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Kids
Volume 5, Issue 2, March 1998
There’s an odd duality that comes with working in the bike media. If you are writing for a relatively high visibility outlet, you find yourself swimming in product and drowning in the breathless hyperbole of a...
Sucktober
Volume 5, Issue 1, February 1998
Ripping the band-aid off 1998, with the first issue of Volume 5. Things were changing in the sport of mountain biking, in the publishing industry, and behind the scenes at BIKE. Rob Story had left his seat...
Marketing Darkness
Before we dive into Volume 5, I want to take a more detailed walk through The Dark Issue (Volume 4, Issue 9, October 1997). This was one of my favorite theme issues, and I felt like we hit a balance of concept and content that really came t...
Shimano XTR M-950
We are going to deviate from S.O.P for a bit here before we roll into Volume 5. There are a couple theme issues from Volume 4 I want to talk about, and it’s time to dive back into the marketing zeitgeist of mountain biking in the mid-1990s....
Down The Mountain
Volume 4, Issue 10, Nov/Dec 1997
We wrap up Volume 4 of BIKE with the Photo Annual. After a topsy turvy year with some not always successful (from a sales perspective) theme issues, the Photo Annual was a guaranteed hit. Imagery was what B...
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