This is my story My story is like many others. In the fall of 2009, my husband of 23 years, Rich Burd, died of suicide. He was consumed with guilt over his , now failing, business we built from the ground up. We were like so many during that time when the [...]
We just finished unloading the trailer from another great event by Bike Carmel. I would estimate we had 200 riders (official count to follow) and while hot and sticky, the sun stayed out and the rain stayed away! Thank you to the City of Carmel for making bicycling a priority and encouraging the youth [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2018 Contact: Matt Tanner matt@rollfastcycling.com A NEW ERA FOR THE ROLLFAST CYCLING CLUB CARMEL INDIANA - Rollfast has been a dream of mine since I lost passion for web design in 2008. Jumping in with both feet to create a cycling brand, clothing company, cycling club, event promotion company, [...]
For Immediate Release: May 14, 2018 Contact: Matt Tanner matt@rollfastcyling.com ROLLFAST AND BIKE CARMEL PARTNER FOR A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY FUN RIDE CARMEL INDIANA - Saturday Bike Carmel hosted its first Family Fun Ride for the 2018 season. The event was held at Prairie Trace Elementary School. Over 100 riders registered for the FREE ride [...]
Rollfast would like to welcome PACE Fitness Academy to it's growing list of Partners. Rollfast has partnered with PACE because we believe in results. Rollfast founder Matt Tanner suffered with low back and sciatic pain for years from years of cycling. Eric Allen was quickly able to identify stability issues and underdeveloped (and [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A central Indiana cycling club is getting ready to kick off a season of events that not only gets your family moving, but may introduce young people to the sport. The founders of Rollfast, Matt and Chris Tanner dropped by our studious Saturday morning to tell us about using their platform [...]
Rain and Pain Two words can sum up last Sunday's Rollfast 8x8 Challenge. Rain. Pain. Mother Nature came in full force on Sunday morning with heavy rains, wind, cold air, a moment of sunshine, more rain, more wind, more cold and more rain. Yep, that pretty much sums up the day. Oh wait, no [...]
Kayla Arnold and her husband, David Arnold, joined the Rollfast Cycling Club this year. She is currently a Community Relations Specialist at City of Carmel. Kayla serves on the Bicycle Indiana INc. board as well as the Rollfast Foundation board. She graduated from Indiana University South Bend with a degree in mass communications, public [...]
Bonking is not a fun experience and it's usually avoidable! Most of the times that I've bonked I've been in a race or competitive situation with plenty of food sitting in my jersey pocket. Why don't I eat? Sometimes I forget. Sometimes the pace is too high to safely get into a pocket. Other times [...]
I've never been a very good climber. Living in Indiana, our climbing options are pretty limited so practicing technique is difficult. Through the years I've been fortunate enough to take some amazing trips with Thomson Bike Tours and Cinch Cycling. These guys know how to climb! Along the way I've picked up a few [...]
