What’s Inside Singletrack Issue 146? Out Today!

Who has received theirs?

Not me, yet.

I got mine Saturday, earlier than I normally would. Perhaps Royal Mail prioritised it ahead of the strikes.

Not arrived yet – but our post is properly messed up with some black friday brake pads only just delivered

@Yak – slightly too much information there!

@stwhannah Sorry, my nose is too cold to smell anything at the mo. I like the mix of fonts (although now I’m wondering if you always did that and I didn’t notice) and the pictures seemed more striking this issue. I miss the full version of We Just Work Here, including Thanks To and Brought To You By (it was fun to wonder why). Overall, I like the new look. Now I just have to find time to read it, maybe over Xmas.

Got mine on Saturday. Only had a quick browse so far but really like the new look.

Got mine this morning in Warwick

Arrived today in North Wiltshire. Smells nice. Text is readable (more so than previous, so thanks for that). Haven’t read any articles yet.

Not a fan of the cover photo at all – basically I’m not a fan of carving trails into virgin hillsides without any thought as to what happens to that ground or whether it’s sustainable, which is what appears to be going on judging by the associated video. How long till the remaining top soil ends up at the bottom of the hill? Not very sympathetic IMHO. (And yes, I do understand how the majority of bridleways etc have evolved in the UK over time).  Anyway, I’m sure to some it’s looks ‘rad’.

Smells nice. Text is readable (more so than previous, so thanks for that).

and

Not a fan of the cover photo at all – basically I’m not a fan of carving trails into virgin hillsides

+1

The calendar will go straight in the recycling bin, which is disappointing because I used to like it. It’s now an advert per month. I’m not likely to have a boring profile picture of an Orbea on my wall for a month because they’ve sponsored a page. There’s also a disconnect between the rad-wheels-in-the-air type of riding suggested by the calendar and the more sedate type of riding described in the mag each month. (The first article is a bike-packing article that could have been done on gravel bikes and been printed in Cyclist or Cycling Plus mags.)

I’m good with the calendar. My son takes it for his room. But it does look a bit like orbea have the main and footnote pics the wrong way round. Surely the main pic should be the action/riding/scenery and the footnote to cover the product?

Landed today. Hooray! New font is much easier on my ageing eyes. I’d prefer ‘proper’ maps alongside the rides but I presume that incurs licencing costs and/or loss of komoot income?

I wanted to say that I really like it.  The images are fantastic, and the change from the paper and ink over the last few editions is really noticeable.  I like it, but if market forces dictate, I’d understand if you needed to go back.

The font choice is fab.

The calendar is ready to go up in my lads room, we really enjoyed looking through it last night saying had we been there, or would we put it on the list.

So in short it’s a thanks from me, and yes, I appreciate the changes.

Arrived yesterday for me – generally like the redesign, readability seems improved, images seem a bit zingier (is that a technical word) and the page layouts are more interesting. The only downside is that some of the content now looks similar to some of the ads – I know some other publications they use this to their advantage by having ‘advertising features’ where an ad looks like it’s part of the content so maybe it’s an intentional step?

Oh and the smell – similar fragrance but a bit less pungent. And that’s before it got the @Yak treatment :D

This issue I liked a lot, all the features are much more my cup of tea, my only suggestions would be to add captions to all the photos as I like to know where they’re of, some images have them and some don’t–plus on the maps, I know they’re featuring Komoot (which I don’t use) but I like a ‘proper’ map, call me old fashioned but an OS map’d do me just fine, not just a blue loop on a green background… (p.98)! If Komoot uses OSM, then adjusting the map layers for the image capture in the feature would make for a more effective map, showing more useful topographical information about the area and the route.

cheers,

Keith

Arrived this morning along with a backlog of other post.

Looking forward to opening it this evening.

Not me.

tractionman
Full Member
depends which border 😉

England / Scotland, not Yorkshire / Lancashire if that’s what you meant!

That’s my copy arrived (East Ayrshire). First print edition in a while (just switched back from digital).

Glad to report the photos do appear much better print quality than when I dropped print sub previously.
I like the font on some of the articles (easier to read) but the font seems to be inconsistent from article to article (maybe just the size) throughout the magazine – is that due to number of words vs space thing?