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| Calling all Guys and Galls!; A little help For my media project | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 2 2009, 06:34 PM (500 Views) | |
| EddyDave | Dec 2 2009, 06:34 PM Post #1 |
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Hey all. I was wondering if you would be happy to answer some questions for me. As for my Media Studies course work project I need to create a magazine (I chose MTB), well parts of one and after having done some research into existing ones I was shocked to see that 95-98% (MBR + MBUK etc)of readers were men! Now I really need all you girls here as outside M@ I don't know ANY female riders!! But also need guys as well. If perhaps you could copy it into a PM? And then mail me Would be much appreciated. No you don't have to put your age but it would be much appreciated!Name: Age: 1. What bike magazines do you read and what makes you buy them? 2. What other magazines (if any) do you read and what makes you buy them? 3. How much do you pay for the magazines you currently read? 4. What do you like about the MTB magazines that you read? 5. What don’t you like about the MTB magazines that you read? 6. How much would you be prepared to pay for a new one (MTB)? 7. What would you like to see/what would make you buy a MTB magazine? 8. Do you feel that bike magazines are aimed mostly at men, if so what makes you think this? 9. Would you be surprised if I told you that the reader profile for the MBR magazine is 95% male and average age of 37? If yes or no why? 10. What would you like to see in a magazine as a one off feature? 11. What might you like as a regular feature? |
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| darth vader | Dec 2 2009, 09:55 PM Post #2 |
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Mudking
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try shecycles ther is a link somewhere on the home page |
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| Gilbie | Dec 2 2009, 10:19 PM Post #3 |
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Name: Nigel Age: 37 1. What bike magazines do you read and what makes you buy them? www.theridejournal.com = lots of good short articles that makes you want to ride. 2. What other magazines (if any) do you read and what makes you buy them? CTC bi monthly, (member) good all round articles and Singletrack only buy occasionally. 3. How much do you pay for the magazines you currently read? Priced as above 4. What do you like about the MTB magazines that you read? Varied real life stories and not just bling reviews 5. What don’t you like about the MTB magazines that you read? Too much emphasis on the "must have" gadgets 6. How much would you be prepared to pay for a new one (MTB)? New mag? £3.50p 7. What would you like to see/what would make you buy a MTB magazine? Less adverts 8. Do you feel that bike magazines are aimed mostly at men, if so what makes you think this? I don't feel all bike mags are targeted at men. 9. Would you be surprised if I told you that the reader profile for the MBR magazine is 95% male and average age of 37? If yes or no why? Nope not surprised, probably the reason I don't buy it. 10. What would you like to see in a magazine as a one off feature? Long distance off road commutes. 11. What might you like as a regular feature? Readers bikes and real stories. |
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| DonnyBoyGlimmerGirl | Dec 3 2009, 08:40 PM Post #4 |
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Have PM'd my answers. Bloggers that might help spread the word - or at least reply with their own opinions - if you ask nicely: http://minxcompendium.blogspot.com/ (email mail@minx-girl.com - this is the online shop that houses the blog. 'Minx' is Debbie Burton). Another blog, by Guardian writer Susan Greenwood. http://pedalfeet.blogspot.com/ She has strong feelings about women in mtb. She has a twitter account: pedalfeet. I think I have waaaay too much free time! Good luck with the project. Jo |
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| retrobiker | Dec 3 2009, 09:01 PM Post #5 |
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Totally agree with Gilbie on this. I find the current mags seem more interested in persuading me I need the latest fork because last years is rubbish in comparison. They are so in-bed with the industry marketing guys its not funny. I dont buy them. We need a mag that's focused on riders and riding and not 'consumers'. |
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| Freewheeler | Dec 4 2009, 04:19 PM Post #6 |
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Big Ring Nick, age unknown 1. What bike magazines do you read and what makes you buy them? MBUK. 2. What other magazines (if any) do you read and what makes you buy them? I bought a copy of Singletrack once because I liked the name which, incidentally, was better than the content! 3. How much do you pay for the magazines you currently read? MBUK is about £4.50 I think. 4. What do you like about the MTB magazines that you read? Riding tips, routes. 5. What don’t you like about the MTB magazines that you read? Far too many adverts and too much arse-kissing of pro riders and manufacturers. 6. How much would you be prepared to pay for a new one (MTB)? £1500 7. What would you like to see/what would make you buy a MTB magazine? The same as some of the others have said, fewer adverts, more real-world biking articles. 8. Do you feel that bike magazines are aimed mostly at men, if so what makes you think this? I cant say that I have really thought about this but I dont ever remember an MTB cover shot having a woman in it. 9. Would you be surprised if I told you that the reader profile for the MBR magazine is 95% male and average age of 37? If yes or no why? Not at all because most of the MTBers I see out on the downs are in their 30s and mostly male. 10. What would you like to see in a magazine as a one off feature? An article on fixed-gear mountain biking. 11. What might you like as a regular feature? More retro type features so we can see how far the sport has come. Nick |
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| EddyDave | Dec 4 2009, 06:16 PM Post #7 |
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Thanks to everyone so far ![]() Keep them coming! |
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| Ming the Merciless | Dec 5 2009, 12:55 PM Post #8 |
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Overlord of all Known Sheds!
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pm sent |
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| darth vader | Dec 5 2009, 06:46 PM Post #9 |
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Mudking
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was it a girls only questionaire? |
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| MuckinFuddy | Dec 5 2009, 10:35 PM Post #10 |
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Name: Age: 1. What bike magazines do you read and what makes you buy them? MBUK and cycling weekly as the guy at the Polegate train station papershop gets them in for me..... I dont want to offend him :rolleyes: 2. What other magazines (if any) do you read and what makes you buy them? Razzle!!!...... oh no sorry i dont think they still do that one. 3. How much do you pay for the magazines you currently read? about £16 per month i guess 4. What do you like about the MTB magazines that you read? To be honest i use them as a price update and review site. I should start just using the internet, but they pass the time on my daily commute. 5. What don’t you like about the MTB magazines that you read? only all the :d about non-biking stuff. 6. How much would you be prepared to pay for a new one (MTB)? if its any good i would be happy to pay over the £5 mark. 7. What would you like to see/what would make you buy a MTB magazine? Free stuff!!! sad i know! 8. Do you feel that bike magazines are aimed mostly at men, if so what makes you think this? Porn! Im not wrong am I? 9. Would you be surprised if I told you that the reader profile for the MBR magazine is 95% male and average age of 37? If yes or no why? Not suprised at all. 10. What would you like to see in a magazine as a one off feature? Free bikes coupon? 11. What might you like as a regular feature? As above! |
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| EddyDave | Dec 6 2009, 01:42 PM Post #11 |
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No not only Girls Darth! |
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| Freewheeler | Dec 6 2009, 05:06 PM Post #12 |
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Fairly Muddied
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@Gilbie, I just downloaded the first edition of TheRide Journal and am enjoying reading it because, as you say, its a little different to other things out there. Waxing lyrical about a tyre lever is almost surreal! Nick |
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| EddyDave | Dec 7 2009, 01:44 PM Post #13 |
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@MuckinFuddy I read cycling weekly the other week (ha..) inorder to analyse it. I found it to be a complete waste of time! What do you think of it? |
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| Bill the wheels | Dec 7 2009, 04:00 PM Post #14 |
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Hi EddyDave I think your being quite harsh in your description of Cycling Weekly as being "Complete waste of time"this mag has been around in one shape or another for over 100 years+.If i need info on diet,training,and lots of other bike related tips this is the mag.There is a crossover between the two discipines that can be very helpfull to both.The sales of CW are approx 27k and for example WMB monthly sales are approx 17k.Try picking it up now and again and you might change your view of this popular bike publication Bill |
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| darth vader | Dec 8 2009, 08:38 AM Post #15 |
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I think with these mags you need to read a few issuses to get a flavour of what they are about , you can get one good one or one bad one I'm dropping MBUK 'cause they are getting into trials and dirt jumps more which I have no interest in ( only 'use I cant do it :angry: ) but its less relevant to the type of riding I do doesnt mean to say its o good others love that stuff |
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| EddyDave | Dec 8 2009, 05:43 PM Post #16 |
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@Bill In regard to training and tips etc. Sure there were a few. But nothing all that dissimilar to what I have come across on places such as bikeradar.com and even in MBR. The cover of this particular issue was awful. They had a woman on a roadie looking utterly miserable. Which idiot chose to put that on the cover... It just tells you "Buy this mag and you can look like that!" Maybe I do need to read a few more. But I'm not likely to pick it up anytime in the near future |
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| Ming the Merciless | Dec 8 2009, 09:31 PM Post #17 |
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Having read many magazines on motorbikes and mountain bikes for many years I find they are very cyclical. Rarely do you find a consistently good magazine, I accept that every year the xmas issue and maybe August issue can be a bit lame due to staff holidays etc. However rarely do I find a magazine that stays good for more than two to three years, editors get jaded, staff come and go and the magazine ebbs and is then refreshed and relaunched. Performance Bikes is a goods example of this, mid 90's it was the motorbike mag to read, then it died a bit so "everyone" went to Fast Bikes or Superbike which was great if you loved Ducati's or 'Blades or 150mph trips to France! Then early 2000's PB was relaunched and for a year or two is was a good read and then the content started to get a bit "samey" so I cancelled my subscription. Of all the mags that I've read only MTB pro was a decent long term consistent read IMO, however maybe it was the wrong mag for the time so it got cancelled eventually due to falling readership. So at the moment I'll buy a mag if its got an article I like the look of or I've got a boring train journey to take. |
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| darth vader | Dec 8 2009, 10:07 PM Post #18 |
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@Ming spot on there, totally agree with you . There is also the need for th mags to grow with you , once your knowledge base grows you get less interested on how to fix a punture articles and look for how to service forks etc , a mag has to grow with you or change the mag |
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| darth vader | Dec 10 2009, 10:15 PM Post #19 |
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Mudking
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Just been reading runners world interesting articles they have no bling to sell ! bit of lycra and a pair of shoes ,no hype no test no biase so the articles have o be good worth a look |
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| EddyDave | Dec 11 2009, 11:17 AM Post #20 |
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So they dont have any adverts? |
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Would be much appreciated. No you don't have to put your age but it would be much appreciated!




