Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Cycling has recently become a little more appealing to the masses, so I thought that maybe cycling magazines might have followed suit. It's been quite a while since I bought one, so decided to give it another go. Cycling Plus used to have some useful content in it, so I bought a copy at a penny less than £6. How wrong could I be!
So far I've seen nothing but a load of adverts; reviews of "Women's bike of the year" with prices STARTING at £2449; a review of a saddle at £250; shoes at £320; review of summer socks (is it only me who wears the same socks - washed occasionally of course - all year round?); a Gore rain jacket at £320; Sram groupset at £1650; a folding e-bike at £3699; a maintenance article on how to clean your drivetrain which advises to clean and lube chain THEN scrub the crud out of your jockey wheels (what? to get the crud onto your nice clean chain??).
Remotely useful stuff? Well there was 8 pages devoted to sub £100 bike gear (but nothing I am looking for). A review of an £865 gravel bike; and for route advice there was one single page of riding routes - around Scarborough, if I ever happen to find myself in the area.
They must be selling copies of the mag, or they wouldn't be in business, but does anyone actually read this stuff on a regular basis? For me, it was another lesson learnt - save my £6 from now on.
So far I've seen nothing but a load of adverts; reviews of "Women's bike of the year" with prices STARTING at £2449; a review of a saddle at £250; shoes at £320; review of summer socks (is it only me who wears the same socks - washed occasionally of course - all year round?); a Gore rain jacket at £320; Sram groupset at £1650; a folding e-bike at £3699; a maintenance article on how to clean your drivetrain which advises to clean and lube chain THEN scrub the crud out of your jockey wheels (what? to get the crud onto your nice clean chain??).
Remotely useful stuff? Well there was 8 pages devoted to sub £100 bike gear (but nothing I am looking for). A review of an £865 gravel bike; and for route advice there was one single page of riding routes - around Scarborough, if I ever happen to find myself in the area.
They must be selling copies of the mag, or they wouldn't be in business, but does anyone actually read this stuff on a regular basis? For me, it was another lesson learnt - save my £6 from now on.