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'Alternative' Bike Magazines...

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  • Started 10 years ago by LaidBack
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  1. LaidBack
    Member

    Now that tablets have almost become the accepted way to read about everything, it's interesting (for me!) to see how specialist bike literature has changed over the last 10-15 years.

    Velo Vision is one magazine that has survived the distance. Nothing like Cycling Plus where you might be hard pushed to differentiate one cover from another.

    Early issue would (I think) use film photography albeit with layouts produced on a Mac with Quark or Pagemaker.
    We have a few VV back issues here at shop to look at and borrow. We've also got a handy recycling bin parked at our door!

    Has anyone else favourite cycling Magazine covers or issues - past or present? Encylopedia was the popular alternative bike journal in the 90s and had some very striking covers.
    Momentum is a current Vancouver magazine that has a different take on cycling - but with a much higher loading of ads and advertorial.

    Sure WC has a CityCycling cover or two that he could also share as this came in quite early in the online mag era.


    Velo Vision library by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr

    Posted 10 years ago #
  2. rbrtwtmn
    Member

    "New Cyclist" (pre-Encyclopedia I think - 1991ish) seemed pretty radical. I remember (and still have) the article where they exposed supposedly impregnable D locks as anything but. They weren't popular for that but it always struck me as a good move. Somehow they managed to do what eludes lots of magazines - they were about ordinary people using bikes in all sorts of ways, not about any one group, they had contributions from very entertaining writers, but they also managed to bring in enough geeky equipment to satisfy that side of things. I have a number of good articles from this stashed away for a once every 10 year read.

    Posted 10 years ago #
  3. LaidBack
    Member

    That sounds good. Have you a pic of a cover? - maybe linked on Wiki of course.

    I'm going to put some most unusual cover stuff up from Encyclopedia

    Posted 10 years ago #

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