I love a fun contest where I get to give away something cool to our members 🙂
TeleAnimation – the company in Bavaria that produces FitViewer Indoor Cycling training videos asked if we would promote their comprehensive catalog of virtual cycling videos that include some of the famous Tour de France climbs like; Alpe d'Huez, Col d´Izoard, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Telegraphe,Col du Galibier and many others.
FitViewer's DVD selection includes 83 HD videos and include these locations:
These are very “pure” HD virtual ride videos. There are no riders (except for those randomly passed), no metrics (profiles or other training information) and no music; you would use your own anyways.
Many of these videos running 90 minutes to two hours – Alpe d'Huez is just under 3 hours at 175 minutes – which will make for an awesome endurance class next winter!
Entering the contest is as easy as leaving a comment below. Tell us where you teach and a short – fun/interesting story or fact about your class, studio or club.
That's it.
We'll pick three Instructor comments at random on June 30th. They'll all be able to lead their classes over the long, punishing Tour de France climbs in July.
Epic Planet just released a new DVD/Video you can use in your classes!
The Tour of the West – Volume 1 – Intervals
[They are also offering a 30% discount on all digital downloads – the company is based in Florida and the producer is feeling a little sorry for all of us stuck in the cold/snow & ice]
Just enter Coupon Code BIGFREEZE at checkout to get 30% off on downloads.
An interesting concept – take the best segments, from your most popular full length videos and string them together as a FUN series of intervals.
Take your class to 10Â amazing locations all over the U.S. West, including:
Sedona, AZ
Wine Country, Napa, Ca
Saguaro East National Park, Tucson, AZ
Mt. Lemmon, Tucson, AZ
Monument Valley, UT
Beartooth Pass, Red Lodge, MT
Great Western Loop, San Diego, CA
Mt. Baldy, Glendora, CA
The Maroon Bells, Aspen, CO
Mt. Evans, Idaho Falls, CO
This epicRIDE has it all: flats, rolling country, and BIG hills!
The folks at Cycling Fusion are offering their complete Global Ride series of Indoor Cycling videos at a 20% discount between now and the end of the year. Enter discount code VeryVIPDVDs at checkout. This might be a great time to stock up so you're ready with new virtual rides for the craziness that's coming in January 🙂
Here's a sample from from their latest Hawaii series – you'll find all the others here.
This has to be the hardest Indoor Cycling video of all time – ride along on the 13 incredibly steep climbs that make up this annual event on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I like to coach riders to climb each of these hills using a different cadence > but always above the PTP we will establish during the first climb. Crazy fun!
You can purchase the video or you can suffer with everyone in real time by watching the live event. From their press release:
The Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen will be broadcasted live over the internet from start to finish. This cycling race, over the steepest 13 hills in Pittsburgh, will take place on November 29, 2014 at 10:00am with interviews in the staging area beginning at 9:30am.
