Bicycling Magazine Loss of Values

[fabes]

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[fanievb]

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[Gen]

Speaking of.. we should complain to the phone manufacturers as well.. kids use cell phones and they only speak in emoticon ..

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[GrahamS2]

If they understood what a bogan was, they certainly wouldn't try make it seem appealing to be one.

[Long Wheel Base]

Aren't you the online editor for the competitor or have I got that wrong?

No editing gets done by savage, he literally does ride from bootlegger to bootlegger.

[Long Wheel Base]

If they understood what a bogan was, they certainly wouldn't try make it seem appealing to be one.

Had to google the meaning.

[Trek man]

Just my two cent stop buying magazine if you have problem with content. It pzzzz me off that ppl want to maon about all kind off crap. And yet society if messed up. So plse guy

[Schnavel]

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And here is the other side of the page with the "fingers" photo.

 

Maybe they are attempting to immitate being a "bogan"?

[leeubok]

Well, I have 3 kids under age 10. They've recently picked up on the middle-finger thing from other kids, and it took a couple of slaps against the head to get them to stop running around zapping each other and other people. They often page through my bike magazines, so the last thing I want now is for them to see how cool it is when cyclists do it. 

 

I also wouldn't enjoy turning a page in a bike mag and there's a guy saying "well hello, f*ck you" 

[Dirt Tracker]

Might not specifically be marketed as a "family" bike magazine, but barring a warning on the cover that states not for under a certain age, surely he has a point?

 

I was just wondering as it seems to be the trend for prin tmagazines to try to be come more 'real' and 'relevant', in a world that is becoming dominated by blogs and online sites, by adding a little more shock value. I don't read that mag so that was why I was asking. 

[fabes]

Well, I have 3 kids under age 10. They've recently picked up on the middle-finger thing from other kids, and it took a couple of slaps against the head to get them to stop running around zapping each other and other people. They often page through my bike magazines, so the last thing I want now is for them to see how cool it is when cyclists do it.

 

I also wouldn't enjoy turning a page in a bike mag and there's a guy saying "well hello, f*ck you"

You as parent are not teaching them to use it in the correct context then

[Uni]

I was just wondering as it seems to be the trend for prin tmagazines to try to be come more 'real' and 'relevant', in a world that is becoming dominated by blogs and online sites, by adding a little more shock value. I don't read that mag so that was why I was asking. 

is one picture of a guy pulling a zap sign - amongst a double spread of 10 other pics of people not really "shock value"?

[Dirt Tracker]

Maybe they are attempting to immitate being a "bogan"?

 

That 'bogan' article was the most try hard, self promotion and personal brand pushing that I've seen in a long time. Not withstanding they totally missed what a bogan is and what bogan is in popular culture. 

[Dirt Tracker]

is one picture of a guy pulling a zap sign - amongst a double spread of 10 other pics of people not really "shock value"?

 

Well it seems to have shocked a few people in this thread. 

[Uni]

should terms like  "bike porn" be banned as well - have the magazines sealed in plastic like the good old days. 

[Grey Hubs]

That 'bogan' article was the most try hard, self promotion and personal brand pushing that I've seen in a long time. Not withstanding they totally missed what a bogan is and what bogan is in popular culture. 

Help me understand the ways of Bogan culture...