My Instructor Bike Arrived Yesterday

by John | Mar 14, 2013 | Leading Group Rides

My new Carbon Fiber VeloVie 300 Vitesse was delivered yesterday! Now if the weather would improve and melt all of this dang snow, I could actually get out and ride it. I purchased my new Instructor Bike (I give everything a nick-name... our Trek Tandem is called The...

Which Bicycle Should I Buy?

by Jim Karanas | Mar 11, 2013 | Instructor Training, Leading Group Rides, Master Instructor Blog

By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas If you teach an authentic style of Indoor Cycling and pattern your classes after riding a real bicycle, invariably students who have not ridden a bike for many years will ask you the above question. Unless you are an avid rider...

I Ordered My New Instructor Bike

by John | Mar 9, 2013 | Instructor Training, Latest News, Leading Group Rides

Here's a picture of my new Instructor bike - a VeloVie Vitesse 300 road bike. Ain't she a beauty? Showing this stock photo because I don't actually have it home yet. I've ordered it under our new PRO/Purchase Program we've negotiated with the awesome people who own &...

Sticker Shock

by John | Mar 7, 2013 | Leading Group Rides

$12,000.00 for a bicycle? Could you afford a bike that costs anything approaching 5 figures? With the partial blessings of the SGFI (Senior Group Fitness Instructor) I've decided that it was time for John to have a new road bike. But this Specialized S-Works bicycle...

Be the Big Dog Outdoors

by John | May 19, 2012 | Leading Group Rides

They call him "The Shepherd." His real name is Scott Flanders and he is a Really Big Dog. Scott and his brother Jim run Flanders Cycle, a high end bike shop in Minneapolis. The Flanders cycling team has a well-known reputation for arrogance*, discipline and racing...

Two Places Where Democracies Don’t Work

by John | May 17, 2012 | Instructor Training, Leading Group Rides, Learn Leadership Skills

That would be your Indoor Cycling Class and Outdoor Group Rides. The concept of a democracy; social groups where everyone works together, contributes equally and respects the needs of others sounds good... but rarely works out well in the real world. I can't think of...