25 Years Ago September, 1970

25 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER, 1970

ROUNDUP

Editorial World-of-Hurt Department: Cycle World's Publisher, founding Editor

and columnist Joe Parkhurst used Roundup this month to tell of his new AJS 250 scrambler. It was his first ride since he crashed in a rut, breaking his ankle in nine places and his leg in two more. Parkhurst, officially retired from the magazine since 1977, remains a fixture around CW’s offices. He still rides and, no, he doesn’t limp.

• There on the masthead under Parkhurst’s name, is that of Editor Ivan Wagar, and those of ex-factory racer Jody Nicholas; the late Henry N. Manney, who moved on to sister magazine Road & Track; Stan Mott, long a Road & Track stalwart before moving to Automobile; and the late Volker Rauch, whose brilliant photography helped launch Cycle World's trademark look.

• The cover bike is guaranteed for a double-take: It’s Craig Vetter’s BSA Three. We wondered if the bike would make it into production. It sure would. But as the Triumph Hurricane. Vetter still owns the bike, and occasionally displays it.

• "Whatever Happened to Eddie Mulder?” we wondered in the headline of a story that purported to answer that question. The answer, then as now, is he’s still faster than most, which he proved by riding sweep at last year’s Pikes Peak hillclimb. There, a still-enthusiastic Mulder had to exercise care aboard his hotted-up Triumph to not pass competitors. Pisses off racers, you know, to be passed by a codger on an antique.

Jon F. Thompson