Decent Cycling Magazines / Publications

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2volvos said:

Seems to me that a lot of bike mags are (apparently, I'm told) like wedding and baby mags. You know, those actively planning a wedding or in the baby zone. Same wwith a lot of bike ones. Good for advice for getting started and motivating you to have a go. Once your married you don't keep buying wedding mags. And once you are a committed and active rider you need something more.

Personally, I'd like a mag that deals with the scene, races, personalities, history and tradition of cycling (and not just the racing side of it, touring and expedition reports would be great too) without the be-stubbled bloke looking into middle distance clad in Rapha on top of an Alp that he has probably been driven up anyway.

Agree with this 100%. As an analogy, I'd rather read (and do read) Motor sport over What Car?
Another reason being that once I've actually taken the plunge bought a bike (an infrequent event) I'd rather not read about it losing a group test 6 months later...