Regular and Annual bike/walk events or celebrations

The Women’s Ride.  2023 Tuesdays 5/23/23 – 9/12/23

Come out and join a supportive and welcoming group of ladies whether you are just getting into riding or looking for a little more of a challenge! Rides start at 6:00pm from the parking lot at Hodson’s Bay in West Lafayette, Levee Plaza.

The Wabash River Cycle Club

The Wabash River Cycle Club is an active road- and gravel-road cycling group that sponsors about 20 rides a week, and a few more that appear as pop-up ride announced on the club website, during the warm months of the year.

Weekday evenings and weekend rides for riders of every persuasion from beginners to hammer heads.  This is a great resource for cyclists of every ability and degree of experience to be able to go on scenic, well-planned rides that cover swaths of Tippecanoe and surrounding counties starting from various venues (particularly popular starting points are Kalberer Soccer Fields, Klondike Library, and Celery Bog in West Lafayette and Mayflower Mill school in Lafayette).  We treat the entire Wabash and Wildcat river drainages (not to mention the cornfields) as our playground. Come enjoy our area by bike!  You’ll never think of it as flat or boring again, and you’ll make friends and buddies to ride with.  Check out the possibilities on the club webpage, http://wrcc-in.org/wp/calendar/, where starting points are described in detail.

The Wabash River Ride

Starts at Fort Ouiatenon in West Lafayette, 7:00 am August 26, 2023

Celebrating 45 years of cycling along the Wabash River Corridor, the Wabash River Ride commences on August 26th, 2023 from 7 am to 5 pm. Join cyclists of all levels for well-organized and supported routes from 16 to 101 miles through Tippecanoe, Fountain and Warren counties. Along the routes are scenes rarely thought of when considering North-Central Indiana’s landscape: views along the Wabash River and Big Pine Creek, iconic landmarks such as the Fountain County Church, Rob Roy Covered Bridge and historic Williamsport Bridge, and rolling hills around the river valleys that make for a fun and challenging century.  Visit their website for ride info.

Bike/Walk News

National Bike Month – May 2023

Apr 18, 2023

May is National Bike Month, and Friday May 19th is National Bike to Work Day, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a […]

Community

Lafayette is located at 40°24′38″N 86°52′29″W (40.410585, -86.874681)[16] and lies in Fairfield and Wea Townships. Elevation at the court house is 550 feet (168 m), but city elevations range from a little over 500 feet (150 m) at the Wabash River to approximately 700 feet (210 m) in the areas of Murdock Park and Columbian Park.

According to the 2010 census, Lafayette has a total area of 27.74 square miles (71.85 km2), all land.

Source: Wikipedia