Women's Cycling magazine

[Eden]

I thought it was an ice pack when I first looked - she'd be breaking the commando rule if it was lace...

now that I look at it better I think she's showing off a new tattoo and that's an occlusive dressing over it - can't tell exactly what it is - ironman maybe?

[Irulan]

Excellent to have an opinion from you, Grey.

Magazine website should at least have the tables of contents per issue, to give the reader a taste of the articles if they were to subscribe



They could consider categories of road racing, mntbiking (competitive) plus randonneuring. One could still write inspiring stories still on touring and commuting but for the latter, I'm trying to figure out what would make the article slant different than articles found in ie. Momentum magazine.

I would consider their blog more fitting on detailed current race result reports that can be posted quickly.

It would be great that the magazine was truly international in scope. We have yet to tap and understand more what is going on elsewhere about women and cycling.

why just competitve mountain biking? I for one have zero interest in competition, but mountain biking is my passion and there are many, many other aspects of it that could make interesting reading. To me at least.

[shootingstar]

I simply said competitive based on the cover ..when there's no table of contents...and the blog.

But agree, not a huge majority is going to be interested in solely competitive cycling.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I thought it was an ice pack when I first looked - she'd be breaking the commando rule if it was lace...

now that I look at it better I think she's showing off a new tattoo and that's an occlusive dressing over it - can't tell exactly what it is - ironman maybe?

Looks like Saran Wrap over a USDA stamp to me.

[grey]

I thought it was saran wrap over a tattoo, or over the racing number (but then, why would the racing number be on her butt and not on her arm or leg where it would be easily seen? Or, oh wait.. there IS the commando rule -- doesn't one of the competitive sports like tri tend to not have riders in bike shorts?) - but I like the USDA stamp thought!

I'm with Sundial (seconding the love for the spring avatar) and hope this does spawn other magazines. Road Warrior Woman, or Mountain Bike Woman sounds good to me - lots of us are weekend riders. I admire the folks here who so dedicated as to race or ride several styles competitively, but lots of us just like to escape the kids, or the messy house, or the stress of work and just pedal away for several hours. We come back happier, better adjusted people - who don't care about the house being a mess (too tired) have worked out the frustrations over the temper-tantrum child and are patient mothers again, and have the endorphins in plenty to deal with the office stress.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I admire the folks here who so dedicated as to race or ride several styles competitively, but lots of us just like to escape the kids, or the messy house, or the stress of work and just pedal away for several hours. We come back happier, better adjusted people - who don't care about the house being a mess (too tired) have worked out the frustrations over the temper-tantrum child and are patient mothers again, and have the endorphins in plenty to deal with the office stress.

I think Momentum biking magazine sort of fills that slot- the allover biking lifestyle...biking for fun, for health, for commuting and shopping (working bikes), kids and family biking, touring, students, mental sanity, etc.

[Aggie_Ama]

I personally am the total weirdo who casually mountain and road bikes but enjoys reading about any discipline. I have no desire to do any cyclocross but will read about it. Loaded touring sounds like the pits but I can be very interested in an article on it and even the gear for it. I don't road race but I know the ins and outs of crits. So broad sweeping is just fine for me.

[Andrea]

The gal w/her drawers down is Rachel Lloyd. That is a tattoo that she's showing. It was the prize for winning the Singlespeed CX Championships.

She's a really, really awesome rider for the Proman team and podiums regularly in national level MTB, CX, and Road races.

3rd place @ the Tour of Cali Crit:


She's 2008 Super D Champ and placed 2nd at the US CX nationals

[kfergos]

Is it too nitpicky to ask why, on their blog, they spelled calendar "calander"? Any copy editors out there...? Or is this some cycling in joke I don't know?

[Roadrunner]

Looks good, but not much use to little old me in Scotland.
I hope the magazine does well.

[emily_in_nc]

The gal w/her drawers down is Rachel Lloyd. That is a tattoo that she's showing.

So that was a butt! I coulda sworn it -- tried to see an ice pack, but just couldn't!

[circlegirl]

There is another Women's cycling magazine coming out in September.
She Pedals: The Journal of Women in Cycling

The editor is a 20 year veteran to competitive cycling looking to create a quarterly journal (sans race results) that features articles that inspire ALL women to ride. It will not be a "ROAD", "Bicycling" or "VeloNews" as that market is fairly well covered.

The only way to grow women's cycling is for women to support all women in the sport not just focus on the only thousand or so (literally) who race.

Postcards went out at Sea Otter that offer a FREE debut issue for registering as well as email newsletters and gear give-a-ways coming soon.

The website is: http://www.shepedalsmagazine.com

If you do not have flash you can access the registration at:
http://www.shepedalsmagazine.com/She...istration.html

[Resi]

If we all put our head in the sand because of our world economy, nothing would move anymore. I support people which don't let all this negative hupla stop them from starting theyr own business, whatever it is. I know print media, worked for 15 years in one of the biggest newspaper in Germany, and we had a couple of recessions...yes the printmedia business is changing, but not yet...it will take some more time to go away...
To the Womenscyclingmag. I like that sombody is finaly getting this started. To cover the stories, well, look at the bicycle mag., they cover a lot, but I never see them going to much into details. Also one thing I would love to see, it shouldn't only cater to racers, I am a hard core biker but I just don't want to race, done that been there... I just love to bike...

I will support them

Resi

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

The only way to grow women's cycling is for women to support all women in the sport not just focus on the only thousand or so (literally) who race.

I agree.....and I'll take it even one step further!- how about covering and problem-solving for women who use their bicycles as part of every day life- instead of bicycling always treated as a "sport". I'd love to see a practical magazine all about women riding bicycles for commuting to work, for good health and helping the planet, for shopping, for economizing, for hauling kids and dogs, for transportation and for transporting things. Fixing/adapting bikes, choosing a bike for the purpose, dealing with traffic, finding bike parts or helpful resources, organizing, practical issues when commuting/locking/traveling/parking....Must be enough wonderful material for years' worth of issues!

[Eden]

The only way to grow women's cycling is for women to support all women in the sport not just focus on the only thousand or so (literally) who race.

ummmmm while I'll admit that racing is not the biggest women's sport around I'd beg to differ on the "only a thousand or so" bit.... we have 80 -90 women just on our team in any given year. That's one team in one city. Yes, we are all amateurs and most of us probably are not going to be the subject of magazine articles, but since when has that been the point... because in any case, do you actually think that 99% of the guys who read Sports Illustrated (or any of a myriad sports magazines) even participate in any sport, much less do it professionally? Of course not, so who's to say there wouldn't be a large enough audience to support a magazine that reports on a women's sport just as thoroughly as others do for the guys. It's not like there's more than a thousand or so pro football players, baseball stars, etc, yet there are plenty of fans. Why not give people the opportunity to become fans of women's bicycle racing, by giving them the opportunity to actually follow it? I for one am interested in the high caliber women (and have actually been in races with some of them.... due to the way fields are sometimes combined it is possible even for us nobodies....) If I want to read about touring or get reviews of sports drinks I don't necessarily need a magazine all about women...