All the other cross stuff magazines try to do seems lame now.
Like this. A tire review without talking about the Open Challenge tires? Sure they mentioned most of the popular ones but nothing really substantive.
Thank doG for CX Mag's content. That gang knows their stuff.
I was given a copy of the Velonews print edition with the cyclocross preview in it? And stuff guide or what not. And it just had the feeling of being crazy vanilla (as in plain, not as in kick ass Sacha White bikes). I know the Velonews guys get into cross a bit. But compared to the crew that Andrew and Company have rounded up... everyone else just sort of fades in comparison.
CX magazines content is impressive. Truly impressive. It really does reflect the soul and heart of Cyclocross and the people that make cyclocross what it is.
They get it.
So sign up. Renew, send them cash, buy some add space. Support the best USA based cyclocross source for news review articles and what not. Only do it occasionally? A grumpy bitter old man who doesn't get single speed cross categories? Ya still should have a print copy subscription.
I got Dirt Rag in the mail and one night later I'm done reading it. It takes me much longer to read the CX magazine issues, AND i don't put it down longing for a dualie 29er that I can't even conceive of affording, and longing for time to do long epic mt bike rides like i did in the days pre kids + job... It builds a longing I can't possible fill. Sure, CX Magazine can be about crazy unobtanium. Mostly tires and wheels. Compared to suspension forks and frames that change from year to year to year, CX frames wheels and what nots don't change that much. Sure you can buy wicked expensive stuff, but if you have strong legs, good skills, disciplined training all that bling bling doesn't really matter. You can still have fun racing cross and even be successful.
I'm sadly going to let my Dirt Rag subscription lapse, and stick with one magazine. CX Magazine.
And if you only race one cross race a year, or two... you should still get your self a subscription.
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disclaimer: this post was purely a spontaneous result of the typical gewilli process, no incentive cash or free issues or any knowledge or involvement from the staff at CX Mag prompted this outpouring of thanksgiving for a kick ass magazine.
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I will pass, thanks. I find myself humping enough poundage of recycle to the curb every Thursday morning. The green paper bin gets awful heavy after rain and snow..
I wonder what the carbon footprint of all the production, distribution and recycling of a typical bike racing mag is??
I was a VeloNews subscriber back in the 80s. But now I can read pretty much everything and more, right at their website. So now I buy an impulse copy at the bike shop once or twice a year. Isn't it greener to be an advocate of reading the stuff online rather than recommending that people necessarily subscribe? Is the paper used to print your CX Mag FSC certified? Is it printed with Soy ink? Is it guaranteed to be delivered by mail trucks which only us biodeisel fuel? Inquiring minds want to know.
Unless reading all of the cool new print ads for new cx gear turns your crank, I see no reason to subscribe to print bike mags. But hey sometimes the mood strikes and the $9 that's burning a hole in my pocket gets me a CycleSport magazine, and it usually ends up populating the magazine rack next to the toilet in our master bathrom, right in there with my $10 a year MAXIM mags (compared to $50+ a year for CycleSport) Back to the ads.. yes- if seeing the new equipment blows your hair back, then I guess it's a good thing.. unlike he $50 a month we pay for our home phone land line- which no one except for telemarketers use. We pay $50 a month for the privilege of being harrased by those mother-uckers at least 5 times a day- and they don't even use real people anymore, so cursing at them is not the same as it used to be. Bah.
it is all about the content.
the words
the writing
it is good...
best out there
can't get the same stuff on line
and sometimes there is far more pleasure in reading something on paper...
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