Dirt Rag is a mountain bike magazine based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Though the raison d'etre of this magazine is mountain bikes, the magazine also chooses to cover other subjects as well, such as craft-brewed beer, good music, art, and politics. ...

The Dirt Rag Logo from their website

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History

Unique features

Since 1989 Dirt Rag began has held an annual reader submitted fiction contest. Readers are petitioned to submit an original work of fiction. The best three are selected and published in the magazine and the winners receive prizes usually an expensive bicycle for the winner and parts for the first and second runner ups.

In 1991 Dirt Rag began hosting an annual race/rally called the Bike Punk Enduro near Pittsburgh each winter. This event is sort of a race, having stages riders can win and an overall winner. However the focus of the Enduro is more about having fun, trying to wear the most inappropriate clothing for wet winter weather and just having fun.

The Dirt Rag Issue #19 Cover

Dirt Rag uniquely combines a grassroots connection to its readers and coverage of neglected niches of the bicycle world with typical glossy-mag style connections in the industry. This makes Dirt Rag nearly unique among US based bicycle magazines. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (703x900, 737 KB) Scan of the cover of Dirt Rag Issues #19, October 1991 This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (703x900, 737 KB) Scan of the cover of Dirt Rag Issues #19, October 1991 This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors...

Publishing facts

Dirt Rag is published seven times per year , every six weeks from February 15th until November 15th.. The publication dates currently each year are: Feb. 15, Apr. 1, May 15, Jul. 1, Aug 15, Oct. 1 and Nov. 15

External links

• The Dirt Rag Official Website
• The MTB Hall of Fame article on the Tierneys
• Photos of the 2005 Bike Punk Enduro from Pittsburgh Off Road Cyclists club