Used to subscribe but started to develop a pile of unopened plastic covered mags on my shelf so stopped, also lost my mojo so to speak and stopped riding bike but I've just bought a new one and will have a look at the new styled mag when I get a chance.
Used to get a subscription many years ago and forgot to renew it. Always been lurking on the forum and now getting back into biking so decided to go for the digital subscription. Means I get to read the latest mag anywhere my phone is and I support the guys and the website.
I have subscribed since issue one but if I had to buy it every time I would probably have missed a few. I get what Sadexpunk says about supporting the STW team. At the outset when they needed 500 subscribers to make it viable I signed up and it rather felt that we were all involved. It creates a form of loyalty that makes you stick with it through issues that might not have been so good.
Dogsby
I don't buy the hard copy mag, but I subscribe and read the PDF's
Yes buy the mag makes good bedtime read at work n rest of team seem to enjoy it too,share canoe mags etc too.
I do. Maybe I'm not that demanding, I subscribe to all the UK mags 😉
I go and buy it every month from a shop, which seems pretty daft. Was intending to do the t-shirt and a tenner thing the other month, but missed it. Hoping they'll do another similar offer before Christmas.
I'm a digital subscriber but find that I never actually read the PDF mag.
I use the forum and the rest of the site but I don't actually enjoy reading the magazine on an iPad.
I'm trying to decide whether to go back to a print subscription, at least that way I'll be reading the mag!
I read it. Much better since the revamp. Also buy MBR sometimes but I prefer the columns and features in ST.
@Wisepranker: exactly why I went to print and digital, I found reading the digital edition on a tablet a chore.
The print edition is lovely to read (and in fact lovely to hold too).
I subscribe. Probably the best written bike mag on the market.
I have to agree with the "dislike digital copies" comments above, it just doesn't feel right to try and read it on my ipad never mind view it on my monitor, i subscribe to a few other mags not related to mtb'ing and they all seem to offer this service but i've never read books nor magazines on my ipad - never will either, but then again i also dislike reading books to the point of i'd rather buy the actual physical book than read it on the screen for a fraction of the price.
There's something comforting about handling a magazine or book in one hand wi a big mug of tea or coffee in the other.
Nope! Won't pay the prices they ask for mags these days, just not worth ot IMO
Plus, i'd rather ride hrough trees than read print off something im gonna throw away after a few weeks
Do YOU even buy Singletrack?
sometimes - i quite like it.
but it's not good for me - i can't afford any of the kit/bikes/clothes/tyres/helemts/bitsnbobs they review - and then i get depressed.
Singletrack is/are no worse than any other mags for only reivewing really expensive stuff.
(how about a review - which forks for less than £200?)
but the other mags are either crap, or unreadable, Singletrack is really quite good in comparison.
I have bought every single copy since the very first issue.
Imo it's very interesting as a lot of the articles are written by a women, which is good from my point of view.
However the grammar isn't too good (get your act together boys, seeing as Mark used to be a teacher).
My copy lives in the bog. Had a couple of years subscribing but let it lapse - just forgot about it. It was always read cover to cover. I missed the American writer's articles (sorry, name escapes me) - really well put together, thoughtful pieces.
Flaperon - MemberNo - I find the content good but the typography deeply unpleasant. Perhaps my small brain just doesn't appreciate taste.
I do subscribe and have bought every copy since the first but I agree with above. I struggle with the typeface every so often, and it's one of the few mage I have to remove my glasses to read.
I read the the forum when I'm bored and find that it often has very little to do with actual mountain biking. I sometims wonder why a lot of people post on here - why they found this forum - when they are patently not keen MTBers. However, thats not the question asked.....
I [s]couldn't stomach[/s] can't get enough of the flowery poetic stuff about biking to be honest.
IMO it makes a mockery of the other mags..
Everything else on the shelf reminds me of that spotty MTB wierdo in the pub who tells cringeworthy stories about how rad he is, with his floppy hair, his infantile mates and boring boring sense of humour, and their dead eyed vacuous girlfriends with two expressions and horsey laughs..
Everything in them reads like Barry Scott the Cillit Bang seller is reading it out loud to you while furiously tossing himself off in a ski lift..
Singletrack was the first mag I read that advised you to try and make do with what you've got rather than advising trying to buy a lifestyle..
Ironically I can't afford to buy a copy any more though..
Can't find anywhere to buy it anymore. Is it subscription only?
Used to be a print subscriber, but it ran out a couple of months back - will prob get a digital sub before x-mass.
I subscribed pretty much from the beginning until 2011 when I was threatened with a ban for being rude on the forum so I picked up my ball etc.
There was a bit too much lauding of being unfit, living up north, coffee, absurdly expensive bikes as well as some really dull articles such as the ST team reviewing their faves for the year such that every advertiser got a positive mention at least once. How was that ever meant to make a good read?
Over the ten years there was a lot of good stuff as well and some inspirational travel stuff.
Just digital for me, I don't like the clutter of loads of magazines around the house.
I bought the first 'redesigned' magazine but thought the printing was a bit poor, I thought it was pitched like "the ride" or "Privateer" quality but it was just a less glossy cover stock and horrible standard internal pages. If it was a nice piece of print I'd buy it. I download it and read/skim through it on my iPad, but really just subscribe it to support the forum.
I subscribe to ST and Privateer, although I never seem to get round to reading them both properly....
I mainly subscribe to ST to support the guys at STW Towers as I think this forum is such a great resource.
Nope
Subscribed following a Christmas gift subscription - what a pleasure that year was...emails, phone calls killed the gesture.
Delayed delivery
Missed months
Blah blah
Gave up on the paper copies as it was just too expensive for non UK folks for the amount I read. However I love the digital version as the price is way more manageable and the extra stuff in the app version is great. I got into it initially as I like the way the the equipment reviews never too effusive and at the end you usually came out with an accurate idea of whether or not you would like it. That dissappeared for a while but seems to be back now.
The flowery writing is a bit difficult because you really have to sit and read it to get into it but sometimes it pays off and the writer has managed to capture the moment well.
Would love to see more on uk based builders - frames, kit, bikes, trails even if they have been done before. It's nice to see how stuff progresses.
So yep - getting it and enjoying it for the mo
Subscriber and now digital viewer as well, always been best mag out there IMHO. The relaunched mag has made it even better and I like reading everything that Jenn Hopkins writes, she has been a great addition to the team.
I subscribe to Dirt Rag and Bike digitally also, so much cheaper and much easier to get hold of than the mags.
Also subscribe to Privateer but I'm still unsure with it and will probably stop soon.
Only buy Dirt regular of the other mags and it is of decent quality but the font/printing on strange colour backgrounds still annoys me as I find it difficult to read.
written by a women
However the grammar isn't too good
Coughs.
Yeah I subscribe. Slightly older than middle aged and not too much of a fat knacker. Also take Privateer but that is going to stop soon as I find less and less to read in it. Singletrack mag just suits me; bit of travel, good photos and decent reviews, plus I like the new format.
brack - MemberNope
Subscribed following a Christmas gift subscription - what a pleasure that year was...emails, phone calls killed the gesture.
Delayed delivery
Missed monthsBlah blah
I feel left out. I've never had a single email or phone call. [b]Why don't you care, STW?[/b] 😥
[quote=mefty ]written by a women
However the grammar isn't too good
Coughs.
typo != grammar
I only buy dirt, steve jones is the hunter s thompson of bike journalism.
I [s]mainly[/s][u]don't[/u] subscribe to ST to support the guys at STW Towers [u]i click on a few of the adverts on the right instead[/u] as I think this forum is such a great resource.
😀
the mag never passes the WHSmith test, i.e. could I not finish reading anything that's interesting in 5-10 mins browsing in smiths
typo != grammar
That's what Singletrack always say, never understood what they meant.
I subscribe to Dirt Rag and Bike digitally also
Is Bike any good now? I've been reading some 1990s issues I found in the loft and it was ace.
And yes I subscribe to ST mag (and Dirt and MBUK), enjoy all three - although the last one mainly for the free hats, gloves, socks and buffs.
I wasn't even aware there was a Singletrack magazine. I've never seen it in a Supermarket.
I must admit, I'd like to like it, but I subscribed last year, and I afraid I didn't find anything I was interested in. I just can't get on with the writing style....it just too much like the guy who's a bit cooler than you talking down to you in the pub, which is fine now and again, but all the articles appear to be written that way. It just feels too cliquey and written for it's own amusement.
It didn't really give me much confidence when the mag was relaunched, and everything but the quality of the content appeared to be targeted.
I really want the mag to do well, as it was such a breath of fresh air when it was launched, but the content really needs a shakeup (IMHO).
I haven't bought any mtb magazine in about a decade lol.
Does anyone buy bike mags anymore?
Does anyone buy [s]bike[/s] mags anymore?
Slight fix.
I've given up buying any magazines (Unless those that come with the Sunday papers count). I still read many, but just don't buy any. Mainly read them in airport lounges and on aeroplanes. I've taken a real liking to reading Superyachtworld before a flight, as it happens! One can but dream...! 🙂
I buy ski magazines (mainly cuz of the drooly pictures).
Can't find anywhere to buy it anymore. Is it subscription only?
List here or enter you're postcode.
http://singletrackworld.com/stockists/
I pay for the digital download. Content is ok but only gets a flick through each edition.
It would appear the my riding isn't the mainstream the mag caters for ( or any other mags ) target audience.
Yes, I do, been buying it for about 6 months or so. I really enjoy it.
It seems to hit the shelves at a someone infrequent pace, though.
Used to be a subscriber many years ago.Nice photos,but the articles/reviews could be a bit tedious. Having said that,it's way better than MBR,What Mountain Bike etc.
Magazinesin general, are too expensive.
I used to buy every issue and then went on to subscribe when i found it difficult to locate a copy in the shops (must be an essex thing!)
Trouble is recently , and certainly within the last 6 months or so the mag has become more and more leftfield in the writing and the product reviews in particular. Bike reviews are a big part of the mag for me but im just getting a bit tired of the 'boutique brand' attitude of the mag (i mean a liteville 301 WTF?) and despite being on the singlespeed simplistic bandwagon for some time all we seem to get is long travel sull sussers, to which there are only a hadfull of trail centres in the UK where they can be used to their full potential anyway.
I think the mag cant decide what it wants to be. MBUK for hippies maybe?
Also some of the photography is quite dull and it always looks like the riders are fed up, wet and cold. In this respect WMB gets it right - wheras its catering for the mainstream it does have a very upbeat feel to it wheras STW always feels down in the dumps.
There have been some great articles in the past, i especially like the racing tips and features you have run, and although Matt Harts writing can be annoying some of his articles have been very useful to me. And the product reviews were relevant to everybody. Im sure a singlar Buzzard is a fantastic bike but ive never met anybody that actually bought one or in fact knows where to buy one within a 100 mile radius...
rant over
