I believe there was still a Western Auto store 30 miles away, back in the 70’s.
Not sure I remember much about it, but remember that there was still
a bunch of neat “mom and pop” stores still going then.
My first “full size” bike was in 1963, a red Murray, with the tear drop
style affair that looked like a skinny gas tank, but had two “D” flashlight
batteries inside, and a headlight on front.