Now that is a good idea. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Bill Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just send Jan your best bike trip reports! We are the ones we have been > waiting for! > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, rob markwardt <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Bicycle Times is pretty good. BQ is tops. RR is basically extinct. >> Other than that we are pretty much freaks. Go to the magazine rack >> and just look at the quantity of mags on cars, motorcycles, soccer, >> knives, watches, dolls, guns (OH my!), etc....are we really that >> small? There is basically nothing on the bikes I assume most of us >> like. I appreciate whatever I can get...right now BQ is ahead by >> miles. I've got all the old Readers, just about all the BQ's and >> previous VBQ's, most of the Bridgestone BOB mags and a few of the "On >> the Roads". When I get bored I pull an old one out of the >> pile....better than anything else out there. >> >> On Oct 17, 5:32 pm, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Oct 17, 2011, at 12:17 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: >> > >> > > Curious why you don't like it. I've subscribed for several years >> > > (don't hoard the back issues; usually use them as impromptu trading >> > > scrip) and find it interesting enough to keep at it, but it does >> > > strongly reflect the editor's own interests -- and who can blame him? >> > > The latest issue was quite interesting, IMO. >> > >> > While my preferences differ from Jan's in terms of bike geometry, etc., >> > BQ covers enough different stuff to keep me reading it. Some of the >> > historical stuff is really good and I have thoroughly enjoyed his >> > interviews >> > with various French randonneurs et al. >> > >> > > One defect is that it lacks sprightly writing: Jan writes competently >> > > but not hugely interestingly. >> > >> > On the other hand, his review of the Calfee CFRP bike bordered on the >> > weird with much discussion of what he might have done with the bike rather >> > than about the bike. >> > >> > > Grant is in the opposite camp: not >> > > always right (and who can blame him?) but always interesting. >> > >> > The Riv Reader remains my favorite cycling "periodical." >> > >> > > Personally, I'd like to see more articles like that a year or two ago >> > > by the woman who toured India on an Indian 3d world roadster. >> > >> > > Moving on: can anyone suggest good general purpose cycling mags, with >> > > an interest in history and in the more unusual bike tech (trikes! Jest >> > > kiddin')? RR is now a very rare bird. Bicycling is not as bad as in >> > > its abysmal days under one Z Espinoza, but it is bland, decaf, >> > > soporific; Cycling Plus is expensive and too bland for the price, not >> > > to mention the fact that it is (of course) Britain focused. Road Bike >> > > Action, Velo News, meh. Mountain Bike Action -- does that still exist? >> > > If so, meh again. Is there another Bicycle Guide out there in the >> > > media cosmos? >> > >> > Not that I have found. There's just not enough market for this sort of >> > thing to pay for it, I suppose. But if someone knows of something, I'd be >> > delighted to hear about it. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Bill Gibson > Tempe, Arizona, USA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >
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