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Voices. The"BOOT OF CHAMPIONS'~~~~~~~~~CUFF • • Continued from page 3 fr o m th e p r e s e n t artificial o ne be a u tif u lly in h is 18 Dec. " Gamb it " . The newsp ap ers duly print th e rubber n um bers generated by th e Am erican Petroleum Ins titute an d p as sed a lo ng revere n tl y b y th e governmen t. Bu t people are as king questions, lik e, " Who is th e American Petroleum Institute ?" Eve rybody I kn ow (and a lot of strange rs with whom I've d iscussed th e su bject) believes that the string of amazin g coincidences whereby the fuel shortage is a ripoff job b y the petrole um in d ustry to (I) increase p rofits ; (2) force the in dependent filli ng-station owners out of busin ess; (3) avo id having t o b uild th e costly re fin eri es to make th e low -po llu ta nt gaso lines b ein g dem and ed ; (4) get the enabling legislation for the No rth Slope pip elin e in Alas ka, and (5) get th e enabling legislation to dri ll anywhere they feel like d rilling. N on e of us are reassured by the informa tion t hat when Nixon ra n for Congress, his strongest backer w as the board chairman of Un ion Oil ; or that Nixon , while Vi ce Presiden t, was instrumen ta l in getting the legisla ti on so tha t Union Oil co uld drill in the Santa Barbara Channel. Never in my life time have I see n any sizeable number of people question th e acti o ns of in d ustr y or govern men t. Not even when the situa tions were re ally raw and smelly. No w a lot of people seem t o be asking questions. But n ob ody is printing an y ans wers - least of all th e dai ly newspapers. I'm gl ad y o u publish ed R on Schneider s' though ts. FRANK CON NER Cycle Guide Maga zine Compton , Calif. FULLY ATIACHED TONGUE ~ FOAM PADDED FRONT - - SOFT GLOVE LEATHER WITH FOAM FILLING - _ RACE PROVEN BUCKLES HEAT RESISTANT AND WATER REPELLANT FINISH EXCLUS IVE MOLDED PLASTIC INSTEP & SHIN PROTECTOR FOAM FI LLED FOR PERFECT FIT FROM DAY ONE. MINIMAL BREA K IN TOP GRADE SKI BOOT LEATH ER BEST AN KL E PROT ECTOR OF ANY BOOT ENGINEERING TH ERMOPLAST IC TOE GUAR D SKI TYP E HEEL HUGGER More On Canned Adventu res It has co me to my atten tion , althought I have no t per sonally re ad the ad, th at an ad has appeared in 'Cycle News' refering to 'Cycletrek ' 74' as "canned adventure". I feel that this is a g ross mis r epresentation. In m y estimation, " canned ad ven tur e." impli es a ty pe of tourism whe re a pe rso n is pam per e d thro ugh a series of hotels, mu seu~ns , ect.: in search of a cheap t h.rill to wn te h o me a bout. The foll o wmg samples of th in gs t o be encountered in ' Cycletrek '74 ' eleva te th is ex p er ience above th e p lastic tours avai la ble to th e average American. I ) Doctors an d hosp it als can be 3-4 days travel apart. 2) T here a re tw o six h un dred mile sec tions withou t gasoline. 3) Water so urces ar e oc casio nally 150-200 m iles apart. 4) An ti -malarial pills m ust be taken . 5) It is a on e d ay hike t o t he rim o.f an active volcano. No trams, chairlifts, o r helico pter s. N i~h ts will be spe n t c~pin~. . 7 Disease prevents swunmmg In most lakes an d streams. 8) T he bridges, ferries and roads leave much to b e d esired. 9 ) The cu lt ure shoc k fr om cr ossing Africa will give a per son a wh ol e new set of valu es to judge life by . T han k yo u fo r presenting A frotrek Ltd . t o the p ubli c. Hopefully th is le t t er will co rrec tly establish the p ur p ose and sin cerity o f ' Cycle tre k ' 74 '. 61 STEEL KICK PLATE DOUBLE PLY SOLE FOR EASI ER RE-SOLiNG BUILT-IN ARCH SUPPORT PLUS STAINLESS STEEL SHANK DOUBLE STRENGTH STITCHING "THE NORSTAR" AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIA TE OELIVERY TRANS-AM MODEL MOTO·CROSS OR ISD T SOLE $69 5 0 US SPORTS -TOLL FREE 1-800-231-1811 L-:-.------------......J DEALER INQUI RI ES WEL COME 7 14/870-5243 ~1Il11111"1II11111"'"U1l11l1ulnlHlllll"IIIII"IKltllIIIllIIUNfI."'U''''.",.U."u,,'''~ E ~ Roger DeCost er, Hakan Ande rsson , = Ake Jo nsson M oto rcy c le Corpo rati on 172 Free d om Avenu e Anaheim. Cal ifo rn ia 92801 i & Rich Th orwal dson ENDORS ED PROD UCTS Goodyear Carroll Shelby Commercia l Plates R e garding commerci al p la tes in Cali fo rni a, ca n' t a motorcycle be considere d sp o rting eq uip ment o r eve n camping eq uipme n t? My Depa r tme nt of Motor V ehi cles b ranc h says no, bu t I wo nder if it has been cha lleng ed in the co urts or if it is d efin a tely specified in the vehicle c ode . J..\ MES BRAG NO Modesto, Calif. No. N o. But someon e co uld challenge it... Ed. • 213-821-3436 cz - ! i fo free ! SendBo xr 10 51,eatalog: Progr essille Prod uct s La Mesa, Calif. 92041 IS O n yo ur way to Saddleback The Bike Shop f lll lllllllll l llll ll l l lll l l l l l i ll n an ln l l l l l ll llll lllllll l l l lllll l l llll l l l i" """ " ,,,,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,,l , BILL RECORD A frotrek Ltd. Man chester, N.Y . DUA L REINFORCED BUCKLE SUPPORT " t ..., 51<1 »' S o ft U\ n lTl a ll U I ~otr l D u tl nljJ Co . 18 2 27 L udlo w 5 1. N o r ll'lf iog e . Ca . 9 13 24 Dea ler I nQuiri e s In vit ed (2 1 31363 ·62 3 0 MONA RK - HODAKA Cust o m Pipes & Accessorie s 4418 East Cha pman Ave . Orange , CA (714) 532·3634 Sweet Duck Suzuki Desert and MX Sp ecialists 1010 E. Arrow Hwy. Covina, Ca. ~ (213) 966-8541 Suzuki lit Maico Mail Order Sp ecialists HO KaN RT 340 EN DU ROS IN STOC K NOW Carnes Cycle Shop 8459 - Foot h ill - P.O. Box 608 Sunfa!'! . C.A. 91040 d 2 133521458 15