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Before moving to Arkansas with his wife to pursue graduate school, Martial Trigeaud was a semi-professional cyclist in France. While Trigeaud, now a with the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, was thrilled with the beautiful trails and mountain biking opportunities in Arkansas, but he was disappointed to find there was no competitive biking club at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 鈥淎 year ago, I was interested in racing at the cycling championship,鈥� Trigeaud said. 鈥淭hey said I was eligible to race if I was a student at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, but we didn鈥檛 have a racing team at the university. I needed one in Little Rock.鈥� His desire to continue competitive cycling led Trigeaud to CARVE, a Central Arkansas cycling club based in Little Rock with a competitive racing team that Trigeaud manages as a team captain. While cycling with other members of, Trigeaud met Ian Hadden, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock director of energy management. The two cyclers wanted to share the joy of biking with the university community by starting a cycling club on campus. 鈥淭he nice thing about cycling is it doesn鈥檛 matter how old you are,鈥� Hadden said. 鈥淵ou can ride a bike when you are 6 or when you are 86.鈥� The only qualifications to join the cycling club are an affiliation with the university and an interest in cycling. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students, faculty, staff, and alumni are all welcome to join. Membership in the club allows students to compete in cycling events through the South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference. 鈥淭he main idea behind the club is to give students interested in cycling an opportunity to compete at the collegiate level and to get them involved in an activity that is healthy and can provide them great networking in the Little Rock business community,鈥� Hadden said. Club membership is $50 and includes cycling shorts and club jerseys. After six months, the club has already attracted 40 members, which is far more than the five members the club鈥檚 co-founders originally expected, including Chancellor Andrew Rogerson and Janessa Rogerson. Trigeaud and Hadden said that now is a great time to introduce the cycling culture to the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock community. Trigeaud described cycling as the 鈥渘ew golf鈥� and a great way to build great contacts.聽 Trigeaud even helped train former 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock employee Leah Thorvilson, who last year won a professional cycling contract with Canyon-SRAM after winning Zwift Academy, a talent search for female cyclists. The recent decision to, a 65-mile bike trail between Little Rock and Hot Springs, is just another signal showcasing how important cycling is to the Central Arkansas region. 鈥淭he world of cycling has grown a lot over the past 5-10 years,鈥� Trigeaud said. 鈥淲e have a strong cycling community that continues to grow. There are CEOs of banks, business owners, doctors, lawyers, politicians, and all kind of folks engaged in cycling. We want to use the cycling club to build better connections between the university and the community.鈥� Future plans for the club include hosting community bike rides, starting a competitive cycling team for students on campus, and hosting a series of cycling races on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. For more information, check out the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Cycling Club Facebook page or contact Trigeaud at [email protected] or Hadden at [email protected].