Mag question

OK, have been offered a monthly motorbike mag subscription for
my upcoming birthday.

Bike or Ride (I buy MCN on the way to work already)?

 

A little birdy tells me all is not well at RiDE...

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Shame really - I thought Ride was ok in the beginning.

 

Yeah, then again there's only so many Fireblade/GSXR1000/R1 head to heads
one can handle - that's something that most of the bike mags are or have
been very guilty of.

Ah well, it was IIRC John(?) Westlake who was editor when I used to read
it - stopped not long after Tim Thompson took over.

 

No other concrete details ... yet

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Veggie Dave
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I stopped my Bike subscription after nearly 15 years after I thought "WTF
am I reading this tosh". Dan Walsh and the eyewitness pieces couldn't
save it.

BSH seems to be surviving. Although, whenever I look at a copy it
appears to be precisely the same as the last time I looked even though
the cover dates and "Top of the Pops" type girl are different.

AWOL was amusing but only because it was written by people who seemed to
be tinfoil hat wearing wankers.

 

You only go to work once a week ?



Ride *was* good, but lost its way a few years ago.

Not sure I like Bike at the moment, maybe it is to "race" and "sporty"
orientated for me at the moment.

I may go back to UBG again.

 

Especially if you can't find your way home.
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\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
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'^' RBR 2005: Abandoned - Bronze Award.

 

I disliked UBG (for no real reason) and used to get UMG but both suffer
from the same malaise of the patchy quality of the articles.

I don't mind the poorly written but straightforward reporting of a bike
but the poorly written fantasy rufty tufty biker stories grate.

That and shitty cartoons.

 

I say Dodger we've got pockets to be a pickin an' no mistake. Gor blimey,
Mary Poppins 'es a jew. Uncle. wibble.

 

Do you randomly chuck comments like this into your negotiations to see
if the other side are still awake?

 

Yes, some authors are pants

I think the argument is, well, have ago yourself.

 

See my earlier thread. They're making three staff, including the editor,
redundant.

 

Lots of people have tried, and I understand at least one regular here
tried for a job on a bike mag, some time back. Unsuccessfully.

Lots of people do the most amazing trips, ride the most amazing rides,
and can't write for toffee. Somebody else can do a day trip to Brighton
and have you riveted with every word.

There are a few people here who could probably hack it, but then there's
also the question of reliability. You may be able to write 2,000
impeccably-turned words, given a week to do it, but could you produce
those 2,000 words at the drop of a hat, within a three-hour deadline?

 

[writing for a bike mag]

Come on - name those names.

I can think of three - Pip, SD, oh and you ;-)

 

<waves>

 

Ah, so it is public knowledge then...

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Veggie Dave
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IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com
Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk
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Cheeky bugger. Ten years and still no one cares...

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Veggie Dave
UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08
IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com
Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk
Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me

 

I didn't know that you wrote for a magazine. I was only compiling my
list on the basis of posts on here. You are not renowned for your
lengthy "story telling" posts to the group.

 

I'm a media whore - I only write for money, and these days it takes more
than ever to get me to do it...

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Veggie Dave
UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08
IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com
Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk
Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me