Instructors

Victoria Sommers

I sometimes say that cycling saved my life.  

I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I was 19, after months of knee pain, I went to the doctor, who recommended surgery. He also suggested I try light pedaling on a stationary bike. I took my first indoor cycling class and was hooked. Seven months later, my knee was pain-free. I never needed surgery.

Cycling indoors and out became a daily part of my life, both for my knees and for the amazing  mental benefits. A few years later, I moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, where I joined a small cycling studio, first as a client and then as a teacher. (My day job was corporate sales but my passion was the studio.) I was invited to teach as a guest instructor at Equinox in NYC and had the honor to ride the Yellowstone National Park with Greg LeMond. 

The cycling studio had a great community with warm people who became like a family to me, and who stood by me during the hard times that eventually led me to decide to move to California. 

When I landed in Los Altos, I knew I wanted to create my own cycling community here. My parents were small business owners in Buenos Aires, and I absorbed lessons about entrepreneurship around the dining table. From them, I learned the true meaning of grit and perseverance, powerful tools to have when starting a business. 

I opened Momentum in 2013, and have watched it blossom into a strong community that supports its members and brings happiness as well as health to their lives.

I love being a business owner, but I’m still happiest on the bike, leading a class, making that special hour a time to connect with ourselves and with each other. I love to crank up the high beat music, focusing on positivity and empowerment as we all strive to be the best version of ourselves. Find me on Instagram @aftervictoria

Jerry Cromarty

Jerry is a passionate cycling and strength instructor who loves guiding individuals toward achieving their fitness goals. Jerry creates dynamic, results-driven classes that blend strength, endurance, and technique. Outside of teaching, she enjoys hiking and mountain biking, staying active and exploring the great outdoors.

With a focus on both physical and mental resilience, Jerry strives to inspire everyone to push their limits, build confidence, and embrace a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Her music style is mostly pop and EDM, anything high beat that brings energy to the room!

Judson Sickler

Judson began his fitness journey in his mid 20’s when he fell in love with mountain and road cycling. This passion then lead to completing marathons, ultra-marathons, half ironman triathlons, endurance mountain bike races and obstacle course racing. At the time, when he began competing, Jud was working at Sun Microsystems but knew that a technology career was not his chosen path. That is when he pursued a 2nd undergraduate degree (first one was in Political Science from UC Berkeley) in Kinesiology at San Jose State University to become a middle school physical education teacher (so that he could spend a career in fitness) which he has been doing full time for 20 years. After resigning from Sun Microsystems and becoming a college student again, Judson went from taking indoor cycling classes to teaching them. He began teaching Spinning classes in 1999 at Gold’s Gym in Mountain View and eventually was teaching at various studios in the South Bay for the next 5 years- eventually finding his way to Momentum in 2017. As Judson’s family grew, teaching at various locations was becoming more and more challenging and he eventually took a sabbatical from teaching indoor cycling and fitness classes. However, In 2014, he started his own successful outdoor Bootcamp Business in Sunnyvale which he was doing in the early mornings before he started his full day of teaching. Fitness, training and a healthy active lifestyle has been the foundation of Jud’s life. His mission is to continue to learn and inspire others to stay healthy and active.

Kathi Kaplan

Kathi has been teaching group fitness classes for over 30 years. Everything from high/low-impact, step, body sculpting and cycling.  It was on a cycling trip to New Zealand that she discovered her love for road biking. Kathi is a cardio fanatic who loves teaching and motivating her students.  She teaches early morning classes and then works in high tech as a marketing executive.  She has had the pleasure of working at some of the valley’s greatest companies like NeXt, Apple, Business Objects, Box and more.  On the weekends you are guaranteed to find Kathi on the road riding her bike or spending time with her family.