skipperw Posted September 2, 2014 Share Minor rant... On the cover of the latest edition, a headline reads:Eight Essential MTB Upgrades This indicates an article exploring upgrades to a mountain bike. What's worth upgrading and what's not worth upgrading. However, the article is about specific upgrades to a Giant Trance. It would appear that there is a fair amount of advertorial at play too... A little disappointing and misleading when the article could have been an informative piece on upgrades in general. rorf and Jace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted September 2, 2014 Share I probably last bought a Ride magazine 5 years ago, Was out of desperation to read something of our trip to the coast. I picked it up at the local shop last night, scanned the cover and put it back down, IMO nothing of value in that publication. rorf and Latent_Blue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honkdonk Posted September 2, 2014 Share Its kinda like DSTV - full of repeats Pure Savage, rorf and Hairy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmytrap Posted September 2, 2014 Share Its kinda like DSTV - full of repeats It's clockwork every year. Especially when Argus and 94.7 are around the corner. Don't forget x/y steps to a leaner and stronger you to climb like a mountain goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted September 2, 2014 Share In my opinion, the Ride has gone the way of Bicycling, become irrelevant to the experienced rider, sad that, I enjoy reading Steve Shapiro's and Grant Usher's columns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted September 2, 2014 Share I haven't seen Ride for a long time, so take my comment with a pinch of salt: The 2014 650B Trance is the poster boy for mtbikes that can be upgraded almost without limit. On the 1 hand it can be ridden exactly as it is out of the box as a seriously good bike. At the other extreme it can be upgraded to the hilt and one can justify spending eye watering amounts of money on it to end up with a super do-it-all machine. I also would have used that as a great example if I had to write about upgrading mtbs. Hackster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted September 2, 2014 Share Havent seen the article but perhaps they should have specified it as upgrades to a trail/all mountain bike as opposed to your usual Ride readers bike of choice which is probably a hardtail 29er :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Hare Posted September 2, 2014 Share Same thing last month with their "Tour Bicycles". Not Tour du France or Le Tour or even Tour du Magatashoek. Since I enjoy bicycle touring I bought a copy only to find it full of carbon copy mache bikes that the pro's ride. Ba-humbug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperw Posted September 2, 2014 Share The real concern is that I can't shake the feeling that these upgrades were done free of charge by the suppliers. In other words, an article that was headlined as an advisory article, ended up being an incredibly targeted piece relating to a specific bike, possibly benefiting someone in the editorial team. This is advertorial, not editorial, and in no way a piece of any value to a reader. That being said, I am speculating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedon Posted September 2, 2014 Share Seems a common problem with SA cycling magazines.Most of the articles are "borrowed" from overseas mags, or as Helpmytrap says, rehash of old articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted September 2, 2014 Share I think they should put some hot gooses on bicycles in there to get the readership up, like a Pirelli calendar GreatGusto, skipperw, Gandalf and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted September 3, 2014 Share Like this... Gandalf, BenReaper and TALUS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperw Posted September 3, 2014 Share I am immediately more excited about this kind of article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackster Posted September 3, 2014 Share Dunno about the latest issue, but if you compare Ride today with the magazine it used to be, I think it's a much improved product. Almost a different mag. Ride and Tread are on my monthly buy list, given that there's content that appeals to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted September 3, 2014 Share I used to purchase Ride and Bicycling and once even tread.. BUT.. because i have bills to pay and a family to feed and mtb comes a close 5th in my list of priorities i cant read a magazine that is focused on bikes costing R30k and give 1star to a bike that costs less than R20k (budget category).. When honestly, has anyone ever considered what markup these clowns put on the bikes - - - Naturally they can afford to throw parts at editorial staff to punt their own product....I ride a great bike, gets me up the hills and down the otherside.. I give me 5stars for trying..and the bike 5stars for keeping my upright and near as dammit to my target weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 3, 2014 Share I get mine free in goodie bags, same sh#t different issue. Jace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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