NYT Profiles Long Distance Bike Commuters!

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Permalink Reply by kiltedcelt on January 27, 2013 at 11:33am

Nice, interesting article. However, I hate how outfits like the NY Times are now somehow keeping track of how many "free online" articles one has read. Presumably, at some point in the near future I will run out of "free views" and will have to pay at which point, NY Times can "suck it."

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Permalink Reply by djm on January 27, 2013 at 12:40pm

Nice, but 80 miles / day wearing a backpack?

NYT.com allows 10 free articles per calendar month. Physical newspapers arent free, either.

kiltedcelt said:

Nice, interesting article. However, I hate how outfits like the NY Times are now somehow keeping track of how many "free online" articles one has read. Presumably, at some point in the near future I will run out of "free views" and will have to pay at which point, NY Times can "suck it."

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Permalink Reply by S on January 27, 2013 at 3:28pm

The first few paragraphs almost read like product placement gone mad. I don't think we need to know exactly which brand and model he uses. I was waiting for the description of each component on his bike.

Other than that I think it's great that the NYT is giving publicity to this trend and bike commuting in general.

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Permalink Reply by jolondon30 on January 28, 2013 at 6:22am

Kiltedcelt,

As someone who consults to media companies, I can tell you that ad revenue is not enough to pay for NYT quality of journalist. 4 online readers = 1 paper reader in the minds of advertisers. Hence the need to charge. Somebody paid that writer who got up at 3 to accompany the biker in the story.

I believe the writer was trying to point out the biker's focus on high end gear and perhaps excessive preparation.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 28, 2013 at 12:38pm

Right, that article didn't appear for free. The writer got paid, and there are other costs (web hosting, etc.) associated with getting it out there for us to read.

I also got the impression that the writer was focusing on that particular cyclist's leanings towards high end gear and excessive preparation.

And I wouldn't ride that kind of distance with a backpack either. Carrying the daily stuff on a rack would make the ride much more comfortable. Just my $0.02...

jolondon30 said:

As someone who consults to media companies, I can tell you that ad revenue is not enough to pay for NYT quality of journalist. 4 online readers = 1 paper reader in the minds of advertisers. Hence the need to charge. Somebody paid that writer who got up at 3 to accompany the biker in the story.

I believe the writer was trying to point out the biker's focus on high end gear and perhaps excessive preparation.

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Permalink Reply by djm on January 28, 2013 at 1:29pm

Anne:

I will send you a check for $0.02. :-)

:djm

Anne Alt 2-10 said:

Right, that article didn't appear for free. The writer got paid, and there are other costs (web hosting, etc.) associated with getting it out there for us to read.

And I wouldn't ride that kind of distance with a backpack either. Carrying the daily stuff on a rack would make the ride much more comfortable. Just my $0.02...