resembling International telephone numbers. I asked for an article/regular small feature in consideration of buying good pre-loved bikes & kit from the likes of E'bay. My Claud Butler Levant Hybrid Road Bike was bought new at a discounted price of £404.00,a cracking frisky ride for sensible money. My Bianchi ( ID image) was an E'bay steel at £190.00,it is a 2000/2001 Gold Race 600 all original (it included original perished Vittoria Rubino 700x23c's). It had been stored after only being ridden a very short time,the treads still looked newish.

 

[Amanda P]

CTC mag
Velovision
Arrivee
A to B
The Moultoneer

 

[Spy]

I am a marketing student and just interested to know where cyclists find out about events etc

I read Cycling Active because it's articles and reviews are a little more focussed at your everyday rider who doesn't want to spend a fortune on the latest and greatest designer kit.

In terms of finding out about events, the main place is the internet; sites such as this one and also through the CTC and LCC.

 

[Arch]

I'm sent several but wouldn't buy any other than perhaps Velovision.

We must get you your cover photo one day...

I'll very occasionally buy C+, maybe to read on a train journey, but invariably wonder why I did. Most mainstream mags seem to be very samey, and focussed on riding fast, on very expensive bikes. I get the CTC mag, as a member, but seem to read it less voraciously these days - that might just be me, not the mag.

I think, really, that here, and YACF, are my cycling mags, with a hefty dose of nonsense thrown in!

RT might be interested to know that at Velo Vision we often feature projects mackled up in reader's sheds...

 

[SquareDaff]

Cycling PLus and Active for me - although I'll drop the latter soon.