A Ride Director Explains How To Turn A Bike Tour Into A Weeklong Louisiana Party

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SPEAKER_00 (02:49):
Well, it's time for Road Adventures with Cycling Men
of Leisure, the podcast forcyclists who understand that
riding is not just about gettingto the destination, but the
experience along the way.
Now, here are the originalcycling men of leisure, Adam and
Michael.

SPEAKER_02 (03:02):
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
welcome back to Road Adventuresof Cycling Men of Leisure.
As usual, I am Adam.
My buddy is opening up somebourbon, which I am always happy
to see.
I am connected with my goodfriend, Mr.
Michael Sharp.
Sir, welcome.

SPEAKER_01 (03:20):
Welcome, Adam.
Happy to be here again, buddy.
How are you?
I'm doing really good.

SPEAKER_02 (03:25):
Really good.
I am uh I'm I'm happy we gotsomething pretty cool tonight,
so I'm I'm uh definitely lookingforward to that.
So uh so how was Halloween?
You know, um, as you know, Ilive in a subdivision for the
community of leisure.
They may not know this, but Ilive in a subdivision in a
pretty decent sized town, and weget enamored uh with uh trick or

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traders, and it's something of atradition.
My neighbors, we all put ourcars at the end of the road so
the kids can be safe and go upand down the street.
Uh many people have littlebomfires.
It's one night of the of the uhyear where the the city where I
live in turns their head byallowing the fires in the
driveway and such.

(04:10):
And um cool.
And yeah, and lots of kids.
So and the weather this year wasnice, which doesn't always
happen.
And so um, you know what?
This year Halloween was good.
Everybody at work, we had someemployees show up in costumes,
which is always fun.
I give them kudos because eighthours driving around looking
like Raggedy Ann is a little bitof a difference, but uh nice.

SPEAKER_01 (04:34):
Gives them something to do, something different.
Why not?

SPEAKER_02 (04:36):
Right, that's right.
What about you?
What about the family?

SPEAKER_01 (04:39):
Well, Chas had to work.
Um, but and then Maya had somefriends that she went and hung
out with them, and they did sometrick-or-treating and stuff.
Um like I said last episode, I Ialways designed my front yard as
a graveyard and have some gravesand spooky music playing, some
fog and things like that.
Well, I uh I sat out there anduh in the middle of the

(05:01):
graveyard and uh passed out somecandy to the uh to the young
kids uh and older kids um thatwere coming through.

SPEAKER_02 (05:09):
So yeah, we had we had we had we this year I
noticed a I think it's due tosome price differences in some
items because we had a lot ofolder uh young men and women in
in the neighborhood.

SPEAKER_01 (05:23):
So well, you know, here in our town, the high
schoolers have alwaystrick-or-treated.
Well, I mean, not gonna sayalways, but uh ever since we've
been here, the high schoolershave always trick-or-treated,
which I think is great becausewhen we got into high school, we
didn't trigger treat and youknow, probably just run around
town and cause trouble.
But um, but it's really coolbecause they really get into it.
I mean, these these costumesaren't just like, oh, look at

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this, I got a you know, a Freddymask on.
I mean, they actually, you know,get into it.
Great costumes, great themes.
So uh it makes it a lot of fun.
So I did that and uh yeah, itwas uh was a lot of fun.
I will say, anybody who listenedto our last episode, um, the
Halloween episode, we told theghost stories, uh, I do have an

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update on the uh the narrowgauge haunted trail in Maine.
And I would ask, I would ask anyanybody who wants to find out
about that update, go check outour website.
We have a new section calledBehind the Spokes.
I have put a picture and alittle information about Larry
and the haunted Huffy, and uhthis maybe it's all so uh go

(06:29):
check that out.
I'm not gonna give anythingaway, but but check it out on
our website.

SPEAKER_02 (06:33):
Cool, cool, cool.
I will tell you that uh rightaround uh so trick or treating
hours here were from 6 to 8o'clock.
And right around you haveestablished trick-or-treating
hours?
Well, yeah, the eastern timezone, we are structured, buddy.
Fair enough.

SPEAKER_01 (06:55):
Um but uh sorry, Don.
Johnny, that's a great outfit,but it is 7:59 and oh, eight
o'clock.
Sorry, no candy for you.

SPEAKER_02 (07:05):
Well, I mean, there were some that started early,
and which we we allowed them,but after eight o'clock, that I
mean that's stores closed.
But actually, my story's alittle bit different.
About 7 45, started to get dark,started to get windy, started to
get chilly.
I had the kerosene heater behindme.
Um, but it wasn't just cuttingthe trick.

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And the next kid that walked by,I said, Lauren, I said, watch
this.
And he said, Trick or treat.
It's not too late, is it?
I said, Too late, it's not toolate, and I went boom, and
dumped the rest of the bowl inhis bag.
He looked up at me, really,looked back at his dad, he said,
Well, what do you say?

(07:48):
He goes, Mister.
And that was it.
I pulled the heater in, shut thegarage door, turned the lights
off, and I was done.

SPEAKER_01 (07:59):
So and the good news is the candy wasn't sitting
around your house.
That's right.
One correction somebody in mystudio heard me say, it wasn't
just me that decorates our frontyard.
My daughter takes a very biglead in doing that.
And so someone in my studio justcorrected me on that, and I just
wanted to make sure that I gotit correct.

SPEAKER_02 (08:19):
Correct it again.

SPEAKER_01 (08:20):
Yeah, well, you know, hashtag what is that?
Michael's always right uh typething.

SPEAKER_02 (08:25):
Michael's always wrong.
Everybody knows this one.
It even showed up the other dayyou and I were doing some social
media, and it said, you want tohashtag anything?
I'm like, yeah, and I startedtyping, and right there, boom,
Michael's always wrong.
I'm like, no, we're not we'renot using that this time.

SPEAKER_01 (08:39):
Um well I am excited.
Okay.
We have a guest today, and uh,we have a ride director who's
going to be coming on here injust a couple minutes.
I'm very excited about this.
We have mentioned this ride manytimes.
This ride has been on our shortlist as well, and uh I'm really

(09:02):
looking forward to it.
I think it's going to be a goodtime, and uh we're gonna get a
little music going here to setthe mood.
And what I'm gonna say islaissez-le bonton roule.
And for anybody who doesn't knowCreo, uh, that basically means

(09:23):
let the good times roll.
And I'm saying that because thisride director definitely lives
up to this saying on his ride.
And in fact, um, it's just gonnabe a fantastic one.
So I'm gonna leave it at thatand I will let you do the formal
introduction.

SPEAKER_02 (09:45):
Well, wait a minute.
If I ever forget about a segmentthat we do, you give me nine
kinds of you know what.
So before I do that, uh ladiesand gentlemen, it is now time,

(10:08):
as my best friend and co-hostforgot about.
It is time for listenerspotlight.

SPEAKER_01 (10:20):
You know, I see, I got so excited about the guest
that I pretty much forgot aboutthe listener spotlight.
But um let me give you the cluesfrom last time.
See, it was it was designed thatway.
It wasn't a mistake.
I was doing that, it was atease.
Teaser.
That's all that was.

(10:41):
All right, listener spotlight.
Clues are as follows.
The town originally started as afort, constructed in the early
1800s, unfortunately, to in turnuh the native population.
It was incorporated as a town inthe late 1800s.
Early growth was spurred by arail line that passed through
this town, and uh coal and ironwere discovered in the 1880s,

(11:05):
but uh those were thoseresources were much smaller than
they had anticipated, so thetown suffered a major economic
decline.
However, cotton processingbecame a big economical boom.
Um cotton produced products alsobecame huge.

(11:27):
Um this town has an annualfestival that celebrates um its
world standing around hosiery.
And finally, it could be saidthat this city is truly a
Dixieland delight.

(11:47):
And I know we had uh someguesses.

SPEAKER_02 (11:52):
Yeah, you know, sometimes when we do listener
spotlight, we go right beforewe're gonna record and we search
the social pages, we search theemails and we find the bump bump
bump bom.
Nobody has guessed becauseeither A, you made it too hard,
or maybe it's the time of theyear people are busy.

(12:13):
But this time, I'm gonna sayeither A, you made it too easy,
or B, we have some extremelyintelligent people because we
had not one, not two, not three,but four guesses.
Wow.
And all of them guessed theexact same city.

(12:33):
Really, exact one.

SPEAKER_01 (12:35):
Well, I did put it, I snuck in a clue that I was
like, if somebody's thinking inthe right mindset, they're gonna
get it.
Um but I will agree, I think uhour listeners are pretty savvy
on things, so um I didn't figurethat it would go unnoticed.
So what do we got?

SPEAKER_02 (12:54):
I have a breakdown.
Okay, Adam said St.
Louis, and Adam said St.
Louis, and Adam said St.
Louis, and Adam said no, no, I'mjust kidding.

SPEAKER_01 (13:04):
Adam always says St.
Louis, and he's never right.

SPEAKER_02 (13:07):
Wade Paul, our friend, who has made a guess or
two through, has said FortPayne, Alabama.
Our team member and monthlysupporter and good friend Alex
Bell has said Fort Payne,Alabama.
Matt, or as you like to callhim, Mark Robinson.
Well, said he would eat friendsall know him by Mark, so he said

(13:31):
he would eat his socks if he waswrong.
But Fort Payne, Alabama, andConnie, please listen up
closely.
Our good friend and team memberArmandu has guessed all the way
from California, Fort Payne,Alabama.
So not one, not two, not three,not four, but four distinguished

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friends of ours, listeners tothe show, friend of the show,
have said Fort Bain, Alabama.
Now, we did get a few differentum quotes to a few different
things.
Um, I will honor Alex by sayinghe said he completed his
travels, he was on the road, hesaid Fort Payne was developed
around a fort with the samename, built in 1830 to intern

(14:18):
the Cherokee tribe.
Uh, in the late 1880s, coal andiron deposits were discovered,
which uh supported in uhindustrialization of the area.
Present-day uh Norfolk SouthernRailway formerly uh offered

(14:42):
passenger service to the city,and Fort Payne is the home of
the country music group Alabama,who had the 1983 hit song
Dixieland Delight.
This was the giveaway clue forme, Alex says.
So um, and um Matt said that uhuh let me see here.

(15:03):
He says, I gotta go with FortPayne, Alabama, as the owner of
well north of 300 pairs ofsocks.
It's near and dear to my heart.
And feet, he says.
You uh gave him some said Icannot confirm or deny.
And he says, I'm confident I'lleat my socks if I'm not right.

(15:25):
He says, kidding, old Mickey hasbeaten me more times than I can
count.
I'm not eating any socks.
So uh how did our friends of theshow and team members do?
Before you do that, let me getmy applause button.

SPEAKER_01 (15:42):
Well, uh, I I don't think there's any surprises now,
is there?
Um wow.
Okay.
Um great job, everyone.
Yes, indeed, all of you uh gotit correct.
Fort Payne, Alabama was in factthe answer.

(16:03):
Um, Alex, uh, you nailed it.
The only thing I will add, uh,yeah, the the all the members of
the group Alabama are from thattown.
Um hosiery industry became hugethere, especially the um
creation, the production ofsocks.
And uh that's where the whole Ihad mentioned hosiery, and then

(16:27):
I figured the Dixie LandDelight, that was a pretty big
nod to Alabama.
Um, but great job, everyone.
We've we've never had fourpeople uh send in correct
answers before on any singleone.

SPEAKER_02 (16:39):
So uh ladies and gentlemen, that was Listener
Spotlight.
Thank you, all listeners.
Thank you, listeners from FortPaint, Alabama.
But it was as I always say,thank you, everybody, yes,
whether you listen or watch.
As a matter of fact, some ofthose were YouTube comments.
So um, thank you so very much.

SPEAKER_01 (17:00):
Um now I can say, can I say it?
Yeah, go ahead.
Laissez les bonnes roulet.

SPEAKER_02 (17:10):
I believe that's let the good times roll.
Yes, sir.
All right, who do we got?
We are gonna bring on the ridedirector of Cycle Zydeco, and
his his name is Scott Chilling.
He's the founder of Trail, whichis transportation, recreation,

(17:31):
alternatives in Louisiana.
He's the creator and forcebehind Cycle Zydeco, a week-long
cycling uh celebration of food,music, and community.
His mission is to connect peopleand places through the power and
trails of two wheels.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is myhonor to welcome Scott Chilling
to Road Adventures of CyclingMen of Leisure.

(17:53):
Welcome, Scott.
Hey, Scott, thank you so muchfor giving us some of your time
this evening.
Uh we we saw you at BourbonCountry Burn.

SPEAKER_05 (18:05):
Yes.

SPEAKER_02 (18:06):
Um, outside of the Cycle Zyde Code trailer, but
here we are in the studio, andthank you for being here with
us.

SPEAKER_05 (18:12):
Well, great.
I'm looking forward to beinghere.
We go from Bourbon Country Burnto almost Bourbon Street.

SPEAKER_02 (18:18):
Well, that there we go.
Perfect.
Nothing wrong with that, righthere.
Let me tell you.

SPEAKER_05 (18:23):
Oh man, I still need to get my bourbon uh uh from
limestone.

SPEAKER_02 (18:26):
So well, um you this is a ride, Michael.
You and I, in all truthfulness,not just because Scott is here.
Our friends did it last year,some team members did it the
year before.
It's been on our list.
And um we actually went over andtalked to Scott um at at the
trailer and and and uh you know,we kind of exchanged

(18:50):
connections, and here we are.
So uh we want to hear all thingscycle zytigo, but Scott, when
you exchanged your contact withme, your website had trail
involved in it.
Can you touch on that?

SPEAKER_05 (19:04):
Or yeah, um, so trail is a uh nonprofit
organization that we createdback in uh 2004.
And it was born out of thepedestrian or the transportation
plan, which included the bikeand pedestrian plans.
And we spent several yearsworking up that plan and didn't
feel like it was gonna see thelight of day.
So we created uh trail as anonprofit organization that'd be

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a catalyst that would help getsome of these projects off the
ground.
Um so like one of our firstprojects was getting a bike lane
um uh uh strike onto John SmithStreet, which is a major bike
lane that connects theuniversity here to through that
cuts right through the middle oftown.
Um and then we've done someprojects because the Cycles
Idecos introduced us to othercities where we've done park

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projects.
We've purchased property to addto parks, we've done some uh
bridge rebuilds.
Um so that's the purpose oftrail.
And it was really interesting.
Uh, you know, that was ourmission, that's that's our our
focus.
But uh in 2006, seven, theAlzheimer's Association uh had
approached us and asked us tohelp put the logistics together
for them to do a bicyclefundraiser.

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And so that brought us into theworld of putting on events.
And um, you know, so now we'reit was like really cool for
trails.
Like, hey, look, we areinterested in getting these
projects built and gettingpeople outdoor and active.
And then it's like, and we puton these events that gets people
outdoor and active, and alsousing some of the projects that
we've invested in.
So it's been a uh a good uhmarriage between the event side

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uh and the uh project side, andthat's the uh and that's the
purpose of trails.
That's cool.
Trail's a trail's an acronym,transportation recreation
alternatives in Louisiana, um,which is a mouthful.

SPEAKER_02 (20:44):
Yeah.
Well, that's like my business.
I mean, where I work, uh it'syou know, we we we shortened it
to LETs.
And so but uh um okay.
So so started out as someadvocacy for uh doing some good
stuff, and then um so obviouslywe we started by introducing you

(21:05):
by with uh being part of or thethe ride director of cycle
zytico.
Um and then how did trail kindof merge into cycle zydeco?

SPEAKER_05 (21:13):
Um well yeah, I'll make a bit of the um the history
of cycle zydeco real quick.
Sure.
So cycle zydeco was formed in2001 by Joan and Doc Williams,
who were uh you know had cyclingtours, they had an out uh an
outdoor outfitters company.
Um they're putting on lots ofevents.
Um after the tobacco lawsuitsettlement, um, there was some

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money there, and they asked themto create uh an event.
So they created Cycle Zydeco,and it immediately uh blossomed
and grew beyond their capacity.
So they partnered with LafayetteVisitors Convention Center uh to
put on the event.
So the event has been put on byLafayette Visitors Convention
Center since 2002.
But uh Cycle Zydeco um spendsmost of his time outside of the

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parish of Lafayette.
And so when there was a changein director, um the new director
cut Cycle Zydeco out of hisbudget.
So I called him and said, Ben,what's going on?
He told me, hey Scott, umdoesn't really fit in our in our
mission.
Um, you know, and it takes up alot of our resources.
So he said, so we we cut it out.
So I said, well, well, Ben, thatwould be perfect for us because

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we don't have any geographicalboundaries like you have.
And so go, you know, uh, so thatwould fit perfect with us.
He said, and if you can doanything to create more hotel
stays in Lafayette, um, thatwould be awesome.
So we looked at trying to changethe routes for six months, beat
our head against a wall, andthen we came up with a Lafayette
every night option at the hotelswhere we provide shuttle
services.
So we serve we've helped fulfillthe mission of Lafayette

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Business Center.
We took over the event in 2013,and it's been history since
then.
Crazy thing was um Cycles Idecoused to have a we used to be
limited to 300 and like 75people is where they would cap
it at, and it would sell out infive minutes.
So the first year that we wereputting this on, I thought we
were gonna have a thousandpeople, and you know, they just
the way they built it up, andyou know, we had 220.

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People had given up on itbecause they knew it was
canceled, we didn't have a lotof marketing, and it took us a
while to kind of kind ofrebuild.
But that limitation um was basedon the limit uh the lack of
hotels in some of the smallertowns um that we used to that we
traveled to, but now with theLafayette hotel every night
option, that limitation is isoff the deck.

SPEAKER_01 (23:25):
So so uh quick question.
What is your ridership numbers?
Um, I mean, what what do you saylike last year?
What it what was your ridershipnumbers?

SPEAKER_05 (23:37):
The last couple of years, um, our high watermark
was uh 2019.
Um and then uh you know we wereat 780 uh people thereabouts,
and then um you know the lastseveral years we've been kind of
between that five and sixhundred number.
So I'm I'm kind of using 800 asmy uh my planning number right
now.
Um we can easily scale up.

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I mean, if if a thousand peopleshowed up, you know, we can
adjust.
I mean, our our limitingcapacity ends up being uh the
shuttles, but the you know, ourshuttle guys are awesome and
they can I've seen them pullbuses in um left or right as uh
as they needed.
So it's not a constraint.

SPEAKER_01 (24:16):
Five or six hundred riders is a nice size, you know,
it it's it's you know not crazybig, it's it's the right size
where you can really meetpeople, create relationships,
things like that.
So that's awesome.

SPEAKER_05 (24:27):
Yeah, no, look, we've had we have uh
participants that have beendoing this for over 20 years,
and it's you know, they builtthey build relationships, and
this is a becomes a reunion tripuh for them.

SPEAKER_02 (24:39):
Yeah, another line that we do called Bragg.
Um Franklin says it's likesummer camp every year coming
back.
So it really is.

SPEAKER_05 (24:49):
It really is.
Yeah, we're actually gonna bepartnering with Bragg.
Uh we're gonna be their bikerental uh uh partner, as we are
with Bourbon Country Burn.
Um, so we have over a hundredbikes in our rental fleet that
we make available.
We put them in a trailer andbring them up, we'll bring them
out to Georgia and somethingthat helps support the ride.

SPEAKER_02 (25:08):
Uh oh, that's great.
That's great.
That's yeah.
Working with Franklin.

SPEAKER_01 (25:13):
Frank Franklin's been on our show many a time.
So uh yeah, that's that's that'scool.
Yeah, um Franklin's a great guy.

SPEAKER_05 (25:19):
Uh first call I made during the COVID shutdown was to
him.

SPEAKER_02 (25:24):
There, yeah, yeah, he's uh he's got a new director
too.
So I'm I'm excited to talk aboutthat shortly.
So but um Domestic Director, Ithink the the title I saw on
Facebook, it was released today.
So I can talk about it because Isaw it on the World Wide Web.
So um, okay, so so when we metyou, we told you that we would

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be traveling.
Um Michael from Kansas, myselffrom Michigan, and you had you
had made a comment that yousaid, well, if you guys are
gonna come down, then we havearrived two days before that.
Um, and so and and that isJasmine on the trail, is that
correct?

SPEAKER_05 (26:01):
Uh Jason on the Tammany Trace.

SPEAKER_02 (26:03):
Tammany Trace.
I apologize.

SPEAKER_05 (26:05):
Yeah, and the the Tammany Trace is uh uh one of
two rail to trail conversions inLouisiana.
So um the entire length of thetrace is uh 30 miles right now,
slide Ell to Covington.
And it's uh located on the northshores of Lake Poncha Train, so
so you know 40 minutes north ofuh New Orleans.
Uh and it's and uh we'll bebased at Fountain Blue State

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Park, um, which is right in themiddle of the trace at uh in
Mandeville, Louisiana.
One of my favorite places to gocamp.
So we'll be on the shores of uhof the Lake Poncha Train, riding
out on the trace, uh gettingabout 30 miles each day um of
riding.
Um and I was kind of spurred byone of our great volunteers, is
uh the the former mayor ofSlidell, and he's like, Scotty,

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you gotta um you gotta organizea ride out.
He says, You got people thatwant to ride the trace, or they
come to ride the trace.
He says, We need to getorganized, we need to get music
and food.
And so we so we created Jasmineon the trace.

SPEAKER_02 (27:01):
Cool.

SPEAKER_05 (27:02):
Um and uh you know, so they have one and two day
options, it'll be the Monday andTuesday before uh cycle zytico.
So and the dates, um, you know,cycle cycle zytico has
religiously been 54 days afterMorty Girl, it's the week after
Easter.
So um, so uh that you know thatEaster uh that Easter break

(27:24):
period has been important to us.
So, you know, uh we have debatedtrying to pin down the dates to
be like early April all everyyear, um, all the time, but that
that Easter break has been youknow has its benefits, and so we
we're kind of tag along withEaster now.

SPEAKER_02 (27:40):
That's pretty cool.
So and I saw on the on yourwebsite that you can do a
bunkhouse.
Um is that is that an optionstill?

SPEAKER_05 (27:49):
Yeah, so um if you're at the uh Amanda Bill at
Foundable Blue State Park, youhave the bunkhouse, and the
bunkhouse each has two wings,each wing sleeps 50 uh people.
And then there's also we'll havecamp camp site camping available
um on the grounds right there,but also in the park itself,

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they have RB, they have tons ofRB spots and almost all of them
have sewage uh full service now.
There's also primitive campingavailable inside the park, but
you can just you know um camp,tin camp with us on site where
where the bunkhouse is as well.
So and then if you want to stayat a hotel, uh there's a couple
of hotels in the Mansaville,Covington uh area that we'll

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we'll have listed.
Um you'll be responsible foryour own transportation, you
know, to and from the hotel forthat event.
So I guess it'd be one thingthat's a real big difference
between cycle zytico, like cyclezytico, uh you get there, you
really don't need to see avehicle again.
We got you covered.
Um, that isn't on the train soyou're gonna if you're gonna be

(28:52):
sending a hotel, you will needto uh handle your own
transportation, even if it's anUber or Lyft or whatever.
Okay.

SPEAKER_02 (28:59):
Perfect.
Okay, so and and I just wantedto add that for anyone
traveling, like like us.
I mean, for me, if I'm going allthat way, I'm gonna do both.
Uh what about you, Michael?
Would you do both?
Or what do what do you what doyou mean do both?
I would do the the the jazzingon the trace and then jump.

SPEAKER_01 (29:16):
Okay, okay.
I I'm gonna do both thebunkhouse and I'm camping.
Okay.
I understand what you're sayingnow.

SPEAKER_05 (29:23):
Well, I guess that would depend on the weather.

SPEAKER_01 (29:28):
Well, we've we've done that before on rides.
We've had two options availableto us, but uh no, I think if if
if I'm going now, number one,Adam, you know I love Louisiana,
I love New Orleans, I love thefood, I love Zydeco music.
I'm huge fan.
So if I'm going get theopportunity to go, yeah,
absolutely.
Let's do the first and then youknow go do the second.

(29:52):
Um, certainly if you're coming,I think it's 12, 13 hours for
me.
If I was driving, if I'm gonnago all that way, why why
wouldn't you just do the extratwo days and have some fun?

SPEAKER_02 (30:01):
Absolutely, absolutely.
And then for anyone checkinginto this, and if you're
interested after all hearinghearing this entire interview,
if you do cycle zydeco, Scottoffers a discount uh for for uh
for the Jasmine on the trace.
So that's pretty cool.
All right, so I get to cyclezydeco.

(30:24):
Uh if I fly in, uh I know youhave some packages that you'll
put bike or your team orsomebody will put bikes
together.
Can we touch on that just for asecond?

SPEAKER_05 (30:35):
Yeah, yeah.
So um, so if you want, yeah, Ihave several different options
for handling your bike.
If you're flying in, um, or ifyour bike is just you know seen
as better days, um, and you haveno bike, uh, we have bikes
available for rent.
Um with we uh have a bike shopnow, so it's a giant and track

(30:56):
dealer, so we can you know havea lot of flexibility with bikes.
Um, but also if you want to shipyour bike uh to us, um we
recommend uh bike flights asyour uh to handle your shipping
costs.
There is a small fee for us tohandle your bike, and uh we can
just handle the box if you wantto do your own assembly and
disassembly, um, or we can dothe assembly and disassembly for

(31:18):
you.
So if uh we're handling ifyou're doing assembly and
disassembly yourself, we'll holdyour box during the during the
event and then we'll make itbring it to you for the end of
the event so you can pack it.
If we're taking care of yourbike for you, then we'll you
know deliver your bike atcheck-in.
Um, and then at the end of theride, we'll pick it up, bring it
back to the shop, disassembleit, and uh ship it back to you.

SPEAKER_01 (31:40):
So what he's saying is we we've we've flown many
times with bicycles, and we'vehad an episode on how to fly
with your bicycle.
Um, done it many times, and wealways fly in, and you know,
we've got the hard shell boxesand all that.
And we always wind up that firstday hanging out in the hotel,
moving everything out of theway, putting our bicycles

(32:01):
together.
So you're saying we wouldn'thave to do that, and I wouldn't
end up with like those threeextra parts that I really don't
think are important becausethose are extras, I'm sure.

SPEAKER_02 (32:13):
So you know what I heard.
What I heard Scott say is Adam,you have a trek, and I have a
trek dealership.
So if you forget anything, thenI'm gonna have it for your
Demani.
It'll be right there in my shop.
That's what I heard.

SPEAKER_01 (32:27):
Well, you know, so that's great.
You know, some people liketruck, uh, other people go for
the little bit more uhextravagant, uh exotic type
bikes, so that's okay.

SPEAKER_02 (32:38):
FY.

SPEAKER_05 (32:39):
Well, while we're talking about that, um, I do get
this question quite a bit iswhat type of bikes come to
Cycles I think?

SPEAKER_01 (32:45):
And fair question.

SPEAKER_05 (32:47):
I've seen every type of the only bike I haven't seen
is a unicycle.
And I think if somebody shows upwith a unicycle, we're gonna
have to do something special,prize or you know, entry or
something.
I don't know.
But I mean, it's everything ison a uh hard surface.
It's a road, you know, it's allthey're all in open roads,
they're all paved.
Um, so you know, the most commonbikes you'll see are are road

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bites.
Uh we see hybrids out there.
I've seen recumbent treks, uhrecumbent um uh tandems.
Um and uh I mean there's there'syou know but we've had people
ship the uh uh trikes to us thatcome in on pallets.

SPEAKER_02 (33:25):
Wow.

SPEAKER_05 (33:26):
That has to be assembled.
So it's every type of bike uhthat's out there, but again,
it's it's it's hard surfaceroads.
Um so a road bike, uh hybrid isum is is is is very common.
So oh I guess one thing um Ilike to always kind of start the
conversation with, you know,when people ask like, you know,
cycle zide to like what kind ofriding is it?

(33:46):
It's like look, you know, thepriorities are dancing, eating,
drinking, and then you justhappen to ride a bike to get to
the next party.
So when people call and theysay, Well, you know, I'll ride
40 miles in two hours, like thecrowd goes, wow, you're you're
on the right show, Scott.
So when people say I'll ride 40miles in two hours, let me do

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the rest of my day, it's like,yeah, it's not this is not your
type of ride where we're goingfrom point to point as fast as
we can.
Um, you know, we you know, we'regonna distract you during the
day.
Now that being said, at one timecycles out of co was only one
route every day that averagedprobably about like 38, 40
miles, which is our what we tryto get our main route about.
But we um had somebody requestto do um, they were trying to do

(34:33):
a hundredth metrics entries in ayear.
So they wanted to use cycles outof code.
So we created a 62 plus mileroute every day that is
available too.
So we have two routes minimumevery day, a 40 mile, and then
62 or better.
And then when we get to like aSaturday, we'll have like four
or five different distanceoptions uh available going all

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the way up near uh near ahundred miles.
So cool.
But that 40 mile, that's ourmain route.
That's our main target.

SPEAKER_01 (34:59):
Well, we are we are men of leisure, we are not
racers, we like to take ourtime, and uh yeah, I I think
that sounds perfect.
So um, as long as you guys don'tmind, you know, a Bianchi being
out there on the road.
So uh all right, we're good.

SPEAKER_02 (35:15):
You're gonna you're gonna put that head unit
together that always fallsapart.
Moving on.
What's your next question?

SPEAKER_01 (35:22):
All right.
I did talk to a Bianca dealerthe other day.
Uh put extra parts on bicyclesfor a reason.
You can leave those, they'reoptional.
It's okay.

SPEAKER_02 (35:33):
Go ahead, Scott.
I apologize.

SPEAKER_05 (35:35):
So yeah, well, those parts go in this what kind of
spurred this conversation.
I mean, like you'll see I'vepeople pulling bikes that I
haven't seen the light of day in20 years.
And when those start fallingapart, finding parts from them
can be a little tricky.
But yeah, we have some creativeuh people that'll scour, search
the country target, somethingshipped in quickly.

SPEAKER_02 (35:55):
So Michael and I always advocate to travel with
your own derailler hangerbecause if you're flying with
your bike and it gets busted orwhatever, so we always say some
of those special parts I thinkyou should travel with just in
case, because you just neverknow because they they they uh
dera hanger happens to be one ofthose parts that we won't find
another bike.

SPEAKER_05 (36:13):
And today, um, you know, your through axles that
become very specialized to everydifferent type of bike, you
know.
So yeah, any of thosespecialized parts now you're not
gonna find in stock at your, youknow, typically at a deal that's
gonna have to be ordered, uh,yeah, maybe protected.

SPEAKER_02 (36:31):
And and I don't know if you realize what you're
walking into, but Michael and Itease each other all the time.
We've got a phenomenalfriendship, and I have spent
many of hours working on hisbicycle and hotels and trying to
help him.
And we we are great friends, soI just tease him about his
Italian stallion.
We I I uh I'm impressed by that.

SPEAKER_05 (36:50):
That's why he said with three extra parts.
That's right.

SPEAKER_02 (36:53):
That's right.
He's like, Do I need these?
And he's holding them in hishand.

SPEAKER_01 (36:56):
I'm like, nah, you don't need those like the movie
Doc Doc Hollywood, if youremember that movie with uh, you
know, um they put back to hissports car in this small town,
and then they hand him a boxthat's got extra parts in it,
and he says they're extra.
So yeah.

SPEAKER_02 (37:11):
So I somehow I get to um cycle zydeco, and for the
2025 ride, you started inLafayette.
Um, will we be coming toLafayette if we do if we join
you for Cycle Zydeco, or will webe coming somewhere else?

SPEAKER_05 (37:27):
So 2026, we're gonna have a a new uh scheme or
layout.
We're gonna start and finishevery day in Broad Bridge.
So Bro Bridge will be our basecamp.
Okay.
Uh Bro Bridge is from the hotelarea in Lafayette is like eight
miles, 10 miles.
Um, depending on the time ofday, it's a 20-minute shuttle uh

(37:48):
trip um to and from the hotelsto base camp.
Um, there is a hotel inLafayette in Bro Bridge that's
about three miles away from basecamp that we have shuttle
services to.
Um there's also a lot of severalAirbnbs um available in downtown
um in the Broadbridge area.
So so and then we will also havea designated um which is uh Bay

(38:14):
Wilderness Army Campground,which is our designated RD spot.
So um that they have fullservice RD hookups.
We'll have shuttle services toum by wilderness and back to
base camp.
And we do have a couple RD spotson site, but I think those are
almost sold out.
Okay.

SPEAKER_02 (38:31):
So Michael and I look at a lot of things when we
when we try a new ride.
We look at a lot of logistics,and um we noticed last night we
were on the map and we werelooking at Bro Bridge back to
Lafayette, and there seems to bea few roads that actually are
only like six and seven miles inbetween.
Are those safe for cycling?
I mean, if someone wanted to sayI don't need this shuttle, I

(38:54):
could actually ride from myhotel to base camp, or would
that not be advised?

SPEAKER_05 (38:59):
Um so I'd say if for some of those trips, you maybe
if you're a more intrepidcyclist, no problem.

unknown (39:05):
Okay.

SPEAKER_05 (39:06):
Um, you know, just you know, especially if you're
gonna do it in the evenings, youknow, you won't be well with up.
Some of those roads are busy,uh, but I do have people that
you know want to ride from thehotel.
So I'm I've created routes um,you know, for them so they can
put on rider GPS and ride fromthe hotels, ride from the
airport, or ride uh you knowfrom uh from wherever to get to

(39:29):
go back and forth to cyclezytico.

SPEAKER_02 (39:31):
But probably the safest uh avenue would
definitely be a shuttle.
So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 (39:37):
Now we're at we're at uh cycle zytico.
We we're staying at acampground, or we're staying at
an Airbnb, or we're staying in ahotel.
Or also what am I gonna do inthe evenings?
What do you got planned?

SPEAKER_02 (39:54):
I read the website.
Eat, dance, drink.

SPEAKER_01 (39:58):
Yes, so um I'm not interviewing you.
Come on.

SPEAKER_05 (40:03):
So on uh from Thursday on, um Wednesday's a
big party.
Uh we do have unsupported ridingon that Wednesday.
Um that'll kind of be offside.
We'll we'll talk more detailsabout that.
But typically on your Wednesday,Thursday, um, Saturday, uh
Wednesday, on your Thursday,Friday, Saturday uh evenings, um

(40:24):
we have our bar opens up atthree.
Um we'll start, we'll have livemusic, uh, we'll have dancing.
Uh we do a scavenger hunt duringthe event, so we'll have
scavenger hunt check-in uh soyou can get prizes.
Um, you know, and then uh, youknow, the um they also have
options to go to therestaurants.
So that kind of brings us intothe Zydeco bucks uh that we

(40:45):
could talk about now or later.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Um right now, our music lineup.
Um we do have Rock and Jupy uhbooked.
So Rock and Jupyse and ChubbyCarrier have been some of our
staples for Cycle Zydeco.
And you just can't beat theenergy that Dupsey uh brings to
the table.
I mean, they've they've playedaround the world, uh, they've
been on the David Letterman showseveral times.

(41:06):
Um you know, they um they'rejust they're fantastic and just
uh a ton of energy.

SPEAKER_02 (41:13):
Do you have that, Michael, cued up?
I know you're trying.
There you go.
A little zydeco music.
We have dance lessons.
Uh-oh.
Well, I I could use that.
I'm like a two left feetproductions.
I don't even know how to.

SPEAKER_05 (41:33):
So that's why we opened the bar three.

SPEAKER_02 (41:37):
So okay.
Well, good.
Liquid carriage will definitelyhelp out.
So I I could definitely uhdefinitely help out.
Um so okay, so Wednesday, bigparty.
Thursday, first day of actualriding.
Um, but then again, the focus isnot so much on riding except for
having eat, drink, and dance andhave a good time.

(41:59):
I saw the the elevation.
Michael and I were having alittle bit of fun last night
going on.
And like 68 miles for 400 feetof climb for the day.

SPEAKER_05 (42:09):
So yeah, people uh call me ask, um, and they
certainly you can see they'retrying to ask about the uh
difficulty of the of the ride.
It's like, look, the biggestclimb you're gonna have to make
is we gotta get over, we gottatake the overpass to get over
I-10.
Yeah, so probably have like youknow, you know, 14 to 16 feet of
climbing at at one point.

SPEAKER_01 (42:30):
Okay.
Well, yeah, it was flat line,flatline, and then there's like
this little bump, and thenflatline.
It was beautiful.
I mean, you know, the the jokeis every time you go to Iowa,
well, Iowa's flat.
No, Iowa's not flat.
Actually, it looks like thissection of Louisiana is
exceptionally flat.

SPEAKER_02 (42:46):
So you know, it's interesting.
Um, calling Scott the other day,I'm not gonna steal his thunder,
but Scott, you and I spoke aboutwhere most of the people who
come to your ride come from.
Where do they come from?

SPEAKER_05 (42:59):
Uh the largest portion is from the Midwest.
I mean, I've I'm reallyimpressed.
I mean, that you know, umKansas, Missouri, uh, Iowa area
is really impressive.
But I'll go back going back tolike 2018-19, though.
I mean, the draw is worldwide.
Um, in 2000, I think it was 18,we had three countries from

(43:22):
Africa, New Zealand andMadagascar, um coming in.
And and uh in 2017, uh we had umBernard Eno, uh the five-time
winner of the Tour de France,uh, attend with a with a French
contention.
And half of you know, half ofour support team spoke French,

(43:43):
you know, so it was a nicelittle fit.
We have some you know Frenchspeaking representatives out at
the hotels to help you knowcoordinate, but you know, but um
but at Midwest, man, there'sthat is just the bread and
butter that's cool attendants.
We're just good people, what canwe say?

SPEAKER_02 (43:59):
Well, you know, you're you are essentially time.

SPEAKER_01 (44:01):
So we're gonna he did bring up Madagascar, though.
That is one country I do notbelieve we've ever had a
listener from, so you neverknow.
Time.

SPEAKER_05 (44:10):
Yeah, I'm gonna go uh track down that participant.
We'll uh share this one.

SPEAKER_02 (44:15):
There you go, exactly.
Um so Zydeco music.
Um describe Zydeco music live tosomeone like who's never
experienced it live.
Of course, I listened to Michaelplay it.
If you've ever go to likeamusement park, sometimes they
have you know, you know,different restaurants that play

(44:36):
that sort of music or or uh butif someone's never said it was
universal, but go ahead.
Okay, whatever.

SPEAKER_05 (44:47):
Yeah.
So how man, you uh yeah, awesomequestion for Herman to answer.
But when I when I when I'mbooking bands and I'm looking at
Zydeco, um, you know, I'm I'mlooking for people that have a
lot of energy.
I mean, so the accordion, thisyou know, the squeeze box is a
staple in Zydeco music, um, therubboard, the washboard on the

(45:07):
stomach.
Um, but you know, just somethingthat makes you want to dance.
And yeah, you know, and it's uhit's a fun, easy dance.
Um you know, it's uh, you know,uh, I mean, we we have dance
lessons, but it's not, it's uhyou can just watch somebody and
you know you can just jump inthere and move and dance to it
and and and and have a goodtime.
So it's it's the um, you know,we always look for bands that

(45:30):
bring a lot of energy that havea you know have have a have a
you know, get the crowdinvolved, get people off their
feet, get them dancing.
Um you know, so that's uh whatyou know kind of what we we look
for.
Yeah, we will also, you know, wealways have requests to kind of
bring in some more Cajun musicor sometimes some swap pop.
Um so depending on you know umyou know who we're looking at,

(45:52):
sometimes we'll bring somepeople in that can bring Zydeco
or some uh swallow pop or Cajun.

unknown (45:58):
So cool.

SPEAKER_05 (45:59):
And you'll hear a little French in there.
There's a lot most of these uhZydeco musicians have uh French
uh laid into their songs.

SPEAKER_01 (46:08):
Okay, I think that go ahead.
I think the big question for meis tell me about the food.
Well, the food's important.

SPEAKER_05 (46:18):
I mean again very important.
Yeah, eating and dancing.
Those are the two things.
So having great musicians, um,and then also having uh you know
great food.
One thing that um you know we uhyou know, especially as when
we're in towns that havesufficient restaurants, we've
gotten away from doing cateredmeals, but we'll do like a
post-ride uh snack.

(46:39):
So we're almost every year wehave a crawfish boil.
And that's gonna be a given.
So we will do a crawlfish boil.
Um, then you know, out of thethings that we've cooked, I
mean, we've grilled alligator.
Um, you know, we've had, youknow, we'll you know, cook some
crackling, which is kind of likeuh pigskin um pork ronds.
Um you know, we'll you'll you'llprobably have some boudin at

(47:01):
some point.
We've uh marinated oysters.
Um, you know, uh we'll have someseafood element uh you know in
there as well.
But what we're trying to do isuh our focus is like when we
look at the ride, um you haveseveral places that you can eat
and use your zydeco bucks to goeat during the ride.
Um when we get when you get offyour bike that we have a little

(47:22):
snack for you that representsyou know something South of
Louisiana.

SPEAKER_01 (47:26):
That's cool.
So and you're talking about theZydeco bucks.
Explain a little bit about uhhow do I get those and and how
does that work?

SPEAKER_05 (47:36):
So they'll come with your with your package, with
your registration.
And so what and even if you're anon-rider, uh so we have
non-rider registrations, theredo you still get uh the same or
similar you know package,whether it's a BIP package or a
basic package, each one willhave different amounts of Zydeco
bucks, gift cards, et cetera, inthat package.
Um, and then you treat them likedollars.

(47:57):
So like when we go, when I go toa uh a restaurant or a store and
ask them to participate in aprogram, um their deal is uh you
just advertise in the programguide.
We include each other's codebucks.
We're gonna give out, I think wegive out almost like$26,000 to
$30,000 in Zydeco bucks toeverybody.

(48:17):
So you may, depending on yourpackage, you may have 20, you
may have 60 or 100.
Um, and then you use them justlike dollars at those
participating restaurants andstores.
Uh, you know, and then we goback and I redeem them from that
restaurant um dollar for dollar.
So I'll tell you, like even ifyou're if the servers get tipped
in Zydeco Bucks, when they cashout the night, I tell I asked to

(48:40):
always say treat it just likecash.
You exchange it because I'mcoming back with the check and
I'm gonna redeem every everydollar that you uh that every
Zydeco buck dollar that youcollect.

SPEAKER_02 (48:50):
That's pretty cool.
Because then you call it.
I mean, then you know becausethe writers are gonna spend more
than just the Zydeco buck, I'msure.
So that's helps out the localcommunity as well.
So it puts money in the in thearea, which is what that's what
Michael and I like too.

SPEAKER_05 (49:03):
So you get variety for you know um, you know, where
as when we're catering stuff, Imean the the selection was you
know A and B.
Yeah, but just then you have theall the restaurants available to
you.

SPEAKER_01 (49:15):
And you get the not that not just the restaurants,
but then you get the flavor ofthe local communities and things
like that, which uh is somethingthat Adam and I like.
Now, the question I have, thisis for you, Adam.
Have you ever had a uh crawfishboil?

SPEAKER_02 (49:28):
No.
Um when I lived in southernIllinois, we would catch
crawfish in the creek, and andbut nothing like that.
No way.

SPEAKER_01 (49:36):
Okay, yeah.
I I'm a that's one thing myfamily loves about it up here in
Kansas is I I spent some timeout in Rhode Island and I do a
shrimp boil and stuff, andeverybody always likes it when I
do the shrimp boil, but crawfishboils are great, so that would
be awesome.

SPEAKER_05 (49:50):
Well, guys on the trace, um, we'll probably do a
seafood boil.
So we'll have shrimp crabs, um,yeah, we'll probably do crawfish
there as well, uh, on one of theone one of the nights.
Cool.

SPEAKER_02 (50:03):
So all right, we talked about food, uh drinks.
Obviously, so you have accordingto the website, you have a bar
that that opens up at threeo'clock on some days, which I'm
in.
That sounds good.
Uh, but uh so then um every daythat the writers complete, uh
wherever uh the base camp is,that's where someone could have

(50:25):
a have a drink with some of thethe gift card, if you will.

SPEAKER_05 (50:28):
Yeah, so the gift cards, um, we're actually
talking about it today.
Um may it will have a gift cardelement.
Okay.
And you can use that at the bar,you can use it um in the for
merchandise and gift shop.
So you know, unlike you know,seller events where you you get
a t-shirt, you know, every timeyou go do like a a run or a bike

(50:49):
ride or something, we're notgiving everybody t shirt.
We just give them a gift card.
You go pick what you want, youknow.
If you want to because some ofus have more t-shirts than we
know what to do with.

SPEAKER_01 (50:58):
Oh yeah.
Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 (51:00):
But and you can even use it like if you wanted to get
this uh, you know, cycling gear.
Um, I mean, they'll there'll bea full store from you know, that
have chain lubes to chamoiscream, whatever, you know, you
can use it for any of thatstuff.

SPEAKER_02 (51:14):
Okay.
Perfect.

SPEAKER_05 (51:16):
Cool.

SPEAKER_02 (51:17):
So I like that you give back to local businesses.
I mean, obviously, if someone'sgoing to a restaurant, and you
know, there's gonna be gratuity,there's gonna be cocktails on
top of whatever.
So I'd like I I I personallylike that.
It always breaks my heart whenyou go somewhere and you bring
all these riders through, andthen you know, it's like, oh no,
I'm just gonna have this one,you know, granola bar and hit

(51:37):
the road, and and then you know,you're you've come through a
community.
So I I'm I personally like that.
Um so okay, uh let's talk aboutthe shuttles for a second.
So no matter where where you'resleeping, whether it be a bed
and breakfast, whether it be RVcampground or whatever, um I saw
on the website go ahead.

SPEAKER_05 (51:58):
Sorry, but also we have camping on site, like tent
camping on site at Basecamp.
Um, so that's and you can eithercamp with your own gear.
We also have the pedalingpandas, which have tent
concierge service.
So if you want to rent theirtents, um that's a that's an
option as well.
So you have so your lodgingoptions, which and this always

(52:20):
dictates what your logisticsare, you know.
So whether you're camping onsite, um, whether you're hotel
camping, Airbnb, um, or uhstaying at the RB camp, can't
the designated RB campground.
So that'll be your your four uhlodging uh base options.

SPEAKER_02 (52:41):
I'm glad you mentioned that because you don't
need a shuttle if you sayprimitive camping or or the
pedaling pandas or somewherewhere, but if you do need a
shuttle, then then of course,then you have a shuttle
schedule.

SPEAKER_05 (52:52):
So yeah, so typically typically our shuttles
um will run like you know, sincewe're just doing laffey at the
Bow Bridge, um, you know,they'll start running maybe like
6 45 in the morning, and thenwe'll try to wrap them up by
nine o'clock.
Um they'll go a little bitafter, and then in the
afternoons we'll start them atthree and they'll run until the

(53:14):
party's over.
I mean, to like to kind of seethem kind of wrap up around that
10:30, uh 11 o'clock time framewhen they had their last run.
But I seen them, they they, youknow, if the party was going
strong, these they they ranuntil two in the morning one
time.

SPEAKER_02 (53:27):
So and of course, there's always gonna be those
people who want to know, and I'masking for things I've seen.
I we've Michael and I have seensome crazy stuff on shuttles.
Can you bring your bike on theshuttle?

SPEAKER_05 (53:42):
So um our our rule, like in the mornings, no.
Um, but our rule is no bikes onthe shuttle.
But if it's not bumping a humanoff, yeah, you can put your uh
your bike on there.
Um, you know, just get with us.
Uh, you know, if if there's acrazy situation where, you know,
and you not even have crazypeople, you know, you have
people that like, hey, somethingcame up.

(54:03):
I need to, you know, I gotta gethome.
Um, I I need to, you know, it'syou know, Friday, Thursday
afternoon.
I gotta, you know, call it aday, and I need to get back to
the hotel with my bike.
You know, we'll make thathappen.
But we also, I mean, we havesupport team members, and um
look, it's uh you know, uhoutdoor outside magazine that

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ranked us as uh one of the bestsupport rides in America several
years ago.
But um, it is because you know,people come down here, um,
they've been snowed in all year,they haven't seen the bike in a
long time.
And uh some people, you know,they get out there half a day of
riding, they jump in uh one ofour support vehicles, uh, come
back to the end, and you know,maybe out they maybe they just

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party from that point on.
Um, but we'll we'll we'll takecare of you.

SPEAKER_02 (54:52):
So I and trust me, I I'm I'm I just needed to ask the
question.
We've been we've been on onebefore where that says no bikes
on shuttles.
Michael and I are sitting theregetting hit by gears and and
pedals as people go down thedown the down the aisle of the
bus.
And so it's like, come on, doyou not read the thing?
You know, no bikes on theshuttle.

(55:12):
But um one of the one of thethings that and really intrigues
me about your ride is as youmentioned, hasn't seen a bike
all winter.
That would be me.
Normally we can't get outside.
I mean, unless you do a um, youknow, a fat tire bike or or a
mountain bike and you take arisk and take a chance.
Um the kind of riding thatMichael and I do, I don't see a
bike until the first or secondweek of April normally.

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Um, and so the idea that the uhJasmine on the trace would be
30, I'd be that might be thefirst ride of the year.
Right there.

SPEAKER_01 (55:45):
So I have to ask a question.
Down in Louisiana, you guysdon't leave a lot of hoses on
the middle of the road, do you?

SPEAKER_02 (55:56):
Oh gosh, this guy.
You know, we were supposed to douh the the the rain ride right
across Indiana one day, 160miles.
We were both training, prettypretty favorable training, ready
to go.
And then a brown hose took usout.
Michael decided to get in afight with a garden hose and he
lost.

SPEAKER_01 (56:16):
So some some lawn care guy left 155 feet of hose
strung across the road.
I came around a corner, oncomingtraffic.
It was like go into a car or tryto take the road, and then I
flipped my bike and broke mycollarbone.
So that's why I was asking theridiculous question that you
guys were posted.

SPEAKER_02 (56:36):
When you saw us in our cycling men of leisure
jerseys, and we came up to yourtrailer, that was the first time
he had been on a bike in months.

SPEAKER_01 (56:46):
Since since uh June 19th.

SPEAKER_02 (56:48):
Yeah.
Yeah, we went to we went toBragg with Franklin and
Stephanie and the gang, and thenhe was training afterwards, and
then he said, Hey, I got somebad news, and I'm not sure what
we're gonna be able to do.
And so we were we canceled Brainand then we kept um Bourbon
Country Burn on the books.
Um, we had purchased some of theVIP tasting tickets for the tent

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there, and then so we said evenif even if we just camp and go
to that, but we actually rodeall three days, and so we we you
were able to get out.
You said it was a little bitsore, but um hopefully,
hopefully the garden hose staysaway in Louisiana.

SPEAKER_05 (57:24):
You'll you'll see it in our uh safety protocol.
Um that we we do refer toroadkill.
We do have a uh an abundance ofuh you know possums and neutral
rats and things that are andyou'll always see it.
We you'll get pictures,somebody's gonna take a
multi-ball bee, decorate and puta beer in their uh in their
hands.

SPEAKER_01 (57:44):
Oh yeah, for sure.
Uh that's a popular thing to doin Iowa as well.
So oh yeah, very familiar withthat.

SPEAKER_05 (57:51):
But no, is that not?

SPEAKER_02 (57:54):
So Wednesday through Sunday.
Um, I have to believe thatSunday, some people, uh if they
are not lucky enough to beretired, are concerned about
getting back to civilization.
Um, shorter ride option onSunday if people want to hit the
road or yes.

SPEAKER_05 (58:11):
Um because exactly for what you said, there are
people that want to hit the roadbecause they get they have a
drive, they got a flight orsomething that they need to
catch.
Um so um you know, we will be.
I mean, Sunday for us um getsyou know is a crazy day because
um now that we're not sincewe're not moving uh this year,

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it's gonna be a lot easier.
But you know, we try to get setup at 10 o'clock in the morning
to be able to start receivingcyclists coming back in and
dealing with you know themgetting finished and checked out
and getting back.
So shuttles are running early.
Um, if you want to route likeback to Lafayette, there is an
eight-mile route that I havefrom Bad from Bro Bridge back to

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the Lafayette hotel area, um,which is also by the airport.
Um, you know, so that wouldwould be available.
But I mean we'll have shuttlesrunning to take care of it.
Um before we get away from theshuttles too, uh I you know,
some of our experience like withthe bikes and so forth.
When we've had emergencysituations, like we had bad

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weather that you know lasted allfor about an hour, but we had
planned to pick up cyclists.
We'll bring trailers out andpick up bikes in the trailers,
um, and we'll get the shuttlesengaged.
Uh, we will have some otherriding opportunities like on
Wednesday that I'm trying tocoordinate a shuttling option
because it's gonna be, you know,like it's gonna be Jefferson
Island to the Basco, which isgonna be 20 that, you know, so

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that ride is gonna take place 20miles away from Lafayette or
Broad Bridge.
You know, but to get people outthere, give them to give them an
option to get out there and dothat ride is gonna require some
shuttling.
And so we have trailers that wecan uh you know bring bikes out
um you know, along with thepeople to go do that ride and
then get them back.

SPEAKER_03 (59:56):
That's cool.
That's cool.

SPEAKER_05 (59:58):
You know, so if we if we ended up with uh you know
on a Sunday and it's like youknow, we got 50 people that need
to get to Laffia, you know,we'll have trailers engaged,
ready to go to get their bikesand gear and everything else.
You know, the people that aretent camping on site, you know,
we need to get them, you know,back to where they need to be.
So um we'll we'll have we haveplans in place.

SPEAKER_02 (01:00:20):
That's cool.
Showers, um, shower trucksavailable on on site?

SPEAKER_05 (01:00:26):
Yep.
So um I'll let's take you know,people that are camping on site,
yes, they will have showersavailable to them.
But even if you're staying in ahotel, let's say you're staying
at a Lafayette hotel everynight.
Um, I'll always recommend get apack a day bag.
You know, put your dancing shoesin there.
Um if you want to put someclothes in there.
When you finish the ride, youknow, your bag will be available

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for you.
It'll be in our baggage uhhandling area.
Uh you could take a shower ifyou wanted, um, or you could
just change and freshen up, butthere will be showers, uh shower
trailers on site uh for anybodywho's with a ride.

SPEAKER_02 (01:01:02):
So that's great.

SPEAKER_01 (01:01:03):
So then you brought up baggage.
If uh I'm going there, what'swhat's my limitation on bags?

SPEAKER_05 (01:01:11):
So we have uh uh two bags, no more than like 50
pounds per bag.
Now we're not out there with ascale or anything else, but it's
just you know, don't break ourbacks.
You know, we have uh oldervolunteers that are helping out.

SPEAKER_02 (01:01:22):
Yeah, Adam.
I've been known to do thatbefore.
Uh I really hope our friends atPadre still like me.
So uh but uh he told me he wasstill healing when we saw him at
Bourbon Country Burn that theywere still nursing their backs
with ice and heat every night.
So um, I think I think with uhwith the ride like that I can I

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can I can I can make it.

SPEAKER_01 (01:01:45):
I'm sure you can.

SPEAKER_02 (01:01:47):
Um okay, so we got snacks uh at at uh the the snap
uh you know sag sag stops,hydration, um shuttles, we got
luggage, we got mechanics.
So uh you own a bike shop, youbring mechanics, I assume.

SPEAKER_05 (01:02:03):
Before we jump into that though, um when we're
talking about luggage, let'stalk about dirty clothes.
Um so almost every hotel thatwe're at has uh logic facilities
available.
And then um where we're set upin Bro Bridge, there is a
Washeteria um that's across thebayou.
So it's uh about essentially ablock away uh from it.

SPEAKER_01 (01:02:24):
So a a Washeteria.
I love it.
And I love when you say acrossthe bayou.
Now, when you say across thebayou for people out in Kansas,
I'm thinking we're like talkingten, fifteen miles down the
road, but that's it's a block.
Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Learn something then.
Across the bottom of the is notlike a long ways.

SPEAKER_05 (01:02:44):
No, no.
It's a it's a small river.
And they got and the bridge isright.
We're at the bridge.
Okay.

SPEAKER_02 (01:02:51):
That's right.
Going down there.
So um okay.
So got SAG stops, yeah,mechanics.

SPEAKER_05 (01:03:00):
Um yes.

SPEAKER_02 (01:03:02):
So you if I have a if I have a breakdown, um, then
there's some options for thewriters.

SPEAKER_05 (01:03:09):
So yeah.
So, you know, um, we'll havemechanics on site.
Um, and a lot of our supportteams have some mechanical
skills of varying degrees.
Um, you know, it just kind ofdepends on, you know, is it what
kind of repair are you are youneeding?
Um most of the stuff, you know,hopefully most of the stuff we
can handle on site.
If we get something that'sreally goofy, um spokes tend to

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be a problem.
Uh, but then we'll we're likerunning to every bike shop, you
know, uh in the area lookingfor, you know, trying to match
spokes.
That can be tricky.
Um again, you know, last year umthrough axles seemed to be the
problem.
Um, we also had you know, um,you know, especially uh the

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e-bikes, man, they got so manydifferent e-bikes now, they all
got different components um andvarious supports, but for the
most part for your acousticbikes, um, as long as nothing
crazy, we can we'll get yourunning right there.
Um, and I mean we would havesituations where you know we do
have bikes available for rentthat are in the shop, you know,

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that we can pull.
So if somebody comes in and theyjust have a complete you know
explosion and they need a newbike, then um, you know,
typically we can we'll startgoing to different bike shops
and go to our shop now.
So I mean I've I've bought bikesum during the ride to get
somebody on a bike that I justwould put into our Riddle fleet

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after, you know, so they're notand I was buying from a town
that was uh an hour and a halfaway, and they they brought they
dropped the bike off.
We got that person back on thatbike and they got them running.
Um, and then we just put thebike in the riddle fleet.

SPEAKER_01 (01:04:46):
So that's pretty cool.
And so this is where we give ourpublic service announcement, as
we often do.
Do not forget to uh throw in anextra derailler hanger.
Uh 20, 30 bucks might uh saveyou a lot of headaches.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

SPEAKER_02 (01:05:00):
Um okay.
So now let's get into the twodifferent packages.
So when I'm on the website, atleast for 2025, it may be
updated, but um five-day partyand a five-day VIP.
I obviously could read this lineby line by line, but is there

(01:05:21):
just an easy way to say thedifference?

SPEAKER_05 (01:05:22):
Or yeah, there is an let me start with the motivation
for having two different uhpackages.
Um, you know, the um our priceshad increased, you know, over
the years, and I felt like um wewere losing um our more frugal
uh you know cyclists.
So um, and I I could see thatyou know, just looking at the

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campsites, you know, when peoplewere 10 camping, that population
was outgrowing, all of ourgrowth was coming uh in the
hotels.
Um so I was trying, I wanted totry to get our price point back
down into that 400 area.
Um, and so we came up with thebasic pack package where we kind
of stripped down um we reducedthe zytocode bucks, reduced the

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gift card amount, you know, uh,and try to to uh simplify, get a
bare bones package together, andthen have the VIP where you know
it was like no questions asked,uh everything was included.
So that was one reason.
The second reason that we did uhhad the two packages, and we
started having a lot of peoplepopping up asking to have their

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business tours as part of CycleZytica.
So we had the Voodoo Adventures,and it's like you know, we don't
have the budget for that thing,make everything inclusive.
And so it was it's like look,let's go ahead and separate
these packages.
We'll make one whereeverything's included, and then
we'll have our bare bones whereyou kind of a lot of car pay as
you go.

(01:06:46):
Um, so that's you know thereasoning for it and kind of the
differences.
So when you if you're in theVIP, um what we're uh you know,
you have your better dollaramounts on your gift cards, you
got more Zydeco bucks uh tospend.
Um, we also try to have a um besure that you're taking care of
the charging because powerbecomes a um um becomes uh you

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know an essential product togetting everything, your phones
charged, uh bikes charged andstuff.
So to have dedicated chargingfacilities uh you know for them.
Um if there's a tour that or ifthere's a tour that you want to
go on to, there's no questionsasked, you have the ticket, you
go um if you choose to or not,um, versus paying as you go.

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So we look at the tours, whichis probably some of the um some
of the bigger elements.
Um, you know, McGee's uh swamptour is probably one of the most
popular events.
Uh, but we also have shadows onthe test.
Um still work out some of thedetails of shadows on the test,
but like this year they're doinga craft cocktail festival and

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they want to try to tie it inwith cyclysotico.
So shadows on the test is uh uhin New Iberia that'll be uh 30
minutes away from Bro Bridge.
So that's gonna create someshuttling, you know, happening.
Um and but to be able toparticipate in the craft
cocktail festival will probablybe part of the BIP package um as
well.
Um when we on the Wednesdayride, which I expect that we're

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gonna do uh Jefferson Island,which is the Rip and Winkle
Garden, and it's the oldJefferson home that's on Lake
Piniur, which is a lake that umuh got punctured by a drilling
operation, and the whole lakedrained into a salt mine, and
the Gulf of Mexico startedflowing back into there, uh into
that lake.

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And this lake that used to havean average depth of maybe like
five feet and had 180 footdepth.
But anyway, you get to go tourthat facility.
You go to Tab, we'll go toTabasco on that bike ride.
Tabasco tours will be uhavailable.
Cool.
There's also some museums um inin Lapia Hilliard Museum.
Uh last year during the CyclesEcho, they had a Rodan um uh

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exhibit.
I'm not sure who's gonna beexhibiting uh this year uh at
that time.
But you know, so those are someof the uh events that we have.
One that I really wanted to haveinvolved, but they just
discontinued their tours was theuh Martin's Accordion.
They would actually buildaccordions, um, they would go
through the demonstration ofbuilding an accordion, they
would play music.
Um there was it was very, reallypopular, but uh I think um ages

(01:09:18):
um gone to them, so they theythey discontinued their their
tours.
So I don't know all the toursthat'll be available, but those
are uh snapshot of some of them.
Cool.
Also, but you know, right here,um if you're a VIP, the Jazz in
on the trace is included um atregistration.
Oh um, and you'll see there's athere's discounts for VIPs for

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lodging at Jazzing on the Trace,but the the ride itself is
complimentary.
So cool.
Um that by itself uh you knowyou know probably justifies it.
If you hammer if you hammerevery aspect of the VIP, then
you make out like a bandit.
Yeah.
If you get 50% done, you'redoing you're doing you're making
your money back.

SPEAKER_01 (01:10:03):
Okay.

SPEAKER_02 (01:10:04):
Well that's cool.

SPEAKER_01 (01:10:05):
Uh I like the fact that there's you know, you've
got these other uh culturalaspects to the ride, because
that that to me really uh when Igo someplace, I want to
experience it.
And it sounds like through thisride, you can really, you know,
experience the local food, thelocal music, you know, different
things like that.
So it's cool.

SPEAKER_05 (01:10:25):
Look, uh, you know, in my uh previous life, um, I
worked in the beer business andI was delivering beer to all
these little nooks and crannies.
I mean, they have people hadthey have farmers that had
liquor licenses, and so I woulddeliver like six cases of beer
to these little farms out in themiddle of nowhere.
And then they were just you knowgiving beer to their employees,
and I just it was easy to get aliquor license, so they they got

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it.
So I thought I knew all thenooks and crannies with this
beer.
Cycle zytica has taught me alot.
Um, I mean, it's even like thisthe swamp tour.
I, you know, is uh growing uphere, I never went, I mean, I'm
I went into the swamp.
I mean, we go ski there and goyou know, go water skiing and
stuff, but I'd never been on aswamp tour.
Um, and that was one of thethings I I was immediately
looking at discontinuing a cyclezide co to kind of save some

(01:11:10):
dollars.
And uh, and that year, I Iactually rode cycles Ideco.
I'm just listening to the uhcycles, and they're like, I do
this.
This is my like 10th year ofcoming to Cycles Ideco, and I'll
this is my favorite part, isgoing on this tour.
It's like, whoa, okay.
Well, this is gonna be and thenI did the tour, and it was it
was it was funny.
I mean, the the the tour guysare not just there for

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education, but they'reentertaining.
Um, and oh yeah, it's a comedyshow.

SPEAKER_01 (01:11:36):
I've been on a couple of those.

SPEAKER_02 (01:11:37):
Those are definitely uh fun.
That's that's pretty cool.
Um what's one thing you wishthat every participant uh
understood before signing up?
Anything that you know later onyou're like, I don't understand
why they didn't get that, or Idon't understand why they didn't
understand something.

SPEAKER_05 (01:11:54):
So I don't know if we could um use this as a way to
get some feedback, but uh Ithink it's with all the rods is
understand the uh the refund andinsurance, uh the refund policy.
Um, you know, things happen,things come up, injuries happen.
Um you know, we have what Ithink is one of the most

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favorable, lenient uh policies.
So we have a cash refund thathas a sliding scale.
As we get closer to an event,you know, it goes from like 90%
to 60% to 40 to 0 uh percentcash refund.
But we also have a rolloveroption where you can roll it
over to any future year.
It used to be just to the futureuh to the next year, but that

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you can use those dollars thatyou put down that year and you
said, hey, I I can't attend thisyear, um, that you can roll it
over.
Uh we have about like a 14 or20-day window prior to the event
where that option disappears.
Um, but then also you have theability to transfer.
Um, and depending on, you know,we the prices increase um as we

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get closer to the ride.
So if you had an earlyregistration, sometimes you have
a better discount that you couldtransfer to somebody.
There's like a$25 fee.
Um, and you that person could bepicking up a registration that
would be a lower price thanwhat's currently available.
So but know the refund policies,and then also um we we have on
the website is uh understandwhat you're travel insurance.

(01:13:18):
A lot of you know, from whatI've been told, and I haven't
had the experience with this,but from what I've been told is
that travel insurance will coveryour registration costs.
So if something happened, thatyour policy possibly could get
you know outside of hotels,airlines, whatever else covered,
that you could also get youre-dent registration um re you
know, paid by the insurancecompany.

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So that one comes up a lot.
Um I guess how that one's justseems to come to the top of the
mind.
So cool.

SPEAKER_02 (01:13:50):
Yeah, and and and you know, I mean, of course,
everybody we well, I mean wehave friends who sign up.
I mean, it'd give me anxiety,but sign up in the last couple
days.
We have we we have people whosign up, you know, way ahead of
time, and then of course, oh ohmy gosh, I forgot about that
work conference that I have togo to, what can I do?

(01:14:11):
And so uh, but then again, Imean, you know, you are trying
to put on an event, and and inall fairness to anyone putting
on either a wedding or uh orwhatever it is, you know, you're
planning for numbers, and so youyou hold spots and and so that I
think that's very fair, and Ithink it's very clearly laid out

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here uh on your website.
I assume the dates would just berepresented in 2026, probably
just hasn't been changed yet,and I understand that because
websites are not fun always tokeep up, but before January of
26 or 24th of 2026, 90% refund,and you do via the breakout
scale here.

SPEAKER_05 (01:14:49):
So yeah, no, though uh that part of the website, um
that's the first thing that weis the refund policy is the
first thing that we uh correctbefore we open registration.
Gotcha.
So that uh that is accurate.
So okay, cool.

SPEAKER_04 (01:15:02):
Um yeah.

SPEAKER_05 (01:15:05):
So uh but I mean, you know, at the end of the day,
you know, we're here at AppleGiton, um and we're here to put
it on a d and I love to tell thestory, like you know, when we
had in 2020 we had COVID.
It's like, you know, so weCOVID's hitting and shutting
everything down, so werescheduled Cycle Zydeco to the
fall.
Um, and we're gonna do that inpartnership with uh festivals of

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Cody and Acredole, which is agonna be a perfect partnership.
I mean, that's uh the secondlargest festivals here.
It's all about Cajun and Creoleand Zydeco, and it's so so it
ties in perfectly with CycleZydeco, and we're and we
partnered them on other uhactivities.
Anyway, so that year, HurricaneDelta came through.
So we had to just wholesale sayevents off.

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And then I still had people, westill had 16 people attend Cycle
Zydeco.
Like we had the roads painted,we had our program guides done,
and they were calling us likeScott, you know, we'll yeah, we
will still want to come.
I say, if you come, we'll do thebest we can to have a party.
So we did a we we converted ourwarehouse into uh we did a party
in there, we did dinner, we wentout and we rode for two days,

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hurricane came through and toldthem, like, look, you know,
we're gonna be uh cleaning upafter this hurricane, so we're
not gonna be able to help out onSunday.
They went road Sunday.
We had 16 people from Texas, NewJersey, Missouri, um, Minnesota.
Minnesota, Montana, um, attend.
We had one guy had his 90thbirth birthday party on that.

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So you know, just uh, you know,we're gonna do everything we can
to have a great time and have ahave a blast.

SPEAKER_02 (01:16:39):
That's you know what?
I mean, that that's kind of whatintrigues me about this ride is
you know, we've done the RagBride, we've done Georgia, we've
done Michigan, I mean we've doneother states, but you know, for
this is is you know, you're youare you are offering a bike ride
with a lot of um very socialitems, you know, tours, dancing,

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music, um, you know, it's likeMichael said, like all kinds of
other things that you'reoffering.
So it's more than just the oneof the things that really
bothers us is we you know wetravel, we put the logistics,
whether it's a flight, whetherit's renting cars, hotels, then
you ride, and when you're donewith the ride, there's just
nothing to do.
And it's just like listening toa clock tick somewhere, it's

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like, oh my gosh, there's got tobe something to do.
And so this actually seems likethere would be lots to do.

SPEAKER_05 (01:17:26):
So we also um you'll see it on our websites, but you
know, for the uh the venusaround um down in the area that
have music happening, um, youknow, we'll have that listed.
So like you have differentrestaurants, Bucking Johnny's,
uh, Tom Marie's, Cafe SydneyMay.
Um, you know, they'll havethey'll typically have music uh

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available as well.
So we have our concert that'shappening.
If you're going out to eat, youknow, we'll kind of list the
music venues that are there.
Um one thing that's been nice uhfor the last 12 years, um the
Scott Boudamp Festival's beentaking place.
And they also take, you know,have the they follow the week
after Easter, unless it's duringit's lays up on Festival

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International.
So um so for the last 12 years,we'd incorporated the Boudamp
Festival in some form orfashion.
Um, you know, whether that was astopping point on the ride, um,
once I made that the end of theride, uh not a good idea.
Um but yeah, but uh, you know,so the booty and festival will
be happening.
And by even when you get toSunday, so when you got Sunday,

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it's like, you know, we're gonnaget our volunteers.
Um, we want to see them packedup and you know off the roads by
two o'clock, you know, gettinghome, you know, uh three o'clock
or going out and having a goodtime.
But you're gonna have at Sunday,you have the booty festival,
which will be taking place uhthis year.
So you'll have their finallineup.
That'll take you till seven atnight.
Um uh Vermilionville, which willbe one of the touring options as

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well.
Uh they have their ballotymarch, so they'll have their
Sunday uh music session.
They'll have uh a band that'llbe uh lined up.
Um it's a great place to godance.
Um, I mean, Vermilionville hasbeen uh more often than not the
starting location of CyclesIdaco in the past.
You know, love the place.
Um, but you know, being able tobe in the same space every day,

(01:19:16):
day in and day out, um justmakes a lot of sense for us.

SPEAKER_02 (01:19:20):
That's great.
Well, Michael, um I I know wehave a fun uh lightning round
for Scott here in the end, butbefore I do that, uh any
anything that I missed, anythingthat you're curious about the
ride, anything that uh you thinkthat the leisure community would
want to hear about?

SPEAKER_01 (01:19:40):
You know, this sounds like a great ride.
It sounds like a ride right upour alley.
Um we've got some other options,so we're gonna obviously look
and we'll be making adetermination here in uh in the
next month uh as far as whatwe're gonna ride.
But uh this is definitely on ourshort list.
I think it it it sounds justlike a whole lot of fun.

(01:20:03):
And uh I believe I readsomewhere that uh somebody had
said that this is the besttouring ride in the U.S.
Certainly sounds like it.
And um we're uh we're gonnaconsider it.

SPEAKER_05 (01:20:14):
So um so some of our longtime riders which have now
converted to volunteers.
I was at Ragbride for my firsttime to go set up.
And so we're in like a smalltown, uh maybe like I wore
somewhere, very small town, andI'm giving away beer and
kingcake.
Um, and I have merchandise tosell.
So, but giving away beer andking cake makes you really

(01:20:35):
popular.
We had like a line wrappedaround the block.
And uh man, it's like, and I'mI'm I'm getting I'm smoked.
I mean, there's I can't I canbarely handle uh the beer and
the king cake, much lessmerchandise, and talk to people.
And so Jeff and Darwin, who arelongtime riders from Kansas and
Missouri, um, they show up anduh they're like, Scott, we're

(01:20:56):
gonna help you out.
So Darwin starts serving beer,Jeff starts talking to
everybody.
He's like, Man, he says cyclezytica is the best ride.
He says it's like rag bronze onsteroids, you know, you got to
come do it and stuff.
And you know, both of those guyshave been doing uh cyclesotico
almost since its inception.
Um and uh and now and nowthey're volunteering uh for us,

(01:21:16):
and uh that it's awesome.
But to have you know that set upwhere you know people have been
participating in cyclysotico forso many years out there selling
it while we're giving away beerand uh king cakes was awesome.

SPEAKER_02 (01:21:29):
That's pretty cool.

SPEAKER_05 (01:21:30):
Um if I can if I can touch on something real a little
bit on the on the logisticsside.
Um so getting your bike toCyclops Idea, parking, uh, these
are some of the uh the questionsum that that come up.
So if you're not flying in, ifyou're driving in, um if you're
camping um uh on site with us,um we have parking that's gonna

(01:21:54):
be available downtown umBroadbridge, right?
Uh actually one of our parkingspots can be right next to the
police station.
Um and so that parking will beavailable to anybody during the
ride.
So, like even if you're stayingat a Lafayette Hotel or staying
anywhere and you want to driveinto Cycles Lydeco during that
period and not use the shuttles,that will be an option uh for
you to drive in and drive out umyou know every day and have a

(01:22:18):
place to park in downtown,downtown uh Bro Bridge.
Um getting your bike uh to Broum to Bro Bridge is important.
Um, if you're driving in, driveinto Bro Bridge, drop your bike
off, check in, get all yourgoodies, and then you go to your
hotel or go wherever you'restaying, and then work, uh take

(01:22:38):
the shuttle to come back out.
Your bike will stay at at thebase camp the entire for the
duration of the ride.
So um, and it's gonna be secure.
Um, that is uh the place whereour tent campers on site are
camping.
Um, and so we have and that'sthe site of our party.
Uh, we'll have security uhthere.
We have volunteers that will bethere, you know, keeping an eye

(01:23:00):
on everything, but still bring abike lock.
You know, never that neverhurts.
Um, you know, but that would beum, you know, parking for the
bikes.
Um, and then at the end of theride, pick up your bike and head
out.
If for some reason you're flyingin um with your bike and you
need to get it there, um it'sthat there's always a handful of
people.
Uh we're not too far away fromthe the airport and just you

(01:23:22):
know get with us in time.
If Uber Lyft can take care ofyou for some reason, we'll
figure out a way um to get youand your bike um you know where
you need to be.
If you're staying at a hotel andyou're flying in, uh do contact
all the hotels have shuttleservices, but do contact them at
least a couple days in advanceto uh to make arrangements um to

(01:23:43):
be sure that they're there to uhget you picked up.
And if you're under theproblems, just give us a call,
we'll we'll figure out asolution.
So cool.
Um and if you're renting a bike,uh when you check in, uh bike
rental pickup will be atcheck-in where the bikes will be
sleeping, you know, and then atthe end of the ride, when you're
ready to turn it in, you justturn it in at the same location.

(01:24:05):
So um if you're shipping yourbike, same thing, it'll be your
bike will be waiting for you atcheck-in, and when you're ready
to turn it in, your box will beready to check in, or you just
turn it into us at check-in fordisassembly and we'll ship it
back to you.

SPEAKER_01 (01:24:19):
So excellent.

SPEAKER_02 (01:24:21):
So when I see these rental prices online, is this
per day or no?

SPEAKER_05 (01:24:26):
Well, there's a cycle.
So when you look at the rentals,there's a cycle zide code price,
and that is for the event.

SPEAKER_02 (01:24:33):
Okay.

SPEAKER_05 (01:24:33):
I mean, if you come in on Sunday, uh Sunday could be
tricky, but it is it is a cyclezide code price, whether you you
use it for one day or whetheryou use it for seven days, it's
during cycle zytico, it's yours.

SPEAKER_02 (01:24:47):
I I do see it now.
Yep, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_05 (01:24:50):
And if you um and then Jasmine on the trace, if
that that would also be includedif you rented the bike.
Um, you know, I would say that'sthat's not spelt out there, but
if you rented it forcyclysottico and you need it for
Jazz on the Trace, we'll deliverit to you for Jasmine on the
trace.
Um, and a question we get forJasmine on the trace is how did

(01:25:11):
I get from Jazzing on the Traceto Lafayette?
Um, the uh, you know, we'll youknow, we know that we're gonna
have to shuttle some people.
Uh it's funny how it happens,though.
It's like uh the last last year,and when we've done stuff
between uh Lafayette and um andMandeville, things always seem
to take care of themselves.
Like we plan on carrying people,but they end up finding somebody

(01:25:33):
that they're riding with andthey end up jumping in
somebody's car and they getthere.
Um, but we will plan on havingpeople riding back with us, and
we'll be carrying their bikes toget them from Jazz on the Trace
and Mandeville um to Lafayettefor Cyclozytica or to
Broadrange.

SPEAKER_02 (01:25:51):
No, I think that's that's great.
Michael, I want you to know thathe does uh rent tandem.

SPEAKER_01 (01:25:58):
So if we want to end our friendship, we could we
could uh you know it does comewith divorce papers if you're
married.
So uh yeah.
Yeah, my wife wanted to buy oneof those, and I was like, you
don't understand those bicyclesactually in there are packed
with divorce papers because whenyou're riding with your spouse,

(01:26:19):
it's not gonna end well.

SPEAKER_05 (01:26:21):
Okay, well say tandem manufacturer, his quote
was whatever direction yourrelationship is heading, a
tandem bike will get you therefaster.

SPEAKER_01 (01:26:30):
Oh, yeah.
We joke and we've talked abouton the show several times, or
you know, we'll be riding Iowaor you know, Michigan or
wherever, and you'll get to likethis top of the hill, and you'll
just feel there'll be a tandembike off to the side, husband
and wife.
And as soon as you get to top ofthe hill, they're not saying
anything, but you just feel thetension.
It's just like, okay, I'm justgonna keep riding.

(01:26:51):
Have a nice day.

SPEAKER_05 (01:26:52):
Well, they're not thinking about it being flat
here.
Like I've I've talked about ourrecumbent tandem.
It was a couple, and the wife,no, the lady was on the back,
just bring them, bring theprogram guide, bring that
program guide.
Just laying back as comfortableas can be.

SPEAKER_02 (01:27:08):
Uh, I love it.
I love it.
Our our uh our good friendPhoenix and Carrie have a
tandem, and and so I would say,hey, he's not pedaling back
there, and and and Carrie wouldsay, like, I haven't heard that
all day long.
Really?
Um well listen, I I we do have alightning round for you.

(01:27:29):
It's five five simple questionshere, but um Scott, anything
else that we want to make surethat we get out?
I'm I'm I'm uh I'm intrigued.
I'm I'm I'm I'm uh definitelyexcited.
I'm I'm I want to definitely tryto put some put some fuel to the
fire of the decision making umwhat we're gonna do.

(01:27:50):
But uh anything else that youwant to get out uh to the to the
podcast or people because it ison YouTube as well, and we do
have a pretty decentlistenership now.

SPEAKER_05 (01:28:00):
So yeah, so the the fears of snakes, alligators, and
mosquitoes is uh is overblown.
You will see alligators.
Um you know, you'll probably seea snake, uh, but they're not you
know, they're not all over, andthere's they're never a pest and
stuff.
Um and the mosquitoes aren'treally uh haven't been a problem

(01:28:20):
in fact to me.
Um we do have I think one of themosquito repellent in the store,
but I don't know if we ever likeI never use it, so it's it's
fine.
Like I said, it's all that thosefears are overblown.
Um but we're here, just have agood time.
So I mean just check outcyclesadd code.org or check out
cycle Louisiana, and we'll haveall the information there.

unknown (01:28:42):
Cool.

SPEAKER_02 (01:28:42):
And forgive my ignorance, but every picture on
your website, everybody'swearing shorts.
So in April, weather is prettypretty 70s, 80s, or I'd say oh
you just plan on like 74degrees, blue skies, and
tailwinds.

SPEAKER_05 (01:28:56):
Um that's the only way really plan.
So um now the the weather, Imean, it's it's it could be 50
in the 50s, you know, in themorning and be in the 80s in the
afternoon.
Um if we do have rain, ittypically comes and goes like in
the in the course of an hour.
Um, I mean, the only timethere's been one time where I

(01:29:19):
officially said we're cancelingbecause of weather, um, and it
was on a Sunday ride.
60% of the people still went outon a road.
We still had to go put our staffout on the course.
Um, you know, so you know, youyou're gonna have some people
that are fair weather, you know,if it's foggy, they're not gonna
get on their bike, and then youhave some that doesn't matter
what the what's going on withthe weather, they're you know,

(01:29:41):
they're riding.
So we know we're gonna have allyou know a wide variety of
people, so we'll we're we'reprepared for that.
But um, yeah, I mean, just asyou get closer, just keep an eye
on it.
But I mean 74 blue skies andtailwinds, that's what we're
planning for.

SPEAKER_02 (01:29:56):
Good enough.
I I like it.
That's a good plan.
Um cyclezydeco.org is thewebsite.
Um, there's lots of greatinformation, itineraries, maps,
uh some lodging options,registration is there.
Um uh cyclezydeco.org is thewebsite.

(01:30:17):
So um, all right, Michael, alittle fun here for us.
All right.
All right, this is for Scott.
Okay.
Favorite site, uh, favoriteZydeco song or band.

SPEAKER_05 (01:30:30):
Uh, we'll go to the dupsy for the band.
Um, and then I I guess one thatwe use in our scavenger hunt is
don't mess about toot um wouldbe one of the favorite songs.

SPEAKER_02 (01:30:40):
Okay, perfect.
Uh uh, and I'm probably going tomispronounce the this because
Michael, I last night we werelooking at it, he said uh
crawfish, yes.
Yes or or uh um bowden balls?
Boudin boudin balls.

SPEAKER_01 (01:31:01):
Boudin balls he's from Michigan, forgive him.

SPEAKER_02 (01:31:09):
Well I love you too.

SPEAKER_05 (01:31:16):
How can tell you get out of it?
Um crawl fichet touffe or boudinballs?
Yeah, so right now I would takethe call fichet touffe.
I haven't had a callfish sinceum since the springtime.

SPEAKER_02 (01:31:30):
Okay.
So do you prefer a sunrise rideor a sunset dance?
That's a loaded question.

SPEAKER_05 (01:31:41):
Uh I'm gonna go with the ride.

SPEAKER_02 (01:31:43):
Okay, all right.
Uh two more and then we'll leaveyou alone.
Gumbo or jambalaya?
Gumbo.
Gumbo.

SPEAKER_05 (01:31:51):
It depends on um eating or cooking.

SPEAKER_02 (01:31:53):
Okay.
Eating.

SPEAKER_05 (01:31:54):
Um eating gumbo.

SPEAKER_02 (01:31:57):
Okay.
And then at the finish line of aride, would you prefer a beer, a
bourbon, or some sweet tea?
Um, I'm gonna take a beer.
All right, perfect.
That's awesome.

SPEAKER_05 (01:32:13):
Yeah, so we have um we got a lot of local beers that
we feature on the during theride, and we'll go by you test
brewing in Ardeville.
So that's that's a popular stop.
Parish brewing is another one.
So I mean a good cold beer aftera ride.
That's that's uh that's the wayto go.

SPEAKER_02 (01:32:31):
That's a staple right there.
Well, all right.
Ladies and gentlemen, this hasbeen Scott uh from Uh
RideZydeco.
Um, and we've we're so thankfulthat you came on tonight with
us.
I know it was late, and so thankyou for your time.
Um again, it's cyclezydeco.org.
Uh, you can check out the ride.

(01:32:52):
Registration is right there.
Uh again, the dates are are uhuh Jasmine on the trace is the
6th and 7th of April, and 8ththrough the 12th is cycle zydeco
of April.

SPEAKER_01 (01:33:04):
So all right, thank you very much, Scott.
We appreciate your time.
Thank you, man.

SPEAKER_05 (01:33:09):
Looking forward to having y'all join us for the
party.

SPEAKER_01 (01:33:11):
Thank you.

SPEAKER_05 (01:33:11):
So we might do that.
All right, we'll talk to yousoon.
Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 (01:33:15):
Yeah, well, you and I have a lot to think about,
sir.
I mean, Scott was wonderful.
I I really enjoyed that.

SPEAKER_01 (01:33:23):
Fantastic.
See, that's why I was soexcited.
I hey, this is gonna be great.
So, no, um, you know, it's beenon our short list.
Uh, we've talked about it.
Um, several of our friends fromthe Atlanta, Atlanta area last
year went.
We had a couple other members ofour uh team uh went, I believe,
the year before, heard lots ofgreat things.

(01:33:44):
Um, so yep, got a lot of uh lotof thinking.
I I believe at this point intime it is certainly on that
short list.

SPEAKER_02 (01:33:51):
I would definitely think so.
You and I have some somedecisions to make.
Make some plans.
Well, I tell you what, uh, we'vegone a little bit long, like we
always do, but that's okay.
It's a good thing that listenerdoesn't pay by the minute.
So um, because we would bebroke.
I mean, I mean, um uh why don'twe give the listeners do you

(01:34:14):
have a uh I'm sure you do.
I'm I know you do, but you haveanother listener spotlight?
I absolutely have anotherlistener spotlight.
Well, let me bring you oncorrectly, sir, out of respect.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is nowtime for listener spotlight.

SPEAKER_01 (01:34:37):
All right.
The clues for this listenerspotlight are as follows.
This town was named for a townin England.
Uh, it was first settled as partof another town.
Uh, it was incorporated in the1700s.
It is responsible.

(01:34:57):
This town is responsible forgreatly increasing the
industrial production across theentire U.S.
Um tracking time has been veryimportant to this city's
development and to its history.

(01:35:19):
And this city maintains names ofcertain neighborhoods that
reflect its past industrialhistory.
So I I gave you a couple oflittle nuggets there that you
can uh take and run with.

(01:35:39):
Didn't I?
You did.
You don't look convinced, you'relike, hmm.
Well, I'm thinking.
I'm thinking, I'm thinking aboutit.
The first thing, just to becausesome of these are you know
pretty vague, could be used fora lot of things.
I will say, think about the townwas incorporated in the 1700s.
Because if you think that, thatgives you a timeline.
And if you think 1700s, that canrule out lots of areas of the

(01:36:04):
United States.
I'll just give you that as anextra little clue.

SPEAKER_02 (01:36:07):
Give us the clue of the time again.
This this time.

SPEAKER_01 (01:36:12):
Tracking time has been very important to this
city's development and history.

SPEAKER_02 (01:36:23):
I'm I'm gonna retract that, but I was thinking
when you were talking abouttracking time, I was thinking
like maybe racing, but not sincethe 1700s.
I was thinking like trackingcars, time or something like
that, but um, guess not.
That was my first just thisthinking.
This is uh this is what this is.

SPEAKER_01 (01:36:42):
Not a lot of cars in the 1700s, horse racing, though.

SPEAKER_02 (01:36:51):
All right, well, listen, you've given the leisure
community something to thinkabout.
You've given people to uh let'ssee if we get uh a couple people
to get it correctly.
Uh appreciate uh Wade, Paul,Alex, Bell, Matt.
His name is Matt, by the way.
You call him Mark, I call himMatt.
Yeah, we're gonna be a man.

(01:37:11):
And Armando.
Um but uh listen, I appreciateyou bringing that.
Uh listener spotlight.

unknown (01:37:22):
You're welcome.

SPEAKER_02 (01:37:23):
Hopefully, people will go for a guest.
Our next episode, sir.
Uh, you wanna you want to giveus a little give us a little
update on what the what the ideais there?
The next episode.

SPEAKER_01 (01:37:35):
What is the next episode?
We've talked about so many ofthem.
Oh, that next episode.
It's what I want you to get mefor Christmas.
I'm just toy.
I'm just toying with you.
Uh, because I could kind of see,I mean, like, you know the
answer.
Uh, yes, our next episode,because we are getting close to
the festive season, is going tobe our annual Christmas wish

(01:38:00):
list for leisure.
And uh, if you haven't been withus before, certainly check out
those past ones.
Um, this one is going to begood.
Basically, it's an episode whereAdam and I do our own
independent research and findgifts um for the leisuring
community.
Now, it's not just all going tobe cycling based.
We've got other things thatwe're putting in there for any

(01:38:21):
other, you know, leisure typeactivities.
And uh, we will review those, goover them on our next episode.
So it should be a lot of fun.
We um we always have a lot ofpeople say they love that
episode, and I know you and Ireally enjoy putting that one
together.
Um, and sometimes we come out, Imean, it could be anything.

(01:38:43):
Last year we had some home decorideas, we had a bottle of
whiskey, we had some bike linkbiking gadgets.
Uh, who knows what it could be.
So it'll be interesting.

SPEAKER_02 (01:38:54):
I believe you even found a um a leather bottle
holder for uh for holding asix-pack of beer and on your
bicycle.

SPEAKER_01 (01:39:04):
Yeah.
Probably, I don't really know ifwe need to be carroting around a
six-pack of beer on our bike,but there was a leather holder
that you put under the main barand you can put a six-pack in
there for all of our friends atRagbry.

SPEAKER_02 (01:39:16):
I have one last question for you, sir.

SPEAKER_01 (01:39:19):
Okay.

SPEAKER_02 (01:39:21):
What does or what does Joe Grammar, Emory Norris,
Dennis Keeler, Alex Bell, andScott Garwick all have in
common?

SPEAKER_01 (01:39:30):
These are people who looked up symptoms online and
are now convinced they're dyingof some rare disease.
Gosh, I hope not.
I like all these people.
Um I do too, but no.

SPEAKER_02 (01:39:43):
Am I these are monthly supporters of Road
Adventures of Cycling Men ofLeisure?
This is our way of saying thankyou uh for being a monthly
supporter.
Now, if you don't have the dimein your wallet to pay us, it's
okay.
Would you leave us a review?
We would thank you.
So absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 (01:40:03):
With that being listening, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 (01:40:06):
Hey, I noticed something.
I know for our YouTube friends,you have a different microphone
cover.
I wanted you to know I took thewhole entire show to realize
that I did recognize it earlier.

SPEAKER_01 (01:40:18):
So well, I switched normally it's red, but I was
wearing the red cycling men ofleisure shirt today.
Uh, and I thought it just itblended in too much, so I put uh
put a black one on there.
I thought it's because Nebraskalost.

SPEAKER_02 (01:40:32):
Anyways, hey, listen, it's been great to be
with you.
And uh until the next time, sir.
It's a great day.
Day for a bite ride.

SPEAKER_00 (01:40:44):
Thank you for coming along with Adam and Michael on
Road Adventures with Cycling Menof Leisure.
If you have enjoyed this, pleasesubscribe to the show on the
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