I was in California in January of 2011 to take the Real Ryder certification in Brentwood (Los Angeles) and to teach my Alpe d’Huez master ride at the Real Ryder studio. I had a chance to watch a lot of indoor cycling instructors-to-be on that Saturday, and had some long discussions with numerous California instructors about the other instructors they work with and the average indoor cycling instructor in California. I was, to put it bluntly, aghast at the speed at which these so-called “instructors” were turning their legs as they rode.Read more…