Just in today, Bicycle Times, the general cycling spin-off of the mountain bike magazine Dirt Rag, is completely calling it a day. A year and a half ago they ceased print but kept on with the web site. It seems that even that wasn't economically feasible. Here's the letter from the publisher.
It's too damn bad about BT. It was refreshing to have a bike magazine that wasn't all about racing and gram-shaving and the newest shiniest gear on the TdF course, but was truly about (as their tagline went) your everyday cycling adventure.
Onward to better things: It seems likely that this will allow Dirt Rag to beef up its its operation, and bring in more semi-mountain bike stuff like gravel rides into its fold. That's a little bit of sunshine. As for the rest, we shall see in 2019. In the meantime, go over to the Dirt Rag site and consider subscribing.
RIP
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