Comments on: Dirt Magazine Issue #124

By: art fag steve

art fag steve — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:26:27 +0000

Best issue in a long time.
I like the longer features that offer more in-depth insight than web content, likewise glad to see the racing element more thought out than simple race reports – most of us will have followed it all online and it’s usually out of date by the time the mag comes out.
Liked the reviews of peoples long term bikes which made a refreshing change from cryptic haikus about top end stuff – always nice to have product to fantasise about, but even better to read about the experiences of more everyday riders.
Presumably the future is in the web side taking advantage of it’s inherent immediacy whilst the print version gives a more indulgent and thought out view of riding.
Oh, and more Rod Fountain features.

By: shutter2ride

shutter2ride — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:36:18 +0000

really enjoyed the latest issue and I think the changes were all good; didn’t miss the fresh produce and there was more to read in longer articles. Love the articles on Enduro. Too bad my issue was ruined when I left it outside in last nights rain

By: twoWigs

twoWigs — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Well done, needed to happen. Let’s start to have a collectible, stylish soul of dirt riding again. Let the Internet do the son to be obsolete product pushing, the soon forgotten results and the moving image that it excels at. The hard copies of Dirt should be a proudly guarded book shelf collection, it’s articles referenced and revisted without getting depressed that your forks are two graphics out of date. Issue 1 gave me membership of a gang. But the recent editions became a floppy, splintered spined, remote post-dropping, bike company dating, betrayer of that dream. This is better.

By: unleash

unleash — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:06:15 +0000

after my rant i purchased the new version of dirt on friday and at first thought oh shit what have they done,if i wanted singletrack mag i would of bought it but on reading it i changed my thinking straight away .really enjoyed this copy and read it from cover to back there and then ,which i havn’t done in ages .well done fellas . dam i hate being nice ha ha.

By: churchie

churchie — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:03:44 +0000

Got in from a morning ride earlier and new dirt had been popped through my letter box. I’ll admit I was a bit dubious as to how it would be, soon as I got it open was relieved- seems better than ever, didn’t think I’d really notice /care about the quality of the paper but it does make the photos sharper, kinda like HD haha! Also, like others have noted, fresh produce was something I used to like too, but didn’t really notice it was gone, the other articles are great. Didn’t think you could really improve Dirt much more from how it was, but you have. Great work, keep it up.

By: Nickkkk

Nickkkk — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:41:39 +0000

looks truly gorgeous. long live print and the photographer + hack relationship!!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:34:39 +0000

If you are going more down the online route, it would be great to have a complete archive of reviews.

By: Dougie

Dougie — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:34:13 +0000

So this new issue is going to be even better than the last 4 (the best in a while) wow, is there someone new in the office? :-p

By: jimbo

jimbo — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02:20 +0000

@unleash…I like it when Joner or whome ever say there opinion, don’t want a sanitized mag, and it is just there opinion. could always be wrong…
Playing around with the graphics is always good in my book.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:57:37 +0000

Love the mag too!