RiDE

I first saw this magazine on the paper racks on a ferry service. I usually get two other motorcycle magazines but NOT "Ride." What a magazine! It is full of very useful information, well written and presented. I made a note to go home and order this excellent publication immediately.

This magazine started off to set the record straight with "real life" reviews and comprehensive product tests, including destructive tests of safety gear. That however was a long, long time ago. The magazine is now wafer thin, rarely tests anything, and if it does it's silly things like rucksacks. The quality of the articles has dropped and are bland. This was once a revolution, but now its pretty dire. You can see here it hasn't had a good review since 2008

Concentrates too much on the top speed of a bike and sportiness. Doesn't like any bikes of less than 100bhp. Many test rides indicate that the tester was exceeding the legal speed while on public roads. Very little for commuters, adventure tourers, scooter riders, etc.

HOWEVER - does have some good kit reviews.

Then again, the testers seem to live in a different world from me when £400 of a jacket is counted as reasonable.

Ride is an old hat in the Motorcycle mag world, it is good but repeats the same tripe, every addition is at least of the same reviews, I understand why but after a few years it has worn a bit this so I have cancelled my subscription.

Visor down is better and has complete fresh info each edition.

RiDE is not a bad magazine. It's generally better than Bike magazine. The equipment tests are first class although they can be a bit picky at times with relatively minor faults. If I had to choose between the two, (I subscribe to both), I wold currently pick Ride as my first choice.

This is probably the best bike magazine. RiDE is highly rated in the motorcycle trade.

Overall, I would recommend the magazine, both as an advertiser and as a reader. Has to be one if not the best overall mag for the UK biker out there with relatively unbiased reports on motorcycles and kit.

Ride is a good magazine no bad points but can be very focused on France and Italy for photos. And should have some of bike riding were they live, the UK...

Informative, well written and presented. Interesting. They could re do the safey checks on equipment a bit more frequently, e.g. new helmets could be compared with older tests on helmets still available.

Overall, a good, informative read.

Excellent mag with un-biased reviews just what is needed I could not praise this magazine higher. It was & is the best mag to date telling all honestly to the daily biker. Top notch.