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The only person who cares if you worked hard is your mum.
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Alright, I got bored at the bottom of page 2, I like the mag, already dipped into this months issue and there are couple of things arleady I want to sit down and properly read. It does feel a bit lightweight but not from a content perspective. I subscribe to MBR, WMB & ST. WMB is likely to get canned when I can be bothered, MBR would be next (If I had to, quite like it) and ST would be the one I held onto, I like the lifestyle articles, the photos and the whole feel of the mag. If you don't like it, don't buy it. I can't say it's massively gone down hill in the last 12 months.
Oh well the internet's for people who don't actually participate in the real world to have a go at those that do I suppose. 🙄
Recent issues aren't as interesting as those from a few years back though.
Reminds me of the old Punch tagline
[i]"Not as interesting as it used to be", since 1841.[/i]
[i]Also nice to see its pushing the gender thing with the clothing article and putting Aliegh (Phwoarrr!!)on the main page of the Quants article[/i]
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OK, maybe a bit of a kneejerk reaction but if someone publicly criticised your work on a forum on a Friday night you'd react the same, especially if it's YOUR company that you built from scratch, that you've put years of your life and a lot of your money into.
I dunno, I really don't reckon I would. As mentioned, if it was an employee doing that, in most companies they would probably be sacked.
[b]People riding round gravel pits grumbling that their handlebars were 3mm too narrow. [/b]
harsh, but fair
Maybe turn it into a mag feature?
Jamie, you are fast becoming my favourite STWer.
However, I have just realised how gay that sounds, and have decided to retract said comment.
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For various reasons, I bought ALL the mtb mags this month, and Singletrack has more worth reading in it than any of the others this month. Feels less like flicking through the Argos catalogue than the others. The fact that it's "thinner" rather than losing the content amongst pages and pages of ads is a positive for me. Oh, the others still had things I wanted to read in them, but Singletrack has far far more, and did last month as well.
i havent read the whole thread or magazine but it looks pretty good ,its quality not quantity remember, why have loads of average articles like in mbuk etc instead of a few really good ones in singletrack.
Stop whinging
LOL! To see people with passion inspires me, so the ranting makes it more likely that I'll subscribe.
the pissy-pants editors put their sperm-covered hands over their ears
maybe turn it into a mag feature?
Love the mag on the whole but Apology or not he has made one hell of a professional error. In Any profesion that would incur serious punishment. I would except an apology in the next issue about 16 page's should shut the wingers up.
Ive not read any of the 5 pages- what was said?
"You're rubbish"
"No we're not - you're rubbish, oops, sorry, but we tried really hard, you try doing it better"
bring back hanging I say... Mark is obviously a deviant and dangerous lunatic to boot.. evil
unprofessionalism is always ALWAYS a sign of much deeper and darker things..
I'm sick of the whole sinister and sordid affair..
horiffic
Blah blah blah....i say fair play to Mark.
if you're after a light weight read, try the latest MBUK. I seen NEXT catalogues with more non-ad content
Well people can blow air kisses up Mark's arse all day long,but I still think the mag's poor this month & shall be cancelling my subscription in the very near future.Nothing to do with his rant on what he thought was his FB page(LOL,very sad),more to do with Mark giving me the number to phone so I didn't have to search for it...
I got it the same day as a free chain reaction marathon booklet arrived. TBH i ive had more reading out of the free panflet than i have from the mag.
Rubbish, sorry it just is.
Couldn't post on here before for some reason so my thoughts here:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/re-the-lightweight-issue-rant-thread-
I really, really didn't like Tim's chopped off finger though - page 44.
How the heck did he do that???
Cut it on Mark's tongue?
Oooh, that's sharp!
Twitter is the biggest 'up your ass crap' I've ever seen. I imagine you need a Blackberry and a specific model at that to feel 'fitted in to the wavelength' whilst updating?
The next issue should have a free bit of titanium with it for everyone to polish. Happy days 🙂
Eddie fiola - great name, for those that remember that far back 😉
[i]How the heck did he do that??? [/i]
Cleaning his disc rotas.
What was he cleaning his disc rotas with?
an angle grinder?
Ouch!!!
[i]What was he cleaning his disc rotas with?
an angle grinder? [/i]
His fingers.
I've deleted what I've written. I can't be bothered.
That is a policy you should vigorously adhere to
[i]That is a policy you should vigorously adhere to [/i]
Very good Steve. 😀
After 4 months of buying most of the mtb mags I settled on STW as my one subscribed magazine because of the [b]quality[/b] of it's articles not the quantity. IMO they are better subjects, better written and give more considered views on products than the other magazines. Some of which are blatantly biased towards there bigger rewarding manufacturers.
Keep up the good work STW Team and remember you can't please all the people all the time but you are doing a good job.
1. Don't do a reader-produced issue, it'd be shit.
2. Don't do a forum-dweller-produced issue, it'd be really shit.
3. Quality beats quantity.
4. I like it that Mark gets shouty on Twitter.
5. The last few issues have been some of the best, keep it up.
I thought it was a bit light but having had a bit of a look through it, it does seem to have a better ratio of content to adverts than all the others. And I especially enjoyed the resident grumps article. But I'll still be camping to save a few quid.
I agree with miketually. See playing on bikes is exactly that. The joy I get from it is immense, cos it ticks the same boxes that have always made me happy all my life. Playing in mud - brilliant! Remember those days playing footie on the park where there was a massive puddle, and all the sliding tackles and dives occurred on that patch? Gadgets - LOADS of gadgets, more even than my action man had. Fettling - yahoo, bikes are sometimes like a big ****in airfix kit. The adrenalin thing, tick.
And for me singletrack getting delivered is a bit like when my comic came through every week. I can't say that for any other mag.
I look forward to it cos it touches on stuff over and above bog standard bike reviews. I mean ffs, how much can iread about a bike? Benji's article on history of trails - blimey, I've developed an Unhealthy obsession myself for that. The article about the posh break- something else I think when I'm out riding sometimes. Jamaica article- something I've never even thought about, hats off for that. Quantocks feature - genius, an article based on riding with forum plonkers! Nice one.
Not read the whole mag yet, but bits I have read have been good.
I disagree with all this negative crap for one, but of course each to their own.
I get the mag over here in the US, as I am working here for a couple of years. If you want to complain about adverts in mags and editorial stuff take a look at the bike mags here. My US mates can't wait to get their mitts on my Singletrack, as there is actually non biased reviews and decent content compared to the tat that is produced here.
Well, i've enjoyed it so far. A bit indifferent to interviews with clothing manufacturers, amused by the tragedy of middle age middle earth beards, hate jazz, loved the improv article, looking forward to the route guides. Seemed to be a bit light on reviews but, well, winter's always lean.
As to Mark getting shouty, well, sfw? I'df rather see someone get passionate about their product than uptight neurotic middle managers preserving 'the dignity of the company' or whatever. Dignity should not mean soullessness; there is no dignity in beige.
I'df rather see someone get passionate about their product
You can be passionate without being totally unprofessional. Slagging off customers in public is just bad news all round.
as said before.. unprofessional = evil and possibly dangerously unhinged..
string 'em up
there's definitely not many many more important things in life than daft beige etiquette
Just my opinion but the magazine is what it is, the website is what it is, Mark is what he is.
If you don't like it, don't buy it, don't look at it, ignore him.
What [b]does[/b] it matter?
Some of you are like a bunch of pansies.
"That shouty man who part owns the magazine that I read and the website message board that I spend far too much time wasting my life using (because we do - we can't deny it) has just referred to us as something nasty (even though he is probably close to a general concensus) on another Internet message board! I'm going to squeem and squeem until I am sick! But I might keep buying the magazine but I won't tell anyone and I'll definitley keep looking at the website 'cos that's free and I might even keep being an Internet message board geek but I'll be somebody new for that".
The thing I don't get is the "Phooarr" at the picture of the lady riding a bike. No offence and I don't mean to offend but I must be missing something. Is the picture different for the occasional purchasers of the magazine than that of the subscribers?
I feel cheated out of my £4:25
It's all very Orwellian.. Only who woulda suspected that big brother would end up being a collection of your peers... (err... I mean customers)