Lafayette
Parish celebrates Bicycle Month in April with Cycle Zydeco as the kickoff
event.
Cycle
Zydeco, scheduled for April 4-7, 2013, is a bike tour through Acadiana
complemented by live Louisiana music and zydeco lessons, local cuisine and
special events such as swamp tours, among much more. The four-day, 200-mile
bike tour will be ridden at a moderate or leisurely pace in order to absorb the
unique Cajun and Creole cultures and food. Bikers will travel from Lafayette,
through St. Martinville, Breaux Bridge, Henderson, Arnaudville, Opelousas,
Mamou and Eunice.
Sponsored
by TRAIL (Transportation Recreation Alternatives In Louisiana), this year’s riders
will visit from 47 states and Canada.
The
Cycle Zydeco bike tour will end on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at FestiVÉLO at Parc
Sans Souci in downtown Lafayette. There will be food and drink, live music, a
customized and restored bike show, group bike rides, springs and cycling skill
classes from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For
more information on Cycle Zydeco, visit www.latrail.org.
For more information on FestiVÉLO, visit http://goo.gl/YCGby.
Lafayette
is a biking city! Beginning at the heart of downtown at Parc San Souci and
traveling throughout Lafayette to Beaver Park is the Atakapa-Ishak (AI) Trail, a
multi-phased, shared-use recreational trail named for the Atakapa-Ishak Native
American Tribe who inhabited Southwest Louisiana coastal regions and
prairies. Phase 2 of the Al Trail will continue through Beaver Park,
underneath the US Hwy. 90 bridge at the Vermilion River and continue past
Vermilionville to the Jean Lafitte Acadiana Cultural Center. More bike
trails are also in the works.
At
the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, there is a University Commons multi-use
path with plans for expansion, one of which is to link up with the Al Trail.
For
information on biking events, trails, bike safety and more, visit latrail.org/web/.
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