Bicycling mag vs. Cycling Plus mag

[Kalidurga]

I've been reading Bicycling magazine for a couple years now and love it. It's informative, interesting, and I feel that I've really learned a lot from it.

I've recently found, though, another bike mag that I think puts Bicycling to shame. Cycling Plus (http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/thismonthsmag.asp?id=66) is a British mag that I found at the local newsstand and got so hooked on that I spent 45 British pounds for a subscription (if I were smart, I would have waited until the exchange rate was a bit better... :rolleyes: ). The articles about bikes, rides and maintenance are very detailed, the photos are great, and it's been really interesting to learn about the cycling culture in the UK. The ride photos and descriptions are quickly convincing me that I need to consider a biking vacation somewhere in the UK. And the amount of content alone is kind of staggering. I can read an entire issue of Bicycling in two 35-minute subway rides, but it takes me almost a week of commuting to finish one issue of Cycling Plus!

Anyone else here familiar with this magazine?

[KnottedYet]

I like the website! Added it to my bookmarks. The magazine sounds great. I wonder if I could get my biking goddess boss to order it for the clinic waiting room. Then I could "borrow" it... :D

[Velobambina]

Kali -- I'll check for it the next time I hit a newsstand/bookstore. The website looks great. Bicycling is an OK magazine but I found it a bit adolescent at times. I'd love to check out and possibly, subscribe to Cycling Plus. Thanks much for the tip.

[kelownagirl]

I get Bicycling myself (well it's dh's but I read it first. :) but haven't seen the one you mentioned. It sounds good. How is it for giving a woman's perspective?

Going to check out the website now...

[bambu101]

It's available on Amazon for a mere $93.45 for 13 issues!


http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-2875508-1828040?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Cycling+Plus&Go.x=8&Go.y=12

[Kalidurga]

Bicycling is an OK magazine but I found it a bit adolescent at times.

I think that may have something to do with the publisher, Rodale Press. I stopped reading Bicycling's sibling publication, Backpacker, because it started to seem as if it was being written for frat boys looking to get laid out in the woods :rolleyes:


How is it for giving a woman's perspective?

The cover of this month's issue features Nicole Cooke, a British rider who's currently the top ranking female road racer in the world. Cycling Plus is a bit better than Bicycling at covering the female angle. In their reviews of cycling gear, for example, they'll list 12-20 or so items and probably a third or more will be women's specific. They've got room to improve, but they're pretty good.


It's available on Amazon for a mere $93.45 for 13 issues!

I ordered my subscription through the Cycling Plus website. It showed up on my credit card statement as $80. If you're interested in subscribing, I'd definitely suggest that you watch the exchange rates and see if you can time your order for when the US $ isn't so crappy compared to pounds.


And, I gotta admit, one of my favorite things about Cycling Plus is all the British slang I'm picking up ;) Speaking of which, can one of you UK TE ladies tell me what "stonking" means (as in "stonking coastal climbs" mentioned in a ride description)?

[tattiefritter]

And, I gotta admit, one of my favorite things about Cycling Plus is all the British slang I'm picking up ;) Speaking of which, can one of you UK TE ladies tell me what "stonking" means (as in "stonking coastal climbs" mentioned in a ride description)?

Stonking can mean fantastic, awesome, brilliant as in "stonking good time" or it can mean massive, big, steep in the context of a climb. I would tend to use it as the latter to describe a climb - lots of stonking climbs in the English Lake District!

[Kalidurga]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

[kiwi girl]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

Yep - clobber is also used in that sense in NZ, but mostly by older people.

It is also used to mean hit though as well.

[Trekhawk]

Thanks, tattiefritter. I'm finding that lots of British slang terms can be used in different contexts.

I'm guessing that "clobber" = "gear"?

Hmm not sure about in the UK but in Australia "clobber" means clothes (he had all his clobber on to go for a ride). It can also mean to hit something hard (he would clobber the ball over the fence).:)

[Kalidurga]

Hmm not sure about in the UK but in Australia "clobber" means clothes (he had all his clobber on to go for a ride). It can also mean to hit something hard (he would clobber the ball over the fence).:)

That would make sense. There was a tag line on this month's cover referring to "Cool clobber- Jerseys and gloves for winter".

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother :rolleyes:

[eclectic]

That would make sense. There was a tag line on this month's cover referring to "Cool clobber- Jerseys and gloves for winter".

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother :rolleyes:

In my neck of the woods clobbered meant losing very badly. - - - - - are going to clobber the Vikings


You know the more you say the word clobber the weirder it sounds :D

[BadgerGirl]

The second meaning is one I'm familiar with. When I was a kid, I used to get yelled at for clobbering my little brother :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

I think Lucy, the character for The Peanuts comic used the word clobber a lot! Sorry, a little off subject...:D