Flow magazine

[wheeler]

Who reads it? I bought last falls edition and thought it was awesome. Then i bought the new spring edition and it has changed alot. It is more like maxim than anything else. They said they are trying to reach a broader base of people. I think it sucks.
ANd in the letter section someone writes in saying that he has a 96 rockhopper and he wants to get a freeride bike and that he has 3000 bucks.
And they say if you are riding a bike from 96 you probably wont be getting the bike in the air very much and then they tell him that he should get a nice xc full suspension and then they tell him to start reading Mountainbiking magazine.
I don't like flow anymore.

[ShoreIH]

i got one last year, it rocked. but its sounds pretty lame now:o

[wheeler]

There is lots of cool picutres but most of the articles suck. and there is alot more sexier related content. Like one of the main articles is aobut a chick who makes old bikes into erotic art by putting whips and leather and dildo's on them.
I'm cool with sex and hot chicks but if wanted to read about that stuff i would buy maxim.

[g1mpy]

I heard it just blows nuts now that the origional writers left

[Uncle Duke]

what about the photos of the girl in the closet?

[Wildeman]

ya the new flow blows, buy Decline

[freerider4ever]

flow officialy SUCKS now in my opinion. I use to love it and think it was the best magazine around, hands down. If I want to look at beautiful girls I will pick up a Maxim or a freaking Playboy. When I buy a biking magazine, I expect to see pages of bike components, bike reviews, and half decent articles, not a barely clothed girl taking up a full page.

[ES-OH-ES]

Agreed. Decline and 26 aren't bad, probably the best 2 going. LAUNCH was the best, I'd love to see that get rolling again.

[g1mpy]

dirt is not bad but kinda to british or whatever.... no canadain riders in it

[Faithless]

i actually picked up flow yesterday and i found it quiet.... dirty.

[wheeler]

yeah i felt like a perv leafing through it in the magazine aisle at superstore.
New definition to bike porn.
I wont buy it again.

[Faithless]

if they pull their act together ill buy it again, but that porn thing was a nono.

[wheeler]

I'm cool with porn but it has it's place. ANd it's not in my bike mags

[Uncle Duke]

yea it sucked, and at one point they sez that Phil Phree is one of if not the only mtn bike vid producer that also is in vids, which made me think of mike kinrade.

[mudpuppy]

Today in chapters I picked up flow and flipped though it....what garbage....then I picked up Delcine....wow....so much better its not even funny. Will be buying it tomorrow.....

[Redneck]

I don't read very well , so I don't buy the rag , but I like chainsawing ,hammering ,and riding.

[Trini-dad72]

Flow, bit the bullit and it kept going, right thru the brainstem...

That said, I had e-mailed Scott from Decline/TwentySix, an dI gave him serious props to sticking to his guns, and going for it on his own He took the braintrust with him, and between them they have a seriously excellent set of magazines. Challenge Publications (Flow and Mountain Biking) have fallen off the planet, and if they don't return then thats fine with me

[wheeler]

Haha i am gonna send flow a link to this thread.

[Battlecat]

danny has a full page pics of Gulevich in flow


I wish Launch was stil around. they had good articles and everything. i wish there was a pure freeride/DH magazine out there. No XC. Maybe decline is like that, i am not to sure. I jsut dont like seeing pics of people riding bikes on the road or read about it. I wanna read and see pics of jumping and freeiriding and stuff:thepimp:

[wheeler]

The best thing about this edition of flow is the fox shock ad on the inside cover. Notice the NSMB.com sticker on the back of the van.

[Mr Ripper]

I have no idea what the guys at Flow were thinking. They had the best bike mag last year. Then I pick up the first issue this year and all it is, is a flippin skin mag. Come on guys, at least show them riding some sort of bike on a trail. Dam if someone wants skin i am sure they are going to pick up a mag with a hell of a lot more skin than what Flow has.

[Faithless]

Originally posted by wheeler
The best thing about this edition of flow is the fox shock ad on the inside cover. Notice the NSMB.com sticker on the back of the van.

2 nsmb stickers.

where would one be able to pick up decline?

[trouble]

I agree that the new flow has a lot of garbage and very little actual biking content. Everyone should email the editor with some constructive criticism, roman@challengeweb.com

[Castle]

Buy Decline!!!!

http://www.h3publications.com/

even 26 is still better than the rest of the major mags (bike, mountainbike, mountainbikeaction, dirt rag so on)

I wish Launch would return as well....:(

[Mr Ripper]

Originally posted by Castle
Buy Decline!!!!

http://www.h3publications.com/

even 26 is still better than the rest of the major mags (bike, mountainbike, mountainbikeaction, dirt rag so on)

I wish Launch would return as well....:(

Don't put bike in there dude. It is completely different than anything out there. Although I have not picked up Decline or 26. Decline is always sold out when i go to get it. But I love reading Bike, and when people come over and use the "throne" they always come out with my Bike mag saying "people actually do this shit on a Mtn. Bike!"

[Aldo Nova]

ya, the only good part was the nsmb stickers

[Wes]

porn? in a bike mag?

That's just stupid.

p.s. porn to what degree?

pps I like Bike, personally.

[Castle]

Bike's annual Photo Mag is sweet!!!! I'll give em that, other than that, seems just like the rest of em..... you should check out 26 and decline.. 26 would be Bike's competitor since it has some XC stuff in it also...

[bikesrfun]

I Dirt mag.... it has purdy pictures. :cow:

[Trini-dad72]

The original guys at Flow, jumped ship and went on to become H3 Publications. Decline is the only all FR, DH, 4X, Urban, DJ, etc. Magazine in north america. TwentySix is more of an all-round mag. Bike on the other hand, will always have the best stories in it though.