which magazine?

[cyberknight]

Subscribed to C+ because of the free windproof.

It has got a little better lately i think , at least you get 1 review in the issue of a bike at the lower end of the market .

I buy the occasional cycling active as well and tbh next next sub will be based on what freebies are on offer when it is due.

 

[Easytigers]

I'm the same as Cyberknight...subscribed to Cycling Plus a while back now cos it had a free waterproof jacket. Buy Cycling Active but waiting for the best freebie deal to come around until I subscribe to it. Really like both mags but it does amuse me when they 'get real' and look at the lower end of the market...they're still looking at £500+ and for some that would represent a 'dream bike' price bracket. When I bought my Sirrus Elite all of the people at work (non-cyclists I must add) thought I was crazy for spending so much...If only they knew how much you could spend!
Russ

 

[monnet]

The Comic, ProCycling and from time to time Top Velo. Whenever I go to Spain I pick up whatever cycling mag happens to be in the kiosk.

 

[chillyuk]

Sea Angling magazine. I can drool over all the carbon rods and kit I cannot afford, and envy the expert fishermen who catch lots of huge fish. pretty much the same as cycling magazines.

 

[Hip Priest]

I bought my first cycling mag this week - Cycling Weekly. It just made me realise how expensive things can get. There were front lights in there that cost more than my road bike.

 

[AuraTodd]

Cycling Active as it reviews new gear.

 

[Cush]

Just got a notice to re-new my subscription to Cycling Active in the post. In the same post I got my final issue for the subscriprrtion period and noticed that the offer for new subscriptions in the magazine was a pair of expencive (to me ) gloves and that was at the same price as I was offered by the letter but with out the gloves. So I might re-subcribe to get the gloves but it will be as a new subscription. Oh by the way I also read Cycling + but in the libari.

 

[al-fresco]

Peleton - great quality photos and writing make this a quirky but compelling read.

 

[byegad]

Velovision. Beware seriously not a racing magazine. However I've spent a fortune over the years on bikes and trikes reviewed by them.

 

[Oxo]

Cycling Plus and/or Cycling Active as the mood takes me.

 

[Willo]

Sea Angling magazine. I can drool over all the carbon rods and kit I cannot afford, and envy the expert fishermen who catch lots of huge fish. pretty much the same as cycling magazines.

As a fisherman, I was thinking of the same analogy recently re fancy carbon rods etc. Have had various coarse angling mag subscriptions bought for me but have canned them all now as I simply think that there is only so much you can write about fishing before it becomes repetitive. Cycling is a little different for me as there are 2 sides to the magazines; those that focus on the sport of cycling and those that cater for cyclists. I usually buy 1 or 2 of the former before the big tours especially the TdF and generally find road racing an interesting sport to read about. Re the latter, I find there's only a fraction of the mags that are relevant to a mr average like me interested in cycling and generally keeping fit. And certainly they offer very little, if anything, over the guidance etc. I can find on here and elsewhere online. Appreciate they are trying to cater for a broad range of cyclists at various levels so it's not easy. Still buy the odd one through when I fancy a read.

 

[clarion]

Subscribed to C+ because of the free windproof.

Ditto

 

[john59]

Cycling Plus and CTC magazine.

John

 

[Timmo]

I subscribe to Mountain Biking UK at the moment, might change over to MBR though.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

No cycling ones. All my money goes on:

Viz
Private Eye
Motorsport
Practical Classics
Steam World (occasionally)
Autosport (occasionally).