I have been a long standing subscriber to both Inside Triathlon and Triathlete magazines. I am aware that with relatively low circulation rates these publications must use bulk mailing, but I am growing tired of both magazines arriving with the covers torn and the magazine in general looking like it has been sitting in an office waiting room for a couple years. Inside Triathlon at least provides a heavy paper cover for mailing, but last month the cover arrived with no magazine inside. (they were kind enough to re-mail the magazine to me). I subscribe to these mags mostly out of habit; when I first began receiving them many years ago there was no internet and they were good sources of multisport information. Now you can find anything you want on the 'net and maybe more. I still enjoy the magazines for the photos and such but when it arrives in tatters then the quality of the pictures is lessened substantially. Both are available at my LBS or Barnes & noble. I am considering letting my subscriptions lapse, only because I feel the money is wasted when the condition of the magazine itself is so poor. I have written to both magazine subscription departments and have been told the cost of providing a cover is too great at this time. Any thoughts??