Bicycle skill, safety highlighted in local event


Published/Last Modified on Monday, May 4, 2009 2:05 PM CDT

Pedaling participants had an afternoon of fun learning about bicycle skills and safety Sunday in New Iberia’s City Park.

The New Iberia Optimist Club held the Bike Safety and Tricycle Parade. As the owners wheeled to the initial pit-stop each bike was inspected from brakes to seat height to tire pressure.

Once certified “safe,” the bicyclists patiently waited to snake through a navigation course designed to test their riding abilities.

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Sgt. John Carter of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office was on hand as a volunteer to instruct the riders in the finer points of bicycle control and cycling skill.

Carter, certified by the International Mountain Bike Police Association, also rides with the Sheriff’s Office bicycle patrol.

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