Sylvie D'Aoust

Sylvie is the founder, owner and manager of CycleFit. She strongly believes that fitness is a way of life that can be for everyone. She has a beautiful daughter named Tamsyn and is a great example of an active, ambitious and goal-oriented Mommy!
She enjoys Road Cycling and all the sports in between. Come and enjoy her addictive energy!
Sylvie has made it her mandate to provide avenues for women to be introduced to cycling, whether it is for sport or reacreational purposes. "We need more women to feel comfortable on the bike and gain the confidence through skills clinics to be successful and comfortable competing in their first road race".

2005: Sylvie brought together 7 local CYCLIST new to the sport of road racing to form Ottawa's first women's only cycling team.

2006: Sylvie formed a second women's only road cycling team. Introducing four more new riders to the sport of cycling.

2007: Was the summer Sylvie focused on her own cycling performance and gaining more experience in the sport of road racing. She also completed her Level 1 road cycling certification and is currently working on her Level 2 certification.

2008: Brought further development to the world of women's cycling, such as the creation of the CycleFit CHICKS Cycling Club, more road skills and race clinics, and a women's only road race in the area. It's so important to build up the sport of women's cycling, and through the club, we will be able to make that happen.
We had a total of 43 women become members of the CHICKS Club.

2009: CYCLEFIT Spinning studio came to a close at the end of August and a small studio formed behind the EURO-SPORTS bike shop off Parkdale Ave. A sponsorship partnership with EURO-SPORTS also aided in this seasons club success and brought on more CHICKS club development. CHICKS club membership grow to 53 members strong. This past season the club was more organized and hired Level 4 Cyclcing Coach Jim Glover to assist in the clubs Monday night technical rides and Saturday club rides. Monday nights were a huge success, we had on average about 15-25 ladies out every time, which of whom benefited greatly from the expert instruction and practice.
Six ladies joined the CHICKS Race Team and embarked on their first year as Road Cyclist on the CycleFit CHICKS Road Cycling Team.



Meet the CycleFit Team