Anyone have copies stacked in a box in the corner of the garage?

Aaah the Bike Barb, Marvin Muckraker and Sundown Slim.

I remember them, but don't have any. I remember the fight over ABL/USCF choosing !BuyCycling! over Competitive Cyclist as their membership rag. Funny how cycling had its own 'underground press' in those times. The '80s must have killed it off, I suppose.

Ah, yes, the '80s...the beginning of the end.

Indeed cycle racing was such a underground activity back in those days. CC was a lifeline.

Is that Jim Rossi?

The newspaper was called Competitive Cycling.
Jim McFadden was the publisher and editor.
The Bike Barb, Sundown Slim, were a few opinion writers.
I found another freelance writer who was not really interested in commenting on his time there.
Richard "Captain America" Hammond raced and would write from time to time.
Richard was a savvy racer, at the 1974 SoCal District Road Championships, he and Gary Ludlow were away on a two man break, Richard feigned fatigue and Gary towed him around only to watch Richard motor clear at the end as he had been on Gary's wheel for near two laps.

Competitive Cycling exposed the "paper" clubs, back then a club had more clout (voting rights for Board members) with a bigger membership roster, sure that also meant bigger dues to the ABLofA then USCF, but more power.
Ernie Seubert was one of the architects of this, he was President for a long while of the sanctioning body.
McFadden eventually got on the Board, (there were a number of true big clubs on the West Coast, then once in probably was better at manipulation than the East Coast Syndicate.

I recall reporter Chuck U. Farley and the line "Eine Varsity??? Bist du kidding mir, Hans?"

I think the name of the newspaper that would be sent to the riders was Velo News- I did not keep any, not sure as it changed names somewhere along the way.
Bicycling! Stayed a commercial monthly

I found a couple issues from '74 in my garage. Marvin Muchracher (Owen Mulholland), Bike Barb (Nicolas Farac Ban), Captain America (Rich Hammen), and Pig Pen (Larry Glickfield, I think) wrote some pretty "out there" articles, including actual race reports. If The Barb showed in a senior race result, they did not post his real name. Hence, I probably spelled it incorrectly! As a kid, I met Mulholland and Glickfield a couple times and found them incredibly hilarious. The Barb nickname ostensibly came from the crazy local freebie newspaper - The Berkeley Barb. Both were outlandish.

My June '74 issue reported on a couple NorCal junior races with nearly a hundred riders, where I got dropped during the final miles from the intense pace. It helped me decide to give up racing altogether. Some of the names popping up bring back those nightmares: Fred Markham, Leonard Nitz, Eric Allen, Cris Haley, Tom Knutson, among others. Amazingly strong riders. In a crit, sometimes I figured a prime was my best chance at notoriety and getting my race fee back, but the riders in front of me would just ride me off their wheel.

The ABLA chose Cycling News as their official publication, but true racers knew Competitive Cycling was the bomb. The ABLA made the boring pick.

Cycling News - yes that was it, but I think they altered the name perhaps prior as it started East Coast Cycling News?

In 1976, the shop I worked for placed a small display advert-

Support Your Flag
Buy American!
Buy a Masi!
it had clip art of a waving American flag with stars floating about as the graphic.

For a few brief yet spectacular years in the '70's midwestern ABLAers received Cycle/Velo News AND Midwest Bicycle Review. MBR covered all the local races in Illinois and Wisconsin. Great to see your name and maybe even a photo in print. One of the great cover photos was of John Coffrin of Madison, WI at Junior Worlds trials. 16 years old and being more concerned with having tires that held air and a bike that was functional, he was pictured racing in a tee shirt and gym shoes because he forgot to bring his jersey and cleats. Raw determination and youthful forgetfulness.