Number 1 (part three - Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated)

Another first edition of my collection - Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated.  Published in July 1983, just in time for the World Championship Road Race win of Greg Lemond! Later on, they also made a UK version of which I have not collected.

Winning was best known in its early editions in having the yellow border on its front cover.  

Editorial

Double page advert celebrating 50 years of Campagnolo.  

Eddy Merckx feature in this first edition.  

And just incase you have yet to see it, here is the uploads from my YouTube site of the 1983 World Championship Road Race (in two parts):

Up next time - Cycle Sport Magazine.

Number 1 (part two - International Cycle Sport)

After the 11 or so years from Coureur / Sporting Cyclist, JB (Jock Borland) Wadley's next production - International Cycle Sport with help from the Kennedy Brothers Publishing.  Vintage colours adorn these 199 magazines from 1968 - 1984 with the Tom Simpson scanned photo copy below one of many highlights.

There is a good amount of further information on these magazines at the following website obviously titled International Cycle Sport dot com.

I cannot say that I have read every of the 199 issues they published but I have cherished obtaining a set (plus many more) over time - I have even put them in lots of six in zip lock bags to maintain their retro magazine smell freshness!  Over time I hope to share more from the 199 issues.

Up next time, someone's Winning ...