Cycling magazines
Discussion
Kermit power said:
Since discovering the massive spread of free online magazines available on Zinio through Surrey Libraries, I have signed up to a whole bunch of magazines (on the cycling front they have Cycling Active, Cycling Plus, Cycling Weekly, Cyclist, MBR and MBUK), but the only ones I actually read are the mountain bike ones, plus I actually pay for a Singletrack digital subscription.
How do you manage to do that?neenaw said:
How do you manage to do that?
Plenty of places have it for their libraries, but assuming you're in Surrey, there's a Surrey libraries app for Android and iPad, or you can find it on the web too. Go to the online resources bit, then select Zinio e magazines and follow the instructions. You just need your library card.Kermit power said:
Plenty of places have it for their libraries, but assuming you're in Surrey, there's a Surrey libraries app for Android and iPad, or you can find it on the web too. Go to the online resources bit, then select Zinio e magazines and follow the instructions. You just need your library card.
Excellent, thanks for that. I'm in Surrey but don't have a library card, yet
ewenm said:
Cycling magazines, running magazines, lifestyle magazines, all of them exist for one reason only - to sell stuff to punters. It's all garbage and marketing. Similar amounts of dross written in running magazines about how to spend more money to get faster or minutae of opinion about practically identical products..."
Quite. There is hardly anything of substance to write about on a monthly basis.
Other than the opportunity to get free test stuff and occasionally get paid to do your hobby, it must be frustrating and difficult to come up with new ideas if you work for one of these publications.
ewenm said:
training tips on how to get fitter when you don't actually want to try hard because, you know, training hard hurts.
Very true. Those "Men's Super Fitness"-type magazines with photos of air-brushed gym models on the cover are always amusing: "Get your best abs EVER and also drive all of your ladies wilder than EVER in the bedroom with our technique secrets and only 5 minutes of exercise a month -See page 300"
Kermit power said:
neenaw said:
How do you manage to do that?
Plenty of places have it for their libraries, but assuming you're in Surrey, there's a Surrey libraries app for Android and iPad, or you can find it on the web too. Go to the online resources bit, then select Zinio e magazines and follow the instructions. You just need your library card.I've downloaded the Zinio app and now I have half a dozen free bike mags to read over the weekend.....
Top wor that man for suggesting it, as it's not widely advertised!
Libraries do a lot of things very well - marketing themselves and their services is not one of them.
The odds are that your library authority can also lend you eBooks and eAudiobooks, but they won't go very far out of their way to tell you.
Back on topic I quite like Cyclist - it and Motorsport are my only magazine subs. I seldom read the bike tests, though.
The odds are that your library authority can also lend you eBooks and eAudiobooks, but they won't go very far out of their way to tell you.
Back on topic I quite like Cyclist - it and Motorsport are my only magazine subs. I seldom read the bike tests, though.
They're all just extended advertisements, sponsored articles paid by permanently loaning kit to journalists.
Youve got to pick your way through the advice. Motorbike mags are no better. Once you've had about 6 months worth of magazines, you've just about covered all of the articles they ever feature.
Consumerism is what keeps everything ticking along
Youve got to pick your way through the advice. Motorbike mags are no better. Once you've had about 6 months worth of magazines, you've just about covered all of the articles they ever feature.
Consumerism is what keeps everything ticking along
Kermit power said:
Plenty of places have it for their libraries, but assuming you're in Surrey, there's a Surrey libraries app for Android and iPad, or you can find it on the web too. Go to the online resources bit, then select Zinio e magazines and follow the instructions. You just need your library card.
I managed to get this sorted without even having to visit the local library!With Surrey Council you can register online for a library card which is then sent on to you.
I've got the app downloaded but I'm having some problems getting it to work to allow me to download the magazines to read offline but other than that it's great!
So you have to be a 2nd cat rider or above to be able to review a bike? Just because you arnt the next peter sagan doesn't mean you don't have an ability to review or write about how a bike rides or handles. In fact writing skills would be far more important than how many points you've scored in recent races.
You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
thiscocks said:
So you have to be a 2nd cat rider or above to be able to review a bike? Just because you arnt the next peter sagan doesn't mean you don't have an ability to review or write about how a bike rides or handles. In fact writing skills would be far more important than how many points you've scored in recent races.
You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
I don't expect someone who looks like he weighs ten stone wet through who can't finish a race to have any opinion of note on the stiffness of £1500 wheels, no.You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
The writing isn't bad, but its hardly difficult to write a paragraph about a product (providing the content isn't guff). The standard of the rider was not such an issue, but rather the content and what they were marking things down for, laughable.
And actually, if you're going to review high end race kit, I would expect you to be able to ride at a half decent level to be fair.
okgo said:
thiscocks said:
So you have to be a 2nd cat rider or above to be able to review a bike? Just because you arnt the next peter sagan doesn't mean you don't have an ability to review or write about how a bike rides or handles. In fact writing skills would be far more important than how many points you've scored in recent races.
You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
I don't expect someone who looks like he weighs ten stone wet through who can't finish a race to have any opinion of note on the stiffness of £1500 wheels, no.You don't expect every car journo to have won certain car racing titles, but do expect them to have a wealth of experience driving road cars and very good writing skills.
The writing isn't bad, but its hardly difficult to write a paragraph about a product (providing the content isn't guff). The standard of the rider was not such an issue, but rather the content and what they were marking things down for, laughable.
And actually, if you're going to review high end race kit, I would expect you to be able to ride at a half decent level to be fair.
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