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Submitted by
SGT. ROCK
a Racer
from Grande Cache, AB
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Race coverage
Product reviews
Frequency of publication
Concentrates on riders, not products | | Weaknesses: | Biased towards roadies
Expensive for non-U.S. subscribers | | Similar Products Used: | It's the only game in town | | Bottom Line: | An interesting mag. As another reviewer said, how many "how-to" articles can you read before you hit the wall? VeloNess is cycling current events. Their product reviews are limited compared to the product oriented mags, but are generally logical and fair.
A little biased towards roadies, but that's where the money is these days. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ilakano
a Cross Country Rider
from clayton, ca, usa
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | widowmaker | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | subscriber | | Strengths: | Excellent coverage of racing in the US and worldwide. Product reviews are well done. | | Weaknesses: | The editorial staff's bias against mountain bikers is obvious and annoying. From the lame O'Grady cartoons to the hot/not section, its clear the editors and writers at VeloNews have no respect for mountain bikers. | | Similar Products Used: | MBR, Dirt Rag, Procycling | | Bike Setup: | Irrelevant | | Bottom Line: | A good but not great magazine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sergio
a
from Tulare
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | local trail that I create..... | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$4.00 | | Purchased At: | any magazine shop | | Strengths: | Awesome race coverage with fantastic pictures of major racing events.. The ESPN of cycling... | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't come out every day.....pictures could use a bit more color, but when your taking pics from out in the middle of the race what can you expect. | | Similar Products Used: | none....for the price no magazine compares unless you like reading the same articles over and over.... | | Bike Setup: | specialized hard tail, full xt. manitou sx-r.. rhyno lite rims... sram attack shifters.. | | Bottom Line: | If you like racing action then this magazine is the one for you... If you like reading "how to get legs of steel" for the one- hundreth time, then buy one of those other magazines..... keep up the great work Velo... you guys rock!!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Racer
from Connecticut
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Killington Stage Race | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Every 2 weeks, coverage, in-depth, comics, road and mtn. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bike Setup: | Cannondales, R2000 and F1000 | | Bottom Line: | The most informative magazine out there for racing - road and mtn! This is racing! I absolutly love this mag.
It has everything in it. Quality articles and news. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob VonMoss
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago, IL, USA
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | 20+ mile one way commute to work | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$3.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order | | Strengths: | overview of national cycling, comic strip, semi-celebrity oriented, major tour coverage, competitive oriented, objective reviews
| | Weaknesses: | If you're not involved in the racing scene, it can be somewhat distant and irrelevant. Strange fetish with women's cycling and women racers. Only cover big money events. no BMX. no non-competitive cycling.
| | Similar Products Used: | Bicycling, Bike | | Bike Setup: | Gunnar Crosshairs, drop bars, Ultegra, ESGE fenders, Brooks saddle | | Bottom Line: | competitive cycling on a national level. Different than sport-oriented Bicycling. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
richard chittick
a Racer
from littleton, co
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
in a galaxy, far far away... | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
coverage. that's the key word. they get in there and get the info and get out and get it to you. they're also one of the only magazines that cover competitive mountain biking. | | Weaknesses: |
little choppy at times, and the local coverage can seem a little arbitrary. but that's the nature of national magazines. | | Similar Products Used: |
cycle sport, pro-cycling (european road weenie magazines) | | Bottom Line: | pure journalism. you don't really find that in many corners of the mountain bike world. velo news is about the dissemination of cycling information and they do a fantastic job of it. they're the best magazine in the country for competitive road coverage and the best magazine in the world for competitive mountain coverage. and the only magazine for cyclocross coverage. they just don't stop. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MattT
a cross-country rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: January 31, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
Just kinda really really techie-racer-boringish. Fine if you are a racer, but definetly not the mag to get newbies inspired to ride. Better when Mountain BIke, casue it doesnt have Zap. Hmmm, not much else to say, that should we 50 words. | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike T.
a cross-country rider
from Ontario, Canada.
Date Reviewed: August 16, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This is the number one bike magazine out there. I've been a subscriber for twenty four years since Barbara George published it in her kitchen in Brattleboro, Vt.
It has since gone better and better. It gives me everything I need - race reports, both road and mtb from around the world, tech articles both physical and mechanical and real racers writing about their world.
I can't imagine how it can be improved - all this and it comes 2x monthly in the summer !!
I subscribe three years at a time so to get the cheapest rate. Waytago Velonews - you're the best and you deserve more burning hotdogs than five - you should be Hors Category !!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flash Gordon
a racer
from Dark Side of the Moon
Date Reviewed: July 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Nothing else comes close. Just pure, honest coverage of competitive cycling. If your are looking for info on a local race or want to know what is going on in the pros, this is the place to go. I am not even a roadie yet I love to read about what is going on in the pro peleton along with mountain biking. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Smudgie Bow
a racer
from Fred Vegas
Date Reviewed: May 20, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I wish it were cheaper. I wish I had enough time to read it cover to cover!
If I could susbcribe to only one rag, this is def it! VN covers the entire spectrum of the cycling world and focuses on racing. Great writing, acceptable photos. Other mags may provide more dazzle or bike culture/fashion/trendiness, but VN gives the BIG PICTURE with detail. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MIKE
a cross-country rider
from Tennessee
Date Reviewed: May 15, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I LIKE VELO NEWS,THEY REALLY BREAK IT DOWN!
The TV commercial they have really rocks!IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND RACE,RACE RACE DUDE! V ELO NEWS IS MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE TYPICAL MAGAZINE,IT'S MORE FOR RACING.I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE STUCK ONLY READING IT THOUGH.As i commented before the TV ad really is pretty cool>..... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a racer
from Fort Collins, CO
Date Reviewed: February 24, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I started reading Velo when I first started racing. It is the best way to find out where and when the races in your area are happening. The also have the best race coverage of any magazine. I don't even ride a road bike but I still like to read about what is happening in the big tours as well as cyclocross and mountain biking. It is not glossy and it doesn't have much for product reviews but the race coverage and training tips are the best there is. If you are serious, this is the magazine for you. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
austin
a cross-country rider
from texas
Date Reviewed: February 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I like it. It's got a pretty neat layout and stuff, and you're not going to get it confused with another mag. It's got the best articles on all racing, even road biking, and I look forward to its arrival. Regarding the 'f' word: Oh, who cares? It pervades our society. It's on TV (south park), in movies, in computer games, and represented in many other media throughout our society. Sure, it'd be nice if they didn't have to say it, but it was a quote, so it's not as if they themselves used the term. All in all, like everyone else who's heard of this and read it (few, judging by the number of reviews) i really enjoys this thing. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeremy
a cross-country rider
from Gibsons
Date Reviewed: February 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
this magazine is awesome. It's got good reviews on races and products, and it's got stuff on Road bikes (road bike are sweet). Have you ever seen Tour the France, or tour D'italy! Those races aren't for pansy ass, unlike the riding crew off MBA. Anyway it's a good mag to buy. I prefer the product reviews I get here 'cause I know rider's actually test the stuff, ride hard and give their true feelings about the stuff (hey, it's their money they'r spending!) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Kukoda
a cross-country rider
from Durango, CO
Date Reviewed: February 6, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
As of April '98, when my sub to MBA expires, VeloNews and Dirt Rag will become the only two cycling publications I receive. As a former editor of Mt. Bike (For the Ad Dollars), I was receiving a free lifetime subscription, but I called the Zapster a few issues back asking to be removed from the comp list because every issue just pissed me off a little more. I still get Dirt Rag (thankya kindly, Maurice). I don't need no nitwits telling me what to buy, or how to ride over logs, or why I'm uncool because I don't have any tattoos, earrings, ubangi lips, or goatee, and I've already got my freeride, (it was free, and I ride the hell out of it -- Merlin, the besta bika, to paraphrase Mario C. -- thanx Merlin, I owe ya one). I'll be nenewing my sub to VeloNews, despite its penchant for printing four-letter words uttered by Mr. Palmer, and despite Mr. O'Grady's unreasonable fear and loathing of rattlesnakes, but will subtract one chili for those transgressions. Go VeloNews. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flip
a weekend warrior
from HK, Canada, Taiwan, and now US
Date Reviewed: November 25, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Great race coverage, great interviews, and I love Off The Back with Maynard (although I know many are going to have opinions about this). If you are ANYWHERE serious about cycling, you should read this. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sethor
a racer
from Cleveland, OH
Date Reviewed: November 19, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Velonews is where its at for race information and coverage. They list races and results, and, uh, well, they just rule, okay? Go buy a copy and check it out. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a weekend warrior
from Tokyo, Japan
Date Reviewed: November 19, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Quite a different tone from the other magazines. Race coverage is by far the best. Good quality writing. Not much info / review on products but I guess that's the way the magazine is designed. If you are a racer or likes to watch / read about races, this is the one. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Galen Kennedy
a racer
from Toronto Canada
Date Reviewed: November 2, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
If you are a racer or just a person who likes to hear about all the news (even rodie stuff) this is the mag to read. I have been an avid fan for two years and it is the BEST, it may be different but give it a try! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Uncle
a cross-country rider
from Durango
Date Reviewed: August 4, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I note with disgust that VeloNews, which I always considered the New York Times of competitive cycling, is now printing the f word in all its four-lettered glory, when quoting someone who uses the word during an interview. I use the word myself at times, so I'm not personally offended, but I sure feel sorry for the many readers of this otherwise fine publication who do not, or who do not want their children/parents/whatever exposed to it. When I raced, I used to load my mother my copy so she could see what all the excitement was about. I imagine the editor's answer would be that printing the word accurately portrays the speaker -- I've seen the word from the mouth of Mr. Shaun Palmer, and Ms. Missy Giove. Perhaps the Velonews editor should return to Journalism school, if he ever went, to learn of other, more socially acceptable ways of conveying what was said, such as expletive deleted (ala Richard M. Nixon), or even F---. I wonder if John Wilcockson's mother, if she lives, reads and enjoys such lowbrow journalism from her son's publication. If you agree, please send a note to VeloNews and let them know. Thank you. | | Overall Rating: |
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