i'm a fan of Velo News (despite the price) for an occasional racing/ gear fix... they had a couple of pretty good articles on female racers last month (Georgia Gould and a woman from University of California who's name I unfortunately can't remember...).

I generally stick with Dirt Rag, however... I really love their reader-oriented format (it's a "forum" rather than a "magazine" ) and I often see people in there who's names I recognize! While mtb is their main focus, they don't *just* cover dirt. They have some good "general cycling" articles, and always a lot of (real, not fake) inspirational articles and artwork.