I still have a fairly complete collection from the later years. Ken Wallace Phoenix, (170 degrees and sunny) AZ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 6:08 PM Subject: RE: [CR]COMPETITIVE CYCLING not forgotten!
> "In the 70's I wrote for a now-forgotten paper called Competitive
Cycling."
> David Feldman
>
> How could anyone forget COMPETITIVE CYCLING, or 'CC' as it was sometimes
> known? Marvin Muchracher, Sundown Slim, Captain America, the 'treetrunks
of
> the month' leg photo contest, a sensitive bike poem accompanying a photo
of
> a Strawberry bike hanging from a tree limb, and reassurance that interval
> training doesn't cause hairy palms!
>
> I ran across it when I bought (don't laugh) a pair of used Puma cycling
> shoes from a guy named Mark Ocker at the touring shop in Corvallis, OR.
He
> picked up a copy to show me an article featuring his performance in a
local
> race. I ended up buying a whole pile of backissues ('74 to '77 or so?)
out
> of a basket beside the parts counter.
>
> I still have 'em, although newsprint tabeloids don't withstand the
passage
> of time so well and they are but a little way from dust at this point.
> Lotsa pictures of Ron Skarin and the Stetinas, ads for Follis and
Dura-Ace,
> even an early ad for the 'Zeus Competition' bicycle that started my
> addiction.
>
> Of course, another favorite part of CC was the
> overhyped-yet-intentionally-pathetic subscription come-ons: Want to know
> what the 'heavies' read? CC! CC! CC!
>
> Brad Stockwell
> "A man on the go! A man who is going nowhere!"
> Palo Alto