About Us

Columbia University Cycling competes in collegiate and USCF races and is open to full time students of Columbia University.

The squad is made up of 25 racers, some who have raced since they were 10 years old, others who are racing for the first time this season. We compete at 10 race weekends each year in March and April. Each weekend typically consists of a criterium, a road race and an individual or team time trial. We also host one of the races, a criterium around Grant's Tomb Park in Manhattan. The collegiate squad has been incredibly successful, qualifying for the collegiate national championships in each of the past 7 years and putting riders on the podium three times.

The team is overseen by Rob and Samantha Rowan. The Rowans are volunteers who spend hundreds of hours each year on logisitics, fund raising, training and skills enhancement for the team's members. Samantha is a graduate of Barnard who came to cycling later in life. Rob is a USA Cycling certified Coach (level 3) and Official (category C).

Happy Freedman, Coach Emeritus, has been involved with the team for 13 years and provides strategic advice. Happy led the team to its first renaissance and built the more professional aspects that exist today.

At the beginning of 2011 members of Columbia Cycling selected an official anthem for the year. It is Soft Cell's hit "Tainted Love." We post it here, for you enjoyment: