<p>Does anyone know of schools with either roadbike or mountain bike teams?</p>
<p>I know Amherst has one.</p>
<p>I believe Whitman has one</p>
<p>Wisconsin has a good club team</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwcycling.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uwcycling.com/</a></p>
<p>that sounds like a great question to "google" ... and after you find one school with a team or club contact them and I'm sure they will help find others.</p>
<p>You need to narrow down the universe. What are you looking for? High-level competition, a group of like-minded people to ride/train with? Which is more important to you - road or mt. biking? Different schools emphasis different sports (and they are different sports, even though both make use of a machine with pedals). Give me a better sense of what you are looking for, and I might be able to help.</p>
<p>Not sure about the team situation, but Indiana has one of the greatest college weekends with their Little 500 competition. It is a track cycling race between fraternities, dorms etc. and is VERY competitive.</p>
<p>Eddy_Merckx, let's start with competitive road cycling teams--I notice there are plenty of schools with club cycling, but is there a college league for competitive road bike racing and, if so, who are their members? Maybe something for Cat 2 or 3's?</p>
<p>Every school (well, almost every school) has a cycling club. But if youve been racing a while, and really compete at a Cat 2 level, there are some interesting choices. If you qualify academically, Dartmouth is always competitive. Always places highly in the Division II NCAA Championships. Also, Yale does well, especially with its womens team (Marissa Kellogg was terrific in 03). If its the east you desire, Id add U of VT (Kevin Bouchard-Hall, Keith Jennings), and Penn State.</p>
<p>Nationally, its hard to ignore Fort Lewis College in Durango (Tom Danielson) which, pound for pound, must rank as one of the best collegiate training ground in the country. Id also include Colorado College, Berkeley, U of Colorado at Boulder (Tyler Hamilton), Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford.</p>
<p>Honestly, there are a host of schools that compete nicely at this level. Their success is driven by the talent on hand, and varies from year to year. Give me a better sense of where you compete academically, and where you want to be geographically, and maybe I can suggest some schools to consider.</p>
<p>Thanks, Eddy_Merckx, for your assessment. Actually I was asking for my son who is only just wrapping up his sophomore year and clearly has no idea of where he wants to be geographically at this point! It's funny you should mention Fort Lewis, as they contacted him once re cycling. (I thought that was pretty humorous, considering he had only just completed 8th grade at the time!)</p>
<p>Thanks, again, for giving us a starting point.</p>
<p>You're welcome. It's certainly a better environment for teen cyclists today than in my day. Good luck.</p>