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sadly I found myself in agreement with those who note the declining quality of this magazine. This used to be the first point of call for cycling enthusiasts but somehow they have now identified an imaginary readership who are both willing to buy super-expensivee components and yet who have no knowledge of the sport. Someone must have persuaded them that this was an advancing demographic.

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Bait and Switch, Lies, and Bad Customer Service
We subscribed to this magazine, in part due to the special offer of 12 free cycling booklets & road log with each new subscription. What did we get? A note letting us know that unfortunately "the gift described in the promotion is no longer available" and that "rather than keep us waiting, (they've) taken the liberty of sending the enclosed substitute..." The substitute? A crummy little pamphlet. <
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>I let it slide at the time, but several months later they were still offering this special promotion, so I wrote a letter to customer service stating that "since they now had the special gift, perhaps they'd be so good as to finally send ours." No response. <
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>Time came to renew and all of a sudden there was that offer again... so against my better judgement, we did. And guess what! Another note "unfortunately the gift described in the promotion is no longer available..." and the same crummy pamphlet! <
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>In short, if you're interested in being lied to, or receiving a stupid little pamphlet, by all means subscribe... if you want what you paid for, go somewhere else.

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Asphalt? What's the deal?
Multi page story on asphalt? WHO THE F@#K CARES!!! <
>Skimpy and unfocused editorially. The only thing they're consistent about is the use of short punchy blurbs in different fonts and sizes. For example, they had Mari Holden on the cover of a recent issue promising pro secrets. What was her secret? My parents told me to use a helmet... And similar advice from other pros. <
>Read CyclePlus magazine from the UK for an in depth, systematic approach to product review, ride routes(almost all in the UK) and a variety of short relevant articles that inform without dumbing down the issue. (OK. The two pages on yoga every month is a bit too much but they can get away with that becaause the magazine is so much fatter that Bicycling.)