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Mark Cavendish waiting in the wings before stepping out onto the podium after winning stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish confirms that he really is retiring this year

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge A broken shifter doesn’t have to mean the end

Spin Cycle: It’s good to have hopes and dreams

Ghekiere in the polka dot jersey at the Tour

Step it up: Riders who turned heads in 2024

Threaded #27: 12 more tools that build an intermediate kit 

A rider descends a rugged singletrack at speed. He's leaning into the trail, which is studded with rocks and bathed in golden light. He has on long, mustard-yellow pants and an unzipped jacket flaps behind him, the antithesis of aero optimized conventional racing.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Old-school trail races are cool again

Geek Warning: Mysterious creaks and snapped chains

Swenson on a drop bar mountain bike

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The future of gravel tech: Insights from pro riders

Tadej Pogačar points to the sky in celebration as he rides to victory on stage 21 of the 2024 Tour de France, Slovenian flags waving in the background.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge If you have a Pogačar or an Evenepoel, you aren’t letting them go

Kasia Niewiadoma in the yellow jersey leads white jersey wearer Puck Pieterse and French rider Évita Muzic on the final climb of stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Male-focused heat adaptation research may be hot air for women cyclists

How two cyclists tracked down a stolen bike and actually got it back

Happy thoughts to think when you’re filled with existential dread