The Magazine

So Jon (with no h) Earley made a post in the comments before I made him an author about the magazine he wants to get together.  Just reading over his short outline of ideas got me super excited the whole thing so I thought I'd put it up on the main page to help get it more attention.  And as I mentioned in a earlier post, everyone keep the pressure on him to get the ball rolling.  This is a great start to something that could be really awesome.  This is what he's got so far:

"So, here is a basic idea for the magazine:

-I want it to be very artsy and graphic design oriented.  I want ti to have a lot of great photos as background elements.

-I want to have featured bikes, featured riders, featured trails, etc.

-I want it to include articles on "how to..." such as "how to patch a tire", "how to convert your bike to a fixed gear", "how to adjust your brakes" etc. 

-I want a section with reasons to ride your bike (it's cheaper, it's healthier, it's greener, it's more fun), and also include some of those cool quotes to go along with it.

-I want to have a map with bike routes and cool spots to ride to.

-I want a section explaining the difference between all the types of bikes (fixed, road, single-speed, mountain, cyclo-cross, etc.)

-I want a section on bike events such as races, gatherings, conventions, whatever.

-I would like to print it in a green-ish fashion, like print it on recycled materials or use soy-based inks, whatever.

-Since I am working at the paper, I would like to use my connections there to somehow get it inserted into one of our papers or have it mentioned in our "connect" videocast on therepublic.com or get an ad space for it.

-I would also like to get some sponsorship from bike-related business to take care of printing costs.

The ultimate goal is to get people in Columbus (and beyond) out of their cars and start riding around making the world a better place.  I want to have this in people's faces and get them to the point that they have no reason NOT to ride to work or wherever.  

That's all.  Please send me suggestions at:

punchmybucket@gmail.com

-jon