Mike Chauner began racing competitively on the road at age 14 and steadily improved through the junior ranks, collected state and national championship medals and developed a strong interest in endurance track events. In 2004, his last year as a junior, he was selected to compete with the Junior National Team in Belgium, France and Holland and later in the season helped his PA Team decisively win the National Team Pursuit Championship to gain selection for the Junior World Championships at the new indoor velodrome in Los Angeles where he rode both team pursuit and Madison. Michael graduated from Bucknell University in 2008 and collected 11 collegiate cycling victories throughout his academic career making him the winningest Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference rider during 2004 through 2008. He became the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Champion as a freshman in 2005 and achieved a top-5 performance in that year's national championships. Mike has been coached by Olympic silver medalist Brian Walton for seven years and has raced internationally in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France, and spent 2009 racing with Team Cykelcity in Sweden.

After graduating from Bucknell with a degree in Psychology, Mike has continued to use his sport and social psychology expertise with his athletes in addition to his personal cycling career.