TEST RIDE: LIVE CYCLE DELIGHT (West Village – Detroit, MI)

Congrats Amina on your first FIVE years! Your award-winning concept has met expectations…and survived a two-year pandemic. Now two studios in the city of Detroit. Here’s to many more years and LCD Studios to come!

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Last weekend my wife I and made the short road trip to the east side of the state to visit our oldest daughter and fiancé for a quick visit. They recently moved into an apartment in the heart of the city, near the iconic riverfront Renaissance Center.
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About a week before the visit I heard about a special STUDIO PREVIEW WEEK for the newest boutique cycle studio in the Metro Detroit area…timed perfectly with our visit last weekend. I’ve been watching this studio, LIVE CYCLE DELIGHT, since first hearing about Amina Daniels and the journey she’s been on for the past several years. This recent story in CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS will give you all the details! There have been several other stories over the past year or so that you should check out (see end of this post).

While the OFFICIAL public opening is a few weeks away, Amina and…

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Spring Break 058

I’m not going on SPRING BREAK this year, but I’m enjoying this 45-minutes SPINlist from 2013!

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Spring 2013 SPIN #9 (47 min)
01. 4:53 WARM UP / Soak Up The Sun – Sheryl Crow
02. 3:26 SEATED & STANDING FLAT / Don’t Stop The Party – Pitbull
03. 3:51 SPRINTS ON A HILL (3 X 30s) / Domino – Jessie J
04. 3:42 SEATED & STANDING HILL / Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
05. 3:32 JUMPS / Spring Break – Jump Smokers w/ Pitbull
06. 2:13 SEATED HILL & RUNNING W/ RESISTANCE / California 37 – Train
07. 3:19 SPRINTS (3 X 30s) / Chasing The Sun – The Wanted
08. 4:47 SEATED & STANDING FLAT / Paradise (Tiesto Remix) – Coldplay
09. 4:22 SEATED & STANDING HILL / Cheers (Drink To That) – Rihanna
10. 3:46 SPRINTS ON A HILL / Let’s Go – Calvin Harris w/ Ne-Yo
11. 3:23 JUMPS ON A HILL / Pocketful Of Sunshine – Natasha Bedingfield
12. 3:40 SPRINTS (3…

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Beautiful Day: St. Patrick’s Day Ride 359

Another look at this St. Pat’s Day Theme Ride from my post in 2018…start planing for your rides the week of March 14th…

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Inspiration: It’s that time of year…here’s your St. Patrick’s Day Theme Ride! The actual day is more than a week away, but celebrations kick off this weekend…Saturday in Chicago and Sunday in Detroit, so why not get an early start in the cycle studio too! The usual suspects on this playlist include: U2, The Cranberries, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy’s…but check out the rest. The newest Ed Sheeran album has a few good ones that you’ll find here too. This is the first time I’ve done a SPD Theme ride…had to this year with some great Sheeran tracks just released.
What Irish classics will you be riding to this year?
Enjoy the Ride!
Genre: Alternative, Pop, Rock
Approximate time: 61 minutes
SPINlist and Summary Profile:
Warm Up – Hall of Fame / The Script
Standing Run – I’m Shipping Up To Boston / Dropkick Murphy’s
Seated / Standing Hill – Have…

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Sound Of A Woman: Women’s History Month 410

It’s that month of the year when we take time (about 31 days) to pay tribute to history-shaping women! And I have a RIDE for that…this one from a post in 2018. Enjoy the RIDE!

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Inspiration: This month we celebrate our women: Women’s History Month, Women’s Week and International Women’s Day…we have plenty of opportunities to recognize 50.8% of the United States population (2010 census)! With this post and playlist/ride profile, we have a great tribute to 18 amazing female artists. Enjoy the Ride!
Genre: Dance, Pop
Approximate time: 66 minutes
SPINlist and Summary Profile:
Warm up – Sound Of A Woman / Kiesza
Seated / Standing Flat – Us / Jennifer Lopez
Seated / Standing Hill – S&M / Rihanna
Jumps – Me Too / Meghan Trainor
Sprints – Love Myself / Hailee Steinfeld
Seated Hill and Running with Resistance – What About Us / P!nk
Seated / Standing Climb – Bang Bang / Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
Sprints – Catch My Breath (Cash Cash Remix) / Kelly Clarkson
Seated Flat with leg drills / visualization – Collide (Extended Mix) / Leona…

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