Just to be fair (and pedantic perhaps) Cycling Plus does quote references from time to time.
Ken Freeman
> Jan said:
\r?\n> >>I am one of the guys who prefers VBQ to BQ.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > The title matters to those who don't read the magazine, whereas
\r?\n> > readers care about the contents.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I'm gonna have to agree. Who cares what it's called. It could be called
\r?\n> "Jan smells funny (but only after rides)" and I'd still pony up my money.
\r?\n> The biggest thing about this list I miss is the history. For those that
\r?\n> have been on here for 5+ years will remember when it was about history.
\r?\n> With Bicycle Quarterly I get that, and a bunch of other stuff too.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> The review of the Paul's New Racer brakes made me actually want some. I'm
\r?\n> designing Mitzi's new touring frame around his article on front-end
\r?\n> geometry. I like that Jan doesn't pull any punches in his reviews. If
\r?\n> something isn't to his taste he says so, no BS or walking around the
\r?\n> problem. So what if he reviews the occasional modern bike. If any other
\r?\n> mag reviewed one classic bike the list would be all over it in praise.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Sure the first two times I "read" the thing I'm just looking at the
\r?\n> excellent pictures. Finally I'll get down to digesting the written
\r?\n> content and I find it to be very good. I find the writing a bit on the
\r?\n> dry side sometimes, but there is nothing wrong with dry when trying to
\r?\n> impart information. His articles are actually researched and referenced
\r?\n> which is unheard of in any other cycling publication. I'm not a big fan
\r?\n> of 650B, but I still read every article on them. Overall I think Bicycle
\r?\n> Quarterly gets a 9 out of 10.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Keep up the good work Jan and contributors and remember Illegitimi non
\r?\n> carborundum.*
\r?\n>
\r?\n> best,
\r?\n> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
\r?\n> a curmudgeon before he's even
\r?\n> 40 in Coeur d'Alene, Id.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> *= yes I know the phrase fake Latan, but it still gets the point across.