Indoor Cycling Power Research #3: Compiling The Data
The first two video blogs showed the detailed process of performing power tests on the Keiser m3 bike with Garmin Vector power pedals mounted on them so that the power shown on the Keiser m3 can be compared to the power being measured by the Vector pedals. As you...
The Great Spotify Debate: Renting Vs. Buying
I get a lot of questions about Spotify, but the one question that I get over and over from people that are interested switching from iTunes is: "Do you own the music?", or “Can I sync music from Spotify to my iPod or burn it to CD? “ And my answer is always the...
Indoor Cycling Power Accuracy Research #2: One Full Cycle
On the last blog post (8/11/17) v we spent a considerable amount of time showing how we set up the test, the equipment, calibrating the power pedals for each trial, positioning all of our data collection tools, and just preparing each test in a methodical manner. ...
Withdrawal and Sugar Cravings
By Joan Kent One significant reason for sugar cravings is withdrawal. Withdrawal can promote cravings under various circumstances. If someone has recently stopped drinking alcohol, cravings for sugar can be strong and frequent. This involves the brain chemicals...
The Weekly Ride – Week 13
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to...
What is your MSP?
No, MSP doesn’t stand for “My Secret Pal”, nor does it stand for “Mom’s Special Potion”, and I’ll stop right there before this gets really silly. MSP stands for Maximum Sustainable Power. It is the level of power once can sustain for a specific time interval. ...
The Weekly Ride – Week 12
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to...
Did you backup your computer today?
Did your computer backup automatically last night? How about yesterday? As a Best Practice mine does every day. I need to do absolutely nothing. Every night Carbonite looks at my computer and makes a backup copy of any new files + any revised/changed files - I don't...
ICI Podcast 280 – Use your studio as a marketing platform and get free publicity!
ICI/PRO member & Cycle Quest Studio owner Joe Ducosin hosted Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres at his studio last week - and the results were a bunch of free local media that promoted his studio. Dara was in town to promote the new women's specific FitClips...
Cycling Milestones
I saw this article come though one of my seemingly endless feeds and thought it was good enough to pass along: 14 Milestones Every Serious Cyclist Should Reach, By Elizabeth Grimsley as seen on Active.com. I think that too many indoor cyclists do not connect with the...