Top Ten Cycle News Magazine Stories of 2014
Cycle News Staff | December 26, 2014
Because Cycle News magazine has been all digital since 2011, it is easy to track the number of readers for each story. We posted this story with the top ten website stories of 2014 and it is interesting to see that the top magazine stories are much different. The magazine allows readers to spend more time with the articles (the average for each issue is nearly 20 minutes) and here are the top ten Cycle News magazine stories for 2014:
1. Valentino Rossi chose to part ways with his longtime crew chief, Jeremy Burgess at the end of the 2013 MotoGP season. This Cycle News feature was one of the first interviews with Burgess and was the most read story of 2014. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/265963/76
2. The Cycle News 2015 45 Motocross shootout had a surprise winner and the story was number two on the list. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/430196/42
3. The 2014 250 Motocross shootout story ran early in 2014 and was number three on the list. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/249466/34
4. Number four on the list was the feature on Wayne Rainey and the KRAVE group takeover of AMA American road racing for 2015 and beyond. If you missed it, see what led to the creation of MotoAmerica. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/389578/38
5. Monster Energy Tech3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith made the top five with a spectacular crash during the Qatar MotoGP practice. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/282881/6
6. An article on the expected rider/team changes for the 2015 AMA Motocross/Supercross season came in next. Ken Roczen’s then unconfirmed switch from KTM to the RCH Suzuki team was big news. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/369733/22
7. A vintage shot of Roger DeCoster at his World Championship debut from 1964 came in at number seven. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/282881/8
8. The first ride review of the 2014 Suzuki V-Strom DL1000 was a popular story and took the number eight spot. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/262687/50
9. Alan Cathcart’s feature on the 2014 Honda CBR1000RR SP came in at number nine for the year. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/237705/56
10. Number ten on the list was not an article but a very cool ad from FMF Racing that featured a video from the popular Day In The Dirt event. http://cyclenews.uberflip.com/i/430196/3
