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bikepete

Guru
Location
York, UK
Actually Roger is correct :biggrin: in that when were due originally to get the Pino tandem in he was meant to be coming up to York and I'd planned a photo shoot that weekend, which would have been an opportunity to stop him moaning about Arch having been on the cover but not him. But he did his back in and the Pino turned up late anyway... so now it's Arch, Spandex and Gromit who have been on the cover and not Hilldodger :biggrin:

Cheers for the comments everyone, and thanks for the kind words :smile:.

Interesting how the recumbent content seems to put some people off - it's also one reason many say they like the mag as there's precious little coverage elsewhere in print (plenty on the web), and recumbents just seem to inspire a lot of contributors too. Levels of recumbent stuff do tend to swing up and down between issues, which is one reason why I included two mags as samples...

Particularly liked threebikesmcginty's comment "...the whole ethos of the magazine [is] getting yourself, your family, your goods, etc. from A to B by means of bicycle, whatever type..." which pretty much sums up what we're about.

A lot of the specialised bikes to do this are a bit pricey, alas, a combination of the extra engineering involved compared to the standard diamond frame and especially due to short production runs compared to the huge numbers of upright diamond frame bicycles made. I do try to bring in 'budget' options as much as poss - we did a £199 folder review a few issues back.

Counting the requests that came in over the weekend (will be sent out today) there are just 15 or so free samples left from my original offer of 100, so get in quick if you want one!
 

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Thanks for the two free copies.

I'm not a magazine person and I don't think I've ever looked at a cycling magazine before so I can't compare. BUT I was fascinated to see all the recumbents and trikes. Having seen them I think I'd like to try out a trike if I ever got the chance.

It was great to see people in ordinary clothes and using bikes for ordinary, practical things.

I'm not likely to subscribe, but I will pass on the two free copies - probably to my local library - when I've finished with them, and will check out the website.

Anne
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
annedonnelly said:
It was great to see people in ordinary clothes and using bikes for ordinary, practical things.

Hmm, I'm wondering if Anne got an issue with Pete's Nordic ponytail hat in it...;)

Anne - if you do ever get a change to try a trike, do it. Really, it's the best fun! There is a thing called the Recumbent Grin - it looks pretty much like this: ;)
 

bikepete

Guru
Location
York, UK
Cheers everyone...

Just sending out today's batch and that takes us pretty close to the full 100. I'll keep the offer open until 5PM tomorrow (Wednesday), so get in quick if you're curious to see a copy :-)
 

SoulOnIce

New Member
Got my copies the other day. Was impressed.

Short review of the mag here:
http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=713756#post713756
 

HelenD123

Guru
Location
York
spandex said:
Na I have even stopped taking c+ upto starbucks when I have a coffee.

That's because you read mine;). I'm thinking of cancelling though as there's hardly anything in it that I'm interested in.
 
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