RoadBike Motorcycle Cruising

[trikebubble]

So I fired off an email to RoadBike this morning to cancel my subscription (which I've had for a good 5 years now), and to my surprise I received a response from Steve Lita (the editor) within an hour.

I won't bother pasting the exact details of the correspondence, and I still will not renew my subsrciption with that magazine (as I don't care for the new narrowed focus format on certain types of bikes, inclusion of non-metric brand,and the omission of other "genre's" of bikes), but it was refreshing to see that my concerns were read and answered by a real person, and the Editor to boot.

[Hacker]

Call me narrow-minded, but the reasons you cite for dropping it are the reasons that I will continue to buy it. I have no interest in sportbikes, dual purpose rides and the like, and RoadBike and MC Cruiser, while certainly not perfect, are the only two that cater to people like myself.

[messer00]

Impressive the editor called and so quickly. Magazines and newspapers are losing readers because of the internet.

I subcribe to Sport Rider (my favorite) and Motor Cyclist (good overall) because their yearly subscriptions are such a bargain. I just came across Road Racer-X and will probably get that one, too. Super Streetbike is pretty good, but more geared towards squids (lol).

[V2K_CCTX]

now trike, just because every article isnt about the ZX14....

[Frenchy]

I've taken a liking to "Rider" magazine. They don't just take ad dollars from the metric bunch, and it's a good mix. I hate the style/model/brand specific mags.

[CTRider]

The only bike mag I read is Motorcycle Consumer news.

It seems, with all the other mags, all I ever see is "shootouts" between the same three bikes - just in different mags.

[Nomadthesailor]

Here's my two cents; I like Rider mag. 'cause it's geared toward people who actually RIDE. (If you spend more money on accessories, apparel, waxes, polishes and wash compounds than gas for the bike, well...) I like Motorcycle Classics mag 'cause I grew up with the old Brits and early UJMs. RoadBike is pretty good, but I don't subscribe to any of them. They all seem to have a lot of repitition and the same things, but if I see something that catches my interest, I get it from the newsstand.

[pat0021]

I wish it would go back to the all metric. I like that its more cruiser oriented now.

[northernman]

Its nice to get a real human response like that Carlo, good for them.