Cycle Sport meets BrokeBack Mountain

"Callistus Valerius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Picked up a used copy of Cycle Sport the other day and it reminded me
of
why I don't read it anymore. Thumbing through it, it looked like
something
out of BrokeBack Mountain. Some fashion show with Basso, I don't care
what
he looks like with all those GQ outfits he was wearing. It's a fashion
show, and hardly any tech or sport to it anymore. Maybe if I wanted to
know
how to look Euro, or whatever, it would come in handy.

Anyone remember the old Bicycling mag? Compare an old one, to a new
one. Whew! Too bad their isn't any good cycling mags anymore.

Nice inference to Fudge Pack Mountain...

-p

Have either of you even seen Brokeback Mountain? The two guys in it are
cowboys, not Euro fashionistas. Unless you're a caveman or a
lumberjack, you look a heck of a lot more like Basso at a fashion show
than they do. And "fudge pack mountain"? C'mon, what are you, twelve?

More to the point, though, I think Cycle Sport has a lot more meat to
it than any other bike magazine out there. Bicycling's just ads, Road
is a step up from that, VeloNews is decent, but has a nasty habit of
running stories that aren't exactly stories, like their two-issue dope
"expose" last year, featuring two anonymous riders talking about
anonymous drugs at anonymous races. Sure, I could deal with fewer
"where are they now" interviews with riders I've barely even heard of,
but on the whole, Cycle Sport would be my pick if I had to choose just
one bike mag.

-Cosmo
http://cyclocosm.com

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Have either of you even seen Brokeback Mountain? The two guys in it are
cowboys, not Euro fashionistas. Unless you're a caveman or a
lumberjack, you look a heck of a lot more like Basso at a fashion show
than they do. And "fudge pack mountain"? C'mon, what are you, twelve?

More to the point, though, I think Cycle Sport has a lot more meat to
it than any other bike magazine out there. Bicycling's just ads, Road
is a step up from that, VeloNews is decent, but has a nasty habit of
running stories that aren't exactly stories, like their two-issue dope
"expose" last year, featuring two anonymous riders talking about
anonymous drugs at anonymous races. Sure, I could deal with fewer
"where are they now" interviews with riders I've barely even heard of,
but on the whole, Cycle Sport would be my pick if I had to choose just
one bike mag.

-Cosmo
http://cyclocosm.com

Ride from Australia is great, but is only published 4x per year. It's so
chock full of stuff that it takes me a good while to read through it, but
that's what's fun about it. Teeny, tiny print ;> Also, Procycling is very
good, inho. I liked Cyclesport a whole lot better when we got the Brit
version. I think the American version is a lot more boring.

Cat

The Brokeback Mountain boys are sheep herders, not cowboys. Cowboys run
cattle, not sheep. Moreseo, the lifestyle and customs of a cowboy vs. a
sheep herder is totally different.

Thanks,

Magilla

Quoted message said:

Have either of you even seen Brokeback Mountain? The two guys in it are
cowboys, not Euro fashionistas. Unless you're a caveman or a
lumberjack, you look a heck of a lot more like Basso at a fashion show
than they do. And "fudge pack mountain"? C'mon, what are you, twelve?

More to the point, though, I think Cycle Sport has a lot more meat to
it than any other bike magazine out there. Bicycling's just ads, Road
is a step up from that, VeloNews is decent, but has a nasty habit of
running stories that aren't exactly stories, like their two-issue dope
"expose" last year, featuring two anonymous riders talking about
anonymous drugs at anonymous races. Sure, I could deal with fewer
"where are they now" interviews with riders I've barely even heard of,
but on the whole, Cycle Sport would be my pick if I had to choose just
one bike mag.

-Cosmo
http://cyclocosm.com

On 02/01/2006 03:54 AM, in article [email hidden], "Cat

Dailey said:

Ride from Australia is great, but is only published 4x per year. It's so
chock full of stuff that it takes me a good while to read through it, but
that's what's fun about it. Teeny, tiny print ;> Also, Procycling is very
good, inho. I liked Cyclesport a whole lot better when we got the Brit
version. I think the American version is a lot more boring.

The only real difference between the American and UK versions of CycleSport
is the advertisements (especially the big WCP stuff at the back of each
issue). Editorial content is essentially identical.

--
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On 02/01/2006 03:54 AM, in article [email hidden],
"Cat

Dailey said:

Ride from Australia is great, but is only published 4x per year. It's so
chock full of stuff that it takes me a good while to read through it, but
that's what's fun about it. Teeny, tiny print ;> Also, Procycling is
very
good, inho. I liked Cyclesport a whole lot better when we got the Brit
version. I think the American version is a lot more boring.

The only real difference between the American and UK versions of
CycleSport
is the advertisements (especially the big WCP stuff at the back of each
issue). Editorial content is essentially identical.

--
Steven L. Sheffield

Yeah, but I liked the Brit ads. I like to see what kind of stuff the rest
of the world is buying. It also seems to me that the writing in the
articles is a bit "Americanized." I could be wrong about that, but I seem
to remember scratching my head a few times over some of the slang in the old
version.

One of the things I always have to remind myself when I read Ride is that
everything is priced in AU dollars, not US. It's always a bit of a shocker
when I first see the ads :> And I do wish it would come more timely. It
gets to the US via Media Mail, about 2 months after the fact.

Cat

Oh you loveable ewe!

MagillaGorilla said:

Moreseo, the lifestyle and customs of a cowboy vs. a
sheep herder is totally different.

Particularly those from NZ.

Cat Dailey said:

Yeah, but I liked the Brit ads. I like to see what kind of stuff the rest
of the world is buying. It also seems to me that the writing in the
articles is a bit "Americanized." I could be wrong about that, but I seem
to remember scratching my head a few times over some of the slang in the old
version.

Well, I can remember some supplements where I had to convert pounds to
dollars (and after that, had to wonder if there is a reason that
British built bikes were more expensive in Britain than the U.S. -
don't know if it were a single occurence or not). So some of the Brit
ads are making it into the U.S. version. I did like the one with the
cop on a bike pulling over the car, but then they ran it too long...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

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Have either of you even seen Brokeback Mountain? The two guys in it are
cowboys, not Euro fashionistas. Unless you're a caveman or a
lumberjack, you look a heck of a lot more like Basso at a fashion show
than they do. And "fudge pack mountain"? C'mon, what are you, twelve?

More to the point, though, I think Cycle Sport has a lot more meat to
it than any other bike magazine out there. Bicycling's just ads, Road
is a step up from that, VeloNews is decent, but has a nasty habit of
running stories that aren't exactly stories, like their two-issue dope
"expose" last year, featuring two anonymous riders talking about
anonymous drugs at anonymous races. Sure, I could deal with fewer
"where are they now" interviews with riders I've barely even heard of,
but on the whole, Cycle Sport would be my pick if I had to choose just
one bike mag.

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

"Cat Dailey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Also, Procycling is very good, inho.

Eh? They're the cycling magazine that invented the stock question to ask
Tour de France hopefuls - "What's your favorite color?"

In article <[email hidden]>,

Tom Kunich said:

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

I guess it depends on how you define "poorly".

http://www.empiremovies.com/boxoffice/boxoffice.php

"As of January 31, 2006, Brokeback Mountain had grossed more than $52 million
in North America (making it the ninth highest-grossing R-rated film that opened
in 2005) and more than $10 million elsewhere."

--
tanx,
Howard

The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Tom Kunich said:

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

It's Hollywood's job to push hell out of movies so they
do well at the box office. That's why they call it the
movie industry, not the movie hobby.

Quoted message said:

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

Girls, Tom. Girls, girls, girls. And anybody who doesn't feel
threatened. Gentlemen who wear spandex on a regular
basis should probably not throw stones.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Tom Kunich said:

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

It's Hollywood's job to push hell out of movies so they
do well at the box office. That's why they call it the
movie industry, not the movie hobby.

Quoted message said:

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

Girls, Tom. Girls, girls, girls. And anybody who doesn't feel
threatened. Gentlemen who wear spandex on a regular
basis should probably not throw stones.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10342237/

--
tanx,
Howard

The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

Tom Kunich said:

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Have either of you even seen Brokeback Mountain? The two guys in it are
cowboys, not Euro fashionistas. Unless you're a caveman or a
lumberjack, you look a heck of a lot more like Basso at a fashion show
than they do. And "fudge pack mountain"? C'mon, what are you, twelve?

More to the point, though, I think Cycle Sport has a lot more meat to
it than any other bike magazine out there. Bicycling's just ads, Road
is a step up from that, VeloNews is decent, but has a nasty habit of
running stories that aren't exactly stories, like their two-issue dope
"expose" last year, featuring two anonymous riders talking about
anonymous drugs at anonymous races. Sure, I could deal with fewer
"where are they now" interviews with riders I've barely even heard of,
but on the whole, Cycle Sport would be my pick if I had to choose just
one bike mag.

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Magilla

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Tom Kunich said:

Look, if Hollywood didn't push the hell out of Humpback Hill it would
have
been a box office disaster. The way it is, with all of the full page
front
page advertising it still is doing poorly at the box office.

It's Hollywood's job to push hell out of movies so they
do well at the box office. That's why they call it the
movie industry, not the movie hobby.

Quoted message said:

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

Girls, Tom. Girls, girls, girls. And anybody who doesn't feel
threatened. Gentlemen who wear spandex on a regular
basis should probably not throw stones.

As a cycling friend from Mandeville, LA said to the rednecks in the
Talisheek, LA country store, "It takes a real man to wear Lycra."

B. Lafferty said:

As a cycling friend from Mandeville, LA said to the rednecks in the
Talisheek, LA country store, "It takes a real man to wear Lycra."

There was a guy in my old club who answered the question thus: "It
gives me a special feeling".

Well?

--D-y

Howard Kveck said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

Tom Kunich said:

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

Girls, Tom. Girls, girls, girls. And anybody who doesn't feel
threatened. Gentlemen who wear spandex on a regular
basis should probably not throw stones.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10342237/

Anne Hathaway gets topless? Hmmmm...

My kid, who is a big fan of The Princess Diaries', might
have issues with that. Not me though.

Bob Schwartz

Tom Kunich said:

Who the hell wants to see a love story about two MEN except other queers?

lol! yes, you're makin me lol.

maybe you'll like this better:

my son watches those teen channels on cable tv, and one day he was
watching "noggin" and an ad for another show came on, so i was idly
watching it along with him- it looked like a typical teen soap opera,
until they showed two hot girls hanging out in a bedroom together, and
one of them was saying something like, "all the time i was with him, but
i was thinking of *you*."

and then...they kiss.
http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2006/photos/nowhere/almostCrop.jpg

i was stunned- "what the hell?! why haven't you been watching this
show!? start watching, dammit!!"

heather (wondering who wants to see a love story about two women except
other dikes???)