If you’ve followed this blog for any amount of time, you know that I have a passion to see Indoor Cycling become all it can be. The desire to share the joys of riding outside with those whose only experience is in the gym has translated to many new riders hitting the trails, roads and single track outside in PA. At the same time, I’ve finally convinced enough of our “elite” racers to give the Indoor Cycling program a good try to see the results for themsleves. Their experience has made believers out of them, and spandex is now frequently represented indoors as well. But we are a handful, in one small suburb of Pittsburgh.

We need to crank this concept up and spread the cycling love! What better place to start than with the day to day leaders; the people who make this thing happen every hour of every day in some corner of the world. Right now, as you read this blog, someone is leading a Spinning® or Indoor Cycling class somewhere in the world. These are the men and women who are in positions to impact the lives of every person who fills a bike seat. They are in a position to either intimidate or embrace, patronize or educate, annoy or inspire, fill a time slot or create an event. If you’ve traveled and taken classes in numerous facilities, you know these dichotomies are not “extremes” as much as they are unfortunate realities of the variation that currently exists.

At the end of the day, it’s not the program, the gym, the bikes, or even the music… it’s the leaders at the front of the class that make the biggest impact. These are our Pied Pipers, poised to take us wherever they want to go… we can only hope that it’s a place we all want to visit again, tell our friends about, and see translated into improved fitness, and skill levels.

So rather than focus on what’s wrong and how to fix it, let’s celebrate what is right and let’s paint the picture for how good this thing can really be when the right leader is at the head of the pack. Cycling Fusion is consequently on a mission to find the best of the best, and have them begin to set the standard for what indoor instruction should be. Regardless of what program or certification they represent, which club they come from, or whose bike they ride on. Let’s celebrate the individuals that do indeed embrace, educate, inspire and create an event every time they mount their bike and turn on the mic.

To that end, Cycling Fusion has created this contest to identify the Top 10 Spinning® or Indoor Cycling Instructors; first in the U.S. and then Internationally. I urge you if you are one of these instructors (or if you know one) to lock arms with us and others across the globe to change the face of Spinning or Indoor Cycling forever.

My buddy John Magowan from ICI/PRO has joined me in this quest, but we are only 2 voices out there. We need your help! Click here to go directly to our web sub-site dedicated to taking contestant applications and sample videos. We can do it!!