Mare Tolbert, SICI Director, Operations

Mare’s background is in marketing, special events and project management. Mare holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and she has worked with major non-profit organizations to manage marketing initiatives and events. She has owned and operated a successful consulting business over the last several years, specializing in marketing strategy, branding, and implementation strategies for a variety of businesses. Mare is also called upon for speaking engagements through a variety of sources.

Although she is not an elite athlete, she has completed over 20 triathlons and is happy to be a middle-of-the-pack triathlete. She is always training for something and chooses events that support worthy causes throughout the year. She resides in Arvada, CO with her husband Dave, and they enjoy skiing, golfing, camping and of course, cycling as often as they can. She enjoys spending time with her husband and their keeshond Zeke, who allows them to pay the mortgage on his castle

Ian Buchanan, SICI Instructor
Ian Buchanan holds degrees in secondary education and small business management and has worked in the cycling industry for fifteen years in both the retail and manufacturing sectors.  While working with retailers and consumers from around the country, it became apparent to him that there was substantial interest in specialty bicycle fitting and performance assessment, but not many outlets offering the level of fitting many athletes were requesting.  In 2001, Ian and his partner Sarah Shorett opened Fit Werx, a technology and research based fit studio and retailer, located in a town of 2000 people in central Vermont.   Fit Werx has since grown into one of Serotta's top 5 dealers and works with riders from around the nation and the world.  

As a fitter, Ian's credentials include fit instruction for USA Triathlon's national coaching certification, writing Triathlete Magazine's "Tech Support" column six times annually, and providing consumer and professional fitting seminars regularly.  He fits over 350 athletes a year ranging from first time riders to Olympians.  Athletes Ian has built bikes and positions for include multiple age group winners at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, numerous pro and top amateur road racers (including multiple Collegiate National Champions), as well as Ironman winners and National Champions at the professional level.
Ian's fittings focus on stability and biomechanical alignment, rider education and awareness, and viewing each athlete as an individual.  He has over ten years of experience with the biomechanics and alignment of the foot and leg in rigid soled footwear based sports and has made well over one thousand pair of sports based footbed support systems for athletes around the nation and the world. Ian has designed over 500 custom bicycles for athletes and consults with many manufacturers regularly regarding new and existing product development.

Chris Jacobson, SICI Instructor
A co-owner of the nationally recognized Sports Garage bicycle shop, Chris Jacobson is a 23 year veteran of the cycling industry.  Chris has used his preternatural floor sweeping abilities as a catalyst toward ever greater accomplishments.  Chris began his bike fitting career in 1992 as a protégé to more experienced technicians, and quickly developed his craft. Performing as many as 600 fittings annually in a high-volume, well-funded Colorado shop, Chris used his access to many medical professionals to fine tune his understanding of biomechanics pertaining to cycling.  Chris was the lead instructor for Serotta's fitting program from 2000 to 2005, and is excited to return.

Kathy Krumme, SICI Instructor
Kathleen Krumme works for Oakley Cycles, in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a custom bike fitting and high-end sales specialist.  She has performed over 2000 bike fittings since 1996 and became a Serotta Advanced Bike Fit Specialist in 2002.   Kathleen has helped to develop, implement and market the fitting program at Oakley Cycles, now a “Top Ten Global Serotta Dealer.” 

Kathleen has presented educational seminars to both consumers and bicycle industry insiders including Quality Bicycle Products and Serotta.  She has loved cycling since her childhood and has competed in both amateur triathlon and road cycling.   Kathleen enjoys mentoring new cyclists and has participated in the development of charity cycling events for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Davis Phinney Foundation.

Todd Carver, MS, SICI Intstructor

Originally from Canton, Ohio, Todd moved to Colorado in 1991.  Before moving to Boulder in 1997, Todd spent 6 years in Breckenridge thoroughly investigating his path for the future.  During this time, Todd worked in ski and bicycle shops as a sales and service technician.  He quickly began to develop a passion for endurance sports and learned that success in these events requires a very scientific approach, which he did not have. 

Once his own sporting limitations were met, he realized that his efforts would be better spent helping other athletes achieve their health and performance related goals.  Todd decided to enroll at the University of Colorado, where he worked in the Applied Exercise Science Laboratory toward a deeper understanding of the physiological and biomechanical demands of cycling competition.  Todd credits these years as his turning point in the field of sport. At the end of his academic career he presented his research at the national conference of the American College of Sports Medicine. 

Todd is now the biomechanist at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine where he conducts 3D cycling gait analyses.  The laboratory’s current focus is on the mechanics of the cycling gait and its effects on injury treatment and performance enhancement.  Todd is also interested in the economy of running and the etiology of overuse injuries resulting from dysfunctional gait.  In his free time, Todd enjoys riding his bicycles, running and skiing.

Ray Browning, PhD, SICI Director, Cycling Science & Research
Dr. Browning holds a Ph.D. in Integrative Physiology and conducts research at the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  He has been involved in bicycling research and bike fitting for more than 20 years, including as the biomechanist for the Boulder Center of Sports Medicine and as staff at the Carpenter-Phinney bike camps.  He is also the co-author of SERIOUS Training for Endurance Athletes (Human Kinetics).  As a professional triathlete from 1987-1995, Dr. Browning won seven Ironman triathlon titles and was the Winter Triathlon World Champion in 1993.  He currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife Shannon, daughter Sophia and son Thomas.