Comments on: Cycle World Magazine Sold by Hearst (News)

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:00:06 +0000

I don’t read Peter Egan much. He’s like a little old man that is always reaching “back to the day.” I don’t know, just boring.
I hope the new owners make Cycle World more fun, like the british motorcycle mags. Maybe even a little skin. Cycle World and Motorcyclist act like they’re terrified of women.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:13:38 +0000

Peter Egan is the best. I even read his car stuff and I don’t even have any interest in cars. He is interesting and humorous. He just has a way with the written word.

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By: Baggerchris

Baggerchris — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:18:46 +0000

Egan stays or I don’t renew

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By: dazed

dazed — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:09:39 +0000

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By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:16:58 +0000

This guy I agree with.

Cameron is very entertaining, probably because I like working on my own stuff and am an engineer. While Egan is nothing but mindless drivel about what used to be or at least what he can possibly remember of it. Nostalgia is way overrated.

I’ll have to check out Sport Rider and get a subscription even. Cycle World this month (November) is as one person put it, thin as an advertisement that almost got thrown out. I still enjoy the writers though. Mainly Canet, Dudek and Burns.

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By: Morris Bethoven

Morris Bethoven — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:42:55 +0000

I would subscribe to Cycle, but not Cycleworld. It really was a better magazine than CW. The folks that run CW are only in it for the profit and will probably sell it off to someone else before the end of the year.

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By: JR

JR — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:27:58 +0000

Well this is interesting.. this being that Cycleworld has been sold. I also have received mail asking me to re-order for more money, but I have not re-ordered to date. I am also one of those motorcycle riders that go back to when it was Cycle magazine.. before Cycleworld bought Cycle out etc. I also still believe that Cycle magazine was the best, because they showed the most mechanical photo’s of just how things were designed. I was sorry to see Cycle fold. I’m also sure there are other older bikers who feel the same way. Besides Cycleworld, I currently receive Motorcyclist and Rider magazine.

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By: Mickey

Mickey — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:43:10 +0000

Hmmm…my issue came in the mail today and it’s 90 pages.I checked last months and it’s also 90 pages. Not sure what Digits is referring to.

I guess I like Egan because at 61 I can relate to him. Been through the same things, had as many motorcycles as he, (if not more), believe his philosophy about owning a single purpose bike for each purpose for riding, a touring bike for multi state travel riding two up, a sport bike for when I feel frisky (even if my knee never comes within a foot of the pavement), a street roadster for when I ride with my younger brother on his Triumph Bonneville, a Classic that gets wrenched on a lot, but only gets ridden a few miles on sunny Sunday mornings when it’s above 70 degrees, and a scooter for when I ride with my wife on her scooter. The only thing I’m lacking he would have in his garage is a dual sport and I always have my eye on the local Craigslist for the right one to pop up.

I like publications on paper and have no desire to read a magazine online or on a I-pad or Blackberry (even if I had either one, which I don’t). Apparently my phone isn’t so smart and neither am I. I know the publication business is headed that way, but if they can just hold off for another 15 years, statistically ,I should be gone and will no longer care.

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By: AlanH

AlanH — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:45:10 +0000

HFM sold Flying (and some other niche titles) to Bonnier two years ago. The looong-time editor-in-chief did depart at the time (personal choice) but otherwise the move to Bonnier has been nothing but positive. Bonnier has invested in the magazine (returning to perfect binding, for example, after HFM switched to staple binding in a cost-cutting move).

Tiger800Guy: I don’t know about the Nook but Bonnier does publish a version of Flying for the iPad.

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By: Rich Santry

Rich Santry — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:45:57 +0000

Hmmm…I read Mark Hoyer’s comments about the sale. All sounds pretty normal to me. I believe that most of CW’s content is pretty good. All the bike mags cover cruisers way to much for me. Zero would be perfect but that is just me.

What I do miss from CW, Motorcyclist and even MCN (ours, not the Euro-weenie version) is the long form road test complete with tear down (Yes, I still miss Cycle) AND in depth DIY articles. But then time has gone by and things have changed mostly for the better.