Our escape from the cold embrace of the grave coincides with #Pride. Let's celebrate that with a post-race drag show from the 1993 Mont Ste. Anne MTB World Cup. We understand (in the loosest sense of the word) that this sort of thing is somewhat controversial now.

The MTBs of the 1990s do bear a certain resemblance to the bikes of #unboundgravel. But we're partial to the notion that actual 90s gravel bikes are much closer cousins. (from the May 4 and June 22 issues, 1992)

"Irregular?" "Deviation?" This relegation at the #Dauphine may require us to update our style guide. It strongly prefers the term "dazzling antics."

We made it through the first episode of #unchained with barely an eye-roll. In fact, it was refreshing to hear Jonathan Vaughters speak openly about his doping past--though we were shocked they let him slide on a full decade of that facial hair.

In hindsight, we are forced to admit there are few cycling pundits more reliable than Betteridge's Law.

We finally got around to reading the Escape Collective piece on Aaron Brown. We do admit that once upon a time, we may have made some lapses in judgement: escapecollective.com/what-happened-…

The last time a Spaniard won a #TourDeFrance stage, we didn't mention it--or any of the competitive action from the event--in print. But a few months later, we did run a cover feature on how the Tour was in trouble. Now we're zombies.