Cycling’s Great Equalizer
Guest post from ICG® Marketing & Product Director Gary Warren It's just you and the bike. No carbon fiber to make you lighter. No high-tech gear shifters to make you faster. No 29'er rims to roll over rocks more easily, or pro “slick” tires to fast-forward...
Could you be sued into bankruptcy?
What would happen if someone were to get hurt in your class tomorrow? It could be something as simple as a student slipping on a sweat soaked floor and twisting their knee, as they were climbing off at the end of class. One moment everything is fine. It was a great...
Free Music Friday – 8/31
"John my mouse doesn't work anymore!" "That would be your touch pad Amy", was my response. "What ever it's called it doesn't work and I can't do the Free Friday Favorite!" OK - I've been saving this song for just such a situation. Actually, the situation is my own...
ICI Podcast 226 Brenda and Darcie are taking the leap and launching their new Indoor Cycling Studio
Meet ICI/PRO members Brenda McCullen-Moeske and Darcie Adams! Together they are launching RealRyder in Motion, an Indoor Cycling Studio located in Albany, New York. When they told me of their plans, and how their initial motivation came from participating in our past...
First New Feature For You
We recently completed a survey of ICI/PRO members and got a huge amount of feedback that will help us better meet your needs, as we roll along here in year 4 of ICI/PRO. One standout was the 82% positive response to the question "would you be interested in a...
Links in comments
As I've discussed before, we fight a daily battle with Spammers attempting to post links for "male enhancement" products and other nonsense. This has lead to us needing to approve any post that includes a link, before it displays. Feel free add link away to anything...
Mountain Rider
By Team ICG® Master Trainers Jim Karanas and Graham Stoney Indoor cycling came from road riding and has retained that identity in most teaching systems. The ride positions, the hand positions, the cues and the philosophy follow the “roadie” way of riding. Yet,...
It Starts! Gathering The “E” in EBC.
You know, the internet is a wonderful thing. As the thought of herding cats came to mind, I subsequently embellished it mentally with our mode of delivery. I thought to my self…”hmmm I wonder if there are any pictures of cats riding bikes on the internet.” Silly me to...
ICI/PRO Podcast #225 – Tour de France Climbing in France Audio PROfile
Companion class Audio PROfile to DVD #3 of the Global Ride France DVD set from Tom Scotto. PROFILE DESCRIPTION Come and ride the culmination of 3 days of training in the French alps by knocking down a climbers dream. Four distinct climbs, with the two finishers on the...
ICI Podcast 224 Understanding REPs Fitness Instructor Certification in the UK
With both our kids out of the house and in college, Amy and I have talked about potentially moving somewhere else. The idea of living in a new location has a lot of appeal to me, after spending the majority of my life in the frozen northlands of Minnesota. To...