Cycling Plus Magazine. Any other recommendations?

[Lavender Rose]

Sitting on the train to London and I thought I'd buy a cycling magazine for the train...

I bought Cycling Plus, I wanted a magazine aimed at the everyday cyclist. It seemed to be aimed just at men and only really worth reading if you have around £2500+ to spend on a bike.

There was lots of useful training info and nutrition which was very good. But I was just let down by the rest of it.

Has anyone got any recommendations for a more universally friendly bike magazine?!

Thanks in advance x

 

[dodgy]

All you'll learn from magazines is what they want you to buy
Plenty to read on the web for free, I think magazines have almost had their day.

 

[Drago]

They're all crap, IMHO. They either talk about machines out of reach of everyday folk, talk patent b******s, or quite often both.

 

[bpsmith]

Strange that there’s an advert for Cyclist magazine at the bottom of this thread.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Yes indeed, their main purpose seems to be to invite the big green envy monster into your life so you start to think what you have isn't good enough. à la OP's previous thread about upgrading to faster tyres :P

 

[Smokin Joe]

Most of them are no longer magazines but product catalogues.

 

[confusedcyclist]

If you want interesting content on nutrition and exercise regimes, British Cycling is a very good source of information.

 

[Globalti]

Bike manufacturers give journalists freebies - journalists write glowing reviews about bikes. What's new about that? I have never seen a bad review in a bike magazine, really, never.

I read Cyclist because the photos are gorgeous and I like to dream about riding my bike on dry, smooth European roads. But most of the bikes they review are not in my price range.

 

[Ian H]

Back in the day Cycling [Weekly], aka The Comic, was the magazine of record. The others were commonly known as 'funny' mags. But they're all so intent on competing with each other for market-share and advertising revenue that yer actual cyclist tends to get forgotten.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Boneshaker Magazine.

 

[Sharky]

Used to be a regular reader of Cycling Weekly, even when it included mopeds (my dad's copy). Used to include real news of local events, but now mostly adverts. Stopped buying it about 10 years ago, except for an occasional one-off purchase.

If you are a member of the CTC (UK Cycling), you get a free magazine which does have a few readable articles in it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Bike Radar website is free if you want to keep up with the latest trends and what’s new and pricey....

 

[smutchin]

Bike Radar website is free if you want to keep up with the latest trends and what’s new and pricey....

Bike Radar is the online portal for Immediate Media's cycling and triathlon mags, so the content will be exactly the same.

 

[pawl]

Bike manufacturers give journalists freebies - journalists write glowing reviews about bikes. What's new about that? I have never seen a bad review in a bike magazine, really, never.

I read Cyclist because the photos are gorgeous and I like to dream about riding my bike on dry, smooth European roads. But most of the bikes they review are not in my price range.

Agree with that.Enjoy the rides the reporters do.

Bikes Etc isn’t bad but even that mag seems to be moving more up market

 

[Arjimlad]

Arrivee.. the magazine of Audax UK - always has some inspiring ride reports.

http://www.aukweb.net/arrivee/