But the vast majority of bike enthusiasts cant sit trawling in the hope they might see something they never knew existed. How do you know its there/exists if you weren’t looking for it?
A mag should educate/give you surprises etc. Not ‘three 29’ers shoot out’ and worse, far worse for me:
Ladybouwer/Hope loop for the thousand time
Or by far the worse article
Surrey Hills/North Downs photoshoot (****). A lot of it is on private/permission land yet the lazy London mag(s) seem to do 3-4 page spreads on that area every few issues it seems.
Two (very rare) moments of sunshine at Dirt in 2014 were the Father who fulltime manages two kids, live in the Alps and struggle on a shoestring with the industry helping out where possible. Loved that. And the bloke who basically bums it in his car with help from others just so he can ride all the sweet places.
If Seb can hit those- I’m in. If he rides around the Surrey Hills (doubt it as he/others were obviously frustrated with their previous mag/work/what they were asked to do?) every other issue- I’m out 😀