"Road" Magazine ToCA edition

by Ruthann on Apr 2, 2008 7:06 PM EDT

Hi, everyone. If you are a fan of the Tour of California, I highly suggest you check out the most recent "Road" magazine special ToCA collector's edition. It has some of the greatest cycling photography I've ever seen, simply spectacular!

There are amazing, arty photo portraits of several riders that are unparalleled in their beauty, including one of Voeckler that is just scary good. The ones of Tony, Cippo, Rollin, Millar, Kohl, and Pagliarini blew me away, too.

There are also beautiful recaps of each of this year's stages. Unreal!

I have to also admit that I haven't really read the whole thing yet, I just got it in the mail today, but I HIGHLY recommend you run, do not walk, down to your local bookstore and check it out. I'm not normally a huge fan of the mag, as I usually find only about a third of the articles as wonderful as the other cycling 'zines I subscribe to, but I tell ya: this editiona is a winner, if only for the photography!

The photographers are: John Segesta, Allan Crawford, Carson Blume and Jonathan Devish. Hoo boy, what a rush!

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Very nice coffee table edition

I second Ruthann's comments: Terrific photography, interesting behind-the-scenes accounts and even some great full-page advertisements. (Rock Racing's ad spans TWO pages.)

Conspiculously absent from Amgen's "Thank You" ad to sponsors is Rock's logo. Hmmm...

My new signature: Why not follow racing in the United States?

by Chief Commissaire on Apr 2, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

There's also a beautiful

2-pg ad for Felt bikes on pages 3-4 that is spectacular, showing Millar leading 5 of his Slippie teammates on the road. Can anyone identify them for me? There is no photo credit on the ad, but it's also a great shot, worthy of being framed, even.

by Ruthann on Apr 2, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Need Pic...

I will be getting this mag tomorrow (love pics!) with your praise of this issue but I would imagine that if it's Millar leading, probably Tour of Qatar pic?
http://www.slipstreamsports.com/photos/tags/qatar/photo/2265693584/-QatarTTTclose.html

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 2, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes! Thank you, that's it.

Millar, Sutton, Duyn, Patour, Maaskant, and the last rider is not really visible. That online pic does not do the full, 2-pg spread any justice. Wait until you see it!

by Ruthann on Apr 2, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Here's the list that was at Qatar...

Slipstream Team: 31 David Millar (GBr); 32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe); 33 Julian Dean (NZl); 34 Huub Duyn (Ned); 35 Christophe Laurent (Fra); 36 Martyn Maaskant (Ned); 37 Kilian Patour (Fra); 38 Christopher Sutton (Aus).

Most other pics will have guys in their national jerseys.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 2, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions

others?

I enjoy CycleSport, ProCycling, and VeloNews. Does anyone have any others that would rank high enough for a subscription versus picking up just an occasional good month?

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 2, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

I like Road Magazine

They're a different approach - as demonstrated by their ToC issue just now coming out.

Also, on the unpaved side of things, I am a huge fan of Dirt Rag. Huge.

by Sui Juris on Apr 2, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

TOM Issue

I have and like the Jan issue with TOM coverage. I might need to add them to my fun loving mail. :-)

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 2, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions

TOM

didn't George win that...?

America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed. -Eleanor Roosevelt

by ELVISGOAT on Apr 3, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep :-)

He did with Will in 2nd. I love those pics!

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 3, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you!

I picked up the new issue tonight and this is pretty sweet. My kind of reading - boat loads of great pics and good write ups.
Thanks Ruthann!!!

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -Randy Pausch

by nikki on Apr 4, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions

No problemo!

One of us was bound to post about it sooner of later, the photography is THAT good.

Nikki, did the Speedplay pedal ad with Bjarne Riis freak you out as much as it did me? :-)

Seriously, though, Road mag always bothers me because there are so many grammar and proof-reading errors in every single damn issue. For such a high-class publication, that's just plain shoddy work: they print "mustarded" instead of "mustered," and their grasp of the simple comma simply eludes them. There's a place in this issue where they printed "all for not" instead of "all for naught." Unforgivable, if you ask me. If you are going to use a pretentious, pedantic terms like that, for gosh' sake, at least spell it correctly. (/rant)

by Ruthann on Apr 4, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions