I had forgotten BQ!!! Probably because they come out less often than other periodicals. I've got a small stack of back-issues that I've ordered for specific articles but definately one I would subscribe to before Bicycle Times.
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:56:23 PM UTC-5, Bill Gibson wrote: > > While I like Bicycle Times, too, and subscribe to it electronically, if > you're looking for a magazine worthy of it's paper, and your time, and one > that repays additional study, I recommend Bicycle Quarterly, in case you > haven't seen it or haven't read it lately! BQ has ads, too, but little > ones, not so many full page ads; it's more supported by subscriptions than > by ads. BQ is more a more personal, and technical, less flashy publication > than BT. And it's paper only. I still keep my back issues, more for the > tour stories than anything else. Their technical articles evolve over time, > as they are doing real hands-on research into what makes a bike ride > better, and they have made real, ongoing progress in rediscovering what > makes fast tires and in frame design. They have how-to articles that are > relatively timeless. But the stories of rides are what I go back and reread > years after I first read them. There's one of a tour in the Morvan region > of France from years ago, and one of tour of India on Indian Roadsters made > by hand for the tourists in an ancient bike shop in a market at the start > of the trip, of a desert road race from Tucson to Phoenix in the heat of > the summer a hundred years ago, and in this summer's issue a story about > tour of Japan that reminded me of the story about the Morvan years ago. BQ > is in color, too, now. I read Adventure Cyclist, too, but the arrival of a > new BQ is an event for me. > > Bike magazines are much better now than they were when I was younger! > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:08 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> ice! >> >> Bicycle Times is the only bike magazine I've found that is worth the >> paper it's printed on. I really should subscribe instead of just picking >> up the occasional issue when I see it on the stand. >> >> I had an interesting short e-mail exchange with Nicholas Carmen (also >> featured in this issue) who has experience with the Hunqapillar and who >> helped design Velo-Orange's Camargue. This guy rode a bike from the East >> Coast to Banff, Canada and then down the Great Divide Trail. He has tons >> of experience with off-road riding and he had good things to say about the >> Hunqapillar. The few things he would change about the Hunq were >> incorporated into VO's Camargue. >> >> On Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:33:40 PM UTC-5, blakcloud wrote: >> >>> Received my digital version of the magazine and on the cover is a >>> Hunqapillar. >>> >>> >>> Check out the cover here <http://bicycletimesmag.com/>. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Bill Gibson > Tempe, Arizona, USA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
