Cycling Wheels Away Into Numder One Spot As Country's Leading Participation Sport ? New York Q'lAPS) ? America 1? the bike capital of the world, with more bikes produced and ridden here than In any other country on the globe. There are nearly 60 million Ameri cans of all ages who ride bikes ?very year. This, according to the Athletic Institute, makes cycling America's Number One participation sport. Though traditionally thought of as a child's toy, recent industry figures indicate that as much as 30% of the nearly 6,000,000 two wheelers bought In the United States last year were bought for and by adults. This number Includes nearly one and a half million college students, and a growing number of young marrleds, middle-aged citizens, and seniors, riding for tun, eco nomical transportation and pleasant outdoor recreation. The nation's riding fratern ity has good reason to re joice this year, tor all signs point to a vast Improvement In the number of pleasant places for them to ride. The Increase In cycling's popular ity has caused a non-violent revolution In recreation clr C1M. Bike paths, trails, tracks and new facilities of all kinds are beginning to spring up all over the country. New trails have been built re cently In Boston, Mass., Bal timore, Md., Coral Gables, Fla., Cape Cod National Sea shore. Additionally. Edward C. Crafts, director of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation o t the U. S. Department of the Interior, recently announced government plans to build nearly 200,000 miles of bike paths, trails and! other faci lities during the next decade. While many of these bike paths will be built In our many national parks and forest pre serves, many more of them are proposed for major metropolitan areas, at a rate 25 miles of trail for each 80,000 people In the urban area. So popular Is this plan with the Administration that Pres ident Johnson, who once re ferred to cyclists as "the forgotten outdoorsmen of to day," said recently, "I see an America where bur Wr# .sweet to breathe and our riv ers clean to swim In. I see an America where bicycle paths, running through the hearts of our great cities, provide wholesome recreation tor entire families. Instead of our having to appropriate hundreds of millions to take care of Juvenile delinquents, how much better It would be If we would Just spend a part of it where they could enjoy themselves and have useful recreation." Part of the funds fyr new bike paths construction are scheduled to come from the THE PANTS CYCLE NEW TIRES TAKEN OFF NEW CARS AND TRADED IN ? MOSTLY 815 x 15, BLACK, TUBELESS. FIRST LINE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRE ?1495 I TT plus tax PUT ON AND BALANCED j GOOP/yEAW ! LITTLE I; RIVER j ICE COMPANY PHONE 6Y 6-3410 I S. MAIHST. 10UISBUR6, N. C. | ( "Golden Eagle" National Parks permit, which entitles the holder and his Immedi ate family to admission and use of any national park faci lity In the country for one year. Meanwhile local communi ties and state governments are doing something on their own initiative to supply more pleasant riding facilities for their citizens. Bike-ways - specially marked bike routes utilizing existing but little tra velled roads - have appeared this year in all parts of the country. Blkeways have re cently been opened in Kettering and Oakwood, Ohio, Coral Gables, Fla., Pasadena, Cal., Denver, Col., and Unl versity City, Missouri. The world's biggest Bike way - 320 miles o f it - open ed In mid-May. It runs a cross the entire state of Wis consin, from LaCrosse, south and east to Kenosha. In the days and months ahead, more Blkeways are planned for Cal ifornia, Ohio, Illinois, Michi gan and other states. Between new bike path and Blkeway construction, gov ernment programs for even more, the arrival of summer's ideal riding conditions, and the growing popularity of cycling with "youngsters" from 6 to 65, things are really looking up for America's growing army of bike riders. PARENTS GIVE YOUR YOUNG CYCLIST THIS QUIZ; HELP HIM TO SAFER BIKE RIDING K TRAFFIC The need for a young bicyclist to practice sound safety principles grows with each added car--and blcycle on the road, warns Aetna Life & Casualty, producer of anew public service movie on bike safety. Aetna points out that two of every three bicycle accidents occur because riders fall to follow basic bicycle "rules of the road." In reminding youngsters how to maintain and ride their bikes safely, Aetna's color film, "If Bicycles Could Talk," tells the bicycle safety story from the viewpoint of the bicycles themselves. The film may be obtained on a free-loan basis by your school or com munity organization through an Aetna representative or from Aetna Life & Casualty's public relations and adver tising department, Hartford, Conn., 06115. The Insurance company further suggests that you ask your youngsters the following questions dealing with the special safety requirement! of bicycling In traffic. Be sure he can answer all 18 questions before his next bike ride. QUESTIONS 1. What should you do before entering a street from a driveway or sidewalk? 2. It's Important that you obey the same traffic signals and signs as motorists. Name SPECIAL MATTRESS SALE KING-O-PEDIC DELUXE BY KINGSDOWN COMPARE $69.50. NOW ONLY $49.50 BY THE MAKERS Of \kxu ANSWERS 1. Walt for vehicles to pass. If you're headed {or the opposite side, be sure the way is clear In both directions. Z. Traffic lights. Stop signs. Yield Right of Way Signs. 3. Extreme right side of the road. 4. Slow down and look In all directions. Walt for any approaching vehicles to pass. 5. Dismount and walk bike In pedestrian crosswalks. 6. Pedestrian. 7. You may lose control near a moving vehicle. Motorists may not see yoqr darting bicycle. 1 8. An occupant might open a door In front of you, or the car might pull out. Sound your bell and pass three feet left of the vehicle, traffic per mitting. Be prepared to stop suddenly. 9. 25 to 30 feet, or about 5 bicycle lengths. 10. Hand signals are a language that tells others what you plan to do. 11. Left turn- -Extend left arm horizontal to ground. Right turn? Bend left arm up at elbow, forming right angle to body. Slow or Stop--Extend left arm almost directly toward ground. (Note: If signals In your state vary from these, know them and use them.) 12. Right. * k' 13. On-coming motorists will not expect wrong-way traffic. 14. Never. 15. So they don't Interfere with your vision or control. It's best to use a carrier. 16. At least 800 feet. 17. At least 300 feet. 18. Single file. 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