Model/Year: 2013

Pros: Lots of reviews and good pictures. very full of different content.

Cons: Sometimes it seems like there are endless adds. Sometimes there are complete catalogs in the issues. It seems like the reviews can be a bit influenced, like they are paid to give a good review.

Recommendation: Over all not a bad magazine at all. It is packed with good reading each issue.

Pros: Lots of reviews. great maintenance section.

Cons: No yet

Recommendation: Got the two year subscription. Enough said.

Pros: bikes and gear reviews

Cons: fricken ads

Recommendation: nope

Pros: Good articles good reviews

Cons: none

Recommendation: A lot of good helpfull information

Pros: Show alot of different bikes and gear. Love the bike expo reviews though for new products.

Cons: Usaully heavy on the big brands like SPEC and TREK. Not to much on the regular "JOES" bikes.

Pros: Occasionally a good article between ads.

Cons: Too many ads.
Seems geared more toward the freeride crowd.

Recommendation: I have never really gotten into this mag. Maybe I'm just too old.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Seriously though, I find the photography and articles to be better in Bike magazine.

Pros: Good spread of articles from Pros to amatures. Love the garage files as i don't like taking my bike to the shop, i'd rather do it myself. Great heads up on bargains too.

Cons: Not a lot.

Recommendation: Can't wait for it to come out each month, i guess i should subscribe really and save myself some wedge!

Pros: great articles, pics, new gear, thrash test results, the Garage Files.

Cons: it only comes once a month

Recommendation: I love this mag. I subscribe to multiple MTB mags and this is my favorite one. I read through each one multiple times.

Pros: Good information, tips and reviews

Cons: not as fun as it used to be

Recommendation: this mag needs a refresher

Pros: Reviews, Pics, Tips!

Cons: None

Recommendation: I like MTB Action a lot. Love reading the bike and gear reviews, tips from the pros are great and hey I like to look at they pics.

Pros: Gear reviews

Cons: Bland, not interesting

Recommendation: I like decline better

Pros: Compare and contrasts different bikes and options that you can put onto bikes. Reviews inexpensive to expensive bikes and gives their opinion on what they should do differently.

Cons: none so far

Recommendation: MTB Action is a great read for any person who loves the sport. They do cover more all mountain and cross country stuff but that is what most of the readers do.

Pros: its about mountain bikes

Cons: its all bike reviews... very little creative content

Recommendation: get BIKE mag

Pros: Informative reviews

Cons: Too much XC stuff

Recommendation: Decent mag, product reviews are usually good

Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing really, other than the fact that average joe cant afford most of the bikes they review.

Recommendation: The best mountain bike magazine publication in the continental 50, hands down!

Pros: covers everything about mountain biking.writers are mountain bikers themselves.reveiws and tests.

Cons: most issues cater to high end bike buyers

Recommendation: worth buying.

Pros: Great all around MTB mag!

Cons: None that I have noticed.

Recommendation: Very informative MTB mag!

Pros: Covers just about all the bases. MTbiking is now a very broad spectrum and this magazine does a damn good job covering as many of the different aspects as it can. Great reviews and tech notes as well as an ongoing wishlist of gear.

Cons: More articles and tech notes.

Recommendation: Great overall magazine that covers a lot with in the sport. Definitely has a little bit of everything for everyone.

Pros: Great tips, great reviews on gear and bikes for those on a budget to those that money isn't a problem. Great editorials. The guys that are invovled with this magazine are passionite about mountian biking and the bikes and gear to do it best with.

Cons: Can't think of any, the ads are even nice to look over.

Recommendation: Great for everyone from first timers that to pros. Great magazine for ones just getting started.

Pros: Informative, good price and i like the editorials.

Cons: Sometimes a bit boring....

Recommendation: Great magazine and they cover all the price ranges for people who are interested in getting into mountain biking

Recommendation: Great Mag. Just like everyone else it has too many adds but that helps keep the price down. I do wish that they would put in more riding tips and technical bike repair and or building techniques.

Recommendation: MY FAVORITE MAGAZINE

Recommendation: This is a good mag, but there are way too many ads. I know there for money, but they have to have some limit.

Recommendation: Get the online version. State of the art!

Recommendation: So/so mag, it seems every bike or piece of equipment they test is the next best/greatest thing.

Recommendation: Good product reviews and event coverage. Lots-o-ads. Good tips too.

Recommendation: Great mag good reviews good tips

Recommendation: Ad driven ?? All test seem to sweet deal. Maybe I'm Jaded We read it some