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Edward Dolan
Guest
I recently did not renew my subscription to RCN, a print publication about
recumbents that I have subscribed to from the very beginning. I did not
renew my subscription because the newsletter (it is not really a magazine)
was overpriced and I could not see paying $5. for an issue based on the 2
year subscription price.
RCN was always nothing but a newsletter. I was hoping it would morph into a
proper magazine but it never did. I supported it all these years because I
wanted to support the recumbent community. But the manufacturers and most
bike shops never supported RCN like they should have because of the slightly
critical reviews appearing in it from time to time. I always respected
Robert Bryant (the editor and chief writer) enormously for being slightly
critical of some recumbents and I had nothing but contempt for the
manufacturers who would not support the newsletter.
But what has really changed recently is all the information you can now get
off the Internet. I think RCN will have to consider becoming an online
publication in the not too distant future. Most folks will not pay $5. an
issue for a newsletter when you can get a tremendous amount of information
off the Internet. I do not like BROL much because it is not critical enough,
but still I can see that is where the future lies.
I have nothing but the best wishes for the future success of RCN, but I
simply will not pay $5. an issue for the newsletter. It is only worth about
$1. or $2. at most.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
recumbents that I have subscribed to from the very beginning. I did not
renew my subscription because the newsletter (it is not really a magazine)
was overpriced and I could not see paying $5. for an issue based on the 2
year subscription price.
RCN was always nothing but a newsletter. I was hoping it would morph into a
proper magazine but it never did. I supported it all these years because I
wanted to support the recumbent community. But the manufacturers and most
bike shops never supported RCN like they should have because of the slightly
critical reviews appearing in it from time to time. I always respected
Robert Bryant (the editor and chief writer) enormously for being slightly
critical of some recumbents and I had nothing but contempt for the
manufacturers who would not support the newsletter.
But what has really changed recently is all the information you can now get
off the Internet. I think RCN will have to consider becoming an online
publication in the not too distant future. Most folks will not pay $5. an
issue for a newsletter when you can get a tremendous amount of information
off the Internet. I do not like BROL much because it is not critical enough,
but still I can see that is where the future lies.
I have nothing but the best wishes for the future success of RCN, but I
simply will not pay $5. an issue for the newsletter. It is only worth about
$1. or $2. at most.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota