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MEET OUR COACHES
Jacob Fetty
 Jacob grew up in West Virginia , mountain biking in the rural foothills of the Appalachian Mountains . His competitive racing began at age 13, traveling West Virginia participating in the state points series. This evolved to a successful junior road racing career. He quickly advanced through the amateur ranks and signed his first professional contract with Zaxby’s Cycling Team at the age of 22. Jacob spent his Neo-Pro year traveling the country with Zaxby’s competing in the NRC races highlighted by the San Francisco Grand Prix and the US Pro Championships.
Jacob’s passion for road racing led him to a 2002 European season racing for ABC-Aitos and doing select races for the US National Team. In 2003 in raced Professionally on the road circuit for West Virginia Cycling Team and as Professional Mountain Biker for The Bon Jovi Racing Team. 2004 was a year in  which he focused solely in mountain bike racing. For 2005 he raced part time for what is now the Abercrombie and Fitch Cycling Team and for 2006 he raced the Professional Road Circuit this time for the NERAC-Outdoor Lights Pro Cycling Team. 2008 should be an exciting year for Jacob as he has signed with the Myogenisis Cycling Team.
Jacob offers his vast European and Domestic knowledge of racing to a limited number of clients per year. In addition to his professional racing experience, Jacob has been coaching full time since 2002 and has worked with athletes of all levels and from all walks of life in helping them attain their goals.
Today, Jacob resides in Spencer, WV with his fiance Liberty and his dog Samantha.
Contact Jacob: 706-614-3459 or
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Jered Gruber
 Jered started racing seven years ago. A year later, while working with a cycling coach he realized that he had a huge interest in not just the coaching industry but in the coach-athlete relationship. With this interest in hand he began working and studying to increase his knowledge of cycling training techniques, workouts, and training (heart rate and power based). The next step in his education was in attending a USA Cycling Expert Level Clinic where he became a certified Expert Level Coach in January of 2005.
In 2005, Jered began working with FS Concepts and learning our methods of coaching athletes. Jered completed a year internship with us and is now an associate coach.
Jered uses the coaching techniques and methods that he has learned and studied, as well as through his racing, which is centered around time racing in Germany with Team MLP, and then later with the Abercrombie & Fitche Cycling Team and the TIME Pro Cycling Team. Now Jered is a coach, racer and european cyclist journalist and you can find his works in publications such as ROAD magazine and Pez Cycling
Currently, Jered is working with several athletes from all walks of life to improve their current fitness and help them to increase their enjoyment of the sport. Although, Jered does tend to work more with racers and help them reach their goals, he has a desire to help anyone that loves to bike to reach their goals.
Contact Jered: 504.615.6645or
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Shawn Adams
 Shawn Adams is a Head Coach and part owner of FS Concepts and a licensed USA Cycling Coach. He started out playing basketball, this lead to his coaching career. During his time at the University of Akron Shawn was a student assistant for the men’s basketball team. He continued his coaching at Slippery Rock University as a graduate assistant basketball coach for the men’s basketball team. During his tenure he also directed their strength and condition program.
After graduate school he found a passion for cycling. Shawn has been racing for over 10 years with extensive experience in road racing, mountain bike racing, and cyclo-cross racing. Last year he raced for Abercrombie & Fitch presented by Inferno Racing LLC and is a team leader for the Alan Factory Cyclo-Cross Team. Shawn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and a Master of Science degree in Park and Resource Management.
He hangs his hat in Akron, Ohio with his dog Barkley.
Contact Shawn: 330-592-6934 or
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Jon Hamblen
 Originally from Manassas, Virginia Jon hit the cycling circuit in 1990 and never looked back. His racing has taken him to events in nearly every state of the United States with extensive stops in California and New England. Currently, Jon hails from Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Jon's career has numerous highlights but perhaps the most noteworthy was being named Velonews Amateur Racer of the year. Several times Jon has stood on the podium at the US Elite National Championships as well as finishing on the podium at the prestigious Univest Grand Prix. These accomplishments provided a springboard to Jon's professional career which included racing for teams such as Navigators, Nerac, West Virginia, Time and DLP.
Additionally, Jon has spent a great deal of time offroad racing for the Richard Sachs Cyclo Cross Team as well as competiing as a Semi-Pro mountain biker.
Currently, Jon splits time between racing for the DLP Pro Cycling Team and competing in duatholon.
"I stay home with my son all day and don't get to ride outside until 6:30pm, so I can relate to anyone who doesn't have all day to ride a bike. My personal training regime involves a spin bike and a jogging stroller. I am not always at my strongest when I win races, sometimes it just takes knowing how to race. Tactics are a part of racing many coaches neglect. I have helped many riders learn the dynamics of racing and how to put themselves in a position to win."
--Jon on his personal coaching philosophy
Contact Jon:
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Kristy D. Lanier
Kristy is the owner of Dirtbean Ohana LLC. Café, Bike Shop, Training Center and Inn in Marlinton, WV. She started racing bikes in 1997, quickly reaching the elite level in 1998. Kristy comes from a running and soccer background which she began at the age of 4. As an athlete her entire life, during college at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, she turned to a new sport, cycling. With the best riding conditions on the  planet and popularity of cycling in the islands, Kristy started racing both on and off road. She is a category 2 road racer, elite mountain bike racer and elite off-road triathlete. She has enjoyed many race successes including Hawaii State Champion honors on and off road.
Upon moving to the mainland, Kristy continued racing in the NORBA series with finishes in the top 25 in the Professional Women's category. She also had the honor of representing the United States at the Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships in France in 2006. As a triathlete, Kristy’s success has been primarily off road finishing with multiple top 10’s in the Xterra Series including Xterra World Championships in 2003, the Xterra Series in 2008 and Southeast Championships in 2009. 
Currently Kristy continues to race, coach, manage her business and expand her health care offerings. She is studying Reflexology, Reiki, Ayurvedic Medicine and Nutrition with the intention of offering her clients a holistic, comprehensive experience incorporating mind, body and spirit into an active, healthy lifestyle encouraging them to reach full potential as individual and athlete.
To contact Kristy, e-mail
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Henoch Getz
 Henoch Getz has been an associate coach with
FS Concepts since October 2009. Living in New York City, Henoch entered
competitive sports fifteen years ago as a speed skater
and was introduced to the bicycle as a means to cross train. He has not
left the bike since. Racing over the last 13 years, Henoch as built up
noteworthy experience in some of the premier races in the United States.
Henoch thrives on helping people that
are trying to juggle work, a family and still train and race
effectively. His focus is on using power and/or heart rate to maximize one's time training following the mantra "quality over quantity".
Henoch resides in New York, NY and can be reached at:
Tel: 646-452-9946
Email him:
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