Category: Road Cycling

Attention: the class is full and your registration will go toward the waitlist.

Where:
Wheel & Sprocket – Fox Point

When:
Wednesday evenings from Jan 8 – Mar 18, 2020 (11 weeks) 5:30 – 6:45 PM.

Why:
Using the specialized coaching software and a customized training program, we’ll tailor each weekly class to your personal fitness.

Cost:

• $130 for students
• $165 for parents
• $280 for a parent/child pair

IMPORTANT NOTE: Make a trip to Wheel & Sprocket before the first day of class to ensure your bike is ready to connect to the indoor equipment. To maximize your experience, get the most out of your training time and limit your frustration, we recommend you have your bike looked over by a mechanic to ensure it is working optimally.

Both of the upcoming skills sessions for road and mountain bike follow similar format with a weekend skills workshop and follow-up practice sessions. It will be very beneficial for all riders to attend the weekend session.  The weekend skills workshops are where most of the groundwork will be laid and the group(s) will learn to work cohesively. The mid-week practice nights are for cementing the learning and implementation of the skills. I’ve never had anyone who was “too experienced for” the initial weekend session.

Below is a snapshot of the progression – fundamental to advanced, broken down into technical drills. While the fundamental skills are the same, the drills, terrain and ways of learning can be different whether on the road or off.

• principles for safe bicycling and managing obstacles
• correct body positioning and balance on the bike
• braking, shifting and proper gear selection
• efficient pedaling techniques
• cornering techniques for speed and safety
• hill climbing and descending
• group riding, drafting and paceline proficiency (road session only)

Session 2 of Off-Season Power Training on the CompuTrainer Classes begins January 7. Classes are Thursday evenings at 4:30 and 6:00PM. Register for Session 2 now, or jump into Session 1 for a pro-rated fee.

Session 2 – Threshold Training
January 7, 2016 – February 11, 2016
$115 for 6 weeks includes a baseline Functional Threshold Power Test and weekly group CompuTrainer training.

Learn more and register now!

Thursday evening classes will start up again November 12. Learn more and register now!

This is not a beginner clinic. We’ll start with a quick review of basic skills:

• efficient pedaling technique
• correct body positioning and balance on the bike
• braking, shifting and gear selection

and then move on bike handling skills for pack riding:

• moving around in the pack, drafting and paceline proficiency
• cornering and descending techniques

and racing skills:

• sprints, attacks and race tactics
• training practices to increase your VO2 Max, Lactate Threshold and Sprint Speed

We’ll also discuss:

• race-morning checklist
• race glossary
• race rules
• learn what it takes to be an amateur competitive bike racer

Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospitals (MOSH) will have a short concussion seminar during the clinic too!

Whether you’re thinking of racing this year, or in 2016, this is the clinic for you. Or maybe you won’t join a race, but you like to ride like you will – join us too. It’s rumored that some riders will head out on a group ride after lunch.

The clinic is sponsored by Boston Store, MOSH, Tour of America’s Dairyland and Wheel & Sprocket. Please contact us with questions.

We’re prepping for this season’s Coached Progressive Power Training on the CompuTrainer. Learn more about the program here.

We have one open spot in the 4:30PM class on Thursday afternoons.

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The 6:00PM Thursday class is full. Please contact us if you’re interested in putting your name on the wait list.

What a season! The women in the Group Training Program became such a tight knit squad they finished the season with proudly-held titles:

• 1st Place 2014 Wisconsin Cup Road Series – Women’s Cat 4
• 1st Place 2014 State Individual Omnium – Women’s Cat 4

… not to mention stellar performances at the Tour of America’s Dairyland and Prairie State Cycling Series.

They each developed in strength, endurance, skills, confidence and strategic thinking on the road, and they couldn’t have done it without each other. I’m terribly proud of what they’ve accomplished this year. It’s my opinion that each of them is ready to upgrade the Cat 3s – together they are unstoppable. Congratulations ladies!

We’ve added a Thursday, 4:30pm class starting January 2. Class will be lead by Jill Sommers, life coach, long-time triathlon coach and indoor-cycling instructor, plus multi-time Ironman finisher. Find more info about Jill here.

With movement into this new time slot, we have space available in both Thursday evening classes, 4:30pm and 6:15pm, starting January 2. Cyclists in both timeslots will perform the same power-based interval sets throughout the session, custom-designed and created by Sydney Shimko for the CompuTrainer Multi-Rider Coaching System.

Commit to your timeslot, Thursday at 4:30 or 6:15 PM. (only one spot left at 6:15 PM)

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More class details in the previous post below. Please disregard the Sold Out statements.

We also offer a drop-in rate for classes that are not sold-out. The rate for a class drop-in is $20. If you’d like to get on the drop-in list for Session 2 @ 4:30pm or 6:15pm, please contact us directly.

Both clinics were postponed, but not forgotten – here’s the revised clinic line-up for September. Did you have a few WTF moments this summer when a fellow rider made a risky move on the group ride. In this group riding clinic, you’ll learn what to do and what not to do (and how to handle yourself when someone else does). Bring a second bike, then we’re going straight to the dirt for cyclocross practice. Discount pricing if you do both!

Group Riding – Road Skills for Intermediate and Advanced Cyclists

September 14 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am
Wheel & Sprocket, Fox Point, 53217

Polish you paceline. Learn how to stay protected, take a strong pull, work with other riders, fill gaps and sit on when you need to. Keeping a group intact is a specialized skill that takes practice and tact. Here you’ll learn how to act as the stronger rider and how to hang on when you’re not. Leave knowing the universal language, skills and actions to be welcome on group rides everywhere.

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Bike Handling Skills for Cyclocross

September 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Wheel & Sprocket, Fox Point, 53217

Any roadies and mountain bikers looking for a fun fall activity should try cyclocross. In this clinic, we’ll learn the secrets to this fun event from mounts and dismounts to cornering and riding skinny tires on grass, gravel, dirt, mud and ice/snow. Master the hills, barriers, carrying your bike and how to go fast off-road.

 Register Now!