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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe designation of May 1976 as National Bicycle Safety Month led communities to organize rides, traffic engineers to issue guidance, and bicycle stores to offer sales. In Indianapolis, the mayor rode a bike as part of the celebration, which also included adult cyclists following guided tours around historic landmarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Winn Parish, Louisiana (and certainly elsewhere), schools organized programs that emphasized safe riding, such as using hand signals, and how to make minor repairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Corvalles, Oregon, a photo series included a list of \u201cdon\u2019ts of biking\u201d such as \u201cdon\u2019t ride double, don\u2019t ride without hold on to the handle bars; don\u2019t ride through stop signs; don\u2019t ride on the left side of the road; don\u2019t ride without lights at night.\u201d Very few adults or children these photographs wore helmets, thus illustrating how perceptions and practices have changed in the last fifty years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Safety also featured in the planning of the Bikecentennial. Dave Knox, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, reported that the training of group leaders stressed safety: \u201cEach leader must have a Red Cross certificate or proficiency in first aid. Proper riding techniques are taught, especially for downhill riding. Some of the downhill grades will be as much as 20 miles long.\u201d A map accompanying this article included stylized landmarks, including Virginia\u2019s many mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 30, 2026 by Tom Ewing The designation of May 1976 as National Bicycle Safety Month led communities to organize rides, traffic engineers to issue guidance, and bicycle stores to offer sales. In Indianapolis, the mayor rode a bike as part of the celebration, which also included adult cyclists following guided tours around historic landmarks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bike76-va.vt.domains\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-2.13.59-PM-875x1024.png\")
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