Cycling Active

[jnrmczip]

most cycling mag's are a waste of money.remove the adverts and there is not much left

This applies to any magazine these days every second page is trying to sell you something

 

[subaqua]

You could always wear headphones instead

no that doesn't help protect ears as I would have to put it on real loud to drown out the " blah example blah good blah nag kids nag moan moan helmet " that she trots out.

and anyways last time I checked a pissy bit of plastic and blown styrene didn't help with a few tonnes across a torso.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not really, I suppose it was when I was bike-dumb but now I seem to be reading an interminable re-hash of "Best hybrid for £500", "Best road bike for £1k" etc etc I only like the UK rides section (nice pics) at the back, I won't miss it, or, being talked down to.

Cycling Active and Cycling Plus are written by MAMILS for MAMILS. When "The Next Big Thing" comes along taking all the hipsters with it they'll disappear up their own backsides.

 

[ComedyPilot]

 

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[Smokin Joe]

Love that. Even the motorcyclists and cameramen are helmetless. The clip board and hi-viz brigade would go into meltdown at the sight of that today. All the picture lacks is one of them with a Gauloise hanging from the corner of the mouth.

 

[dodgy]

Magazines were useful, before the Internet.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Were I to ever compete, and the wearing of a helmet was a prerequisite for taking part, then I would wear one. Not out of any safety concern, but purely to allow me access to an event of my choice. I would ride to the event helmetless, and ride home helmetless.

Cycling is not dangerous.

 

[MarkF]

Grrrrr....... I did stop buying the magazine, but...................my good lady bought me a subscription for Christmas. Every month it's still chipping in with pro-helmet and "fool for not wearing one" comments, I've asked for "World Soccer" for next year.

 

[ufkacbln]

The hat makers buy advertising space, simple really.

Ask yourself why the hat makers are not making ANY claims about the effectiveness heir products?

 

[Dan B]

Ask yourself why the hat makers are not making ANY claims about the effectiveness heir products?

Because the editorial department are happy to do it for them

 

[Licramite]

Were I to ever compete, and the wearing of a helmet was a prerequisite for taking part, then I would wear one. Not out of any safety concern, but purely to allow me access to an event of my choice. I would ride to the event helmetless, and ride home helmetless.

Cycling is not dangerous.

Your right - being run down by stupid motorist/tractor driver/ lorry driver - now thats dangerous.

 

[totallyfixed]

Whilst at a 100 mile time trial yesterday I was amused to see a slow moving cyclist coming towards me in full Sky kit, dark mirror glasses wearing earphones, he was probably doing around 11 mph and riding a little too far out into the road, anyway a time triallist moving at at least 25 mph was catching him very quickly and shouted to warn him he was passing [it was a very busy A road and noisy so the overtaking rider didn't want to have to pull out too far into the traffic], now most cyclists would glance back and either pull into the side or move close to the verge while the racing cyclist went past. Not this guy, it was clear he was oblivious to what was going on in the world around him. Nobber.