03/11/2026
ROAD RACING IRELAND RETURNS TO ITS BI-MONTHLY ROOTS FOR 2027
Six in-depth issues a year, backed by news as it happens across RRI's social channels
Road Racing Ireland, the World’s only magazine dedicated to pure road racing,
will return to a bi-monthly schedule in 2027, publishing six issues a year.
The move brings the magazine full circle. RRI began life as a bi-monthly title before switching to 11 issues a year, a schedule it has kept for around 30 years. Fresh from celebrating its 40th anniversary and the landmark Issue 400, the magazine is going back to the format where it all started.
Built for how fans follow road racing today
The way people follow the sport has changed beyond recognition in four decades. Results, rider signings and race-day updates now reach fans in minutes, not weeks. Readers and advertisers want two things: the news the moment it breaks, and in-depth coverage worth keeping. The bi-monthly format lets RRI deliver both.
A magazine built to be kept. More time between issues means more time to go deeper: longer interviews, fuller race reports, more photography, and the features and archive pieces that have made RRI the bible of road racing. Each issue will remain the permanent printed record of the sport in Ireland and beyond, kept on shelves and referred to for decades to come.
News as it happens. Alongside print, RRI's Facebook and Instagram channels continue to grow, carrying breaking news, entry deadlines, results, rider announcements and race-day coverage in real time. Social brings fans the story as it unfolds. The magazine tells it properly and preserves it.
Longer shelf life for advertisers. A bi-monthly issue stays on coffee tables, in workshops and in paddocks for two months rather than one, giving advertisers more time in front of a loyal, engaged readership. Combined with RRI's growing social reach, partners get both lasting print presence and fast, targeted exposure in between issues.
"Road Racing Ireland began as a bi-monthly magazine, so 2027 is something of a homecoming," said Wallace and Gillian Rollins, owners of Road Racing Ireland. "The sport, and the way people follow it, has changed enormously over 40 years. Our social channels now bring fans the news as it breaks, and that frees the magazine to do what it does best: tell the full story, with the depth and quality our readers deserve."
"We want every issue to be one people keep. Road racing's history deserves to be written down properly, and that is what RRI has always done. This change makes sure we can keep doing it for many years to come."
Here's to the next 40 years.
Subscriptions: Existing subscribers remaining issues will be honoured under the new schedule to ensure they get the full 11 issues paid for. New subscriptions will be based on 6 issues per year.
