Roadeo in Bicycling magazine

[DC]

Bicycling magazine features a Rivendell Roadeo in the gear section.
I've only been a subscriber for a few months, but this is by far the
sweetest looking bike I've seen in their mag so far. The write up is
short but positive. In the spandex tradition "Forget it if the ideas
of wide road tires and low pressure make steam come out of your ears".

[cyclotourist]

Bicycling is turning into a decent little mag lately.  Still a lot of fluff and the requisite "How to ride 100 miles" articles, but they're putting in some longer, interesting articles as well.  They're still beholden to the bicycle industry and will never, ever, never-ever write anything negative about any bike, part or accessory, but I skip those sections.  Will have to check out the newest one.

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Cheers,
David
Redlands, CA

...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from
improving their taste than from improving their performance. - RTMS

[James Warren]

Once again, an inability to be objective.

The reviewer's conclusion should be, "Whoah, what an eye-opener. Time to rethink my ideas about narrow versus wide road tires!"

[EricP]

Hmm. I did not read it that way at all. Then again, for me, it takes
until 37mm to be "medium" and wide doesn't begin until past 40. Or
maybe my Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 50s are wide. Or not.

Then again, after a few years where no bike has had less than 35s on
it, my perception of wide is different than others.

Eric Platt
(tires no less than 40, and bars way up above the saddle)

[Kris]

You are kind! The new editor has made some changes for the better,
but I still find it to be more or less worthless. The producers of
Dirt Rag have an effort called Bicycle Times that I recently
discovered. I would recommend it to the RBW crowd.

[Noel M.]

+1 for Bicycle Times magazine.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this publication and can't wait for the next issue!!

[Michael_S]

I canceled my Bicycling subscription a few years ago. Just not what I wanted to read.  My current fav's are Bicycle Times, Adventure Cyclist and Bicycle Quarterly.

I do like Dirt Rag and Mountain Flyer is pretty good too.

 

~mike

[stevep33]

I picked up the issue for something to read at the airport.

The Roadeo writeup was a pleasant surprise, and I was impressed that
they didn't automatically write it off as a 20+ (gasp!) pound turd.
The commentary was quite favorable. The comments on the Hampsten were
a little more mixed, and to be honest, they seem more interested in
the background story of these bikes than the bikes themselves.

So those were 2 interesting pages, there were 2 more good pages on cx
bikes. That's a couple more good pages than I had expected