By Mara Abbott, Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor It has been almost two years since I left professional cycling. My chosen cycling sub-genre has always been road riding. Mountain biking is terrifying, track is worse, and the drop-in alone for a BMX race is clearly incomprehensible. Yet in my retirement, I have adopted a new cyclist …
The cycling community is always evolving, with veteran riders hanging up their wheels and beginner cyclists just starting with training for cycling. We see the complete range at our cycling camps and events, and as coaches we believe teaching the fundamentals is just as important as important as helping athletes take advantage of the latest …
Tips for Staying on the Pathway to Audacious Dreams By Josh Whitmore, 2018 Masters MTB Marathon National Champion CTS Coach It’s hard to tell people about your dreams, especially the far-flung wild ones. Are you crazy for even considering them? Are they too audacious? What if you don’t achieve them? I can’t say I truly …
By Syd Schulz, CTS Athlete and Pro Athlete Packing for a race weekend is almost an art form. Should you bring that extra tire or just assume you won’t flat? Did you remember the coffee grinder, and your tooth brush? What about a pair of long pants? It might get cold at night. And extra …
“If you want something done right, do it yourself.” That phrase has jumpstarted many companies whose founders recognized the right product either didn’t exist or needed to be improved. Uli Schoberer invented the cycling power meter nearly 30 years ago, and the early commercial versions of the SRM power meter were instantly recognizable by …
By Mara Abbott, Olympian and CTS Contributing Editor My junior year of college, I spent a semester enrolled at a university in Mérida, Mexico. In part, I considered it an experiment in what would happen if I went out in the Real World where sports (forever and always swimming and at the time only recently, …
By Syd Schulz CTS Athlete and Pro MTB Racer When I first started mountain biking, it used to make me miserable, like, somewhat frequently. This was because mountain biking is hard and starting new things is hard and also because I wasn’t very confident in my own abilities. As a result, perceived failures (OMG …
We’ve been helping athletes have great international cycling experiences for nearly 20 years, and right now Coach Adam Pulford is preparing to take 16 athletes to South Africa to compete in the Absa Cape Epic MTB stage race. Adam has led CTS teams all over the US as well as in South Africa, Chile, and …
Some days your well-planned schedule is going to go off the rails. Training is one of the first activities to get jettisoned when deadlines, emergencies, and dance recitals require our attention. Rather than skip training altogether, I have two 30-minute workouts that will help you stay on track. Consistency is perhaps even more important …
By Syd Schulz, CTS Athlete and Pro MTB Racer There I stood, again, at the top of the infamous Graveyard section at Angel Fire Bike Park for what felt like the 100th time. Ol’ Graveyard and I go way back. The first time I rode it was in 2013, in my first ever enduro race. …