Bicycling Australia…

Nov 19, 2009

Following on with our cycling magazine reviews, we will today focus on the Bicycling Australia magazine from down under. Put simply, this magazine is an institution in Australia having first gone to press in 1989 thanks to it’s original founders Phil & Catie Latz. These days Phil can be found looking after the advertisers while Editor Simon Hayes who has recently taken the reigns and puts the finishing touches to this superb publication.

From the time you open this magazine you are deeply entrenched with the amazing array of  variety. Bicycling Australia begins lightly with the mailbag, newsroom and top gear sections that are the perfect introduction and in no way an overdose like other magazines. Following this we move into a couple of heavy hitting feature articles that focus on current major cycling trends or a tour from somewhere around the world that no one considers worthy enough of a yarn, an example of where Bicycling Australia has taken this magazine. If you are like me, someone who can’t get enough information on recommended foods, exercises for cycling, what drinks are the best and so on then this is the magazine for you. Bicycling Australia has on board a Coach, Nutritionist and Therapist….they don’t miss a beat. The magazine has the usual “Where to Ride” feature thou they take you places that you would never think of.

Bicycling Australia has plenty of advertisments thou as mentioned in a previous review, advertises are needed to achieve such a fine magazine as this. In fact the advertisements are story in themselves. Bicycling Australia is published every two months and has a cover price of $10.95. They also publish Mountain Biking Australia that we will review at a later date.

I rate Bicycling Australia a 9 out of 10……It’s a cycling bible!