Wednesday Timeless Classics: Two Worlds Blended for a Hypnagogic Climb
2024-12-11
This song combines pop with Eastern-influenced trance to create a climb that allows riders to completely zone out or sing along.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: An Epic Song That Honors Your Strength and Resilience
2024-11-27
The powerful live version of this song creates the perfect atmosphere for celebrating a hard-earned summit after a long climb. With its jubilant energy, soaring vocals, and triumphant applause, it inspires riders to push beyond their limits and embrace the victory they’ve worked so hard for. Ideal for the final stretch of any challenging effort, this track will leave your riders feeling unstoppable.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Finding Gratitude through Adversity
2024-11-13
Use this intense 6-minute track to fuel a challenging ramp climb, inviting riders to dig deeper with every progression. A longtime favorite of mine, this song makes a special appearance in my Thanksgiving ride each year—but its message of resilience and strength fits any season.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Brooding and Euphoric at the Same Time—A Delightful Warm-Up
2024-10-16
This track’s steady rhythm and uplifting message make it an ideal warm-up or low-intensity endurance song, setting a positive tone for the ride ahead. Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: From Chill-Out Flat to Introspective Climbing
2024-10-02
I’ve used this beautiful and versatile song in countless profiles, including several master classes in the early 2000s at WSSC. Its introspective rhythm and steady 82 rpm tempo make it adaptable for a wide range of uses in your profiles—whether it’s warming up, cruising on flat roads, climbing, or cooling down.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Run Down This Classic Rock Track
2024-09-18
I’ve used this classic rock track in my playlists since the early 2000s. It’s provided the energy and beat to drive many playlists for over 20 years.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Blending Whimsical Worldbeat with Emotive Intensity
2024-08-21
This group’s music is an immersive experience, often described as powerful, iconic, and unique. What I love most about writing Wednesday Timeless Classics posts is the chance to rediscover forgotten songs that once fueled the energy at my Spinning® conference sessions and workshops. This is one of those songs from 2005.Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Stadium-Rock Track Featuring an Iconic Guitar Riff
2024-08-07
A high-voltage rock-and-roll track that is perfect for climbing intervals or as part of an extended climb. The foundational rhythm, the driving beat, the in-your-face drums, and the screechy vocals will help stave off fatigue. Warning: It might lead to headbanging!Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Progressive House—A Fusion of House with Dub and Reggae
2024-07-24
This is the seventh track from this group in the ICA music archives. I hope you’ve got all seven in your repertoire—they’re all that good, and they’ve been a part of Spinning® and cycling studios since the early 1990s! This one is perfect for a warm-up or a long, sub-threshold interval at 86 rpm. Read more…
Wednesday Timeless Classics: Synthesizer Magic
2024-07-10
You’re going to need some oxygen for this song from 1978. The tempo lends itself to the perfect warm-up rhythm, a moderate flat road, a hard fast climb, or the song right before your cool-down when you want to gradually decrease the intensity in stages.Read more…