I need your opinions ...

OK so i have started a magazine project

What i would like you guys to do is download it (sorry about this) and tell me what you think so far

This is the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2bxgd5kyxn1

What i need your opinion on is:

-Name
-Layout
-Concept
-and anyhthing else

thank you

i think that the text on the front should be straight not angled like it is....i think theres too much going on on the front

pics of naked chics on bikes!!

whats hot and whats not is fixed gear.

explanation of basic trick ie no hand track-stand

out and about, places to ride

boozer reports ie rollapallooza.

aidan i think that the text on the front should be straight not angled like it is....i think theres too much going on on the front

I agree - I'd probably lose that text at the bottom as is and pop it, with a slightly more full list of features, in a smaller font, across the bottom .

Ride routes via Gmaps would be a good idea and product/shop reviews, too. Perhaps a list of pubs/restaurants with half decent food and fairly safe bike parking (big windows onto street etc.)...

Also, mechanical 'how-to's for those of us - like me - that aren't that technically minded. Remember to put a disclaimer along the lines of 'If you do this and screw it up, getting injured as a result, don't blame us for your inability to read a simple set of instructions'.

don't want to be mean, but the spelling and grammar in the opening paragraph is fairly horrific. like the look though.

edit: and perhaps a bit less armpit on the cover.

The name's great. Cool concept, just try to keep it as original as possible and you'll always have a winner.

ok thanks guys for the help

@bombadil - i'm sure you are right - i'm definitely not a writer

@ everyone - ok so the idea is you don't tell me what to put in you write or construct what i should put in

shops are already going to be in there

Just to finish off if you want something in it - write it then send it to me

also any good pictures somehow bike related can go in the gallery section

now you mention i have a project at the moment which requires me to produce a magazine in a group....we have decided to base the content around things that piss us off....obviously im writing about aspects of cycling that gets on my tits.....you can have that if you want...its not finished yet...its not even started but when its done its yours.

Take a look at http://www.urbanvelo.org/ if you have not all ready for ideas. I guess it would end up similar but just more fixed orientated.

I like the subtle irony of putting Yorgo on the cover of your new magazine.

i was thinking that.....

TheBrick(Tommy) Take a look at http://www.urbanvelo.org/ if you have not all ready for ideas. I guess it would end up similar but just more fixed orientated.

i think im in that somewhere?
a link at least,
can,t find it though

the mag looks nice, like the font idea
not sure about the floor text, reminds me of a website made in iweb

Title page
-I would make the 'F' on the title a normal F rather than stretching it out. It makes the kerning awful and the actual title not immediately clear.

• "Issue 1" should be made smaller and moved somewhere more conspicuous.
  
• In my opinion type should not be altered (i.e stretched, tilted) in anyway so the bottom wording should be altered.
  
• The picture is too dark, though it is interesting.
  
  

Contents page

• I like the large picture but the type seems slightly clunky, perhaps placing the type over the picture?
  
• The grey bar at the bottom is not needed, it takes up too much space and would detract from any pictures you have in the future.
  
• You don't need the issue number at the bottom of the page.
  
  

Sorry I hope I have not been too harsh. I like the concept it just needs refining. Good luck

thats not harsh....good positive criticism.i hope our input has helped flick.