[ukjason]

Just wondering what MTB magazines you lot read i like to read the mbuk magazine www.mbuk.com also the what mountain bike mag http://www.whatmtb.com/
and finaly the mountain bike rider Magazine http://www.mountainbikerider.com/

jason

 

[DaveW]

Spoke
NZ Mountain biker
But my all time fave is no longer made..... MTB Pro.

 

[jacksonpt]

I have a subscription to Mountain Bike Action, and will occasionally pick up a copy of Dirt Rag

 

[McGRP01]

Dirt Rag, Decline

 

[BurlyShirley]

I like Dirt Rag, MBUK is ok, but they're always testing $400 hardtails, and that gets a little old. I keep wanting to like Decline, but it keeps being horrible.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I have a subsription to Bicycling/Mountain Bike that comes free with your IMBA membership. I thumb through it during one session on the crapper then it's into the garbage where it belongs.

I can't remember the last time I actually bought an MTB magazine on the newsstand.

 

[splat]

I have a Life time subscription to Dirt rag

 

[fluff]

MBUKs problem is that they seem to repeat themselves far too often. I used to buy Dirt but since I stopped racing I've given up on that. I used to like the US mag Bike for the great pics and slightly different approach, no idea what it's like any more. No time to read now I have kids...

 

[Trainwreck]

Dirt Rag subscriber.

 

[peter6061]

Dirt Rag, MBA, and Bike subscriptions. Then sometimes I'll pick up a random mag from the newstands. Dirt Rag is the only one I'll say is any good. I think a lot of the mags have gone downhill over the last 10 years (and not DH in a good way). And Decline is the biggest pile of crap IMO. I'm all for a big glossy mag, but lose more than half the ads and throw in some content. What a rip.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Not a single one.

 

[ghostrider]

Dirt Rag rules, but I've been impressed with Bike lately - it seems they've upped their game.

 

[Westy]

One of them, bicycling or something, sends me free copies. It is so dumb, every month is the same thing. "XXX new bike is great", "get faster and lose weight by riding your bike more", great maintenance tips like lube your chain with chain oil, clean it when it is dirty. I'm considering asking them to stop sending me the crap even though it is free.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Yeah, really, with the net, the mags are pretty irrelevant now. The bike tests are a joke, and say nothing for longevity like a message board does. The trail tales pale (woo Rhyme) in comparison to our own ride reports usually. Why do they pay these writers? The tech help is so lame, and who in the heck would want to wait a freaking MONTH to know how to fix something anyway, when you could just get online and ask, or go to the shop and ask.
The advocacy stuff is better handled locally too. Mags basically are worthless, except the odd feature.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>. Why do they pay these writers?

Because people are still buying them for all the pretty pictures?

I mean, why does Playboy still publish paper?

 

[ukjason]

Does anyone know if you can get the US mags in the uk

 

[BurlyShirley]

Does anyone know if you can get the US mags in the uk

Yeah, you can. Just subscribe.

 

[ukjason]

Nice thinking batman

 

[fluff]

Does anyone know if you can get the US mags in the uk

If you look around you can find MBA (though you'll probably wish you hadn't) and Bike fairly easily.

 

[dhbuilder]

Not a single one.

yeah.
by the time they hit the shelves, the info is old news.

 

[fluff]

My favourite MTB mag cover:

Pity I can't find a bigger picture

 

[fluff]

This one was rather good too..