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Ride Of Silence Rolled Through Acadiana Last Night (Gallery)

JayCee — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:52 +0000

The Ride of Silence, a national ride that pays respects to victims of bicycle accidents and raises awareness of the “Share the Road” initiative, took to the streets of America last night. Amy Thibodeaux Wright was on the Lafayette ride, and she was nice enough to share with us some of the photographs she took [...]

Lafayette Hosts First Bike Fest [GALLERY]

JayCee — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:50:34 +0000

FestiVELO was its name, and it was held yesterday at Parc Sans Souci. New bikes, old bikes, long bikes and short bikes, they were all represented yesterday (except for the original bicycle, wtih that HUGE front wheel and little teetiny back wheel). The festival took place on the same weekend as Cycle Zydeco, with many [...]

Bicycle Month Kicks Off With Cycle Zydeco in Lafayette

Debbie Ray — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:59:26 +0000

Lafayette Welcomes Cyclists from Around the World for Cycle Zydeco, April 4-7, 2013

Armstrong Stripped Of Titles, Banned For Life

Steve Wiley — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:22:27 +0000

Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his titles and banned from cycling for life. USADA made the announcement Thursday night. Armstrong told the Associated Press he was going to stop fighting charges leveled by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he used performance enhancing drugs. He was on a Thursday [...]

Critical Mass Rides Fridays

JayCee — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:33:33 +0000

Earlier I posted about joining a weekly 'club' and the benefits of doing so: Critical Mass is a local/national bicycling organization that meets in Acadiana.

Critical Mass Lafayette met this past Friday evening in Lafayette and went for a little ride. I was leaving work from our back parking lot and had to wait for them to get past me, and it took a few minutes... there were several people riding!

I Just Went For A Bike Ride: Success!!

JayCee — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:09:22 +0000

Was I worried it wouldn’t be a success? Yup! Reason being: bad tires. My bicycle has been sitting in the barn for 5 years now, with NO maintenance. I used compressed air to spray off the dust and cobwebs, then aired up the tires, adjusted the seat, and hit the road. The tires are rotting, [...]