[kidwoo]

this is true! (meeting Stevew IRL)

dafuq???

Hi narly!!

 

[narlus]

hey woo, how r u?

 

[narlus]

pls treat staff members with the appropriate level of decorum.

 

[kidwoo]

appropriate

well if you say so....heh heh


Where you been son? Hopefully not at the capitol on Jan 6

 

[narlus]

lol no i wasn't out rioting. still in boston, not riding much but still taking loads of photos.

 

[slimshady]

So it looks like Bikemag is regularly spitting out news again! Just not their own production though. Kinda like one of those news/viral videos integrators out there. Discovered it by a comment on the Rampage's custom helmets piece on PB.

I honestly thought all operations had stopped pre pandemic...

EDIT: the last original piece is from August 24.

 

[binary visions]

@slimshady I met with some of the new team last week. They're starting up some operations again. Guessing you'll see more of a mixture of original content and ongoing trends/industry news than the original Bike which was almost exclusively original content. But the new editors are a bunch of outdoor biking enthusiasts so it's not turning into Buzzfeed, either.

I think the editors are going to start showing up around the community, try to engage a bit more. I suggested that, if they have interesting topics that aren't fleshed out enough to warrant a full article, that they bring them to the community for discussion. We'll see what happens - but they are interested in trying to contribute here.

 

[DaveW]

I wish they could make the article headings not look they were generated by the cheapest AI/Bot on the market though.

 

[rideit]

One of the new editors is a friend of mine. Straight up awesome guy, great rider, really good illustrator, just top notch people all around. He feels good about the future.

 

[Full Trucker]

One of the new editors is a friend of mine. Straight up awesome guy, great rider, really good illustrator, just top notch people all around. He feels good about the future.

Cy?

 

[rideit]

Sí.

 

[binary visions]

I honestly have no idea how much equity the "Bike Magazine" name has in the market anymore. But it sure has a lot of brand equity in my heart - it is/was a really foundational part of my first years being interested in riding. I still remember the excitement of pulling a new issue from the mailbox and rushing inside to flip through it.

I hope they make a go of it, and not just because they are tied to Ridemonkey.