{"id":468738,"date":"2026-02-11T20:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:31:08","slug":"indoor-cycling-decline-hits-texas-studio-with-two-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/468738\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor Cycling Decline Hits Texas Studio With Two Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ride Indoor Cycling will close two locations as the broader indoor cycling category faces waning consumer interest and increased competition from emerging fitness trends<\/p>\n<p>One of the OG group fitness workouts, indoor cycling is experiencing a decline that some brands can\u2019t keep up with.<\/p>\n<p>Ride Indoor Cycling, a popular Texas-based studio brand, recently announced the closures of two of its locations in Houston and Austin in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUiyV0uDiRC\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re closing our Downtown (Austin) and West U (Houston) studios, and while it\u2019s bittersweet, we\u2019re choosing to celebrate every sweaty, powerful, unforgettable RIDE we\u2019ve shared with you over the years,\u201d the post read. \u201cBefore we say goodbye, we\u2019ll be showing our gratitude in a few special ways. Come RIDE with us and be part of the send-off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The boutique brand\u2019s other locations in Houston\u2019s Heights, Austin Westlake, and Woodlands locations will stay open, while members can ride in downtown Austin until February 14, and West University\u2019s last day will be February 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-at-12.34.42-PM-788x854.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149865\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\"  \/>credit: Ride Indoor Cycling\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re grieving, you\u2019re not alone,\u201d Alana Woolf Wade, an instructor at the downtown Austin location, wrote in the comments of the post. \u201cSo many of us loved these studios with our whole hearts and the grief is feeling love with nowhere to put it. We have until Saturday to put our love into this space a few last times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments section on the post was flooded with shock, sadness and disappointment from studio members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest U will always hold a cherished place in so many people\u2019s hearts. This space was there for the good days and the hard ones\u2026 our tribe rode together through milestone celebrations and heartbreaking loss,\u201d one commenter wrote. \u201cI will always be grateful to RIDE for the opportunity to teach in such a special place, alongside such wonderful people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The closures arrive as other brands are struggling to keep cycling studios and classes going amid declining interest post-pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Amid big-box gym operator <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/la-fitness-members-grapple-with-closures-loss-of-cycling-class\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Fitness\u2019s several closures last year<\/a>, members were also disappointed with the removal of cycle classes at their locations.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, among <a href=\"https:\/\/athletechnews.com\/breaking-down-top-fitness-modality-trends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the top fitness modalities of 2025, cycling was nowhere to be seen<\/a>, with racket sports, running, strength training and Pilates taking over as people\u2019s preferred workouts.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ride Indoor Cycling will close two locations as the broader indoor cycling category faces waning consumer interest and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[33540,49,48,635,41977,82,544],"class_list":["post-468738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-boutique-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-fitness-trends","tag-sports","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}