TE ladies in Bicycling Mag

[chickwhorips]

Nina - we didn't get ours yet. It does usually come until the middle of the month (ie around June 8-15th). Our subscription is in DH's name so we probably won't get the women's issue. I emailed the woman who wrote the article and asked if she coul have one sent to me. She said she'd try but she didn't know if there were any left.

I'll let you know if I don't get one. Thanks!

You've got to be kidding!

I want one, so I have it, but I haven't been able to get to the store yet. Something tells me it won't be there anyhow.

I guess I won't waste my typing trying to get a hold of the one that wrote the article.

[li10up]

I too am disappointed that they did'nt use larger photos of you. They want to write about real women but they use models...how lame is that. If they can put that really obese man in their mag (the "hey big fella" issue) they sure as heck could have used the women's photos!! It seemed to me that they just used these women to sell the wares of those that advertise with them. I sure wish a better cycling mag would come out.

Shame on you Bicycling Magazine - or to steal a phrase from someone else... Bicycling Ad-azine.

[kelownagirl]

You've got to be kidding!

I want one, so I have it, but I haven't been able to get to the store yet. Something tells me it won't be there anyhow.

I guess I won't waste my typing trying to get a hold of the one that wrote the article.

CWR - I have a feeling they only went out in the subscriptions to women, but not in stores. I haven't heard of anyone who's seen on in the stores yet. I think it would be worth yorur while to email Christine and ask her for one though. She sounded like she really would try to get me one.

[Blueberry]

My offer to send mine (with special section) on to someone is still open...

Otherwise, it's headed for the recycling this weekend.

CA

[GLC1968]

I'd be happy to give mine to whomever would like it, as well.

I haven't read much of it yet, but it won't take long considering the normal lack of 'solid' material in it anyway.

I'd be happy to send it along instead of recycling it. Just let me know....

[xeney]

Wait, I'm still stuck on this:

Nevertheless - I (some how) ended up with a subscription (I've never subscribed or paid for it)

Because that happened to me, too, except I never got an actual magazine ... just a bunch of bills, and then a collections agency bugging me. I paid the damn thing but have still never seen the magazine.

Not that I want to, after reading this thread, but I'm just a little surprised to find out that it's not only me getting mysterious subscriptions I didn't ask for.

[chickwhorips]

does anyone have the magazine left, that has the articles in it that would like to donate one to me? please.....

[mtbdarby]

I'd give you mine CWR, but they didn't send me one So not all female subscribers got them. Talk about irritating...

[bikerz]

does anyone have the magazine left, that has the articles in it that would like to donate one to me? please.....

I'll send you mine - PM me with your address and I'll send it off next week...

[uforgot]

does anyone have the magazine left, that has the articles in it that would like to donate one to me? please.....

I'd also be happy to give mine to anyone who wants it. Just PM me with your address.

[rapid cycler]

My subscription is in my name, obviously female, and I got the insert, which I thought sucked fetid wind. The one piece that was at all of interest was the mountain-biking skills women's retreat. C'mon, the other primary article in the "women's" supplement was about why we should ride with men to become better cyclists! %&#* It was written with just a dash of humor—men are funny because they crash (because they're bigger risk takers)—but the takeaway lesson was, Hey, ladies, riding with your little female friends is fine when you want to gossip or can't take the pressure of keeping up with the menfolk, but when you want to improve your skills you're gonna have to enlist some testerone. [Expletives deleted]

I had no idea any of the "makeover" gals were TE locals, and I hadn't paid much attention to that section because, in addition to its being a flagrant example of product placement, it seemed to assume that women just weren't as serious about cycling as men—most of the products recommended were low- to medium-end bikes and accessories. As kelownagirl notes, everything she already owns is of a higher quality than what was recommended to her.

I would like the editor in chief, Stephen Madden, to imagine a parallel universe in which he subscribes to a cycling magazine that focuses primarily on female athletes, because he loves to ride and, dammit, it's a woman's world so that's all that's available—but he's accustomed to such slights and will take what he can get. Then they throw him a bone, an issue all about men and their special cycling needs and goals. Well, it's not really a whole issue, but rather an insert, included only in issues addressed to men. Darn it, Stephen's subscription is in his wife's name. So he borrows his friend Dave's copy and is flabbergasted to read all about why men who always ride with their male friends really should ride with women from time to time to develop a stronger skill set. He's also fascinated to read the magazine's recommendations for his friend Dave (who already rides a Trek Madone with a Dura Ace drivetrain): an entry-level MSD (men's specific design, natch) Giant OCR, plus a nice clavicle-baring cycling top and shorts that flatter his straight hips and "package."

Absurd, isn't it, Stephen? How we women wish it were absurd to us, but we encounter that level of condescension every goddam day.

[Velobambina]

I'd also be happy to give mine to anyone who wants it. Just PM me with your address.

C--I sent you a PM. I had a change of heart---hope someone else hasn't beaten me to it. Might be the only time I'll ever be in a magazine!

[teigyr]

I also have a copy if anyone wants it. Just let me know - I'll hold off on putting it in recycling for a while

[Ninabike]

Does anyone else still want a copy? Please let me know.

[LBTC]

It was written with just a dash of humor—men are funny because they crash (because they're bigger risk takers)—but the takeaway lesson was, Hey, ladies, riding with your little female friends is fine when you want to gossip or can't take the pressure of keeping up with the menfolk, but when you want to improve your skills you're gonna have to enlist some testerone. [Expletives deleted]

Man, this attitude still cheeses me, and I haven't even been able to ride for almost a year!

Back when we had the money to spend, the bike stuff I could get that worked for me was never as good as what DH could get. When he bought carbon-soled shoes, and I needed new shoes, too, they didn't make a ladies shoe with a carbon sole. I spent just as much money on a shoe that was 2 notches lower than his. It took years of waiting before there was a full suspension bike small enough to fit me.

And don't get me started on the attitude about riding skills! Yikes! There's still a guy in my old home-town with a target on his head over that one. Some of the best riders I know are women (and I used to be nearly as good as some of them); and there are plenty of men who can get clocked by a chick any day of the week!

The part that sucks the most is that magazines perpetuate this ridiculous discrimination. Sure, I guess it could be argued that it's a reflection of the real world attitude; but it definitely is not a reflection of real women who love to ride.

Yes, DH got his, and since the subscription is in his name, no women's section.

Utter hooey.

~T~