CycleBar, an indoor cycling studio franchise founded by a brother and sister duo in Boston, will debut its first-ever Arkansas location this summer. Husband and wife Sal and Margaret Passalaqua caught the cycling fever after Margaret started attending classes at the CycleBar in Germantown, Tennessee.
“We were shocked that there wasn’t a CycleBar in the state of Arkansas,” Sal Passalaqua says. “That’s kind of what got us to pull the trigger on it.”
The Passalaquas have plans to open their CycleBar at The Promenade at Chenal across from DSW in early June. The studio will be outfitted with 50 bikes in the CycleTheatre. The tiered theater features large flat-screen TVs and the company’s state-of-the-art audio, video and lighting technology that creates a multisensory experience.
Cyclists won’t hear the playlists at CycleBar anywhere else. The company has its own in-house and online music database called CycleBeats, which is used to create pedal-turning tunes in each class. But what sets CycleBar apart in the world of spin studios is the personal data monitors that keep track of each cyclist’s data after their ride is finished.
“All statistics are kept and you are emailed the statistics of your ride, and that’s kind of what gets people excited,” Passalaqua says. “They keep going back to beat their records.”
When asked about what folks can expect at a class, Passalaqua says he knows cyclists will feel at home with the staff.
“There’s no intimidation,” he says. “The staff will be there to accommodate them. Every class accommodates all levels. You can perform at your own pace.”
Now that’s our kind of spin class.
While there’s still quite a while before CycleBar opens, Passalaqua says the studio will offer free classes the entire week leading up to the grand opening. To learn more, head to the website.
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