Biking Magazine

[VEA]

Afternoon all,

I used to live and breath mountain bikes when I was younger, had my subscription to MBUK and read it cover to cover every month.

Then I left school and stopped cycling.

I have recently had to return to cycling due to volounteering myself for the London to Brighton Ride with work. I am enjoying everysecond of it.

I was just wondering what people read these days? Is MBUK still up there as one of the better ones?

[VEA]

sorry mods could you delete two of these?

Don't quite know what happened there..

[ratbane]

MBUK is still in the school days bracket IMO.

I tend to read MBR or Dirt.

[VEA]

I suspected that might be the case.

MBR it is then.

[timbo48]

Singletrack, also their website. MBR is ok, Dirt is good but small print hurts my eyes.

[VEA]

Ok,

Well the next question is which websites do you use?

Primarily I am looking for good XC routes locally to where I live (Henley On Thames).

[Gooby]

VEA said:

Ok,

Well the next question is which websites do you use?

Primarily I am looking for good XC routes locally to where I live (Henley On Thames).

Use local knowledge - the MBR routes around my area are rubbish and have missed 99% of the great trails. Go talk to the local shops, many have a ride night when they get out and hit the trails. Even if they dont, take a map and get them to show you the favoured rides.

[a11y_m]

Agree MBR routes jsut focus on the big names and miss the local knowledge routes. Not that I mind that in the least - on the flipside I'm happy they don't advertise my local trails.

Tip: if you shop at Tesco, collect clubcard points and use them against a very cheap yearly subscription to MBR. I'm just waiting on mine to start.

I subscribe to Dirt. I'm not a downhiller, but it's still the best magazine for articles to read IMO, plus the photography is pretty stunning. I subscribed to Singletrack from issue 1 but gave it up last year - just thought the magazine had gone waaaaay downhill (not in the MTBing sense). MBUK is still a bit childish but has got better over the past 12 months IMO.

[Sloe]

VEA said:

Ok,

Well the next question is which websites do you use?

Primarily I am looking for good XC routes locally to where I live (Henley On Thames).

Don't worry about finding routes, the west Chilterns are hardly mentioned by any mags or sites. Get yourself am OS map, photocopy it (legally of course) and just run a highlighter on any combination of bridleways you fancy. Lots of options around you, West and North imparticular. Good pub lunch / pint options too.

Get out and explore, it's the best way if it's your home patch.