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Received the latest issue of Bicycling magazine yesterday in the mail. On the cover is a gold sticker that says "Special 24-page women's section inside!"
When I rule the world, they will need a gold sticker for their special men's section.
Anyway, the thing starts out with a big article on charity rides. Since when are charity rides a woman thing? I see as many guys at them as I do women.
Ah, good ol Buy-cycling.
It tries, it fails. :p
Remember the high hopes we had last year?
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=14042
And how it turned out to big a big bunch of hooey? :p :p
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=15799
Yes. We didn't even get the issue with the "women's section " in it. Probably won't this year either. The idiots don't realize that many of the men who get the magazine are married to or are living with WOMEN WHO CYCLE.
They lost a lot of credibility with me after that happened last year.
I'm not surprised. Frankly, I think most of their articles--whether they're explicitly geared to women or to men--often miss the mark. I'm not quite sure they know who their audience really is or who they really want it to be. New riders, experienced/serious recreational riders, competitive cyclists? I think they try to appeal to all types, and it's hard to successfully do that.
No Women's Section here either -- I'm miffed!
You didn't miss much, IIRC. The only reason I read it is because I have a free subscription.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoosierGiant
I was IN it last year and I didn't get a copy until I emailed them and asked for one.
So what do you ladies read or subscribe to?
You said it, sister. What a load of BS. How insulting!Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
I just subscribed to this biking magazine that Mimi brought to my attention:
http://www.momentumplanet.ca/
Seems to have a pretty balanced emphasis on all kinds of bike riding and all kinds of people who ride bikes, and a general bike-friendly earth-friendly attitude. Definitely not emphasizing road racing over everything else.
Seems pretty cool.
HerSports I subscribe to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer
Momentum I pick up at a local bike store (free). I will probably subscribe or send them a donation sometime.
+1 for Momentum.
It's free if you can find a place that distributes it. As far as I can tell the closest I can get it is downtown SF so I went ahead and subscribed to it.
Also, I like Bicycle Quarterly a lot. It's kind of geeky, but propeller-heads like me might prefer that over Bicycling's phluffy advertisement-driven content. :cool:
Women don't get equal treatment in the bike stores as well as bike magazines. I went to four bike stores and not one of them had more than one pair of shoes for me to try on. Even my favorite bike shop had to special order a few pairs for me to try on. It's been 2 weeks, and they're still not in yet. It's maddening!
Because we're nurturant? I dunno. If you subscribe to Dirt Rag there's lots of pictures and smiling ladies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
That's why the shop I go to the most is one that is owned by a married couple. Both the husband and the wife are very active in the management of the shop. They are very supportive of the local cycling community in general and specifically they make a point of supporting women who ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by beccaB
I was quite shocked getting into cycling after having been into climbing at how second-class we're considered. With climbing there was never an issue with getting woman-specific or smaller clothes/shoes, I was never treated differently at the gyms, and Climbing magazine seems to contain an equal proportion of men to women.
But cycling? What a difference! Tough to get clothes/bikes/shoes, mentioned as an aside in magazines, and forget about ever seeing any women's races on tv.
What's really weird is that the proportion of women to men that I see riding really isn't that different from what I saw at the climbing gym.
I have been very impressed with HerSports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer
I like reading Her Sports, but truthfully, I feel like I can't compete with those women. I consider myself a serious cyclist, but I will never be at the level of most of the people featured there. I don't do tris and don't run, so after awhile, reading about that gets old. And while I do participate in other sports, especially in the winter, those women make me feel like a wimp. Especially the 70 year old featured in the latest issue.
I have to keep remembering that people who don't exercise think I am fanatic, so it's all relative!
I've been looking over several back issues of Momentum now, and I have to say I like it particularly because it covers all aspects of biking- in other words the biking lifestyle- using bikes in your everyday life as opposed to only as a sport or recreation. Lots of stuff about health, bike commuting, errand/city/grocery bikes, hauling children around with your bike, bike maintenance, safety issues, bike camping, useful bike accessories, etc.
Also, I noticed while browsing through it that about 50% of the people pictured with bikes are women. :) Plenty of people riding their bikes in 'regular' clothes. Also lots of articles from the viewpoint of or relating to women bikers- no "special women's sections" to be seen. :cool:
It's true that HerSports is now very much focused on pretty high-profile people. Even the "regular folks" section in the early pages, where there are pictures of women with a few tidbits of information about them, has sort of become a showcase for pretty hot chicks, top athletes (regional level but still) and even models (!!). It used to be more diverse. Perhaps I should drop them a line...
Momentum is one great mag.
BSG - thanks for reminding me I need to subscribe to Momentum!
(that and Bark, which is a dog magazine for mutt-types)
when it comes to the "women's section" whether zine, website, blog ... TE's the best of all. Who needs a "women's section" of Bicycling magazine.
Long live TE :D
well you know that old adage...if you want something done right........:D
A magazine just for women cyclists of all levels interests......get Georgina Terry in on it...
what issue of Bicycing is it Knot? I just got one with a gal on a green steel bike on the cover...didn;t see no special gal section...
Yes, there were ordinary women earlier in Hersports. Some of them incredibly ordinary.
I was one of those women. There is a photo of me...Mar. 2006. I was the oldest featured woman in the little clip bios of women. Which as you all know, I'm not really much of an elder. :)
I honestly believe my best personal achievements so far in life...are non-sports oriented.