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True Grit - cold and rainy during the True Grit Just before the gun went off my hus- the first part of the 1-hour Gigabit out and got rid of the handwarmers, Continued from page 3 Epic weekend in 2020, and I thought band came up next to me and said, (as known on Strava) climb, I saw but my hands were too cold and my there was no way that bad weather “I’m not doing this. I’ll drive out several riders, including the likes of gloves were too wet to get them pregnant so I watched from afar would happen on the same weekend to the feed zone and see you there.” Tinker Juarez and TJ Eisenhart rid- back on. as my friends and teammates par- two years in a row, but indeed it did. He kissed me on the cheek then ing in the opposite direction, as they I stuffed my gloves in my jacket ticipated in this incredible event. The Riders with whom I have spoken, rode back to the car. At this point I had decided the conditions were too and began riding with bare hands. I following year, I was still lacking who raced in 2019 and 2020, said questioned whether or not this was a treacherous and they were calling it thought for sure that I would have in endurance, and I watched from that it was much rainier, but about good idea. But I was already dressed a day. We climbed up to just over permanent nerve damage on my fin- the sidelines again as my husband 15 degrees warmer during the race and ready to go. I was still commit- 6000 feet of elevation, and the gravel gertips. I couldn’t hold onto the bars jumped into the gravel scene. last year. This year was absolutely ted, though beginning to waver. roads were covered in snow. Up to anymore, and it was at this point I was finally ready to tackle True frigid, and we got caught in a bliz- The gun went off. Finally! We this point, I was still focused on eat- that I was really questioning my life Grit Gravel this year as my first zard instead of a rainstorm. were moving and the race was on. ing and drinking to make sure that I choices. I kept stopping to try to race for the Abus Pro Gravel team. I was apprehensive as I The race starts with a 7-mile stretch was getting enough calories in to get warm up my hands, and to check for Two weeks before the race I drove approached the start line, but still of pavement, and with all of the to the finish. The descent is where cell service, but I kept striking out. down to Santa Clara to do some giddy at the idea of racing since it water splashing up from the riders it literally went all downhill for me. I had a friend catch me while I was reconnaissance of the course with was so sparse last year. It was 38 in front of me I was drenched within Temperatures had dropped from stopped, and she asked if I was okay. a few friends. We rode the original degrees and the rain had turned to the first mile of riding. I was okay. 38 degrees at the start to 24 degrees It’s a little fuzzy now, but I think I course that is comprised of mixed light snow. I kept thinking and hop- I wasn’t cold, and I felt fine. The according to my bike computer, and just said, “Please go get Ben!” Was terrain, with pavement, single track ing that maybe the race would have a visibility wasn’t great, but with a there was no sign of the snow letting I in a bike race or was I on a battle- MTB trails, and gorgeous rolling delayed start time, or that the course neutral start I just stayed steady and up. I began to feel water seeping field trying to survive? “This is my gravel roads surrounded by Joshua would be shortened, or that Mother fixated on a high-vis green helmet through my gloves, and my feet had hobby, right? Like, I’m choosing to trees. Our recon ride could not Nature would shape up for us, but in front of me and kept rolling. I been soaked through 2 layers of shoe do this, and I do this for fun, right?” have been more perfect. We lucked none of those things happened. I stayed toward the front, marking the covers and my wool socks since the Also, “I’m a Mom, and I have a out with blue skies, sunshine and was in awe at the number of cyclists two women that I thought would be paved start. My hands were throb- small human to raise. What on earth temperatures that hovered around that I saw all bundled up and ready my fiercest competitors – Shayna bing, but I knew that I just had to am I doing out here?” These were the mid-50s. The course suited my to go on their bikes, along with the Powless and Charlotte Backus from get to mile 32, where I would get a some of the more coherent thoughts strengths on the bike, with nothing many creative ways to stay dry/ Team TWENTY24 Pro Cycling. new pair of warm, dry gloves, and that were going through my head at too technical and plenty of climbing warm. Apparently, peer pressure is Once we hit the dirt, or rather then I would be fine, or at least so I this time. at 8000 vertical feet of elevation real, because I knew that I would be mud, it was chaos. There was a surge thought. There was one more uphill At this point I knew that I would gain throughout the course. There heading to the start line as well, and from the front of the pack that I was pitch before the long descent to the not be finishing the race, but I did were some chunky sections of gravel, I had every intention of finishing this able to follow, but then a second highway. I was less than 10 miles not know how I was going to make but overall the course conditions race, with high hopes of finishing on surge shortly after that blew up the from the feed zone. it 4 more miles to get to the car. Cue were pristine. I felt more eager to the podium in a field of some strong field. I could still see Shayna up With every passing mile, my Andrew Judkins – my husband’s race than ever now that I knew the women. ahead and I knew I was in second, hands ached more and more. I finally teammate and perhaps the most course. Unfortunately, I was in no With 180 people registered for but at this point, I was just trying to had to stop to try to get some blood decent guy out there that day. He way prepared for the curve ball that the race, there were just about 100 stay on my bike. I saw a few guys flowing through them. This is where came flying by me, but recognized Mother Nature threw at us on race that showed up to the starting line, slide out and go down in the mud, I made my first terrible decision. I me standing in the middle of the day. and only 23 who completed the race. and after fishtailing a bit I backed off had HotHands in my gloves that road, looking a bit dazed, with- As race day approached it looked Unfortunately, I was not one of them, just to stay upright. had been soaked and they were no out gloves on in a snowstorm. He more and more likely that a storm but I’m getting ahead of myself, so I was relieved to start climb- longer doing their job. I thought that stopped to check on me and I didn’t would roll in and dump snow on us let’s back up to the start. ing, because it strung out the field, if I could get them out maybe I’d be know if I felt like crying or laughing all weekend. But it was St. George… I lined up and looked for my and I was working hard enough to able to grip my handlebars better. I when I saw him. it never snows in St. George! It was friends, teammates and husband. stay warm. 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at this point, but I encouraged him As my husband and I rolled back to keep going because he was still up to the feed zone, it looked like smiling and looking pretty good on a war zone, but with bikes. There the bike. Thankfully, he did not were riders all over, shivering and keep going. He took his gloves off just trying to get warm. And there and put them on my hands, and were some really great volunteers then took my bike while I was shak- and rider support crew out there ing violently with the chills. He who were handing out beanies and started walking with me and telling hoodies to help warm up these poor me random stories to keep me dis- souls. Melisa Rollins, who would tracted from how miserable I was. be racing the MTB 50 the following Once I regained some composure, day was out there offering up a seat I was able to hop back on the bike in her van, and every bit of spare again, and still, Drew stayed with clothing she had to people that she me. A text message came through didn’t even know. his head unit, which indicated that Once I started gaining feeling we had cell service. We stopped to back in my fingers and toes the call Drew’s wife and my husband to disappointment began to set in. I come get us, although I think Drew had been so excited to race, and I would’ve been fine to finish the race. love this course. I went through the We were 2 miles from the feed zone, stages of DNF grief – feeling good but both Cari (Drew’s wife) and Ben about my decision to drop-out, jus- (my husband) drove up. Hallelujah! tifying my reasoning for dropping I was saved. out, feeling disappointed in my deci- I changed out of my sopping sion to drop-out, then just bummed wet, muddy bike clothes and into about the idea of not finishing. I was some sweats and a hoodie while my so impressed with all of the riders husband loaded my bike that had that showed up that day, and then been thrashed in the mud and snow. shocked and amazed by those who This is when Bri Hoopes rode up on finished. I did not have what it takes us, still smiling, and still crushing to finish the race in those conditions, it on the bike. I told my husband but it was certainly an experience to offer her a ride, but of course, that I will always remember. she declined and pressed on. Bri is While this was certainly less incredible. She went on to finish than ideal conditions, race director the race as only 1 of 2 women that Cimarron Chacon put on a great day. She is truly the grittiest one out event, made some tough decisions there! Her brakes went out with 30 that weekend, and made the most of miles to go, so she had to unclip and it for everyone. Mother Nature got slide her foot on the ground when the best of me this time, but I’ll be she needed to slow down. back next year. Democrats in Congress Moving to Improve Bicycle Infrastructure Nationwide National surface transportation Committee, which handles tax law needs to be replaced this year legislation, promised to push a and advocates in Congress say it tax credit for buying ebikes, plus will be. They don’t want Congress Vision Zero and to clarify in law to just kick the can down the road that that bikeshare programs can another year, as has happened so get transportation grants. Current many times before. And the legisla- law was written before they became tors in charge, at least in the House, popular so it’s not clear if they’re are cyclists themselves and strong eligible. advocates for bicycling. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), As of yet, the main legislative who co-chairs the Congressional vehicle for replacing the FAST Act Bike Caucus with Blumenauer, hasn’t been introduced. But ideas pledged at the summit to introduce are floating around, including in a Freedom to Move Act that would some pieces of legislation on the include funds for bike shelters, table that might get folded into the mainly with public transit. new law. Meanwhile, several pieces of Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), legislation have already been intro- who chairs the House Transportation duced. and Infrastructure Committee These include Blumenauer’s promised at the recent 2021 virtual Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021 Bike Summit put on by the League (H.R. 384), which would reinstate of American Bicyclists that “we the defunct tax benefit for employ- are not going to do Eisenhower er subsidies for the costs of biking 7.0 (but) 21st Century 1.0.” But he to work and make sure it would added that “we still have a problem include bikeshare and ebike costs. with many members of Congress Also, Rep. Julia Brownley (who) don’t recognize bicycling.” (D-CA) introduced the SAFE But DeFazio says the bill he Streets Act (H.R. 508), which will introduce will provide $6.25 would give states a year to devel- billion to help states meet targets op a “vulnerable road user safety for “active transportation.” He also assessment,” to include a study on promised to reform Transportation locations with safety problems and Alternatives, to provide flexibility projects to address the issues. in matching requirements and tech- Over in the Senate, Sen. Edward nical assistance. He said the bill Markey (D-MA) introduced S 684, will restore and expand Safe Routes which would provide federal grants to School and include a Complete to build bike and pedestrian con- Streets provision. nections among communities. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) who sits on the Ways and Means -Charles Pekow 6 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING Interview with Brad Copeland, Team Mechanic for Scott-SRAM MTB Racing one working in the same environ- ment as I do can be assumed to be a good mechanic. I have known a few GREAT mechanics in my life (in shops, on teams, and in R&D roles within the industry) and have been fortunate to work closely with some of them early on in my devel- opment—it boils down to having a very sophisticated appreciation for nuance and specificity, an innate ability to focus and remember, and a refusal to cut corners. If you can combine these abilities, the worst possible outcome is that you’ll be a good mechanic. I think the very best, though, are those for whom the aforementioned attributes are or have become virtu- Brad Copeland with Kate Courtney. Photo by Jochen Haar ally innate and who then look at Kate Courtney of the USA with her mechanic Brad Copeland after she we travel around the globe together, what they are given to work with abandons from the Elite Women’s Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) race. By Anthony J. Nocella II, Ph.D. remaining positive and working not as the end, but as the beginning. Photo by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 10/10/2020 - Cycling - 2020 UCI together with people you like and Those who understand how, why, Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz - Anthony Nocella: As the Scott- want to help succeed can make all and when to modify or alter equip- Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria SRAM team mechanic, you do not the difference. So fun is encouraged ment to further enhance the perfor- make that part of racing a little bit race mountain, but you are followed on our team, because it is a proven mance, fit or feeling of the bike and easier). AN: As a professional mechanic, on Instagram because you have a fun element that is necessary for a team really take it several steps beyond It was in these moments that I what are the key steps you take in humorous style. You make people to succeed in the long run. perfect—perfect is the starting point. learned the value of having a well- preparing a bike to be ready to be smile and laugh around you, includ- For most of us, too, we began rid- Then, it becomes a game of mak- prepared bike—that differences in raced? ing the whole Scott Mountain Bike ing bikes because it was fun. To lose ing it not just perfect but perfectly equipment quality often have much BC: Well, every race is a little Race Team. There was a picture of sight of that fundamental aspect of tailored to Kate (or any rider I work less impact on performance than a bit different, but as a mechanic for a you and Gary Fisher together a few the shared cycling experience would with) to ensure the bike functions well-adjusted bike versus one that big pro operation we are fortunate to years ago on Instagram, where both be to miss the point of what it is we just short of telepathically, with no isn’t. Knowing how bikes work defi- have plenty of equipment on hand— of you were dressed over the top and are doing. Bikes have made our lives energy wasted on cumbersome func- nitely makes a difference when rid- spare parts and all needed service ridiculous at Rampage. Can you tell better and we are happy to have an tionality, to give the bike the feeling ing them, and I think decades of items, tools, etc.—so there is not me why it is important to not be so opportunity to share that with others. of being a second-nature extension experience racing and riding them really an excuse for the bike to be serious, but to have fun in mountain of Kate’s body when she’s riding it. makes a big difference in how I anything short of perfect every time! biking? AN: As a mechanic working on Mechanics who know not just the work on them, and especially how It really just comes down to Brad Copeland: We have a say- Kate Courtney’s bicycle you cannot equipment, but the athlete extremely I choose the final setup for a given wanting to be perfect and being ing on our team: Fun is fast. It is be joking or messing around. What well can do even more to enhance race day. willing to invest the time necessary fairly well proven in more academic in your opinion is the difference the performance of the machine. Taken a step further, knowing to get it there, while always being environments but even through my between good mechanics and bril- how my own riders use their equip- mindful of other variables like the own empirical studies it’s clear that liant mechanics? AN: You are a very fit and out- ment makes me even more able course conditions, weather forecast, the best performances come when BC: That is a good point and standing cyclist beyond being a to tailor their bikes to suit a given and sometimes other factors—like everyone is in a positive-minded one that should probably be stated mechanic. Do you think it is impor- racecourse or conditions, and these in cases when Kate has a lead in a headspace. So, in some ways I take for the record: although we do laugh tant to be a cyclist if you are a are all very valuable things that I series overall title competition like having fun very seriously! and joke around a lot, we take what mechanic, and if so or not why? believe contribute to the success last year’s World Cup, we might Kate and I prefer to work that way, we do very seriously—both Kate and BC: This is a great question and that Kate and I have enjoyed so far. make selections that enhance the and our team manager and former myself. I think that’s one of the big in my lifetime, I’ve known a lot of Being familiar with the physical and bike’s durability at the expense of racing legend Thomas Frischknecht reasons we get along so well, too. mechanics but not many who truly also mental aspects that come into a bit of added weight as insurance himself has stated that in life both We share a lot of the same interests love riding and make the time to play during a race week, including against any mid-race mechanicals, personally and professionally, he is and share a similar sense of humor, do that as a part of their lifestyle. I the stress and anxiety that a rider flat tires etc. aware of and sensitive to the posi- but we are also hyper-obsessed with raced for a long time starting at age experiences, certainly helps to navi- So, it depends a lot on what’s tive or negative energy that people the details, and the preparation that 11, both as a cross country mountain gate that environment even when I going on in the world around us as possess and exude, and he is drawn we both put into our jobs. bike racer and later on the road bike, step out of my role as mechanic and we make decisions on the bike setup to those who approach life from the Kate is a very gracious athlete too. I grew up riding a lot from a into one of the many other roles, I at a given race. However, we always positive side. who is quick to share the successes very early age and began working contribute to throughout a race week. start with the same baseline setup at In fact, that is something very she earns with those who have con- as a mechanic to help subsidize the every race in terms of suspension central to who he invites to join tributed to them, and I am grateful to costs of racing and maintaining my AN: After a number of years with settings, pressures, and tire pressure, his team, because when the inevi- be a part of that. equipment when I was pretty young Specialized, Kate switched to Scott and make little changes here and table unexpected problems arise as You are right that just about any- (before I had help and resources to Sports in 2019, and brought you there to tune it to the course condi- with her. Can you tell me why Scott tions or whatever other factors may mountain bikes are the best for what be in play and that may influence you’re doing? some of these choices. BC: We had a very smooth and easy time transitioning onto Scott AN: Can you tell me a great bikes in 2019. They are very well moment as a professional mechanic engineered and are very efficient. that woke you up and said you made Their racing pedigree speaks for itself, and after almost 2 years with Continued on page 9 the team it is clear to me why that is. The engineering and product man- agement side of Scott’s business Reach takes a very active role interfac- ing with our team (and all of their Cyclists in sponsored athletes’ teams), and take any and all feedback with great 8 Western interest and interpret that feedback States! into real changes, even when they are nuanced and so small that most Advertise in might ignore them. 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MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING An Interview with Mountain Bike World Champion Kate Courtney need to be developed and for me just a di erent stimulus. We’ve been biology – did it come from your that’s done through sports psychol- looking for more ways to incorpo- interest in sport or is it something ogy, plus reading, journaling and all rate that into my training, whether you’ve always had a passion for? of those kinds of things where I give it’s Strava segments, getting fast I think it was a little bit unrelated myself space and time. people to ride with or compete with, to cycling. I studied human biology, or even Zwift racing, which I said which at Stanford University is a Do you get nervous before I would never do! I’m doing some very interdisciplinary major and we races and if so, how do you man- small warm-up ones, some very have a lot of freedom to tailor it to age that? random races, because I think that your interests. I was interested in I do, definitely; I think everyone there’s some finesse to it, but I will global health and technology inno- does and I think nerves are a sign report back! vation, so it was a very Silicon you really care about something. For Valley thing to be looking into. me, I think preparation is the anti- What about the research being I really enjoyed learning about dote to those challenging situations, done into female athletes training health, less on a biological individ- because at the end of the day you can around the menstrual cycle? Is ual basis and more on an aggregate only control what you can control. If that something you look at within basis. Of course we had to take bio you manage those things, hopefully your training? and get all of those fundamentals, the outcome takes care of itself and I have and I’ve worked with Red but I was more interested in public if it doesn’t, hopefully you’ll have Bull on that. I think it’s very impor- health and global health level of Kate Courtney racing in the UCI XCO in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech more opportunities in the future. tant and very interesting that people analysis and that’s certainly some- Republic on October 4, 2020. Photo by Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content thing that’s been very interesting Pool are finally looking at the di erences Do you use online training as between men and women. Hopefully this year! producing di erent results and I’m part of your preparation? there’ll continue to be more studies, American mountain biker Kate definitely coming into this second I’m doing my first Zwift race! not just around menstruation but Did your studies include wear- Courtney reveals her training year approaching Tokyo more rested I’m trying to embrace the opportuni- also nutrition in the future and train- able tech? regime and 2021 goals physically and mentally. ties that we do have to stay in shape, ing. I think a lot of these baselines It was health tech and wearables, The focus this spring is on the not just ‘in shape’ in the normal way that we take for granted are based on mobile apps, those kinds of things. With a cross-country World high-intensity, knife-sharpening race – I can train – but I think there are research done primarily on men and And being where Stanford is, in Championship and overall World prep, which is my typical race build some things you definitely get from so that kind of cutting-edge research Silicon Valley, meant it was a really Cup title already in the bag, Kate up; you do base, you have to do competition that you can’t replicate is going to be important moving unique experience – we got a lot Courtney is rightly viewed as one moderate training, then I start in and that’s what I learned last year. forward and it’s exciting that they’re of exposure to local start-ups and of the world’s best mountain bike spring to do intensity and for me You can race yourself around as finally doing more. people coming in and telling us riders. that’s in the form of training camps. much as you want, but for your cen- Continued on page 9 But the 25-year-old is only just I just got back from Malibu tral nervous system actual racing is What drew you to study human getting started and has created the where we did ‘Mali-Boot Camp’ ultimate home backyard training set- with three of my old team-mates. up to help her add to her already We design these camps to really push significant haul of trophies. me and help me progress towards Known as her fitness fortress, the racing, then training gets a bit more area boasts a well-stocked gym com- intensity-and recovery-focused once plete, Zwift set-up, ice bath and even we hit the race season. her very own outdoor sauna. I do yoga, I do mobility work, I work with a PT and do a lot of recov- Here is what the American had ery activities outside of training like to say about her training regime, the foam rolling, ice baths and saunas. importance of recovery and what And number one – very good sleep! she hopes to achieve during the 2021 race season: How important is recovery in What’s your first memory of the training process? cycling? I think that’s the frontier of sports My first vivid cycling memory performance right now. If you are is riding on the back of the tandem always going at 75 to 90 percent with my dad. We went out in the rain, of max, you never recover, but you there was no-one else on the moun- also never hit that 100 percent. It’s tain and the weather continued to about using your motivation and decline. We ended up seeking shelter your skills at planning and resting to and we found five crumpled up dol- maximize those important sessions lars in my dad’s saddle bag, so we and avoiding those medium-e ort, got blueberry pancakes. Of course medium-motivation which burn you to me that was the most epic day out in the long run. and for the longest time that’s what cycling was; a way to spend time Do you find it hard to switch o with my dad, to get out and if I’m on your rest days? lucky, get some blueberry pancakes. I’m working on it! I’m proud of I think the connections that you this year; I’ve taken more complete form while cycling are really unique, rest days and that’s something that I partly because it’s a sport where you used to not do. I use Whoop to track can be side by side, or on the tandem my recovery and every day that I I was behind and you can talk. It’s take as a complete rest, the next really a great way to connect with day I’m in the green, so it definitely people, whether it was my parents, works. my brother growing up, or now It’s a challenge for me managing some of my closest friends. how much I do on these rest days, because I have to do something What does your typical train- during and I think my dog has been ing regime look like? my secret weapon! I’ll take him for I would say my lowest weeks a walk, I’ll take him to the beach; are 15 to 17 hours on the bike and I’ve done something, but it’s quite my biggest weeks are 25 to 30 relaxing. hours, but those are rarer. I consider strength training part of my fitness What about the mental side of training and I spend anywhere from fitness and health – do you train two to six hours a week in the gym. that? I trained a lot more volume last year, Definitely! I work with a sports as I didn’t travel much and did 20 psychologist and I have for the past to 25 hour a week of training, every five years. I personally think that the week. mental game is a huge part of suc- I approach it on a two-year cycle cess, but it’s also a huge part of just and last year was what we referred being a healthy, happy person in the to as a development year, which also long run. I think that dealing with changes this year quite a bit and that situations and emotions requires for me is quite exciting. I think it’s certain skills and perspectives that 8 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021

MECHANIC’S CORNER Tubeless Tire Service Can Be Easy Inflation of an unseated tire is best done with an air compressor (wear eye and ear protection please) or a bicycle tire pump specially designed for tubeless tires. Perform this first inflation with the valve core removed. Without the valve core a higher volume of air flows into the tire which more easily enables the seating of the tire beads. Then, as mentioned earlier, rotate the wheel to place the valve at approximately the four or eight o’clock position. After the beads are seated install the valve cores. Inflate to your desired pressure. Service complete! A valve stem blocked by sealant. Example of clogged valve core on A valve core tool and refill bottle for One of the great things about Photo by Tom Jow the left. A new core on the right. tubeless tire maintenance. Photo bicycles is the fact that they will most of last summer was clogged Photo by Tom Jow by Tom Jow continue to operate despite neglect tubeless tire valves. Unlike “tubed” in season maintenance it can be as Installing the second tire bead and and lack of maintenance. This tires, tubeless tires on road, gravel, easy as refreshing the sealant and sealant can be done in one of two includes modern tubeless tire sys- and mountain bikes require periodic replacing the valve core. Do this by ways. The potentially messy way tems. Despite the old “tube” tire sys- maintenance. first removing the valve core. Follow involves now pouring sealant into tem being virtually maintenance free, The current version of tubeless this by installing a small amount the tire, and then gently, without tubeless tire systems, while a little A tubeless road tire with dry seal- bicycle tires uses a tight-fitting seal of sealant through the valve. When spilling, fold the second bead onto messy, require only a little more care ant residue. Photo by Tom Jow between the tire and rim with a installing the new sealant, place the the rim. To complete the tire installa- to operate flawlessly. Don’t put up liquid sealant inside. It is the liquid valve stem at approximately the four tion the less messy way, fold the tire with clogged tire valves. Tubeless sealant that creates the need for or eight o’clock position. In this bead onto the rim and before infla- tire service can be easy. By Tom Jow maintenance. Why? There are two position, the sealant flows out of tion, install the sealant through the reasons. First, because bicycle tires the valve stem and down to the bot- valve stem. In either case, begin the Got a bike question? Email During my career as a bicycle are not one hundred percent airtight, tom of the tire. This helps prevent second tire bead installation oppo- Tom at runnerrunner.rider@ technician, it has been my duty to the liquid medium of the sealant clogging the valve stem. Finally, site the valve, and finish it at the gmail.com prepare the two-wheeled machine so evaporates over time. In extreme install a new valve core and inflate. valve. that its rider can perform at their best. cases, evidence of this shows up as Valve cores, core removal tools and That means presenting a clean bicy- what appears to be large wet areas sealant refresh kits can be ordered Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective Raising Money for New Home cle that operates safely, smoothly on the exterior of the tire casing. or purchased at your favorite local For many years the Bicycle Agency (RDA) worked with the and quietly. Therefore, my personal The second reason is the tire valves bike shop. bikes, most people would expect, can become clogged. This occurs For a more extensive service, Collective has envisioned a new Collective and identified a piece would also be “ready to race” at any because the tire sealant is designed such as at the beginning of the sea- building. If you have ever vol- of undeveloped property located at moment. Nothing could be farther to seal punctures up to approximate- son, tire removal is recommended. unteered, visited or went there to 901 S. Gale Street (325 West). Atlas from the truth. In fact, it has almost ly 3mm in diameter. Conveniently Before removing the tire, wash the make a purchase you will know Architects created the new building become a personal challenge to see the inner diameter of the tire valves exterior of the tire and wheel with why a new building is needed. The design concepts. The Salt Lake City how much squeaking, grinding and is approximately 2.5mm. soap and water. When dry, remove building is simply too small to meet RDA voted to donate that parcel of knocking I was able to put up with. How then shall we service the the tire from the wheel. Be prepared One of the things I put up with tubeless tire system? For periodic for a wet sticky mess. When I do this the needs of the community in addi- land to the Collective – a donation at work, I first carefully dismount tion to needing repairs. valued at $285,000. one side of the tire over the trash can. For more than 15 years the Part of the funding has been Then, gently pour out any remaining Collective has successfully oper- raised, but more is needed, as sealant. Wipe out the inside of the ated the Salt Lake City shop in construction is to begin soon. The tire with a rag before completing the a rented space located at 2312 goal of the campaign is to raise tire removal. Once removed, wash S. West Temple. The Bicycle $1,000,000 from 10,000 commu- the inside of the tire and the rim bed with soap and water. Inspect Collective wants to ensure that it nity contributors. If you are unable the valve stem for blockage and the is a community resource for gen- to give $100, then donate what you rim tape for any cuts or damage. If erations to come. A $3.5 million can as all donations will be grate- necessary, clean the valve stem and capital campaign to finance design fully appreciated. Join me and help replace the rim tape if damaged. and construction of a new flagship make this campaign a success. Go Reassembly starts by installing location in Salt Lake City has been to Bicyclecollective.org and click one half of the tire. Be sure to ori- ent the tire to the manufacturer’s in the works to achieve the goal of on the capital campaign tab for recommended direction of rotation a new building. more details. (pro tip: orient front and rear tires Salt Lake City Redevelopment -Lou Melini with the tire name at the valve stem). Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 9

GUEST EDITORIAL Brad Copeland - do something a little more compli- and that craziness has been a bit Continued from page 6 cated and expensive than he had louder than in years’ past, I have to do, just to have me be a part of always done my best to remain it as one of the best mechanics in Shifting Gears on Climate Kate’s operation going forward. So positive, open and accepting of the world? climate solutions. I am very grateful for that, for the those around me no matter what the BC: Haha! Well, it’s not over By Brandi Williams One popular solution is acknowledgment and the opportu- sociopolitical climate is at a given yet, but the trajectory I am on now the Energy Innovation and nity that came with it. And I am time. Traveling internationally on feels a little more certain than it Spring is just around the corner. Carbon Dividend Act (http:// happy we delivered some big results a regular basis has opened my eyes used to. As Americans, for both Cyclists everywhere are chomping early on for the team to prove that to what I believe to be the inherent EnergyInnovationAct.org). This Kate and myself, it takes a bit more at the bit to get out on their bikes! we were as good as he seemed to good nature of most people across bill would place a fee on fossil of an investment for a team to be think we were! cultural and political boundaries. This year in particular, after a year fuels at their source based on the interested in having us be a part Engaging with members of the of lockdowns, the call of the open amount of CO2 that they emit when of it because so much of what we AN: With so much going on global community in a positive space that biking provides, is irre- burned. As the fee increases annu- do takes place halfway around the socially and politically globally, way leads to positive exchanges. sistible. No Peloton can substitute ally, it creates market-based incen- world. That means a lot of extra how can the cycling community in Remaining humble and gracious in for that feeling of being out in the tives for businesses and households expenses for travel and associated middle of nowhere, alone on your to reduce their carbon footprints. things for Americans to participate. your opinion care more about the spite of whatever highs or lows you bike or with your best pal, with a The money that is collected would (Fundamentally this is a big obsta- world and is there a few issues that are in the midst of personally usu- breath-taking view of the wilder- be shared equally by all Americans cle for growing the American pres- you think cyclists should care more ally leads to positive outcomes. We ness. Whether you are out on a as a dividend, offsetting the high- ence in pro racing, but that’s another about? try to keep this in perspective as we remote mountain trail, riding a road er cost of energy and in many topic.) BC: There are always issues pursue our own goals because at the in the back country or just tooling cases, putting extra money into the So I guess I would say that going on that we should be mindful end of the day, bike racing is a small around town, an early spring ride pockets of consumers. This money when Scott-SRAM MTB Racing of, whether social or political or in and somewhat insignificant activity, boosts the spirit! could be used for anything they team owner Thomas Frischknecht terms of public or environmental but it gives us a platform to lead by And yet, we can’t help but see fit including recreational activi- (a MTB racing legend and someone health. Some may be very broad example. notice that things have changed. In ties such as biking. This legislation I grew up following) recognized the while others may affect only our I think Kate would agree that we many places, unusually warm and has the potential to reduce carbon value of my relationship with Kate immediate surroundings. have kind of realized that maintain- So, I think it’s important to ing a positive approach to the world, dry weather has allowed cyclists to emissions 40% in just 12 years and and invited me to continue working remain engaged in doing our best to unknowns, to stress and to new ride throughout the winter. In other 90% by 2050! A safe and healthy alongside her on his team when she always—not just when things boil experiences and new relationships places like Texas, the polar vortex climate could give the biking indus- decided to join it at the end of 2018 over to the point of rioting in the is the best way to improve your put a halt to any thoughts of a bike try a boost, as many people would was a moment when I felt like okay, streets, or a global health crisis. experience with life when encoun- ride. Instead citizens huddled under decide to use biking as an alterna- this guy knows everything about Even small acts can make a big dif- tering those moments. Remaining blankets for warmth, awaiting the tive form of transportation. mountain bike racing and is known ference, so while 2020 may have optimistic and humble while giv- return of electricity. Needless to say, Now is the time for the biking as a brilliant tactician in the sport, been the year a lot more people ing others the benefit of the doubt the effects of a changing climate industry to help shift the gears of who has a legacy of running his pro- gram with an emphasis on develop- actively engaged in topics like is the best way we have found to are altering the way we partici- our climate. Ask your local bike ing incredible talent and delivering health policy or politics, I hope that tackle uncertainty, and we have had pate in the sport we love. Here in shop to sign the Biking Industry’s consistent results year after year. we learn from our difficult year and a lot of opportunity to practice that the Mountain West, hotter summer Climate Declaration (https:// So for him to see and acknowl- that these types of concerns remain approach this year! days make it unbearable to go for www.businessclimateleaders.org/ edge the ongoing value of my align- at the front of our collective con- an after-work ride until the sun bikingindustrydeclaration) which is ment with Kate, and being willing sciousness going forward, leading Anthony J. Nocella II, Ph.D. is has nearly set. Or worse yet, the a statement that acknowledges the to accept whatever costs and chal- to perhaps more collective consid- a full-time professor at Salt Lake wildfires in drought-ravaged forests need to address the climate crisis lenges came with the decision to eration for one another and to future Community College, author of have destroyed our favorite trails and supports the Energy Innovation bring me into his team with Kate, decision-making that can mitigate numerous books, trail runner, or filled the air with smoke too and Carbon Dividend Act as a pos- was the closest I’ve come to think- crises like we are experiencing right triathlete, competitive cyclist, unhealthy to breathe. Witnessing sible solution. Tell your member[s] ing “I made it!” It was the first now. and in his free time works at these changes can make us feel of Congress that you want action time someone actively decided to While this year has been crazy Hangar 15 Bicycles Millcreek. helpless. It can make us worry our on climate legislation and that you children won’t be able to enjoy the support the market-based Energy the big titles that I wanted to take they don’t compete against each simplicity of a bike ride through Innovation Act. It is said that you Kate Courtney - home, so I’m thinking ‘This is the other, then all of a sudden, they do. the mountains. have to envision the future you Continued from page 7 last one! We’re good to go!’ But this year I think that things Where does your confidence But we are not helpless. There want before you can make it hap- about things that might be on the are quite di erent and having that come from? are solutions and we as individu- pen. Let’s envision a future where horizon, which was really exciting. year to do everything but the race I heard a definition of it recently als, as well as the biking industry, the air is healthy, the climate is I hope to head back to some of that – I got to do the emotional build-up that was ‘confidence is the belief can help bring those solutions to stable, the birds are chirping in the someday, but I enjoy focusing on and the media and all those other that you can uphold promises that fruition. The decisions we make forests and we can all get on our bikes right now. things – has actually been really you make to yourself’. You can right now will determine that future. bikes any time of day and go for helpful for me. You hear people say develop confidence from di erent The $6 billion cycling industry is a ride! What does 2021 hold for you that the first time you go, you almost parts of your life, but for me it’s and what does it feel like to be booming and has been a consistent need a practice one because it’s so about believing that I can do things competing in Tokyo? overwhelming and I think that after that I set out to do on the bike. driver of economic growth, even Brandi Williams is co-leader There is a lot of excitement and this year my ability to self-regulate It’s a strategic combination of during the pandemic. The success of the Salt Lake City chapter emotion around it being the Tokyo and deal with challenging situations working on mental skills and man- of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a and influence of the biking industry Games; around the global connec- and emotions is heightened and I’ll aging the external environment to has never been greater. With many grassroots organization dedi- tivity and the media presence at this be able to be much more calm and give me an opportunity to build conservation-minded individuals, cated to creating the political particular event. Last year I was relaxed. confidence. It’s not always going to the biking industry is poised to be will for enactment of federal much more wrapped up in it; I had Also, it’s going to be much like be linear and perfect, but if you’re a leader in the efforts to promote legislation on climate change. qualified for my first team, I was on other races. We don’t have a com- progressing and getting better, track to have a good performance pletely di erent field for it, it’s just you’re going to feel great! there and had two very good years smaller than a World Cup. It is a bit Interview courtesy Red Bull Reach Cyclists in leading into it, where I took home di erent from other sports, where Media 8 Western States! Advertise in Cycling Utah and Cycling West!

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BICYCLE HISTORY Riding A Bicycle Across Frozen Alaska — A Hundred Years Ago special model called the “Klondike and several blocks of sulfur matches. to pedal any longer, Hirschberg Bicycle” and claimed it was the In my pockets I carried a penknife found a stick, strung it through his answer to every miner’s prayer. On and a watch. My poke held gold large fur parka, and constructed a this innovate bike, the company dust worth $1,500 and my purse con- sail to catch the wind, which was claimed, a miner could carry his tained silver and gold coins. Next to blowing in the direction of Nome. necessary 1,000 pounds of supplies my skin around my waist I carried “At times the wind was so strong 500 miles from Chilkoot Pass in a belt with $20 gold pieces that had that I was forced to drive into some Southeastern Alaska to the Klondike been stitched into it by my aunt in soft snow to stop my wild flight,” he goldfields. Youngstown, Ohio, before I left to go wrote. “Without my chain I could A guidebook explained the bicy- to the Klondike.” not control the speed of my bicycle. cle was “in reality a four-wheeled Outside of Dawson, the However, I finally arrived at Nome, vehicle and a bicycle combined. It 1,500-foot-wide Yukon River had May 19, 1900, without further inci- is built very strongly and weighs been through a rough freeze. Slabs dent. I had had my twentieth birth- about fifty pounds. The tires are of of ice the size of houses were littered day on the trip.” solid rubber, one and a half inches in along the banks, preventing access That same year, a man named diameter. The frame is ordinary dia- to the shore. Overflowing river water Ed Jesson was hunting caribou near mond, or steel tubing, built however collected around the slabs, covered Dawson City when he decided to more for strength than appearance, by weak layers of ice that broke join the rush to Nome. Excerpts and wound with rawhide, shrunk when Hirschberg crossed them. “By from his diary have been reprinted in on, to enable the miners to handle it the time I reached Forty Mile, my “Wheels on Ice,” an out-of-print book with comfort in low temperatures.” socks were wet, and ice covered my edited by Alaska historian Terrence During the Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass was one of the routes The bicycles had two fourteen-inch felt shoes. It took me quite a while Cole. Although Jesson owned a dog used by prospectors to travel from Skagway to the Yukon gold fields. retractable wheels on which a miner to orient myself to my two-inch trail team, he thought it would be cheaper Here, a man on a bicycle is pulling a sled near summit of White Pass could load a quarter ton of gear, and and I had many spills on this early Trail, ca. 1899 Photo by Arthur C. Pillsbury. Courtesy of The Seattle Public and maybe even faster to travel “drag it on four-wheels ten miles or part of my journey.” Library, spl_ap_00115 under his own means. He purchased so. Then the rider will fold up the About 250 miles downriver, he a bicycle from a man who had just side wheels, ride it back as a bicycle, reached the Yukon Flats, where the fast-growing trend, with enthusi- ridden into Dawson from the coast. and bring on the rest of his load.” river was so wide and the landscape By Jill Homer asts touting the latest innovations After practicing the steady steering It’s unclear how many gold so flat that he could only see a that allow cyclists to ride bikes on needed to keep the front wheel in the rushers actually used the combi- few scatterings of trees on far-away They were perhaps North snow. It’s a little-known fact that a narrow tracks of dog-sled runners, nation cart-bike Klondike Bicycle banks. “The most dangerous and dif- America’s first endurance racers — hundred years before winter endur- he took off down the Yukon River. to travel long distances. But for ficult parts of the flats were between Early in his trip the temperature the grizzled men and a few women ance races such as the Iditasport Circle City and Fort Yukon,” he lighter-weight travelers, a bicycle plummeted to 48 below zero, and his who set out across wild expanses in Extreme popularized snow biking, wrote. “Save for a portage land trail was thought to have several advan- rubber tires froze stiff. a race to reach a land of uncertain Klondike gold rushers were riding of 18 or 20 miles out of Circle City, tages. Cyclists followed two-inch He wrote in his diary: “The oil but undeniably vast fortunes. The significantly more primitive bicycles the trail was on the river, which tracks left by the dogsleds, and they in the bearings was frozen. I could Klondike Gold Rush brought the across Alaska. split into many channels without could generally travel faster than scarcely ride it and my nose was notion of adventure racing to the In the late nineteenth century, a landmarks. The current was so swift dog teams and horses under good freezing and I had to hold the han- forefront of American imaginations, bicycle craze was sweeping across that I encountered stretches of open conditions. The bicycles were less dlebars with both hands, not being because it was widely accepted the nation. People were using water and blow holes. Snowstorms expensive to purchase and maintain able to ride yet with one hand and that those who got there first got bicycles to ride across town, race completely obliterated the trail.” than animals and offered the user rub my nose with the other.” the gold — by any means possible. their friends, and even travel across In Tanana, near modern-day a greater margin of independence. As he pedaled down the river, Klondike gold rushers sailed hun- the country. It made sense that the After all, you don’t have to feed and Fairbanks, Hirschberg encountered a dreds of miles on rough seas, hoisted “wheel” would find a place in the forty-mile stretch of glare ice where most of the people he encountered water a bicycle. However, Far North thought he was crazy for riding a thousand pounds of gear over the Gold Rush. At the time, most bicy- cycling was wrought with hazards, the river had been wind-swept free steep and snowbound Chilkoot Pass, cles were built of heavy steel with a of snow. After numerous crashes a bicycle, especially since he had as documented by the “wheelmen” access to dogs. However, Jesson and expunged their life savings on fixed-gear drivetrain and solid rub- of the Klondike. They suffered from he broke a pedal, returned to town countered, on good days he could dog teams and supplies to travel ber wheels. snow-blindness and eyestrain, as for a quick fix, and continued on to cover as many as a hundred miles, a thousand miles across the deep- Miners would use their wheels well as numerous crashes from their Nulato. The weather was warming, and “it didn’t eat anything, and I frozen wilderness of Yukon and to travel the trails set by dog teams efforts to stick to the narrow track. and numerous creeks were flowing didn’t have to cook dog feed for it.” Alaska. Those who couldn’t afford between mining camps. Others used Bicycles also experienced frequent with water. On the Shaktoolik River, Many of the older miners and dog teams used bicycles. their wheels to travel farther dis- breakdowns because of frozen bear- he broke through the ice and nearly Natives along the route had never Winter cycling is currently a tances or over Chilkoot Pass with ings and stiff tires. drowned. As he struggled in the before seen a bicycle, and Jesson various degrees of success. One of the cyclists who doc- water for nearly two hours, he lost often stopped to show others how Competition also found its umented his journey was Max his watch and his poke with $1,500 the machine worked. He arrived in way into frozen north, with bicy- Hirschberg, a Yukon roadhouse in gold dust but managed to save his Nome after more than a month of cle races on the ice. One photo- owner who joined the stampede to bicycle. traveling. He wrote that the bicycle graph preserved in the Selid-Bassoc Nome in 1900. The night before Hirschberg encountered open “stood the trip in splendid shape and Collection from the Alaska and Polar he planned to leave Dawson, he water on the Bering Sea, but started to my great surprise I never had a Regions Archives depicts a young acquired blood poisoning while out across Norton Sound anyway. puncture or broke a spoke the entire man straddling a fixed-gear bicycle responding to a hotel fire. It was Just as he was nearing the oppo- trip.” Except for bruises he acquired with the caption “White Horse to March before he recovered, too late site shore, the ice shifted, leaving from continuously falling on the ice, Dawson in 5 Days Overland Bicycle to reach Nome by dog team ahead an eight-foot lead of open water Record, Winter of 1903.” The man of the spring thaw. However, he rea- between him and land. “I took a Jesson was in good shape himself in the photo is not identified. The soned, he was an experienced cyclist, chance and leaped to the shore,” he after the arduous journey. Dawson Overland Trail travels more and felt confident in his chances of wrote, “where I picked up a piece Hirschberg’s and Jesson’s stories than 400 miles between Whitehorse reaching the goldfields before the of driftwood, jumped back on the would go on to live on in the annals and Dawson, Yukon. It remains in Yukon River became unfit for travel. ice floe and poled myself and my of “And You Thought You Were use today, largely unchanged in His account of the journey was first bicycle back to the shore, and went Tough,” and his survival instinct, more than 100 years with the excep- published in Alaska Magazine in on my way.” unwillingness to quit, and innova- tion that it’s more common to see a February 1978. Just east of Nome, he skidded on tion continue to inspire modern snowmobile these days than a team “The day I left Dawson, March glare ice and broke a chain. Unable adventurers. of dogs. A 430-mile race is held 2, 1900, was clear and crisp, 30 on the trail every other year, the degrees below zero,” he wrote in his Yukon Arctic Ultra. On a modern journal. “I was dressed in a flannel fat bike, it took U.K. cyclist Alan shirt, heavy fleece-lined overalls, a Sheldon seven and a half days to heavy mackinaw coat, a drill parka, ride 430 miles from Whitehorse to two pairs of heavy woolen socks Dawson during the Yukon Arctic and felt high-top shoes, a fur cap Ultra in 2009. If the photo cap- that I pulled down over my ears, tion is correct about a five-day ride, a fur nosepiece, plus fur gauntlet it’s likely an unidentified wheelman gloves. On the handlebars of the from 1903 still holds the Dawson bicycle, I strapped a large fur robe. Overland Trail record. Fastened to the springs, back of the Also attempting to capitalize on seat, was a canvas sack containing the bicycle craze, a Gold Rush- a heavy shirt, socks, underwear, a era bicycle company developed a diary in waterproof covering, pencils Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 11

The Salt Lake Criterium and USA CRITS are Moving Forward at Full Speed Voter Initiatives Approve $1B in Bicycle live on USACRITS.tv. Infrastructure Funding in 2020 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 26, 2021) — While “The very nature of criterium racing on short, closed try are advancing ballot measures the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is on hiatus for another circuits is what makes it possible for us to put on these State and local initiatives added that, if passed, would make invest- year due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, the orga- events this year,” says Race Director Eric Gardiner. “A $1 billion for bicycle infrastruc- ments in expanded bicycle infra- nizers of the two-day Salt Lake Criterium events at the major stage race, like the Tour of Utah, requires hun- ture funding last year, according Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday dreds of staff and volunteers, along with the cooperation structure and improved quality and to data compiled by People for July 17, and in Holladay, Utah on Sunday July 18 are of the Utah Highway Patrol and getting permits for not accessibility of places to ride,” PFB still moving forward at full speed. The two-day event only the start and finish cities, but every town along the Bikes (PFB). Voters showed they says. See https://action.peoplefor- is part of USA CRITS, the premier cycling series in the route. This is difficult enough to accomplish in the best don’t have to wait for legislative bikes.org/2021ballottracker/. United States, showcasing the best riders in a uniquely of times, and even more so during a pandemic.” action – they can approve resolu- But so far this year, PFB says American style of racing. Gardiner continues, “Criteriums require a much tions directly. The criterium, with its fast, short laps, world class it knows only of four initiatives PFB counted 48 state and local sprinters and professional teamwork, is one of the most smaller footprint, and thus we are able to more easily to be decided at the polls this year, initiatives that might help bicy- exciting cycling disciplines to watch, and is ideal for put together a plan to help mitigate potential exposure including a statewide Colorado to COVID-19 making the event safer for everyone from cling voted on last year across the spectators who will be able to watch each race develop Transportation Bond on the ballot riders to staff to spectators.” country, and 42 of them passed, from start to finish. Nov. 2. If it passes, the Colorado The Organizing Committee will be planning to safely The Salt Lake Criterium inaugural event in 2019 often as part of general park, con- Department of Transportation could support the number of fans expected to watch in person, was highly successful with 319 amateur riders, 21 USA servation or transportation initia- with scenarios dependent on the status of the pandemic CRITS D1 professional teams, and over 5,000 fans that tives. Not all specified funding for issue $1.337 billion in bonds, with in the coming months. Both days will be also streamed came down to The Gateway throughout the day. bike projects, though. Denver, for 15 percent of the money earmarked instance, passed a Climate Sales for a Multimodal Transportation Tax to fund an Office of Climate Options Fund, which could fund Action. Overall, few of the ini- bike projects {https://ballotpedia. tiatives passed in Mountain West org/Colorado_Transportation_ states. Bond_Issue_(2021)}. And will 2020 be better? “States and municipalities across the coun- -Charles Pekow

Bikeshare Benefit a Mixed-Bag for Low-Income Communities extent to which bikeshare is used The Bikeshare Destination to access desired places and oppor- Choices and Accessibility among tunities.” Disadvantaged Communities study But the authors from the cited “a lack of research exploring University of California, Davis whether individuals from disadvan- write that users from low-income taged areas actually improve their communities often need to travel accessibility by using bikeshare further and therefore get hurt by as a transport mode. Moreover, a surcharges for keeping bikes longer greater understanding of the des- than 30 minutes. tination choices of bikeshare trips See https://www.sciencedi- among disadvantaged populations rect.com/science/article/abs/pii/ is needed, which would help con- S1361920920308701 firm the connection between bike- share and accessibility, and the -Charles Pekow

Studies Show Bikeshare Programs Need More Money that can obstruct sidewalks, making Subsidies to either riders or transportation difficult especially operators of bikeshare systems are for people with mobility issues, needed to tell us more about how NAS reported. (If docks aren’t systems can best operate in the long located well, they can also obstruct term. So suggests a report from people.) the National Academy of Sciences As a rule of thumb, NAS found (NAS), The Role of Transit, Shared that docked systems tend to receive Modes and Public Policy in the New more public subsidies than dockless Mobility Landscape. “Unanswered ones. Cities also varied in if or how questions are society’s commitment they required providers to serve all to provide the funding for such or specific neighborhoods. subsidies and who should pay what The report says isn’t clear is if kinds of taxes, charges, and fees to dockless systems will work outside fund them,” the paper says. central cities without substantial While bikeshare has grown in public transit. popularity over the last decade, Note: NAS largely completed the increase has been somewhat the research before the COVID- slowed since 2018 with the arrival 19 pandemic so its findings don’t of e-scooters. While most early include how that may affect the programs required docking, more future of transportation. Download recent ones involve dockless bikes. the report at https://www.nap.edu/ Results are mixed. On the one hand, download/26053 (free registration dockless programs make bikes required). more available throughout cities. But they also get dumped in places -Charles Pekow 12 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021

BIKEPACKING Bikepacking Through New Mexico’s Valle Grande

Don Scheese and a panorama of the Valle Grande. Bikepacking the Valle Grande. Photo by Don Scheese 1.25 million years ago. As part of caldera. The roads are rough but By Don Scheese the Jemez Mountain volcanic com- passable to passenger vehicles, and plex, a “Big Bang” occurred when monstrous RVs are not recommended “By the middle of the morning he the volcano at the heart of the range (thank gawd). Let us hope the Park San Antonio Canyon and Creek. Bikepacking the Valle Grande. Photo by was on the rim of the Valle Grande, a erupted, spewing magma 15 miles Service keeps it this way. Basically Don Scheese great volcanic crater that lay high up high into the stratosphere, blanket- the lightly travelled roads of the Valle on the western slope of the [Jemez] ing an area 30 miles in diameter in are wonderful gifts to cyclists with was subsequently filmed here as well. the Valles Caldera National Preserve range. It was the right eye of the earth, over 6 feet of ash. Eventually the mountain or gravel bikes. VC 02 wends its way along the when it was created held that cattle held open to the sun. Of all places caldera collapsed, and the flow of After loading up my steel Niner edge of the timberline, through the grazing on a sustainable basis would that he knew, this valley alone could magma and ash cooled and solidified RLT with rear panniers and handle- History Grove, a magnificent gal- be preserved as a “historic use,” and reflect the great spatial majesty of the to create pinnacle-like formations bar bag, making sure my 2 water lery forest of ponderosa pine some so you may see herds of cows here sky … the great feature of the valley made of volcanic tuff (like nearby bottles and Camelbak were topped 500 years old through which there and there as you follow the meander- was its size. It was almost too great Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National off, I headed out from the visitor are fine vistas looking south over ing roads. There are also some 5000 for the eye to hold, strangely beauti- Monument). Accumulating rain and center parking lot on a gorgeous fall the expansive grasslands towards elk that thrive in and around the Valle, ful and full of distance.” — N. Scott melting snow created a lake inside morning in mid-October, with temps the dark conifer-clogged rim of the and a favorite pastime of tourists is to Momaday, House Made of Dawn the caldera, while resurgent domes in the 60s and a bracing northwest caldera. One of the provisions of watch them graze at the forest edge The Valles Caldera National formed as volcanic activity continued headwind. Preserve, established in 2001, is over millennia. Over time the rim The first two miles ascend gradu- something special. Locals simply of the caldera was breached on the ally to a junction, where a collection refer to it as “The Valle,” or “The west side, draining the lake as the of historic buildings stands. For most Valle Grande,” and grand it cer- running water formed creeks and of its human history the Valle was tainly is. Almost 100,000 acres in canyons. With the advent of cooling uninhabited due to its long winters size, this volcanic caldera is New global temperatures during the Ice and cold temperatures. It was and Mexico’s mini-Yellowstone, a high Age some 20,000 years ago, grass- continues to be visited seasonally elevation grassland basin rimmed lands evolved in the basin of the cal- by Ancestral Puebloans and the cur- by dark, conifer-clad, rounded-off dera. Colder temperatures inhibited rent members of the nearby Jemez mountains. Elevations range from tree growth, creating the magnificent and Santa Clara Pueblos, who make the basin at 8400’ to the Valle’s valleys for which the Valle Grande pilgrimages to the tops of the highest high point, Redondo Peak, at 11,254’. became known. peaks where shrines to their gods still Whatever way you approach it from As you approach the Valle from exist. Beginning in the 1700s and State Highway 4, which runs along the west on Highway 4, the forest lasting into the 20th century, Spanish the southern boundary of the pre- suddenly opens up as you top out sheepherders, the US military during serve, the contrast between the dense- on a plateau over 8000’ high. A the Indian Wars, and vaqueros herd- ly forested and fire-scarred landscape sign proclaiming the entrance to the ing cattle were also regular visitors. from which you emerge and the open national preserve appears on your left, Only in the 20th century were ranch- vista of The Valle is visually strik- and so begins the main gravel road ers willing to build cabins, and even ing—one might even go so far as to that slices through the meadows and then stays were restricted to summer say sublime. around the timberline of the Valle. It and early fall. When Texas oilman It is not only the geologic history is 2 miles to the Visitor Center and Francis Dunigan purchased the prop- of the Valles Caldera that is so inter- entrance station, and another 16 to erty in the 1970s, he permitted the esting, but the human history is also the northwest corner of the park on Hollywood film industry to shoot fascinating too. Over thousands of road VC 02, where I planned to exit a number of Westerns in the Valle, years people have visited, used, and the preserve. Since camping within the best of which was The Missing at times lived there, forming a rich the park boundaries is not allowed at (1990), starring Tommy Lee Jones palimpsest of stories and events. this time, I intended to camp some- and Kate Blanchett. The TV series of The caldera was created around where along a creek just west of the the modern-day Western Longmire Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 13

good lunch after 2+ hours of gravel grinding on a loaded touring bike. It was early afternoon, a cool breeze was blowing, and there was some welcome shade under a big pon- derosa as I took in the quiet and soli- tude, soothed by the wind whooshing through the pines. At this point I was on the lip of the caldera. The next 2 miles con- sist of singletrack on an old logging road down one of the most scenic canyons in all of New Mexico. A purling meandering stream; aspen trees flaming on the hillsides; and tent-rock like tufa formations punc- tuating the defile: I was witness to all this and more, as I descended slowly, savoring the experience. In a few spots I played it safe and dismounted Don’s camp by San Antonio Creek. Bikepacking the Valle Grande. Photo where the trail took a steep plunge or by Don Scheese Don Scheese on Highway 4 at the edge of the Valle Grande. Bikepacking the singletrack became too crumbly an old Hispanic man with his pug- that feeling). There are numerous the Valle Grande. Photo by Don Scheese and unstable for my 38 mm tires. I sley dog, who told me he walks up hot springs, fishing spots, and hik- early mornings and towards dusk. A O. Wilson developed his theory of the encountered one hiker, a guy and the canyon several times a week. (I ing trailheads along this stretch of member of the Cochiti Pueblo once Biophilia Hypothesis from this fact, his dog, who were sauntering up the referred to him as El Viejo in my Highway 4, but mercifully traffic was still light and most of it was heading told me he collects the elk antlers in arguing that we have an innate prefer- canyon. He told me about “a primo journal.) The temps slowly warmed campsite one meadow up” from the the other way. Of course a guy in a the spring on the nearby hillsides for ence for a landscape that is both open as the sun crept over the ridge, hours popular San Antonio hot springs. I pickup had to pass me on the narrow- sale to wanna-be Westerners in Santa and provides cover from predators. later finally reaching my campsite. At thanked him for the tip and told him shouldered road with oncoming vehi- Fe who decorate their homes with the [Editor’s Note: The idea of Biophilia, that point the air quickly warmed up I’d definitely check it out. to the 60s, and I slowly shed layers cles, but after that I whizzed past the magnificent racks. love of nature, was proposed early on In all too short a time I recog- of clothing and basked in the morn- dark prow of Battleship Rock, then VC 02 trends northward on roll- by my father, Dr. Hugh Iltis. Wilson nized the spot. To reach the campsite ing sun. the weird formation of Soda Dam, ing terrain along the base of several later developed the concept further in required fording the stream, so I I re-crossed the stream and con- where geothermal mineral deposits resurgent domes that formed after his book by the same title.] Perhaps, I donned sandals and tossed my pan- tinued down the canyon. Forest Road have built up to form a barrier of the Big Bang some 1.25 million thought, this is one reason, albeit of niers and handlebar bag across the 376 from the hot springs to Highway sorts to the creek. After a brief holdup years ago: Cerro Pinon, Cerro del the subconscious, why the Valle is so creek to lighten my load when cross- 126 is open to vehicles from June to for ongoing bridge construction, I Medio, Cerro del Abrigo. There are visually attractive to visitors. ing. The fresh icy cold water soothed December, and along these 5 miles I reached the funky New Mexican vil- some fine routes to the east that loop Wildfire has also played a domi- through the Sierra de los Valles and my feet, and in no time I reached met with a couple vehicles heading to lage of Jemez Springs, where galler- nant role within and around the Valle. ies, thermal pools, and a thriving little Valle Toledo, past Obsidian Valley the campsite, sheltered by towering the hot springs. Just before the junc- Prior to the 20th century, ecologists community of independent-minded (a rich source of carving tools for spruce. There was plenty of downed tion I paused to take in the overlook have concluded based on tree-ring folks flourish. Ancestral Puebloans) and back to wood for an evening and morning of La Cueva, a village at the junction data and fire scars that most fires Time to celebrate: a good lager VC 02—but my route today was fire, with a fire pit built up against of Highways 126 and 4, where there’s were low-intensity blazes restricted and Olga’s famous chile rellenos at more direct. After a gradual climb I a huge slab of granite. Above me on a general store motel, and a few sum- to the understory and grasses. But the historic bar of Los Ojos. I was reached the high point of my entire the opposite side of the canyon, the mer residents. beginning with the total fire sup- warmer south side, towered pink- back in the world of masks, social 2-day journey: San Antonio Divide, I was about to enjoy a 2000’ pression policies of the 1900s by gray tufa cliffs interspersed with pon- distancing, and the pandemic….wait- 8800’, separating the waters of the plunge on paved roads all the way the federal government, fuels began derosa pine. After setting up camp ing for my wife to pick me up and East Fork of the Jemez River from down to Jemez Springs, 13 miles to accumulate, resulting in bigger, I simply sat in my Helinox camp distant. Before beginning the descent, take me back to my car at The Valle. those of San Antonio creek (the two higher-intensity crown fires, whether chair, sipped whiskey, munched some I re-checked my brakes and rack and Cyclists know the feeling of hav- drainages re-join at Battleship Rock, started by lightning or humans. Four habanero jerky, listened to the purl- panniers, making sure everything was ing come across a landscape that a stunning tufa formation to the west of the 5 largest wildfires in the area’s ing stream, and watched the sun sink tight and in good working order. caused them to think, “Now this is a in San Diego Canyon). history have all occurred since the ever-so-slowly behind the cliffs. Swooping switchback twists and place that I have to come back to on Only two or three vehicles passed 1970s, and the scars are visible all Dinner: mac ‘n cheese with spicy turns, high-speed descents on straight- my bike.” And when they do, they me by this point, all going the oppo- around the rim and surrounding forest Thai tuna. A nice warm blazing fire aways, little traffic: the Reward for realize a Dream Fulfilled. site direction. From here it’s a 4-mile of the caldera. for a couple hours. Sound sleep in the Cyclist who has labored up some Exactly my feeling as I toasted gradual descent into my favorite part VC 02 ends at the junction with my down bag and bivy sac. A sky 1300 feet of elevation. In no time a fine trip through the Valle Grande. of the preserve, the Valle San Antonio. VC09 in the San Antonio valley, and filled with stars and the Milky Way. I was passing through La Cueva. Farther removed from the visitor cen- from there it is 6 more miles of roll- A great horned owl hooting softly in Rather than stop at the general store Don “Seldom Seen” Scheese ter, it’s even less travelled by motor ers to the park boundary and gate in the forest primeval. Quiet. Solitude. for some refreshment I decided to lives and rides in New Mexico, vehicles, and the vistas along San the northwest corner. I geared down Wildness. continue on down through San Diego always in search of new ad- Antonio Creek are especially sublime. for a few of the short punchy grades Morning: ice in my pot with water Canyon, not wanting to interrupt my venturous routes, especially on Particularly in October, when the as I approached the gate and had a filtered from the creek. A visitor: momentum (every cyclist knows gravel roads. flaming colors of the aspen stand in stark contrast to the dark green conifer-studded slopes of Cerro Seco and San Antonio Mountain. There’s another picturesque cabin along the creek, and you may well see cat- tle grazing off in the distance. On some of the hillsides are horizontal lines rimming the mountains on the north side, remnants of roads that are a legacy of decades of intensive commercial logging in the 20th cen- tury. I once heard a mountain biker describe the Valle as “pristine,” and had to laugh—it is hardly a landscape untouched by humans over time. But it is a rewilded landscape, and with effective management by the Park Service it should continue as such. Occasionally a lone stunted coni- fer rose from the grasslands, repre- senting the age-old battle between the two biomes. Since the last Ice Age the colder temperatures of the basin have largely prohibited tree growth, leading to the open vistas for which the Valle became famous. The isolated tree here and there called to mind ‘the tree where man was born.’ This is an allusion to a book by Peter Matheissen of that title, and the origin of the human species on the African savannah, where we became a bipedal mammal emerging from the dense forest onto the open grassland some 5 million year ago. Biologist E. 14 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021 BICYCLE SHOP DIRECTORY

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4806, [email protected], colesport. com, mountaintrails.org Calendar Guidelines: Kidical Mass — Salt Lake City, UT, Group ride for WESTERN STATES families. This will be a monthly ride, the 1st Sunday Listings are free on a of every month, at Liberty Park (south entrance) from 3pm- 5pm. All ages are welcome., Lee space available basis and Chung, 865-850-3589, [email protected], facebook.com/groups/109360246125277 at our discretion. Slow Roll SLC — Salt Lake City, UT, Fun, Bikes, and Party Rides on Tuesday Nights at 7 behind Crank Submit your event to: SLC 749 S. State Street., Christian Clemens, 385- CALENDAR OF EVENTS [email protected] 528-1158, 801-440-0546, [email protected], April 6, 2021 — Utah Bike Summit, Layton, UT, with date, name of event, Keynote Speaker (tentative): John Burke of Trek Bicycle, The Utah Bike Summit is the statewide bicycle conference. The summit brings together website, phone number everyday riders, bicycle and trail advocates, Calendar Notes representatives from Utah’s bicycle industry, and contact person and planners, engineers, representatives from Utah’s Due to the ongoing COVID-19 cor- Your support is needed. Advocacy tourism industry and health fields, and local and anavirus crisis, we have updated other appropiate informa- state government officials in order to make Utah Bike Utah — UT, Utah’s Statewide Advocacy more bicycle friendly. Regardless of your interest as many events as we can. Event promoters must invest Group. They work on education and other tion. in bicycling (transportation, recreation, road, bike related advocacy., Crys Lee, 385-831-1515, mountain, commuter), the Utah Bike Summit [email protected], bikeutah.org Let us know about any is for you and all are encouraged to attend. thousands of dollars before the Held at Davis Conference Center, Crys Lee, If you are an event promoter, Salt Lake City Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee 385-831-1515, [email protected], bikeutah.org/ day of the event, and many are (MBAC) — Salt Lake City, UT, Meetings are the corrections to existing utahbikesummit/ please email any updates to 3rd Monday of the month from 5-7 pm in the SLC hurting as a result of the global Transportation Division Conference room., Salt listings! May 1-2, 2021 — Young Riders Bike Swap, Park City, [email protected]. Lake City Transportation , 801-535-6630, bikeslc@ UT, Benefits Young Riders Youth Mountain Biking pandemic. slcgov.com, bikeslc.com Program. Located at Utah Film Studios: 4001 Kearns Blvd. Park City, UT. Saturday, May 1 8am- Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee Bonneville Shoreline Trail Committee — Salt Lake 5pm and Sunday May 2 11am-3pm. Buy or sell If you are a participant, and — Salt Lake City, UT, The SLCBAC committee City, UT, Volunteer to help build the Bonneville gear.Need a a bike? Need to get some of that Cycling West will endeavor to works to improve cycling conditions in Salt Lake Shoreline Trail. (801) 485-6974 or visit our web old equipment out of your garage? This is the your event has been postponed County and is an official committee. Meetings page., Dave Roth, 801-824-5339, bonnev- perfect opportunity, and proceeds raised at this keep the calendar as current as are the second Wednesday of each month [email protected], bonnevilleshoreli- event help to fund the Young Riders organiza- or rescheduled, please consider netrail.org possible. Please also check our from 5:30-7:30 pm and are held in Suite N-2800 tion based out of Park City, UT. To sell your gear deferring your entry to the new of the Salt Lake County Government Center, Parley’s Rails, Trails and Tunnels (PRATT) — Salt you can drop off your bike and fill out the infor- online calendar here: 2001 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT, , Helen Peters, Lake City, UT, PRATT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit mation at Jan’s Mountain Outfitters (1600 Park date, or donating your entry to the 385-468-4860, [email protected], bicycle.slco.org organization, run by volunteers. The mission Avenue, Park City) or White Pine Touring (1790 Bonanza Drive, Park City) during store hours from Weber Pathways — Ogden, UT, Weber County’s of the Parley’s Rails, Trails and Tunnels (PRATT) event promoter so that their event http://www.cyclingutah.com/ Coalition is to assist city, county, state and April 17-28, or at Utah Film Studios: 4001 Kearns trails group. We are committed to the idea that Blvd. Park City, Utah on April 29, 3-7pm, April a non-motorized network of public pathways federal agencies and other public and private will be back in the future. Event event-calendars/ partners in completing a multi-use trail along I-80 30, 12-8 pm., Julie Minahan, 435-640-8642, julie. significantly contribute to our community’s eco- [email protected], youngriders.com promoters must invest thousands nomic vitality and quality of life., Mark Benigni, via Parley’s Creek Corridor and the Sugar House 801-393-2304, [email protected], Rod Rail Spur to connect the Bonneville Shoreline May 1-31, 2021 — SLUG Mag’s 9th Annual Bike of dollars before the day of the Happy Cycling! Kramer, 801-393-2304, [email protected], Trail with the Provo/Jordan River Parkway., Juan Issue, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, As weberpathways.org Arce-Larreta, 801-694-8925, parleystrail@gmail. soon as Utah Bike Month rolls around every May, event, and many are hurting as Dave Iltis com, parleystrail.org we hop onto our rides and steer right into our Mooseknuckler Alliance — St. George, UT, We annual Bike Issue. Learn about local organiza- accept all types and styles of riders; most impor- Provo Bike Committee — Provo, UT, Please join a result of the global pandemic. Editor and Publisher us every first Thursday of the month at 5 pm tions, businesses, groups and projects centered tantly we want people to ride their bikes and around cycling in our annual Bike Issue!, Angela enjoy doing it. Most of us love riding our bikes at 48 N. 300 W. to help make Provo a more [email protected], radcanyonbmx. bicycle-friendly community., Heather Skabelund, Brown, 801-487-9221, [email protected], com in all types of weather and in multiple dis- Morgan Keller, 435-901-3527, morgan@slugmag. ciplines. The Alliance is located in Southern 971-404-1557, [email protected], Aaron Legacy BMX — Farmington, UT, Indoor bmx racing Skabelund, 385-207-6879, a.skabelund@gmail. com, Anne Olsen, [email protected], slug- Utah BMX Utah and has group rides to help people get mag.com/slug-cat/ at the Legacy Events center 151 South 1100 out, meet new friends, and most importantly, com, bikeprovo.org West, Farmington, UT., Practice Wednesday 6:00- have fun riding their bikes., Lukas Brinkerhoff, Dixie Trails and Mountain Bike Advocacy — St. May 5, 2021 — National Bike to School Day, Utah RAD Canyon BMX — South Jordan, UT, Indoor 9:00; Race Saturday, May through September, 435-632-8215, [email protected], Bike Month, Everywhere, UT, A day to climb out and outdoor BMX racing. Location: 5200 W, George, UT, Cimarron Chacon, 970-759-3048, Kevin , 801-698-1490, [email protected], lrbmx. mooseknuckleralliance.org [email protected], dmbta.org of the motor vehicle and onto your bike on your 9800 South, Practice Tuesday 6:30- 8:30, Race com, radcanyonbmx.com/Rad_Canyon_ way to school., None , noemail@cyclingutah. Thursday, Registration 6:00- 7:00, Race at 7, May Legacy_Outdoor_Schedule_2014.pdf Mountain Trails Foundation — Park City, UT, Park Southern Utah Bicycle Alliance — St. George, UT, com, walkbiketoschool.org through September (practices starting in April City’s Trails Group, Charlie Sturgis, 435-649-6839, Southern Utah’s road advocacy group., Craig with additional practices on Tuesdays through [email protected], mountaintrails.org Shanklin, 435-674-1742, southernutahbicycle@ May 15-16, 2021 — Cole Sport Bike Swap, Park City, May), Dallas Edwards, 801-803-1900, radcan- gmail.com, southernutahbicyclealliance.org UT, 9-5 Sat., 9-3 Sun. $20 fee if bike sells. Proceeds go to Mountain Trails Foundation. Drop bikes off WOBAC - Weber Ogden Bicycle Advisory at Cole Sport, 1615 Park Ave. on 5/14. Pick up is Committee — Ogden, UT, Josh Jones, 801-629- by 3 pm on 5/16., Scott Dudevoir, 435-649-4806, 8757, [email protected], [email protected], mountaintrails. org, colesport.com Idaho Bike Walk Alliance — Boise, ID, Idaho’s Statewide bicycle advocacy organization, May 17-23, 2021 — National Bike to Work Week, Cynthia Gibson, 208-345-1105, cynthia@idahow- Utah Bike Month, Everywhere, UT, A week to alkbike.org, idahowalkbike.org climb out of the motor vehicle and onto your bike on your way to work., None , noemail@ Greater Arizona Bicycling Association — Tucson, cyclingutah.com, bikeleague.org AZ, Arizona’s Statewide bicycle advocacy organization, Eric Post, [email protected], May 21, 2021 — National Bike to Work Day, Utah bikegaba.org Bike Month, Everywhere, UT, A day to climb out of the motor vehicle and onto your bike on your Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists — Phoenix, AZ, way to work., None , [email protected], Statewide bicycle advocacy organization, Bob bikeleague.org Beane, 623-252-0931, [email protected], cazbike.org May 29, 2021 — SLUG Cat Alleycat Bike Race!, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, This exciting Wyoming Pathways — Wilson, WY, Statewide bicy- alleycat event features a scavenger hunt bike cle advocacy organization, Tim Young, 307-413- race that takes you all over Salt Lake City. Bike 8464, , wyopath.org with the coolest cats you know in town, make Bicycle Colorado — Denver, CO, Statewide bicy- new friends and win awesome prizes from cle advocacy organization, Dan Grunig, 303- our local sponsors! 9th Annual! Registration is 417-1544, [email protected], bicycle- open between 4-5 pm and at 5 the race will colorado.org begin. Cyclists will ride around the city to collect points for their manifest. At 7pm we will begin Bike Walk Montana — Helena, MT, Statewide the award ceremony and cyclists can relax bicycle advocacy organization, Taylor Lonsdale, for a well-earned celebration. , Angela Brown, [email protected], Doug Haberman, 406- 801-487-9221, [email protected], Morgan 449-2787, [email protected], bikewalk- Keller, 435-901-3527, [email protected], montana.org Anne Olsen, [email protected], slugmag. Salt Lake Valley Trails Society — Salt Lake City, com/slug-cat/ UT, Salt Lake Valley’s natural surface bicycle September 22, 2021 — World Car Free Day, UT, trails non-profit., Kevin Dwyer, kevin@saltlakeval- Ride your bike and leave the car at home!, leytrailssociety.org, saltlakevalleytrailssociety.org None , [email protected], worldcar- Teton Valley Trails and Pathways (TVTAP) — free.net Jackson, WY, Promotes trails and pathways in the Wydaho area of Wyoming and Idaho., Dan Mountain Bike Verbeten, 208-201-1622, [email protected], tvtap. org, tetonbikefest.org Bike Orem — Orem, UT, The Orem Bicycle Coalition Tours and Festivals exists to cultivate a more bicycle friendly com- munity in Orem so that more residents will be April 17-October 6, 2021 — MTB the White Rim able and excited to ride in our community. We Trail, Moab, UT, The quintessential Moab multi do this by encouraging bicycle safety, acces- day bike ride, in Canyonlands National Park. 13 sibility, inclusivity, and infrastructure to the com- trips to choose from, 3 & 4 days. Small Groups. munity and its residents. Come join us! Currently Outfitted by professional guides. Don’t let the we are meeting on the second Wednesday of name fool you, Holiday River Expeditions knows each month, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at Mad biking., Karen Johnson, 800-624-6323, 801-266- Dog Cycles. The address is 350 North Orem 2087, [email protected], Natalie Blvd, Orem, UT 84057, Randy Gibb, 801-222-9577, Osborn, [email protected], biker- [email protected], bikeorem.weebly. aft.com com April 23-25, 2021 — BetterRide Women’s MTB Camp, Fruita, CO, BetterRide’s Women-Only Mountain Events, Swaps,Lectures Bike Camp, Clinic and Skills Coaching covers the same core skills as the co-ed camps in a Salt Lake Critical Mass — Salt Lake City, UT, Last supportive, non-judgemental atmosphere. Take Friday of every month, 6:30 pm, meet at the your skills to the next level by investing in yourself! Gallivan Center, 200 S. between State and Main Learn the skills to greatly improve your riding and in SLC., None , [email protected], face- drills to master those skills. Increase your confi- book.com/groups/SLCCM/ dence, skill and efficiently with the most expe- rienced (20 years), effective and sought after Beehive Bike Polo Club — Salt Lake City, UT, coach in the sport, Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, Weekly hardcourt and grass bike polo. Tuesdays [email protected], betterride.net at 8pm, Saturday afternoons. Check out the Beehive Bike Polo Club on Facebook for April 24, 2021 — VIDA MTB Series: Grand Junction, location., Chuck Heaton, 801-688-7268, heat- TENTATIVE, VIDA MTB Series, Grand Junction, [email protected], facebook.com/ CO, Women’s mountain bike skills clinic, Rachel groups/189631497724953/, beehivebikepolo. Gottfried, 949-677-6809, [email protected], wordpress.com vidamtb.com Cole Sport Weekly Road Ride — Park City, UT, April 29-October 10, 2021 — MTB San Rafael Swell Weekly Road Ride Mondays June 4-Aug. 27. Tour, San Rafael Swell, UT, Holiday river expedi- Ride leaves Cole Sport, 1615 Park Ave. at 6 pm. tions has two tours available:the first is from April Park at lower PCMR lot., Scott Dudevoir, 435-649- 29, 2021 to May 2, 2021 and the second is from Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 17

October 7, 2021 to October 10, 2021. Each come. Come join us for a day of fun on Powder most experienced (20 years), effective and Tushar Mountains on a mix of dirt, gravel, and anybody, but 2020 doesn’t seem to want us cel- includes biking, yoga & stargazing and partners Mountain!, Nick Bowsher, 801-610-9422, info@ sought after coach in the sport, Gene Hamilton!, asphalt. Features 10,000+ of climbing traversing ebrating en masse. So, to carry on a 37 year Park with Salt Lake City’s Clark Planetarium. Bike, wildfloweroutdoor.com, wildfloweroutdoor.com Ilse Harms, [email protected], betterride.net Utah’s highest and most scenic roads. Join us City trail tradition, we are turning the infamous enjoy the most under the radar recreation area for the original mixed-surface gravel and road Tour des Suds VIRTUAL and VIRUS FREE. NEW in Utah. “The Swell” offers world class mountain July 10, 2021 — Wydaho 100 Gravel Ride, Jackson, October 15-17, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Trail classic!, Burke Swindlehurst, [email protected], COURSE! In light of the uniqueness of this virtual biking and dark skies for nighttime stargazing. WY, From the foothills of the Teton Range, look- Subtleties and Strategy Camp, Moab, UT, Take tusharcrusher.com race season, we’ve created a new course that Joined by a Yoga facilitator to stretch out all the ing into the depths of Wilderness to the Big Hole your skills to the next level by investing in yourself! will showcase a brand spanking new (and yet kinks after a day in the saddle., Karen Johnson, Mountains, featuring some of the best gravel this Learn the skills to greatly improve your riding and July 17, 2021 — The Rage at Snowbird ICUP, to be opened) section of the 9K Trail along with 800-624-6323, 801-266-2087, karen.holidayriver@ Eastern Idaho has to offer, this route completes drills to master those skills. Increase your confi- Intermountain Cup, Snowbird, UT, XC race. some great, old-school singletrack., Ginger Ries, gmail.com, Natalie Osborn, natalie.holidayriv- a 360-degree circumnavigation of Teton Valley! dence, skill and efficiently with the most expe- Snowbird has done a great job with some new 435-649-6839, [email protected], moun- [email protected], bikeraft.com The road surface is predominately gravel and rienced (20 years), effective and sought after trails and creating trails for real MTB racing with a taintrails.org dirt ranging between steep mountain and rut- coach in the sport, Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, great mix of fast flowy single track, service roads, April 30-May 2, 2021 — MECCA MTB Festival, ted farm roads. Bring your gravel bike or any [email protected], betterride.net and a few short technical sections to keep you September 18-19, 2021 — Big Mountain Enduro, Big Green River, UT, 35th Annual, Held at the John bike for that matter. Self-supported with only on your toes. 5-25 miles, 570’ elevation gain per Mountain Enduro Series, Brian Head, UT, Revered Wesley Powell Museum in Green River, Utah. primitive aid and drop bag zone(s)., Fitzgerald’s October 28-31, 2021 — Moab Ho-Down Mountain lap. Beginning just above the Tram Plaza at for its incredible gravity fed descents, technical Registration begins Friday at 1:00 p.m. followed , 307-201-5453, [email protected], Bike Festival & Film Fest, Moab, UT, 15th Annual Snowbird Center on the dirt road, this 5.1 mile single track, and access to hundreds of miles by a warm up ride, refreshments, games and a fitzgeraldsbicycles.com - Mountain bike festival with dual stage enduro course offers up approximately 570ft of climb- of scenic back country trails beyond the resort prize drawing. Saturday is full of all-day guided race, group shuttle rides, bike films, townie tour ing per lap. , Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, boundaries, Brian Head’s lift served terrain is rides, ranging from beginner to advanced fol- July 16-18, 2021 — Caribou Loop Trail, Alpine, WY, with poker run, dirt jump comp and costume [email protected], intermountain- accessible to beginner through advanced level lowed by a yummy dinner, games and more Join us on the brand new Caribou Loop Trail party! The festival is a fundraiser for local trails cup.com riders. This is the only BME race that does not FUN. Finish up on Sunday with a guided (or inaugural bikepacking and bikefishing event! and the bike park!, Tracy Bentley, 435-259-4688, include an e-bike category for 2021., Brandon on your own) scenic ride. Family friendly., Kim This event can be raced or ridden at a snail’s [email protected], moabhodown.com, chil- July 17, 2021 — El Doce at Pow Mow, Powder Ontiveros, [email protected], Player, 435-653-2440, [email protected], pace. Stop to see the sights, catch some fish, ebikes.com Mountain - Eden, UT, 12/6 Hour Mountain Bike bigmountainenduro.com biketheswell.org gaze up at the sky and immerse yourself in Race at Powder Mountain, Utah. Solo, Duo and the beauty., Fitzgerald’s , 307-201-5453, info@ 3-4 Person Teams. 12 Mile lap, 1200’ vertical October 8-9, 2021 — Salty Lizard 100, Wendover, May 7-9, 2021 — US Bank Fruita Fat Tire Festival, fitzgeraldsbicycles.com, fitzgeraldsbicycles.com Utah Weekly MTB per lap, 12 hours. Limited to 400 riders., Jenny UT, Only an hour and a half west of Salt Lake Fruita, CO, 25th Anniversary festival kicking off Scothern, 801-399-1773, jenny@goalfoundation. City, the Salty Lizard 100 showcases the best of the Mtn bike season in CO, world renowned July 17, 2021 — Divide Scramble, Butte, MT, com, Clairesse Miljour, 801-399-1773, claire@ Wendover’s amazing gravel roads with views trails, Bike Demo at 18 Road and Downtown BikeWalk Montana and The Montana Cycling Race Series goalfoundation.com, eldoceut.com of towering peaks and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Product Expo, and live music, Mike Heaston, Project, scenic views of the Continential Divide Circling the Silver Island Range, the 106-mile 970-858-7220, [email protected], Route through Montana, fully supported ride July 31, 2021 — Cedar City Fire Road 100 Gravel route gives riders of all abilities the chance to offers the Golden Eagle and the Grizzly Route. April 21-July 28, 2021 — Weekly Race Series, WRS, Grinder, Cedar City, UT, 100K or 60K options George Gatseos, 970-858-7220, fruita@otesports. Sundance, Wasatch County, UT, Wednesday check off an early-season century or experi- com, fruitafattirefestival.com Golden Eagle 1 (33 mi), Golden Eagle 2 (57 mi) - with over 80% dirt! Chip timed. Prizes for top fin- ence a well-supported day out in the desert and the Grizzly (68 mi), the Grizzly is 68 miles of nights, April-July. Venue alternates between ishers., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, embas- Wasatch County sites and Sundance, 6:30 with friends. , Robert Kennedy, 319-551-6174, May 8, 2021 — VIDA MTB Series: Valmont Bike terrain not suitable for beginners with a joint [email protected], gravelgrinder.com [email protected], saltylizard100.com Park, TENTATIVE, VIDA MTB Series Flagship Clinics, return to Butte. , Kathleen Aragon, 406-698-2992, pm. Prompt start time. Pros/Experts 1hr race Boulder, CO, Women’s mountain bike skills clinic, [email protected], ridethedi- time, Sports 50mins, Beginners 30-40mins., Tyson August 6-7, 2021 — Abajo (Blue Mountain) Enduro, October 8-9, 2021 — Salty & Stupid Gravel Fest, Rachel Gottfried, 949-677-6809, info@vidamtb. videmontana.com Apostol, 435-200-3239 (Wasatch), 801-223-4849 Monticello, UT, Two day, three stage race in the Wendover, UT, Featuring three races over two com, vidamtb.com (Sundance), [email protected], John Abajo Mountains by Monticello Utah. Stage 1 days and over 300 miles of gravel for the July 23-25, 2021 — BetterRide Women’s MTB Camp, Woodruff, 801-223-4044, 801-223-4849, johnw@ starts Friday afternoon. A shuttle will be provided hardy and idiotic among you: the Salty Lizard May 18-21, 2021 — MTB The Maze Mountain Winter Park-Fraser Mountain, CO, BetterRide’s sundance-utah.com , Josey Apostol, 435-200- from the end of each stage to the start of the 100, the Stupid Pony, and their love child, the Bike Tour, Moab, UT, Deep in the heart of Women-Only Mountain Bike Camp, Clinic and 3239 (Wasatch), 801-223-4849 (Sundance), following course or to the parking area for Stupid Lizard., Robert Kennedy, 319-551-6174, Canyonlands National Park. 4 trips to choose Skills Coaching covers the same core skills as the [email protected], weeklyraceseries. the stage., Dustin Randall, 435-590-2741, info@ [email protected], saltyandstupidcy- from, 4 days 3 nights. Small Groups of 9 or less. co-ed camps in a supportive, non-judgemental com roamutah.com, roamutah.com/abajoenduro cling.com Outfitted by professional guides. Camp at the atmosphere. Take your skills to the next level by Maze Overlook and hike down into the Maze investing in yourself! Learn the skills to greatly April 27-August 10, 2021 — Mid-Week Mountain August 7, 2021 — Powder Mountain ICUP, October 11-12, 2021 — Huntsman World Senior while viewing vertical uplifts and plunging gorg- improve your riding and drills to master those Bike Race Series, Wasatch Front, Wasatch Back, Intermountain Cup, Powder Mountain, UT, 360° Games Mountain Biking, St. George, UT, Must es., Karen Johnson, 800-624-6323, 801-266-2087, skills. Increase your confidence, skill and effi- Salt Lake Valley, Utah Valley, UT, Tuesday nights panoramic views all along the course, and be 50 years or older. Three events: hill climb, [email protected], Natalie Osborn, ciently with the most experienced (20 years), (mostly), starting April 27! Locations TBD. Fun, promises fast and exciting riding with a starting downhill, and cross country. Expert, Sport and [email protected], bikeraft.com effective and sought after coach in the sport, competitive mountain bike racing for all ages elevation of 8,200 feet and a maximum eleva- Beginner Skill Divisions., Kyle Case, 800-562-1268, Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@betterride. and abilities. 7 XC races, 5 Mini Enduro races, 1 tion of approximately 8,900 feet. 7-mile lap of 435-674-0550, [email protected], senior- May 20-23, 2021 — Kokopelli Guided Tour, Loma, net, betterride.net Women’s Mini Enduro., Crys Lee, 385-831-1515, the network with approximately 1,400 feet of games.net CO, Benefits Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike [email protected], Trilby Cox, 385-831-1515, tril- climbing starting from the Timberline Lodge., Trail Association, the original creators of the July 30-August 1, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Camp, [email protected], midweekmtb.com Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, margaret@ October 16-18, 2021 — Moab Rocks, Moab, UT, Kokopelli Trail. 4 day fully supported tour of the Park City, UT, Take your skills to the next level by redrockbicycle.com, intermountaincup.com Incorporates Moab’s best classic and new Kokopelli Trail from Loma, CO to Moab, UT., Tisha investing in yourself! Learn the skills to greatly routes and combines them into a 3-day mas- McCombs, 970-244-8877, coordinator@copmo- improve your riding and drills to master those Regional Weekly August 7, 2021 — Bucked Up Gravel, Heber City, terpiece of cross-country and timed descents in ba.org, Whit Smith, 303-475-2255, whitsmith1@ skills. Increase your confidence, skill and effi- UT, Details TBD., Troy Huebner, 427-0532, troy- a fully supported format., Kevin McDonald, 866- mac.com, copmoba.org ciently with the most experienced (20 years), [email protected], 373-3376, [email protected], TransRockies. effective and sought after coach in the sport, MTB Race Series com June 5, 2021 — Weiser River Trail Ride, Council, ID, August 13-15, 2021 — Flyin’ Brian Downhill and Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@betterride. Dark Hollow Super D, Go-Ride Gravity Series, A one day gravel mountain bike ride of either net, betterride.net May 7-June 18, 2021 — Missoula TGIF Friday Night 28 or 48 miles on the Weiser River Trail, a rail Brian Head, UT, Practice opens on Friday at Race League, Missoula, MT, Various courses., noon. The downhill is on Saturday. Dark Hollow Regional Mountain conversion trail. Shuttles from Cambridge or July 30-August 1, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Camp, Shaun Radley, 406-219-1318, montanacyclo- Council. Snack stops., Craig Kjar, 208-571-7447, Park City, UT, Take your skills to the next level by Super D is on Sunday. , Ron Lindley, 801-375-3231, [email protected], montanacyclocross.com/ [email protected], go-ride.com, utahdh.org 208-253-4433, [email protected], kotaho. investing in yourself! Learn the skills to greatly events/ Bike and Gravel com/annual-bike-ride, weiserrivertrail.org improve your riding and drills to master those August 14, 2021 — Mountain Madness Bike Race, skills. Increase your confidence, skill and effi- May 12-June 5, 2021 — Sessions Weekly Enduro Vernal, UT, Relay race through the Ashley June 18-20, 2021 — Black Hills Mountain Festival, ciently with the most experienced (20 years), Series, Floyd Hill, CO, A weeknight series ending Canceled for 2021, Rapid City, SD, Mountain National Forest, Quin , 435-781-0982, Quind@ Racing effective and sought after coach in the sport, in a weekend finale, riders check their better uintahrecreation.org, uintahrecreation.org Bike Race and Running events starting at 8AM Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@betterride. judgment at the start for a timed downhill run at Founder’s Park. The course consists of an net, betterride.net on the infamous Sluice Trail at Floyd Hill. So close August 21, 2021 — Dirty Arts Gravel Grinder Fondo, approximate 8 mile loop. Also, a couple fun to Denver, but miles away in drops, jumps, and Helper, UT, The Fondo is a 62 mile ride on pave- ID, WY, MT, NV, AZ, extra races, concerts, and vendors will be on August 13-15, 2021 — Outerbike Summer in technical downhill features., Jennifer Barbour, ment, gravel and dirt roads. The route takes you site. , Kristy Lintz, 605-394-4168, 605-484-1724, Crested Butte, Crested Butte, CO, An opportu- 303-503-4616, [email protected], teamev- through central Carbon County exploring some [email protected], Black Hills MTB Festival nity to ride next year’s bikes and gears on world ergreen.org high desert vistas and the foothills of the Manti NM, CO, MT, OR, WA, , [email protected], rcparksan- class trails. Participants get bike demos,shuttles, La-Sal mountains. 5,000’ of climbing and 5,000’ drec.org lunch, beer, and admission to parties and films, of descending consisting of 2 main long climbs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Mark Sevenoff, Utah Mountain with plenty of short climbs. Enjoy the Helper Arts June 18-20, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Camp, 800-845-2453, 435-259-8732, outerbike@western- and Beyond Durango, CO, Take your skills to the next level & Film Festival afterwards for food, drink and fun, spirit.com, outerbike.com if you have the strength. Start: Historic Conoco by investing in yourself! Learn the skills to greatly April 10, 2021 — Prescott Punisher, Prescott, AZ, improve your riding and drills to master those August 13-16, 2021 — Fitz-Barn Ride, Hamilton, MT, Bike and Gravel Station, Mark Jesperson, 435-637-2453, mark@ castlecountrycycling.com, Ed Malmgren, 435- Prescott is a great place for mountain biking. skills. Increase your confidence, skill and effi- This event has been nicknamed “Tour Divide for The Whiskey 50 will be 2 weeks later so consider ciently with the most experienced (20 years), the Working Class” due to its grassroots nature 637-2453, [email protected], castle- countrycycling.com, carbonrec.com racing and staying for a pre-ride the following effective and sought after coach in the sport, and few, but purist set of rules. Some choose Racing day., MBAA , 480-442-4229, [email protected], Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@betterride. to race it. Others choose to tour it. Should you August 28, 2021 — Eden Epic, Eden, UT, On the mbaa.net net, betterride.net intend to compete with others, you must rely April 10, 2021 — 6 Hours of Frog Hollow, Frog trails above beautiful Ogden Valley, the Eden completely on yourself with the event being self- Hollow Endurance Series, Virgin, UT, New Date: Epic is a truly “epic” mountain bike adventure. April 18, 2021 — McDowell Circuit Race, Fort June 19, 2021 — Beaver Dam 49er Gravel Grinder, supported. We ask for transparency; if you take McDowell, AZ, Race starts at 8:00 a.m. , Carlos Beaver Dam State Park, NV, Ride the Rim and 13 mile long course in the UT desert combines With a focus more on the adventure than the aid or skip a section please be aware you are sweet single track, with some technical sec- finishing times, this is an epic adventure that has O’Briens Racing , [email protected], see the park from a different perspective. Pedal disqualified from competing. Ride completes azcycling.org/event/avondale-2/ down an old chaining road that runs along tions, and great climbs. Great introduction to a place for those looking to push themselves. , in Victor, ID., Fitzgerald’s , 307-201-5453, info@ endurance racing or a great trainer for bigger Clay Christensen, 801-234-0399, info@enduran- the Park’s rim and winds you through Pinyon fitzgeraldsbicycles.com, fitzgeraldsbicycles.com April 23-25, 2021 — Whiskey Off-Road, Epic and juniper trees. Through the small town of races. Categories from solo to 3 person, includ- ceutah.com, edenepic.com Rides Off-Road Series, Prescott, AZ, Starting on ing single speed categories. , Cimarron Chacon, Barclay where lunch is served at the one room August 14-15, 2021 — VIDA MTB Series: Snowmass August 28, 2021 — Brian Head Endurance, Prescott’s historical (and lively) Whiskey Row schoolhouse. The course then swings around Bike Park, TENTATIVE, VIDA MTB Series Flagship 970-759-3048, [email protected], groraces. and climbing into the beautifully distracting com, 6hoursinfroghollow.com Intermountain Cup, Brian Head, UT, Margaret back to the main park road and down into Clinics, Snowmass Village, CO, Women’s moun- Gibson, 435-229-6251, margaret@redrockbicy- views of Prescott National Forest, riders will Campground B where we end the ride with a tain bike skills clinic, Rachel Gottfried, 949-677- April 24, 2021 — The Cactus Hugger ICUP, cle.com, intermountaincup.com connect some of the area’s most exhilarating BBQ. The course is subject to change based 6809, [email protected], vidamtb.com Intermountain Cup, St. George, UT, XC race #2 (and challenging) pieces of singletrack, double on weather conditions. 35 and 45 mile options., in the series. Fast & fun new course at Desert August 28, 2021 — Wasatch All-Road Bicycle Race, track, gravel roads and the occasional paved Dawn Andone, 775-728-8101, cathedralgorge_ September 3-6, 2021 — Wydaho Rendezvous Teton Heber , UT, The first Gravel Grinder Wasatch segment., Dave Castro, 520-623-1584, info@ Mountain Bike Festival, Teton Valley, WY/ID, Canyons Trail Complex, using combination of [email protected], beaverdamgravelgrinder. existing Secret Sauce and Pushing Tin trails, as All-Road Bicycle Race will feature postcard epicrides.com, Dave Castro, dcastro@epicrides. com 11th annual hosted at Grand Targhee Resort. views in Utah’s hidden gem of Heber Valley. This com, epicrides.com Come enjoy endless miles of epic singletrack, lift- well as dirt roads, and new connecting trails., Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, margaret@ event will offer two routes, local food, entertain- June 19, 2021 — Around the Rock Gravel Ride, served downhill, dirt jump and freeride. Wydaho ment, and a $10,000 prize purse split evenly May 1, 2021 — Avimor Coyote Classic, Knobby Tire Jackson, WY, This is an annual ride of passage, Rendezvous Bike Festival supports Teton Valley redrockbicycle.com, intermountaincup.com, Series, Avimor, ID, 14th annual - This is real moun- ridesouthernutah.com between the male and female open catego- leaving from Fitzgerald’s Bicycles each year on Trails and Pathways tvtap.org. Includes 2019 ries. , Jeff Louder, [email protected], tain bike racing; not for the weak. High speed the Solstice Weekend. We’ll head clockwise demos, group rides, skills clinics, shenanigans, April 24, 2021 — Wild Horse Dirt Fondo, POSTPONED thewasatchallroad.com rolling double and single track with a ton of around The Rock (The Grand Teton) on a 50/50 kids activities, music and libations., TVTAP , 208- until 2022, Delle, UT, 76 miles, 5,000 vertical, zero climbing. Tight, technical sagebrush single track, mix of gravel and pavement. 154 miles, 6000 201-1622, [email protected], Devin Dwyer, miles of pavement, county-maintained 2WD September 4, 2021 — Park City Point 2 Point, Park water crossings, quick steep drops, nasty little feet of climbing and TOTALLY doable for the 208-201-1622, [email protected], teton- dirt and gravel roads around and across the City, UT, A true point 2 point race! Thanks to the granny gear climbs., Alex Phipps, 208-841-4120, average fit rider. Whether you ride for speed bikefest.org, grandtarghee.com Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. Little Wild plethora of trails in this area, the race is never [email protected], twistedturtleracing. or ride for the accomplishment it doesn’t mat- Horse option of 31 miles, 1,800 vertical. Covers on the same trail twice. Over 90% of the race com, brokenspokecycling.com ter. The beers taste just as good after! This September 17-19, 2021 — Albuquerque Dirt Fiesta is single-track. 75 miles & 12,000ft of climbing., MTB Festival, Albuquerque, NM, 12 hour race, 2 many of the same segments as The Wild Horse. May 1, 2021 — Flagstaff Frenzy, Flagstaff, AZ, The self-supported, mixed-terrain cycling adventure Separate start at 10 A.M. Start/Finish in Delle, Jay Burke, 801-330-3214, snowchicken.jb@gmail. is a RIDE OF PASSAGE and sure to challenge hour race, and weekend long mtb festival, Seth com, thepcpp.com 2021 MBAA finals, Anthony Quintile, 928-779- Bush, 505-554-0059, [email protected], Utah. The start line is less than one hour west of 5969, [email protected], MBAA , 480- anyone who takes it on!, Fitzgerald’s , 307-201- SLC on I-80. The Wild Horse is a supported Dirt 5453, [email protected], fitzgeralds- ziarides.com September 12, 2021 — Tour des Suds Virtual, 442-4229, [email protected], Denise Barron, 928- Fondo. This is not a race, but there will be a mass Park City, UT, We love a party just as much as 530-0868, , mbaa.net, absolutebikes.net bicycles.com, ridewithgps.com/events/120834- September 17-19, 2021 — Outerbike Tahoe, South start. In case of rain, check for a rescheduled around-the-rock-2020 Lake Tahoe, CA, An opportunity to ride next date., Chris Magerl, 801-595-8293, daymag@ June 25-27, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Downhill- year’s bikes and gears on world class trails. hotmail.com, RideWildHorse.com Participants get bike demos,shuttles, lunch, beer, Enduro Camp, Durango, CO, Take your skills to May 15, 2021 — Volcano Fire Road 120k Gravel the next level by investing in yourself! Learn the and admission to parties and films, in South Lake Tahoe, CA., Mark Sevenoff, 800-845-2453, Grinder, , Veyo, UT, Fun and challenging ravel skills to greatly improve your riding and drills to race! 75 miles with 6200’ climbing in the beauti- master those skills. Increase your confidence, 435-259-8732, [email protected], out- erbike.com ful Pine Valley area north of St George. 56% skill and efficiently with the most experienced dirt, 44% pavement. Solo or 2x relay. Famous (20 years), effective and sought after coach in September 19, 2021 — Monarch Crest Crank, Veyo Pie at the finish line!, Deborah Bowling, the sport, Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@ Salida, CO, Mountain bike event along one of 818-889-2453, [email protected], grav- betterride.net, betterride.net IMBA’s Epic mountain bike trails with proceeds elgrinder.com going to the local nonprofit organization: The July 4-August 22, 2021 — Glacier National Park May 15, 2021 — Three Peaks Classic ICUP, Bike Tour, Whitefish, MT, 7/5-10; 7/12-17; 7/19- Alliance, which helps victims of domestic and sexual abuse. There will be a post-ride party Intermountain Cup, Cedar City, UT, Endurance 7/24; 7/26-31; 8/2-7; 8/9-14, 8/16-21, 8/23-28. XC, 25-50 miles. 1700’ per lap. 7.8 miles and 500 Options for cyclists of all abilities. Ride the Going in Salida’s Riverside Park featuring live music, free lunch, libations, and games with space feet of elevation per lap on dirt roads and the to the Sun Road! Big climbs and bonus mileage fun singletrack that laces its way through Juniper options available., John Humphries, 970-728- limited to 100 riders., Monica Gutierrez, 719- 539-6738, [email protected], Becky and Pinion trees., Joey Dye, 435-674-3185, joey@ 5891, [email protected], lizard- redrockbicycle.com, Margaret Gibson, 435- headcyclingguides.com Rupp, [email protected], monarchcrest- crank.com 229-6251, [email protected], inter- July 9-11, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Camp, Winter mountaincup.com, ridesouthernutah.com Park-Fraser Mountain, CO, Take your skills to the October 1-3, 2021 — Outerbike Fall, Moab, UT, An opportunity to ride next year’s bikes and June 12, 2021 — Wasatch 50, Intermountain Cup, next level by investing in yourself! Learn the skills Heber, UT, The Wasatch 50 (formerly Wasatch to greatly improve your riding and drills to master gears on world class trails. Participants get bike demos,shuttles, lunch, beer, and admission to Back) course is a truly epic route through some those skills. Increase your confidence, skill and of Utah’s beautiful high country. This 21 mile efficiently with the most experienced (20 years), parties and films, 7000 N. Hwy 191 at Moab Brands Trailhead, Mark Sevenoff, 800-845-2453, loop (+/-) features roughly 1,700 feet of climb- effective and sought after coach in the sport, ing per lap and tackles almost the entirety of Gene Hamilton!, Ilse Harms, admin@betterride. 435-259-8732, [email protected], out- erbike.com the Coyote Loop trail starting and finishing at net, betterride.net the UVU-Wasatch campus., Margaret Gibson, July 10, 2021 — Wildflower Trailfest, Powder October 2-3, 2021 — October Trek, Weiser, ID, 2 435-229-6251, [email protected], Mountain, UT, A non-competitive, women day mountain bike gravel ride, 86 mile rails-to- intermountaincup.com only mountain bike ride. All ages and levels wel- trails conversion trail from New Meadows to Weiser, Idaho. Supported ride with meals and June 26, 2021 — Fast Times at Richfield ICUP, camping., Craig Kjar, 208-571-7447, 208-253- Intermountain Cup, Richfield, UT, Check back 4433, [email protected], Pat Trainor, 208- for complete details. , Margaret Gibson, 435- 253-4433, 208-571-7447, [email protected], 229-6251, [email protected], inter- weiserrivertrail.org/octobertrek.html, kotaho. mountaincup.com com/octobertrekinformation/ June 26, 2021 — Brianhead Downhill, Go-Ride October 8-10, 2021 — BetterRide MTB Camp, Moab, Gravity Series, Brian Head, UT, Ron Lindley, 801- UT, Take your skills to the next level by investing in 375-3231, [email protected], go-ride.com, utah- yourself! Learn the skills to greatly improve your dh.org riding and drills to master those skills. Increase July 10, 2021 — The Crusher in the Tushar, Beaver, your confidence, skill and efficiently with the UT, 70 grueling miles exploring Southern Utah’s 18 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021

May 1, 2021 — Ridgeline Rampage, RME, Castle 26th we have a Kids Race and Kids Village, country race is two laps. The course is a mix of July 10, 2021 — Lone Peak’s Revenge Big Sky routes get right down to business, taking riders Rock, CO, 16-mile loop runs clockwise this Mountain Bike Race, Gravel Grinder,Cruiser Crit, single track and fire-road. It is a fast and smooth Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Big Sky, MT, from downtown Winter Park onto remote gravel year with ~1,700 of elevation gain per lap. BMX event and vendors., Gaige Sippy, 970- course with few technical sections. The most Montana Enduro Series , contact@mon- roads and up into the mountains. With high Distances for all levels, free junior and kids 259-4621, [email protected], laps wins. Approximately 1350 feet ascending tanaenduro.com, Christine Wike, christine@ altitude, panoramic views and crisp mountain races. Distances: Endurance-48 miles, XC-32 ironhorsebicycleclassic.com and descending per lap., Todd Jackson, 530- montanabicycleguild.org, montanaenduro. air, you’ll be fired up before the ride even miles, Appetizer-16 miles, Jr 15-18 16 miles, Jr 546-1019, [email protected], Kiley com, montanabicycleguild.org starts! , Tracy Powers, [email protected], 13-14 10 miles, Jr 11-12 5 miles., Thane Wright, May 29, 2021 — City Creek Pocatello Pedalfest, McInroy, [email protected], big- rollmassif.com 970-401-1422, [email protected], rocky- Tentative, Pocatello, ID, Cross Country Races. blueadventure.com July 10-11, 2021 — Brundage Mountain Cross mountainendurance.com Beginner, Sport, Expert & Open Classes (12, 17, Country, Knobby Tire Series, McCall, ID, Cross July 24, 2021 — The Rift Gravel Race Iceland, 27 miles). Awards, prizes, raffle, music, food June 19, 2021 — The Bailey Hundo, Palmer Lake, country and endurance mtb race on Sunday, Hvolsvöllur, Iceland, The Rift is a 200 km (125 May 1, 2021 — Three-Quarter Minus Cykeltur & fun. $2000 cash prizes, $500 to fastest riders, CO, 10th year for the race. The HUNDO is 100 Alex Phipps, 208-841-4120, alex01phipps@gmail. miles) off-road bike race through the dark lava Gravel Grinder, Sandpoint, ID, Syringa Cyclery Alex Phipps, 208-841-4120, alex01phipps@gmail. miles with 10,000 vertical feet, the HUNDitO is com, twistedturtleracing.com fields in the highlands of Iceland. It traverses the , 208-610-9990, [email protected], syrin- com, pocatellopedalfest.com, twistedturtlerac- 50 miles with 6,000 vertical feet, in the Buffalo continental rift between North America and gacyclery.com ing.com Creek trail system – permitted by the USFS., July 10, 2021 — Joe Cosley Pancake Ride Gravel Eurasia - a rift that grows one inch every year. Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, jen@teamever- Grinder, Whitefish, MT, The Uff da 184 rolls out The growth is evident with vast lava fields all May 1, 2021 — Sarlacc Attack 50k, Fruita, CO, to about 184 miles with 18k of climbing and May 29-30, 2021 — Big Mountain Enduro, Big green.org, baileyhundo.org around creating a surreal landscape. A land- The loop combines The Edge and Sarlacc trails Mountain Enduro Series, Santa Fe, NM, BME descending. The route is a loop, with an aid scape that is remote, rugged and unpredict- to make up an epic adventure. You’ll ride on Stop #2: A two-day backcountry race entailing June 19, 2021 — Terrible Two, Sebastopol, CA, The station at about mile 40, 100, 150, and a con- the edge of cliffs and your limits. World class upwards of 6’000 feet of long rocky descents., Terrible Two is our region’s version of an epic, venience store at mile 60. The route rolls over able!, The Rift , 011-354-626-3332, info@therift. singletrack, uphill grinds, and flowy descents Brandon Ontiveros, brandon@bigmountainen- and has been running since 1976. There are two mixed surfaces. 90% dirt and 10% chipseal/ bike, therift.bike all abound on the Edge Loop. This desert 50K duro.com, bigmountainenduro.com challenging routes, neither for the faint of heart. pavement. Roads are a combination of Forest July 30-August 1, 2021 — Pomerelle Pounder DH, course is an early season test of stamina and The first, starting at 121 miles is considered a Service, Montana Dept. of Resources, BLM and Go-Ride Gravity Series, Albion, ID, Two USAC gives a reason to train through the winter. With June 2, 2021 — Mid Week Melee - Race 1, Bear tough century, and a gateway ride to the more County. Dirt roads are improved and suitable Creek Lake, CO, Three distances to choose sanctioned downhill races in two days. , Ron the combination of many short ups and downs formidable Terrible Two 200 mile course. It is a for 2 wheel drive vehicles. Paved roads are, Lindley, 801-375-3231, [email protected], Darren and the big climb up the mesa, this event will from including: the Elite Mini Course (1.9 miles), slightly abbreviated version of the Terrible Two well paved. All roads are open to general Short Course (4.3 miles), and Long Course (4.8 Lightfield, 208-608-6444, wildrockiesemail@ definitely push riders. Racers will have three aid and excludes Napa County. It also starts two vehicle traffic, Route: https://ridewithgps.com/ yahoo.com, go-ride.com, utahdh.org stations and will receive a finisher’s memento miles)., Dave Muscianisi, 303-817-6523, dave@ hours later. Both are equally supported through- routes/29517384, Brad Lamson, joe@pancak- and age group awards., Reid Delman, 303- rattlerseries.com, rattlerracing.com/event/mid- out., Santa Rosa Cycling Club , ridedirector@ eride.com, pancakeride.com July 30-August 1, 2021 — Leadville Stage Race, 249-1112, [email protected], week-melee-1/ srcc.com, srcctt.webflow.io Leadville Race Series, Leadville, CO, 100M (100 July 11, 2021 — Silver Rush 50, Leadville Race Kyla Claudell, 303-249-1112, kyla@geminiadven- June 5, 2021 — The Dead Swede Gravel Grinder, miles over three days), Team Option. Experience tures.com, geminiadventures.com June 20-26, 2021 — Desert Rats Classic, Fruita, CO, Series, Leadville, CO, At 10,000-12,500 feet the legendary Leadville Trail 100 course over Wyoming Gravel Grinder Series, Sheridan, WY, The 2020 race will be a single 50K loop at 18 above sea level, this challenging 50 mile out- 40 or 100 miles, Adam Leiferman, 307-462-6038, three days. Push the pace to see what you’re May 7-9, 2021 — US Bank 18 Hours of Fruita, Fruita, RoadRace on the beautiful flowy singletrack and-back course takes racers through the his- made of, or use the stages to prepare or qualify CO, 16th Annual event at Highline Lake State [email protected], Sheridan Bicycle and dirt roads at 18 Road. This single loop course toric mining district on Leadville’s East side. Company , 307-763-4481, , thedeadswede.com for the Leadville Trail 100 in August. This is one Park, an oasis in the desert with the famous combines the Edge Loop and Sarlacc Trails to This race is known for its long, lung-burning amazing party, with daily stage prizes, raffles, midnight start. Limited to 100 teams and 30 June 5, 2021 — The Angry Horse Gravel Grinder, bring you some difficult climbs, fast descents, climbs and rocky, steep terrain. Solo or Tandem unmatched swag, food, beer and live music. , solos., Mike Heaston, 970-858-7220, emgmh@ Idaho Falls, ID, The course will be unmarked this dirt roads, flowy singletrack and maybe some 50m. Leadville Trail 100 Qualifier., Paul Anderson, Paul Anderson, 719-219-9364, panderson4@life- emgcolorado.com, George Gatseos, 970-858- year but a route file or cue sheet is mandatory. hike-a-bike.This fun 50K course is an early sea- 719-219-9364, [email protected], timefitness.com, leadvilleraceseries.com 7220, [email protected], 18hrsoffruita.com There will be primitive aid only with water and son test of stamina and gives a reason to train leadvilleraceseries.com drop bag zones so prepare for a self-support- through the winter. With the combination of July 31-August 1, 2021 — Steamboat Springs May 8-9, 2021 — Grand Enduro, Grand Junction, many short ups and downs and a couple climbs July 12-18, 2021 — USA Cycling Mountain Bike CO, 4th Annual, Race the top 3 trails of the ed ride! Funds obtained will go toward local Enduro, Revolution Enduro Series, Steamboat up the mesa, this event will definitely test your National Championships, Winter Park, CO, Springs, CO, Saturday racing will start with a Lunch Loops (Ribbon, Gunny, and Free Lunch) trail development within the Greater Teton/ Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, chodge@usacy- Eastern Idaho region., Brooke Jeffs, 208-528- fitness. Racers will have three aid stations and shuttle ride to access new never raced trails for with amazing views in the background. This is will receive a finisher’s memento and age group cling.org, usacycling.org the only race on the Ribbon... come see what 0664, [email protected], cbibikes. 3-4 Stages in the back country. Sunday August com, ridetheangryhorse.com awards., Reid Delman, 303-249-1112, reid_del- July 16-18, 2021 — NW Cup Downhill Series, 19, will be three Stages with lift and pedal it’s like to ride up to 50mph on a big slab of rock! [email protected], Kyla Claudell, 22-35 minutes of racing over 6.2 miles of trail. Northwest Cup Downhill Series, Whitefish, MT, transfers at the Steamboat Bike Park and Forest June 5, 2021 — Elephant Rock Sunrise to Sunset, 303-249-1112, [email protected], Downhill race. Held at Whitefish Bike Park. Friday Service trail system, David Scully, 970-846-5012, 2.5-4 hours of total ride time covering ~22 miles., Roll Massif, Castle Rock, CO, 12 hour endurance geminiadventures.com John Klish, 970-744-4450, 573-366-3681, mad- will be open practice. Saturday will be split [email protected], revolutionen- race on a moderately technical off-road course. [email protected], grandenduro. June 25-27, 2021 — NW Cup Downhill Series, practice by category. Pro/JuniorX seeding duro.com Register as an individual or form a team that Saturday evening. Sunday racing all categories, com, madracingcolorado.com Northwest Cup Downhill Series, Donnelly , ID, July 31, 2021 — Telluride 100 Mountain Bike Race, loves to shred for a memorable day of racing, Downhill race. Held at Tamarack Bike Park. Scott Tucker, 360-797-4288, [email protected], May 8, 2021 — The Pony Xpress Gravel 160, camaraderie and laughs., Tracy Powers, sup- nwcup.com Telluride, CO, 100 mile mtb race, Tobin , 970- Friday will be open practice. Saturday will be 417-1751, [email protected], telluride100.com Colorado Gravel Grinder Championships, [email protected], rollmassif.com split practice by category. Pro/JuniorX seeding Trinidad, CO, 160 km and 80 km options. Held July 17, 2021 — Tahoe Trail 100, Leadville Race June 5, 2021 — Rimrock MTB Dash, Billings, MT, Saturday evening. Sunday racing all categories, Series, Northstar, CA, Ride 50K or 100K of rocky July 31, 2021 — Jug Mountain Enduro, Wild Rockies on gravel roads northwest of Trinidad, CO. PRO GRT too, Scott Tucker, 360-797-4288, scott@ Series, McCall, ID, Enduro mtb race, Alex Phipps, Working head and tail light and helmet are The Ride Cyclery , 406-272-2233, sam@theri- summits, breathtaking pine forests and beautiful decyclery.com, The Spoke Shop , 406-656- nwcup.com, nwcup.com Lake Tahoe views. 100K riders can qualify for the 208-841-4120, [email protected], twist- required. Maps will be adequate for 70 km edturtleracing.com but GPS is preferred for 160 km option. 6th 8342, [email protected], facebook.com/ June 25-27, 2021 — Carson City Off-Road, Epic Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, RimrockMTBDash Annual, ride through the picturesque Spanish Rides Off-Road Series, Carson City, NV, At the [email protected], Todd Jackson, August 1, 2021 — Race Montana Triathlon, Great Peaks. This event will also include an electric June 11-13, 2021 — Missoula PRO XCT, US Pro XCT, Carson City Off-Road, riders of all skill levels will 530-546-1019, [email protected], Falls, MT, Sprint and Olympic Distances along bicycle class with a start time 30 minutes after Western Montana Trail Series, Montana Off- enjoy big climbs, long singletrack descents and tahoetrailmtb.com, youphoriaproductions.com with the option of a solo or team triathlon. the event begins., Phil Schweizer, 877-743-3566, Road Series (MORS), Missoula, MT, Steep, techni- expansive views of Lake Tahoe, the Eastern July 17, 2021 — Tahoe Trail, Leadville Race Series, Long and short events are offered for youth [email protected], coloradogravel- cal climbs and descents will alternate between Sierra Nevadas, and the historic Washoe Valley Northstar Village, CA, Leadville Qualifier. The participants. Beginner adults can sign up for “Try grinderchampionship.com/pony-xpress/the- single track, double track, and infrequent dirt while being immersed in 3-days of mountain Tahoe Trail 100 offers athletes a 2-loop, 50 A Tri” Triathlon (100-meter swim, 3-mile bike, and race road sections. The course features over 850ft bike culture accented by free live music., Dave kilometer course filled with beautiful views of 1-mile walk/run). All participants get a free pass of relief per lap; while it is not at extremely high Castro, 520-623-1584, [email protected], Dave Lake Tahoe. , Paul Anderson, 719-219-9364, pan- to the Electric City Water Park on the day of May 8, 2021 — Fangdango, Bailey, CO, 5 mile Castro, [email protected], epicrides.com circuit, XC race, Dave Muscianisi, 303-817-6523, altitude, multiple long, steep climbs per lap will [email protected], leadvilleraceseries. the event., Ron Ray, 406-761-2222, info@racemt. [email protected], rattlerracing.com/ test racers’ fitness limits. Pro XCT plus UCI Juniors June 26, 2021 — Knobby 9 to 5, Knobby Tire com com, racemt.com/event/race-montana-triath- 17-18. Homesteader 6 hour on Saturday, Ben lon, racemttri.com event/fangdango/ Series, McCall, ID, High speed rolling double- July 24, 2021 — Butte 100 Races, Butte, MT, Horan, 312-502-5997, [email protected], mtb- track. Tight, technical sagebrush single-track, May 8-9, 2021 — Arizona State MTB Championships, missoula.org, usacycling.org Continental Divide Trail, Single Track, Big Sky August 7, 2021 — Pierre’s Hole MTB Race, National water crossings, quick steep drops, nasty little Country, 100 and 50 mile options, and a Sorini Ultra Endurance Series, Alta, WY, 12th Annual! Prescott, AZ, Arizona State MTB Championships granny gear climbs. Single speeders’ dream., (USAC Sanctioned) at Emmanuel Pines, MBAA , June 11-13, 2021 — Silver Mountain Enduro - 25 mile option. 13th Annual, Stephanie Sorini, Staging begins at the Grand Targhee Resort, North American Enduro Cup, Montana Enduro Alex Phipps, 208-841-4120, alex01phipps@gmail. ample lodging and amenities available. 100 480-442-4229, [email protected], mbaa.net com, twistedturtleracing.com 406-490-7632, [email protected], Series, Idaho Enduro Series, North American butte100.com consists of 33-mile loop, each lap features May 14-16, 2021 — Grand Junction Off-Road, Epic Enduro Cup, Kellogg, ID, Held at Silver Mountain June 26, 2021 — Pocatello Enduro, Idaho Enduro approx. 4,000 ft climbing on single and double- Rides Off-Road Series, Grand Junction, CO, Ski Resort, Returning for its 5th year to Silver Series, Pocatello, ID, Long back-country stages. July 24, 2021 — Galena Grinder 4.0, Knobby Tire track trails. The race course is on an IMBA Epic Participants will climb their way out of down- Mountain, the North American Enduro Cup will 28+ miles, 5000’ descending, 4000’ climbing. Series, Galena Lodge, ID, XC/Marathon, 40 trails at Grand Targhee. Total elevation for the town Grand Junction onto the Uncompahgre once again be an EWS qualifier where racers Pro payout., Alex Phipps, 208-841-4120, alex- mile loop; Pro/Expert/SS, 25 mile loop; Sport/ 100 mile race is approx. 13,000 ft. 100 mile (3 Plateau (the world’s largest mesa), while con- from across North America will descend upon [email protected], idahoenduroseries.com Clydesdale, 20 mile loop; Beginner, 10.5 mile laps), 100km (2 laps), 50km (1 lap) events. The necting some of the area’s favorite technically sunny, scenic Kellogg, Idaho to take on world loop; and Youth with a 5 mile loop. , Alex Phipps, 100 mile race is part of the NUE Series and the challenging singletrack, double track, gravel class trails, national caliber competition, and June 26, 2021 — Lutsen 99er, Leadville Race 208-841-4120, [email protected], twist- 100 k is a new NUE marathon series race., Andy roads and the occasional paved segment in the $12,000 pro purse,New trails, race catego- Series, Leadville, CO, This race offers 99, 69, 49, edturtleracing.com Williams, 800-TARGHEE ext. 1309, awilliams@ the world famous Lunch Loops trail system ries to include e-bikes* and more amateur age 25, and kid distances combined with a week- July 24, 2021 — Up the Creek (UTC) Cascade grandtarghee.com, grandtarghee.com/pierres- and beyond., Dave Castro, 520-623-1584, info@ categories, cut-off times, full on finish line fes- end packed with fun, adventure and “killer” hole-50-100-mountain-bike-race/ epicrides.com, Dave Castro, dcastro@epicrides. tivities and MORE!, NA Enduro , naenduro.com, mountain biking for everyone. , Paul Anderson, Gravel Grinder, Cascade, ID, Cyclists will enjoy com, epicrides.com naenduro.com 719-219-9364, [email protected], some of Idaho’s beautiful back country. We August 7-8, 2021 — Tamarack Twister & Enduro, leadvilleraceseries.com/lutsen-99er/ will offer two routes; 1) a 60-mile route that will Knobby Tire Series, Donnelly, ID, Cross country May 15, 2021 — Royal Gorge Six and Twelve June 11-13, 2021 — Missoula XC, Missoula, MT, include a race feature until mile marker 45 and and enduro race on Sunday at a beautiful Hour MTB Races, Cañon City, CO, Six and solo, duo, quad, Shaun Radley, 406-219-1318, June 27, 2021 — Eagle Enduro, Revolution Enduro 2) a 40-mile route that features a scenic loop venue. Cross County race, Fast and flowy, Alex Twelve Hour MTB Races, Seth Bush, 505-554-0059, [email protected], montanacy- Series, Eagle, CO, This venue for the series will through Round Valley. Most of these routes will Phipps, 208-841-4120, [email protected], [email protected], ziarides.com clocross.com/events/ be a big one day backcountry race venturing be on dirt roads thus the gravel grinder name. twistedturtleracing.com up into the high country with both technical We are also adding a race feature for the May 15, 2021 — Wild Horse Gravel, Tentative, Roll June 12, 2021 — Fears, Tears, and Beers Enduro, Ely, and high speed courses!, David Scully, 970- longer route, please go to the website, Mary August 14, 2021 — Leadville Trail 100, Leadville Massif, De Beque, CO, Back for 2021, Wild Horse NV, Enduro mountain bike event. Timed sections 846-5012, [email protected], revolu- , 513-382-3938, [email protected], Race Series, Leadville, CO, One of the most Gravel showcases the unique high desertscape mostly downhill, combined time wins. Men’s and tionenduro.com 4summitchallenge.com notorious and challenging bike races in the of the Western Slope. Hosted on the luxury High women’s events for all classes. Fun run, begin- world. 100 mile out-and-back. , Paul Anderson, Lonesome Ranch, riders will be treated to a ner, sport, and expert classes., Kent Robertson, June 27, 2021 — Hell Gravel Racing, Montana July 24-25, 2021 — Big Mountain Enduro, Big 719-219-9364, [email protected], country cook-out, campfire, cabins, camping 775-289-6042, 775-296-2162, krobeg@mwpower. Off-Road Series (MORS), Helena, MT, 60 miles, Mountain Enduro Series, Big Sky, MT, BME Stop leadvilleraceseries.com – or glamping – and the best local music. In addi- net, Kyle Horvath, 775-289-3720, kyle.horvath@ Joe Hamilton, [email protected], Jason #3: 3 to 4 stages per day and upwards of tion to being hidden well, The High Lonesome elynevada.net, elynevada.net/fears-tears-and- Steichen, [email protected], Sheli 7,500 feet of descending, most of which will August 14-15, 2021 — 12 and 24 Hours of Ranch and its surrounding area isn’t open to beers/ Thomas, [email protected], Jesus Salazar, be lift accessed, but with some pedal transi- Flathead, Kalispell, MT, A non-profit race to riding year-round, so participants benefit from 406-202-2868, competitivecycling@montanacy- tions equalling roughly 3,000 feet of climbing provide awareness and adaptive equip- exclusive access to this secret stash of wild- June 12-13, 2021 — 24 Hours in the Enchanted clinglab.org, montanacyclinglab.org, montana- over both days. Steep and technical., Brandon ment to individuals living with paralysis and west gravel. You’ll only be disappointed if you Forest, N24, Albuquerque, NM, Everything that cycling.net Ontiveros, [email protected], other life altering disabilities. Race features were hoping for a bunch of auto traffic on the you want from a 24 Hour Race. We have an bigmountainenduro.com both bicycle and hand cycle courses. Held route., Tracy Powers, [email protected], amazing course with epic singletrack winding July 1-4, 2021 — Leadville Training Camp, Leadville in Herron Park., Tia Celentano, 406-261-1769, rollmassif.com through meadows, pines and aspens. The Zuni Race Series, Leadville, CO, Ride with past cham- July 24, 2021 — Winter Park Sunrise to Sunset, Roll [email protected], 24hoursofflathead. Mountains outside of Gallup, NM are a great pions and experience every inch of the LT 100 Massif, Winter Park, CO, Winter Park Sunrise to org, facebook.com/24HoursOfFlathead May 16, 2021 — Scratchgravels XC Cup, Montana place to ride. We have an awesome venue MTB course in Leadville. A question and answer Sunset will be held in conjunction with Crooked Off-Road Series (MORS), Helena, MT, The course in the ponderosa pines with plenty of space session will offer insight into proper training, diet Gravel. The 12-hour relay format and the sec- August 14, 2021 — Enduro Pescado Whitefish is approximately a 5.8 mile loop, comprised of to hang out with friends and family and hang and race strategy. Camp riders will get tons of tion of trails used in Sunrise to Sunset are just Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Whitefish, 70% double-track and 30% single-track. Demo your hammock, great party atmosphere with camp swag, great food and amazing, unforget- above town, making access and relaxation MT, Montana Enduro Series , contact@mon- bikes after the race., Joe Hamilton, j_hamilton@ vendors, movies, food, kids activities, and fun for table experience., Paul Anderson, 719-219-9364, between laps super easy. The option to race in tanaenduro.com, Christine Wike, christine@ bresnan.net, Jason Steichen, jason.steichen@ everyone., Seth Bush, 505-554-0059, ElCapitan@ [email protected], leadvilleraceseries.com teams, from two person to five person squads, montanabicycleguild.org, montanaenduro. gmail.com, Sheli Thomas, thomasshelit@gmail. ZiaRides.com, ziarides.com gives teammates not on course a chance to com com, Jesus Salazar, 406-202-2868, competitive- July 7, 2021 — Mid Week Melee - Race 2, Bear enjoy the festive and mountainous atmosphere., [email protected], montanacy- June 12, 2021 — Gowdy Grinder, TENTATIVE, Creek Lake, CO, Three distances to choose Tracy Powers, [email protected], rollmas- August 14, 2021 — Big Mountain Enduro, Big clinglab.org, montanacycling.net Cheyenne, WY, Cross country mountain bike from including: the Elite Mini Course (1.3 miles), sif.com Mountain Enduro Series, Winter Park, CO, BME race that takes place on the trails of Curt Short Course (4.3 miles), and Long Course (4.8 Stop #4: The BME returns to Winter Park again May 16, 2021 — Madgravel, Peaceful Valley, CO, Gowdy State Park in southeastern Wyoming. The miles)., Dave Muscianisi, 303-817-6523, dave@ July 24, 2021 — Crooked Gravel, Roll Massif, Winter in 2021. Taking place on August 14th, this ever- Three distances to choose from including: the beginner races are on a course with a handful rattlerseries.com, rattlerracing.com/event/mid- Park, CO, This ride is held in conjunction with popular event will blend high altitude racing Sprint (43 miles), Marathon (78 miles), and Ultra of short technical sections, but mostly smooth week-melee-2/ Sunrise Sunset Winter Park. The 65- and 93-mile mixed with rugged terrain and big descents. , (123 miles). , Dave Muscianisi, 303-817-6523, riding. The more advanced categories will find Brandon Ontiveros, brandon@bigmountainen- [email protected], rattlerracing.com/ plenty of challenging riding typical of Curt duro.com, bigmountainenduro.com event/madgravel/ Gowdy., Jodee Pring, 307-631-2980, WyoXMTB@ August 14, 2021 — Colorado Junior Cup, Bailey, May 22, 2021 — Co2uT - Desert Gravel, Fruita, gmail.com, wyohsmtbikeracing.com/fundrais- ing-via-our-local-race-the-gowdy-grinder CO, Colorado Junior Cup returns for its 3rd year CO, The Co2uT chemical equation can be on May 9, 2020 in Bailey, Colorado. Come on out broken down as follows: Co=Colorado, 2=to, June 17-19, 2021 — G3 (Grand Gear Grind), all junior mountain bike racers!, Dave Muscianisi, uT=Utah. This kick-ass gravel race will take you TENTATIVE, Winter Park, CO, G3 hosts its second 303-817-6523, [email protected], rattler- from Colorado to Utah...and back. Designed annual 3-day mountain bike stage race in racing.com, coloradojuniorcup.com by a long-time western-slope local, each route Winter Park, Colorado on June 25-27, 2020. Use offers mind-blowing, gravel-loving terrain, quad- this race to qualify for mountain bike nationals., August 15, 2021 — SBT GRVL Gravel Grinder, busting hills, breathtaking views, wildlife cameos, Dave Muscianisi, 303-817-6523, dave@rattlerser- Steamboat Springs, CO, 6:30 am on Yampa epic adventure and of course, FUN., Jennifer ies.com, www.g3race.com Street. Three distances: 37/100/141 miles with Barbour, 303-503-4616, jen@teamevergreen. 2000/6000/9000 feet of climbing, respectively. org, Kim Nordquist, 303-249-6168, director@ June 17, 2021 — Grand Gear Grind, Grand County, Mixed surface with the majority on hard packed bicyclerace.com, Morgan Murri, 303-475-6053, CO, Expect 90 miles of pristine, challenging trails gravel roads, Amy Charity, 970-215-4045, info@ [email protected], desertgravel.com, in Winter Park and Granby. , Dave Muscianisi, sbtgrvl.com, sbtgrvl.com teamevergreen.org 303-817-6523, [email protected], rattler- racing.com/event/g3-race/ May 28-30, 2021 — Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, Durango, CO, 49th Annual, Road Race and Tour June 19, 2021 — Lake Tahoe Mountain Bike Race, from Durango to Silverton. Both are on Saturday Tahoe City, CA, Race in the cross country race, 25th and are a 50 mile ride from Durango 4 hour or 8 hour race as a solo or on a team of to Silverton. Take off with the train, traveling 2, 3 or 4 (teams of 3 and 4 apply to the 8hr race over two 10,000ft mountain passes enroute to only). The course is approximately 12.8 miles. the historical mining town of Silverton. Sunday Fast lap times are around 50 minutes. Cross Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 19

August 21, 2021 — York 38 Special, York, MT, 964-8951, [email protected], tofww. October 16-17, 2021 — Wild West Fest, Ruidoso, June 24-26, 2021 — Utah Summer Games, Utah Ride 38 or 76 miles on single track, gravel, and org NM, 6 hour and 12 hour race, along with a 40 Summer Games Cycling, Cedar City, UT, Hill Regional Weekly Forest Service roads through breathtaking scen- miler marathon option and pedalduro held at Climb (4 miles with average grade of 7%, Time ery in the Helena National Forest gaining 3000 September 18, 2021 — Barn Burner 104, Leadville Grindstone Lake and the Cedar Creek trails, Trial (10 miles out and back course), Criterium vertical feet!, Rita Naylor, 406-475-3085, rbnmon- Race Series, Flagstaff, AZ, 104 mile mountain Seth Bush, 505-554-0059, ElCapitan@ZiaRides. (.95 mile closed course, counter clockwise) , [email protected], york38special.org bike race, Solo, Duo, Teams, Kaibab and com, ziarides.com Road Race (20, 40 and 60 mile course) with Road Race Series Coconino National Forest, Camping on private overall Omnium., Pace Clarke, 435-865-8423, August 22, 2021 — Battle of the Gravel, Good Dirt land. 26 and 52 mile options. Party afterwards October 23, 2021 — Horny Toad Hustle MTB Race, [email protected], Quinn Pratt, 435-572-0007, May 25-July 20, 2021 — SWICA Fairground Ride, Savery, WY, The Battle of the Gravel will with music, food, and beer, Jeff Frost, 928- New Mexico Off Road Series, Las Cruces, NM, [email protected], utahsummergames.org Criterium Series, SWICA Criterium Series, Boise, host 3 self-supported distances - a 21, 68 and 380-0633, [email protected], Paul Anderson, Jan Bear, 505-670-4665, [email protected], ID, Local training crit series at Expo Idaho West 91 miles (we will have water/drink mix/snacks 719-219-9364, [email protected], Dave Halliburton, 575-312-5991, gotdirtnm@ June 26, 2021 — Old Snowbasin Road Hill lot (Glenwood Street south of Hawks Stadium). along the way & with the motos). The event barnburnermtb.com, leadvilleraceseries.com gmail.com, hornytoadhustle.com, nmors.org Climb, Utah State Hill Climb Series, UCA Series, Every Tuesday except June 8 , Kurt Holzer, 208- will start and finish at the Boyer YL Ranch with Snowbasin, UT, Late June will see the second 890-3118, [email protected], Kevin a BBQ dinner to celebrate the finish. The ride is September 18, 2021 — Fire on the Rim Mountain October 30-31, 2021 — Rexy, Queen of the Desert!, race with a road that contains a long climb with Spiegel, [email protected], idahobi- semi supported with three stops. Lodging and Bike Race, Pine, AZ, 15, 30, and 45 mile mtb Fruita, CO, Rexy has two options: the Solo a short but fast decent in the middle known as keracing.org races near Payson, AZ, Janet Brandt, info@ and the four person relay. The solo spans 208 Old Snowbasin Road. During this event, we see camping available at the Boyer YL Ranch and fireontherim.com, fireontherim.com in the town of Baggs (20 miles). All proceeds miles and is for men and women. The relay is riders who can handle their bikes on two short, go to support our work with Africa cyclists at for women only., Morgan Murri, 303-475-6053, hard packed sections. This climb will commence Regional Road Racing September 18, 2021 — Helena Enduro, Montana [email protected], desertgravel.com teamafricarising.org, Kimberly Coats, 307-383- Enduro Series, Helena, MT, Montana Enduro by mass starts broken into different start seg- 7778, 530-744-8773, teamrwandacycling@gmail. Series , [email protected], ments., Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, dcowley@ com, battleofthegravel.com Christine Wike, christine@montanabicycleguild. Utah Weekly comcast.net, racedaywebsites.com ID, WY, MT, NV, AZ, org, montanaenduro.com, montanabicycle- July 9-10, 2021 — Cache Gran Fondo, UCI Gran August 22, 2021 — The Last Best Ride Gravel, guild.org Whitefish, MT, 48 and 78 miles, Jessica Cerra, Fondo World Series, USA AND Gran Fondo [email protected], thelastbestridemt. September 18, 2021 — Mountains to Meadows, Road Race Series National Series, Logan, UT, Celebrating our 10th NM, CO, MT, OR, WA, com Grinduro, Mt. Shasta, CA, 62 miles of pavement, year! In 2020, we worked with state and local gravel, and singletrack with a TON of climbing Utah Criterium Series — Locations TBD, Utah Crit officials to re-engineer our event. We are serious August 28, 2021 — Big Sky Biggie, Big Sky, MT, and twisty descents. Most of the ride is casual, Series, West Valley City, UT, Saturdays at 11 am about the health and safety of our riders and and Beyond Big Sky, MT, 30 and 50 Mile races on Saturday. there are four timed sections that are designed in March - Tuesdays at 6pm, April - through we plan to be ever-vigilant again this year. We Starting in Big Sky’s Town Center (Meadow to cater to specific strengths. Grinduro rac- September, A and B at 6, C and D at 7 pm, are a UCI Gran Fondo World Championship and April 21-25, 2021 — Redlands Bicycle Classic, Village) and climbing into the scenic views from ers and spectators are treated tothree days Locations TBD, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, utcrit- GFNS Qualifier, but riders of all abilities are invit- Redlands, CA, The Redlands Bicycle Classic Lone Peak and Buck Ridge, riders will ride some of camping, live music (including a late-night [email protected], race2wheels.com ed to participate. TT on Friday followed by 38, is the longest continuous running invitational, of the area’s most exhilarating (and challeng- DJ), beer, awesome food, and campfires., Kurt 50, 70 and 100-mile courses on Saturday through professional stage race in American bike racing. ing) pieces of single-track, double-track, gravel Stockton, [email protected], grinduro.com Salt Air Time Trial Series — Utah Crit Series, Salt Lake a fun, low-traffic, and scenic route in Cache Each year, the City of Redlands and surrounding roads and the occasional paved segment., City, UT, Every other Thursday April - September, Valley, UT. The finish is a festival for all riders, with communities open their homes, their hearts and Natalie Osborne, 907-223-0858, natalie@bigsky- September 19, 2021 — Rats 50 Endurance MTB I-80 Frontage Road West of the International race prizes, recreational rider prizes (UCI winners their streets to world-class athletes. From humble biggie.com, bigskybiggie.com Race, Eagle, CO, With the start/finish line right in Center, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, utcritseries@ receive a jersey and medal), finisher medals, beginnings on a Memorial Day weekend in 1985, the heart of Eagle friends and family can enjoy gmail.com, utahcritseries.com and unique jerseys at a cost. 20% of UCI racers in August 28, 2021 — La Tierra Torture Mountain Bike the event, featuring 350 elite racers, has hosted a weekend of relaxing with a beer, a hot meal, 16 different age categories qualify for UCI World future stars of the Olympics, Tour de France, and Race, Tentative, New Mexico Off Road Series, music and a massage at the recovery station. DLD (DMV) Criterium — Utah Crit Series, West Championships., Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, Santa Fe, NM, fast and flowy course, Jan Bear, Valley City, UT, Weekly Training Crit at the World Championships. The Redlands Bicycle The singletrack is beautiful with a great test of [email protected], cachegranfondo.com Classic’s long heritage of attracting future 505-670-4665, [email protected], nmors.org, stamina by featuring uphill grinds, short ups and Driver’s Training Center, 4700S. 2780W., A flite - 6 pm, B flite between 6:45 and 7:05, Call for infor- July 10, 2021 — Utah State Time Trial Championship, stars has earned its position in history: “Where core-crew.com downs, and a couple of big climbs which will Legends Are Born!”, Eric Reiser, ericrei@msn. test your fitness and culminate into a worthwhile mation regarding C flite. Wednesdays April April UCA Series, Rush Valley, UT, Marek Shon, 801- August 28, 2021 — Lake City Alpine 50, Lake City, - August, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, utcritseries@ 209-2479, [email protected], race2wheels. com, , redlandsclassic.com/ CO, This lung-busting race will take you by summer training. Racers will have three aid stations and will receive a finisher’s memento gmail.com, utahcritseries.com com April 24, 2021 — Steel City Road Race, Pueblo the iconic Lake San Cristobal before climbing Classic, Pueblo, CO, This is an out-and-back through the alpine tundra to the two of the and age group awards. Proceeds will benefit Emigration Canyon Hillclimb Series — Utah Crit July 17-18, 2021 — Salt Lake Criteriums, USA CRITS, The Cycle Effect, a local non-profit with the mis- Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Starts north of Zoo Salt Lake City, UT, Professional and amateur course held on the access road to the US highest passes in Colorado: Cinnamon Pass DOT rail test tract just outside Pueblo. With (12,640 feet) and Engineer Pass (12,800) feet. sion to empower girls through mountain bik- 7.4 miles to top of Emigration. First rider off at categories, expo and more! Benefits the Utah ing., Reid Delman, 303-249-1112, reid_delman@ smooth pavement, wide sweeping turns and The race will feature over 7,500 feet of climbing 6:30. Every other Thursday April through August, Food Bank, Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, dcow- geminiadventures.com, Kyla Claudell, 303-249- few gentle hills, it features a turn-around at the through some of the most incredible sections of Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, utcritseries@gmail. [email protected], Eric Gardiner, 801-660-9173, 1112, [email protected], geminiad- com, utahcritseries.com [email protected], saltlakecriterium.com 17 mile mark. Categories will race 34, 48, or 68 the San Juan Mountains. This is a USA Cycling ventures.com miles., Jim Castagneri, 720-216-9116, castag- sanctioned event. benefit the Town of Lake City Logan Race Club Thursday Night Time Trial Series July 26-August 1, 2021 — Larry H. Miller Tour of [email protected], collegiatecycling.org/rmccc/ and the Lake Fork Valley Conservancy., Michael September 25-February 26, 2021 — The Fox US — Logan, UT, Thursdays. TT series consisting of 18 Utah, Various, UT, The Tour of Utah is a UCI 2.Pro rmccc-pueblo-classic/, coloradocycling.org Fleishman, [email protected], lakec- Open of Mountain Biking, Big Bear Lake, CA, races on five difference courses, with weekly sanctioned men’s professional cycling stage ityalpine50.com Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, chodge@usacy- and end-of-series prizes. Check the website for race that is part of the new UCI ProSeries. As April 25, 2021 — Pueblo Chilly Criterium, Pueblo cling.org, usacycling.org Classic, Pueblo, CO, This is a classic and fast August 28, 2021 — Old-Fashioned Mountain Bike the location of the weekly course., Stephen America’s Toughest Stage Race, the week- Clyde, 435-750-8785, [email protected], Ben long event features 120 riders from 17 teams downtown course with 2 normal right-hand Race, Flagstaff, AZ, The MTB season re-starts in October 2-3, 2021 — Yeti Beti Bike Bash p/b corners and an apex corner on the north end. At Flagstaff. Technical challenges await - 1-2-3 lap Stan’s No Tubes, Beti Bike Bash, Lakewood, CO, Kofeod, [email protected], Travis Dunn, tra- on a variable race route throughout Utah. It is [email protected], loganraceclub.org broadcast worldwide on Tour Tracker and is free 0.7 miles in length, it features smooth pavement categories . Old school mountain bike racing in Women’s only mountain bike race and festival and a tree-lined finish., Jim Castagneri, 720-216- Fort Valley., Jeff Frost, 928-380-0633, canisbleu@ including: Little Bellas Girls Camp and VIDA MTB for spectators., Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah , 801- 325-7000, [email protected], tourofutah.com 9116, [email protected], puebloomnium. gmail.com, barnburnermtb.com, leadvillerace- Series Clinic. All ages and abilities welcome., Utah Road Racing com, coloradocycling.org series.com Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, jen@teamever- July 30-31, 2021 — Saints to Sinners Bike Relay, green.org, betibikebash.com April 30-May 2, 2021 — Tour de Bloom Stage Race September 2-5, 2021 — Rebecca’s Private Idaho April 7, 2021 — UTCS Crit #1, UCA Series, West Salt Lake City, UT, The Original fundraiser relay road race from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. Over (Omnium), Wenatchee, WA, The event features Gravel Grinder and Festival, Ketchum, ID, October 2, 2021 — Tour of the White Mountains, Valley City, UT, DMV course, Marek Shon, 801- a road race in Waterville on Friday, an out Lifestyle, mountain bike and outdoor festival Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, Arizona’s longest standing 209-2479, [email protected], race2wheels. 500 miles with elevations from 1500 to 10500 feet. Race in teams through the night, fund- and back 10-mile TT, a twilight criterium in his- over Labor Day Weekend. The cornerstone mountain bike event. At 7,000 feet, The Tour is com toric downtown Wenatchee on Saturday, and a grassroots event with laid back vibes among raiser event for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease., Chad of the two-day event is a 100-mile Gravel April 17, 2021 — East Canyon Echo Road Race and a road race in Plain Washington with an uphill Grinder (or 50-mile option) mountain bike race a gathering of bike-minded individuals., Dave Neusmeyer, 801-856-7018, chad@saintstosinners. Fun Ride, UCA Series, Henefer, UT, 10 AM start for com, SaintstoSinners.com finish on Sunday. , Ace Bollinger, 509-679-5003, & ride in the scenic Pioneer Mountains of Central Castro, 520-623-1584, [email protected], Dave [email protected], wenatcheevalleyvelo. Castro, [email protected], epicrides.com all courses beginning at Big Rock Campground Idaho, with renown mountain bike champion with the 60 mile option going through Henefer July 31, 2021 — Mirror Lake Highway Road com/current-event/tour-de-bloom/ and endurance athlete Rebecca Rusch. The Race, UCA Series, Kamas, UT, Details TBD., Troy October 2, 2021 — Great Trail Race, Truckee, and continuing through Echo Canyon. At it’s May 2, 2021 — Koppenburg Road Race, Superior, weekend activities are centered around giv- end, the route will turn back to to Henefer and Huebner, 427-0532, [email protected], ing back to non-profit organizations that foster CA, Ride or Run between Truckee and Tahoe CO, The infamous Koppenberg Race, featuring City. The Great Trail Race follows roughly the finish at Big Rock Campground. The 40 mile August 14, 2021 — Wildflower Hill Climb, Mountain the climb (17% grade), is the queen of the spring diversity, equity, and inclusion in cycling. Join option only rides to the mouth of Echo Canyon the “Queen of Pain” on this beautiful route same route as The Great Ski Race between Green, UT, Timed 5.5 mile climb during the 65 time cycling events in Colorado. This rustic set- Truckee and Tahoe City with one major differ- and turns back to the campground while the 14 that ends in a great down-home party with mile course option in this women-only cycling ting sits next to, and incorporates parts of the ence: You choose to run or bike one of two mile option will go up the Hogs Back and turn food, festivities, music, and libations., Colleen event. , Nick Bowsher, 801-610-9422, info@wild- Morgul Bismark Course. Boulder’s Spring Classic course options, Elite or Classic. The Elite division around to finish at Big Rock Campground with floweroutdoor.com, wildfloweroutdoor.com is set to make you suffer, and “the climb” is Quindlen, 254-541-9661, colleen@rebeccarusch. course adds in more technically challenging all the other courses., James Zwick, 801-870-4578, com, rebeccasprivateidaho.com set to be the deciding factor once again. The terrain., Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, todd@ [email protected], sports-am.com August 27-30, 2021 — Hoodoo 500, Planet Ultra Koppenberg is a 5.5 mile road race circuit, with September 5, 2021 — Fistful of Dirt Gravel Grinder, bigblueadventure.com, Kiley McInroy, kiley@ Grand Slam Endurance Series, St. George, UT, 300ft of elevation gain per lap, and includes 2 bigblueadventure.com, bigblueadventure.com, April 24, 2021 — Emigration Canyon Hill Climb, 500 mile loop race through Southern Utah. Cody, WY, A gravel bike race of grand propor- Utah State Hill Climb Series, UCA Series, Salt Lake miles on a packed dirt road. Those who do well tions. With the Good (22 Miles), The Bad (65 greattrailrace.com Non-stop or stage race, solo and relay team here are marked men and women at the King City, UT, Starting in Late April with the climb that divisions. 300 mile option as well., Deborah Miles), or The Ugly (105 Miles), there will be a October 2-3, 2021 — Road Apple Rally MTB Race, is probably ridden most in the state, Emigration of the spring time cycling events, the Superior distance fit for everyone. Free gourmet burgers Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@planetultra. Morgul, Lance Panigutti, 303-408-1195, lance@ New Mexico Off Road Series, Farmington, NM, Canyon will be the kick of event. With new roads com, Hoodoo500.com and beer on Saturday will be offered during The Road Apple Rally began in 1981 as a com- and a bike lane to the top this will test each withoutlimits.com, whitelinecycling.com packet pick-up with the race on Sunday and petition between horses and bicycles. It has riders early season fitness. This climb will be held September 11, 2021 — LOTOJA Classic Road Race, a dang good after-party featuring the Denver- May 7-9, 2021 — USA Cycling Collegiate Road since become a bicycle only race and stands in time trial format with a rider starting every 30 Logan, UT, 39th Annual, 1 day, 3 states, 200-plus National Championships, Augusta, GA, Chuck based bluegrass band That Damn Sasquatch., as the longest running annual mountain bike seconds. , Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, dcowley@ mile road race from Logan, UT to Jackson Hole, Fistful of Dirt , [email protected], Janie Hodge, 719-434-4200, [email protected], race in the United States. Bring the family for a comcast.net, racedayeventmanagement.com WY, Brent Chambers, 801-546-0090, info@lotoja. usacycling.org Curtis, 307-213-0756, [email protected], fist- day of fun and try the children’s riding obstacle com, lotoja.com fulofdirt.com course. This celebrated mountain bike race fea- May 1, 2021 — Gran Fondo Moab, Moab, UT, Mass May 8, 2021 — Steamboat Roubaix, Steamboat tures five divisions: Beginner, Pro, Expert, Sport, start timed road cycling event on the beauti- September 11, 2021 — Suncrest Hill Climb, Utah Springs, CO, Get ready to stretch out the September 8-11, 2021 — Paydirt, Carson City, NV, ful La Sal Loop road, 60 miles with 5500 feet of State Hill Climb Series, Draper, UT, The finial VIP Pioneer’s Camp will be held from September Single Speed. The Beginner course is a 15 mile legs and shake out the winter cobwebs at loop, all others ride the full 30 mile Road Apple climbing. Not a sanctioned race, but you will climb of this series will feature the Back Side of Steamboat Velo’s new race: The Steamboat 8th-10th with the main race/celebration occur- Suncrest, this climb is fast but steep as riders will Rally course. Both courses feature the whoops, get a time, awards, and placing., Scott Newton, Roubaix. With multiple dirt sectors, fast pave- ring on September 11th. The perfect blend 800-635-1792, 970-275-1633, info@granfondo- test their sustainable power output at the end of competition and camaraderie; Paydirt is where you spend more time in the air then on ment, punchy climbs, and springtime moun- the ground! Course terrain also includes short moab.com, granfondomoab.com of the season. This climb will be held in time trial equal parts race and celebration. With Bike format with a rider starting every 30 seconds. , tain conditions on three courses, this USAC- Monkey’s Road Rally format; racing takes place climbs, flats, sandy arroyos and sharp corners. May 22, 2021 — Bear Lake Classic Road Race, sanctioned race will no doubt be a Classic. , Jan Bear, 505-670-4665, [email protected], Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, dcowley@comcast. on designated segments. It’s the perfect mix UCA Series, Garden City, UT, 51 mile flat loop net, racedayeventmanagement.com Come prepared for all weather, bring your mask, of full-gas racing while allowing you time to Leslie Mueller, 505-599-1184, [email protected], (or 102 double lap) with some rolling hills on east and get excited to return to racing! , Corey socialize, regroup, and enjoy the bounty of our fmtn.org/277/Road-Apple-Rally, nmors.org shore, followed by a flat and fast finish – a beau- October 5-8, 2021 — Huntsman World Senior Piscopo, 970-367-3517, corey@bikesteamboat. com, bikesteamboat.com/roubaix aid stations. , Bike Monkey , 707-560-1122, info@ October 2, 2021 — 6 Hours in the Basin for tiful race around Bear Lake., Jared Eborn, 801- Games Cycling, St. George, UT, Must be 50 years or older. Three events: hill climb, downhill, bikemonkey.net, stetinaspaydirt.com Commonweal, New Mexico Off Road Series, 599-9268, [email protected], extramil- May 9, 2021 — Rocky Mountain Roubaix, eracing.com, racebearlake.com and cross country. Expert, Sport and Beginner September 11, 2021 — Race the Rails, Ely, NV, Santa Fe, NM, The CORE Crew in conjunction Frenchtown, MT, A one-day road cycling with Commonweal Conservancy is excited to Skill Divisions., Kyle Case, 800-562-1268, 435-674- Race the train in Ely! Fun for the whole family! May 22, 2021 — Midvale Criterium, UCA Series, 0550, [email protected], seniorgames.net race inspired by the Spring Classics. Mix of Race a coal fired steam engine that is over 100 promote this 6-hour endurance race over a Midvale, UT, Course: TBD, Dirk Cowley, 801-699- smooth and rugged pavement, ample sec- years old. The event will accommodate both 9.3 mile course with varying terrain. Due to 5126, [email protected], racedayevent- October 9, 2021 — City Creek Bike Sprint, Salt Lake tions of gravel, undulating terrain, and beautiful the fragile nature of the area the event will be road and mountain bike riders of all ages., Kyle management.com City, UT, Race starts at the mouth of City Creek Montana landscape. 40-70 miles. 1200-2200 limited to 100 entries., Jan Bear, 505-670-4665, Canyon and finishes at Rotary Park where we ft gain. Ride or Race. Proceeds benefiting the Horvath, 775-289-3720, kyle.horvath@elynevada. [email protected], nmors.org May 29, 2021 — Sugarhouse Criterium, UCA Series, net, elynevada.net will have awards, food, music and fun, James Zootown Derailleurs youth cycling program, Salt Lake City, UT, New date! Bring the entire Zwick, 801-870-4578, [email protected], Cory Kaufman, 406-279-4109, cory@competi- October 9, 2021 — Chino Grinder p/b Lauf, Chino family and enjoy some of Utah’s best crit rac- tivetiming.com, Jesse Carnes, jcarnes@com- September 11, 2021 — Gunni Grinder , Gunnison, Valley, AZ, Endurance Cycling Event- Gravel sports-am.com CO, Two course options. Single loop-format. ing in one of Salt Lake’s Sugarhouse Park. State road cycling adventure with 150, 115, 62, 44 and Championship, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, Although some paved roads are necessary, 25 mile options., AZ Gravel Rides , 480-452-9767, the vast majority (about 90%) of the course [email protected], extramileracing. [email protected], azgravelrides.com, com will be on gravel and dirt roads. Some of these chinogrinder.azgravelrides.com roads receive little to no maintenance and June 5, 2021 — Porcupine Hill Climb, UCA Series, can change drastically after heavy rains and/ October 14-17, 2021 — USA Cycling Collegiate Salt Lake City, UT, 18th Annual, Start: Porcupine or snowfall. Riders are encouraged to be fully Mountain Bike National Championships, Pub & Grille finishing at the Brighton Ski Resort, prepared for any and all conditions. The route Durango, CO, Collegiate National Big Cottonwood Canyon. Citizen’s and licensed is remote therefore will include signage to help Championships and Montana High School rider categories. State Championship Hill Climb prevent riders from getting off course., Joel Championships, Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, for licensed cateogories. 14.7 miles, 3800’ of Grimmett, 512-751-8940, Joel@racerevolutions. [email protected], Chad Sperry, chad@ climbing! , Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, jared@ com, thegunnigrinder.com gorge.net, Ben Horan, 312-502-5997, bfhoran@ extramileracing.com, extramileracing.com, bik- gmail.com, usacycling.org September 12, 2021 — Walla Walla Grit, Walla ereg.com/porcupine Walla, WA, This Grit has three course lengths October 16, 2021 — Prescott 6er, Prescott, AZ, 6 June 11-12, 2021 — Rush Valley Road Race, UCA which include long, medium, and short routes. hour and 12 hour mountain bike race on a 9 Series, Rush Valley, UT, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, The long course starts at 6 a.m., medium begins mile loop with solo, duo, junior, masters and [email protected], race2wheels.com at 8 a.m., and the short course commences at 9 singlespeed categories, Breanna Bissell, 480-734- a.m., Michael Austin, 509-386-1149, 509-525-4949, 0558, [email protected], prescot- June 11-12, 2021 — Kokopelli Moab to St. George [email protected], Kathyrn Austin, 509- t6er.com Relay, Moab, UT, Moab to St. George Relay, Road race with 4 rider teams and three legs per rider, covering 528 miles. Multiple start times at Swanny Park in Moab finishing at Unity Park in Ivins., Clay Christensen, 801-234-0399, info@ enduranceutah.com, kokopellirelay.com June 19, 2021 — Antelope Island Classic, UCA Series, Antelope Island, UT, Starts at the West end of the causeway, then across the cause- way towards the ranch and end on the island. 32 to 60 mile options. $2,000 cash plus prizes., James Ferguson, 801-476-9476, ferguson8118@ comcast.net, 20 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021

petitivetiming.com, rockymountainroubaix.com, June 17-20, 2021 — USA Cycling Professional Road, starts at 9am. Post event picnic and awards in miles) or 400 km (250 miles) self supported ride August 14, 2021 — Wildflower Pedalfest, Morgan, montanacycling.net ITT, and Criterium National Championships, Lamoille Grove, 11:30am, Gayle Hughes, 775- on rural roads of Juab and Sanpete Counties . A UT, A non-competitive, women only road Knoxville , TN, Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, 753-7789, 775-934-4532, [email protected], brevet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard bike ride. All ages and levels welcome. The May 9-July 18, 2021 — Early Birds in Fremont, [email protected], usacycling.org elkovelo.com Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], salt- 65 mile course option has a timed hill climb Fremont, CA, May 9th, May 16th, and July 18th, lakerandos.org with prizes., Nick Bowsher, 801-610-9422, info@ Robert Leibold, 209-604-1354, velopro1@gmail. June 19, 2021 — Bike the Bluff, Show Low, AZ, August 21, 2021 — Bogus Basin Hill Climb, Boise, ID, wildfloweroutdoor.com, wildfloweroutdoor.com com, velopromo.com 13th Annual, AZ Elite Road Race Championship, 43rd Annual, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, mcool- May 22, 2021 — Ride the Gap Century, Ride USAC Sanctioned Races, Citizens Race, 22-81 [email protected], georgescycles.com Southern Utah Road Gran Fondos, Parowan, August 14, 2021 — To the Moon and Back Century May 15-16, 2021 — Tax Day Omnium, UCA Series, miles, Criterium, Jeff Frost, 928-380-0633, canis- UT, Enjoy cooler weather in the high country Ride, Tabiona, UT, Located in the High Uintas, Marsh Valley, ID, Great circuit race, start and [email protected], Christy Church, 928-242-3722, August 28, 2021 — Race Against Time, San Manuel, of beautiful Southern Utah. Fun and fast with a four ride options: 150 miles, Century, 75, 50, finish at Marsh Valley High School. This is the [email protected], bikethebluff.com, AZ, Race will begin at 8:00 a.m. , azcycling.org/ mileage option for every rider. Nothing like a and 25. Ride back roads of Duchesne County, old Gate City Grind Course., Dirk Cowley, 801- azcycling.org/event/bike-the-bluff-state-road- event/race-against-time-2/ small town with big fun! Enjoy open roads and very minimal traffic. Free overnight camping. 699-5126, [email protected], Bob and race/ August 29, 2021 — La Vuelta a Santa Catalina Hill very little traffic., Joey Dye, 435-674-3185, joey@ Elevations from 6,522 to 8,150. Fully Supported Kris Walker, [email protected], Tony redrockbicycle.com, Margaret Gibson, 435-229- Ride. 100% of proceeds go to Rapha House Chesrow, 435-671-2506, hebermtsports@yahoo. June 24-27, 2021 — USA Cycling Amateur Road Climb, San Manuel, AZ, Climb will begin at 8:00 a.m. , azcycling.org/event/la-vuelta-a-santa- 6251, [email protected], Ryan Gurr, and Operation Underground Railroad., Karen com, idahocycling.com National Championships, Clay County, FL, Elite, [email protected], ridesouthernutah.com Redden, 435-828-0467, [email protected], U23 and Junior Road National Championships., catalina-road-race/ May 15, 2021 — Lookout Mountain Time Trial, tothemoonandback-events.com Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, chodge@usacy- September 4-6, 2021 — Steamboat Stage Race, June 3-5, 2021 — Red Rock Randonnee, Salt Golden, CO, A four-mile individual time trial cling.org, usacycling.org Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Kanab, UT, August 21, 2021 — Wasatch Back Super up the legendary Lookout Mountain in Golden, Steamboat Springs, CO, Now in year 13, Pro-am road racing returns to Steamboat Springs Labor Minimally-supported ride near Zion, Bryce & the Series, Tentative, BCC SuperSeries, Salt Lake CO. Start at the pillars and finish at Buffalo Bill’s June 25-27, 2021 — Baker City Cycling Classic, Grand Canyon. 375- or 622-mile options (600 or Randonneurs, Draper, UT, Self-supported, timed Grave., 810-588-3822, [email protected], day weekend 2021, with all new courses. USA Tentative, Oregon Women’s Prestige Series, Cycling sanctioned., Corey Piscopo, 970-367- 1000km). A brevet (bruh vay) is a timed ultra 237km (137-mile) ride from the Salt Lake Valley 303-378-3940, [email protected], Baker City, OR, Three days and four stages in distance event organized under the auspices climbing over to Henefer, down to Heber City coloradocycling.org 3517, [email protected], bikesteam- beautiful eastern Oregon, with great support boat.com of our national organization Randonneurs, USA., and returning via the new Cascade Springs and unparalleled scenery. Over 8,000 ft of climb- Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, richard@eogear. road onto the Alpine Loop. Over 12,000-ft of May 15, 2021 — Highly Faulkner SoMo Time Trial, ing over the three days in one of the country’s Phoenix, AZ, Begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at September 12, 2021 — Arizona State Time Trial com, saltlakerandos.org vertical gain!, BCC , [email protected], most beautiful cycling regions. Pros and ama- 40K Championships, Picacho, AZ, Arizona State 5:00 p.m. at South Mountain on 10919 S Central June 12, 2021 — USEA Ride for Education, Kaysville, Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, richard@eogear. teurs race the same courses and the women’s Individual Time trial, 40K. Course out & back, com, bccutah.org Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85042, Vitesse , , azcycling.org/ and men’s prize purses are matched by sponsor flat, first ride start 6:30 AM, rider go off in 30 UT, A comfortable metric century ride through event/somo-time-trial/ BELLA Main St. Market., Brian Vegter, 541-325- seconds intervals. USA Cycling State awards., scenic countryside through Weber and Davis August 21, 2021 — Sevier Valley Rooster Ride, May 16, 2021 — Louisville Criterium, Louisville, CO, 1689, [email protected], Brian Cimmiyotti, 541- Joey Luliano, [email protected], tucsonmas- County. Enjoy a mixture of plains and hills Richfield, UT, Sevier County in conjunction with Kick off the spring season at one of the fastest 371-3303, 509-374-8424, scottscycleandsports@ ters.org, azcycling.org/event/state-time-trials- throughout Northern Utah. Fully supported, lunch Sevier County Trail Days is presenting a 33, 55, races in Colorado. Louisville offers fast flow- gmail.com, bakercitycycling.org 20-and-40k/ provided with all paid registration. Proceeds go or 100 mile bike ride thru scenic Central Utah. to support Utah public education students via a Event will be chipped, with fully stocked rest ing corners, a power incline, and wide open June 26, 2021 — Twin Falls Old Town Criterium, September 12, 2021 — Arizona State Time Trial roads to really put the hammer down!, Lance scholarship fund., Jeremiah Sniffin, 801-269-9320, stops, great swag and lunch. Medal and Tee Tentative, SWICA, Twin Falls, ID, Idaho State 20K Championships, Picacho, AZ, Arizona State 385-347-2717, [email protected], useautah.org Panigutti, 303-408-1195, lance@withoutlimits. Shirt provided. 33 mile option has a 800 ft gain, Criterium Championships, Terry Patterson, 208- Individual Time trial, 20K. Course out & back, 1,163 ft gain for the 55 mile option, and 4,061 com, whitelinecycling.com 420-0087, [email protected], idahobikeracing. flat, first ride start 6:30 AM, rider go off in 30 June 12, 2021 — Huntsman SportsFest - Run. Ride. Play. Support Cancer Research, Delta, UT, An ft for the 100 mile option., Chad McWilliams, May 16, 2021 — 3 Bears TT #1, Somewhere, AZ, org, tfoldtowncrit.com seconds intervals. USA Cycling State awards., 435-893-0457, 435-421-2743, cmcwilliams@sevier. Joey Luliano, [email protected], tucsonmas- epic ride supporting Huntsman Cancer Institute Time trial will begin at 8:00 a.m. , azcycling.org/ July 1-7, 2021 — USA Cycling Junior, Elite, and (HCI). Distances: 25, 50, 75, 100 & 140-miles. utah.gov, traildaysutah.com/sv-rooster-ride/ event/3-bears-tt-1/ ters.org, azcycling.org/event/state-time-trials- Para-cycling Track National Championships, 20-and-40k/ 100% of all funds support the mission of HCI., August 28, 2021 — Cache Valley Century Tour, May 22-23, 2021 — Superior Morgul Omnium, Carson, CA, Chuck Hodge, 719-434-4200, Jen Murano-Tucker, 801-584-5815, jmurano@ Richmond, UT, 35, 60, or 100 mile options. Superior, CO, 8 mile time trial, team time trial, [email protected], usacycling.org September 17-19, 2021 — Silver State 508, Mountain huntsmanfoundation.org, huntsmansportsfesti- Proceeds benefit Common Ground, a Logan, Superior Morgul road race, Lance Panigutti, West Ultra Cup, Reno, NV, 38th Annual, Founded val.com Utah non-profit. Funds support their adaptive July 3, 2021 — Leesville Gap Road Race, Williams, by John Marino in 1983 and recognized as “The 303-408-1195, [email protected], white- CA, 62 miles for everyone up and over sto- June 19, 2021 — Castle Country Century, Scofield, cycling program. Richmond to Preston, Idaho linecycling.com Toughest 48 hours in Sport,” This 508-mile bicycle and back through scenic terrain. Great last cen- ried Leesville Grade and Grapevine Gap in race is revered the world over for its epic moun- UT, Enjoy scenic riding from Scofield reservoir May 28-30, 2021 — Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, California’s Colusa County. mostly paved, some up and over the Manti La-Sal mountains, down tury before LoToJa!, Bob Jardine, 435-713-0288, tain climbs, stark desert scenery, desolate roads, 435-757-2889, [email protected], Durango, CO, 49th Annual, Road Race and Tour gravel stretches. Watermelon Feed at the finish. and its reputation as one of the toughest but through Huntington Canyon and out into the from Durango to Silverton. Both are on Saturday USAC licensed. , Robert Leibold, 209-604-1354, high desert plateaus before finishing in Price, Sammie Macfarlane, 435-713-0288, Sammie@ most gratifying endurance challenges available, cgadventures.org, CJ Sherlock, 435-713-0288, 25th and are a 50 mile ride from Durango [email protected], velopromo.com bar none. Solo, two-person and four-person UT. Scenic, challenging and an overall good 435-757-2889, [email protected], to Silverton. Take off with the train, traveling relays with stage and open divisions offered with time. Over 5,300’ of climbing and 7,200’ of over two 10,000ft mountain passes enroute to July 7-11, 2021 — USA Cycling Para-Cycling descending. Century and Metric Century avail- CacheValleyCentury.com Road National Championships, Boise, ID, Chuck subcategories for tandems, recumbents, fixed the historical mining town of Silverton. Sunday gear, and classic bikes. A Race Across AMerica able., Mark Jesperson, 435-637-2453, mark@ August 28, 2021 — Gran Fondo Salt Lake, Tooele, 26th we have a Kids Race and Kids Village, Hodge, 719-434-4200, [email protected], castlecountrycycling.com, Ed Malmgren, 435- usacycling.org (RAAM) Qualifier, starts and ends in Reno and UT, Start and finish at the iconic Utah Motor Mountain Bike Race, Gravel Grinder, Cruiser traverses across Highway 50; also known as “the 637-2453, [email protected], castle- Sports Campus west of Tooele, Utah. Kick off countrycycling.com, carbonrec.com Crit, BMX event and vendors., Gaige Sippy, 970- July 9, 2021 — Chrono Kristin Armstrong Time Trial, Loneliest Road in America”., Robert Panzera, your ride with a shotgun start and mega bal- 259-4621, [email protected], Pro Road Tour, Boise, ID, UCI 1.2 men’s, women’s 917-543-2670, [email protected], Jo Panzera, June 25, 2021 — Antelope by Moonlight Bike loon send-off at the UMC Campus. Choose ironhorsebicycleclassic.com time trial, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, mcooley@ [email protected], the508.com Ride, Antelope Island, UT, 27th Annual, 10pm. from 105 miles, the metric century (62 miles), or May 30, 2021 — Regalado Road Race , Oakdale, georgescycles.com, georgescycles.com, chro- September 26, 2021 — Mt. Graham Hill Climb, Open to participants of all ages and starts 30 miles., Dan Aamodt, [email protected], CA, Robert Leibold, 209-604-1354, velopro1@ nokristinarmstrong.com Safford, AZ, 8 am, mass start, Nippy Feldhake at the Antelope Island’s White Rock Bay. This GranFondoSaltLake.com gmail.com, velopromo.com July 10, 2021 — ASWD Twilight Criterium, USA Crits, III, 520-747-2544 , nippy-mr-smarty-pants@juno. year’s theme is the Rolling 20’s. It will contain a speakeasy mocktail lounge, a Great Gatsby September 11, 2021 — Warrior Woman Ride, Boise, ID, 34th Annual, Pro Road Tour, races for com, azcycling.org/event/mt-graham-state- Payson, UT, Join us for the 12th annual fully sup- June 4-6, 2021 — Tour of Walla Walla Stage Race, hc-2/ party, and swanky photo opts. , Antelope by Walla Walla, WA, Pacific NW premier 3 day all categories, and race under the lights for the Moonlight , 801-451-3237, tour@daviscountyu- ported all women’s bike ride, choose between Stage race. - 2 RRs, crit, TT. Eight fields, 5 for men pros., Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, mcooley@ September 29-October 3, 2021 — Tour of the Gila, tah.gov, daviscountyutah.gov, antelopeby- the 15, 30, 70 or 100 mile options. Keep patri- and 3 for women- Men Pro-1-2, 3, 4, 5, Mstrs 40+ georgescycles.com, boisetwilightcriterium.com Silver City, NM, 5 stages, UCI men, UCI women, moonlight.com otic during this ride honoring heroes!, Mahogani cats 1-4; Wom 1-2, 3, 4. Stage Race - 2 RRs, Crit, amateur categories, great spring racing!, Jack Thurston, 801-318-1420, wonderwomanride@ July 11, 2021 — George’s Road Race, Boise, June 26, 2021 — Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike gmail.com, Carolina Herrin, 385-218-9070, herrin. TT. Men Pro -1-2, 3, 4, 5, Mstrs 40+ Cats 1-4, Wom ID, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, mcooley@ Brennan, 575-590-2612, brennan5231@comcast. 1-2, 3, 4., Michael Austin, 509-386-1149, 509- net, tourofthegila.com Ride, Bike MS, Logan, UT, Join thousands of [email protected], warriorwomanride.com georgescycles.com, georgescycles.com cyclists from around the region and celebrate 525-4949, [email protected], Kathyrn September 12-18, 2021 — Tour of Southern Utah, Austin, 509-964-8951, kathyrn@allegrocyclery. July 18, 2021 — USA Cycling Gran Fondo National October 2-3, 2021 — Nevada Senior Games 34 years of Bike MS: the premier fundraising Cycling Races, Las Vegas, NV, Cycling compe- cycling series in the nation raising funds for a St. George, UT, 7-day tour including Zion, Bryce, com, tofww.org Championships, Asheville, NC, Shawn Brett, 719- Capitol Reef and More. 60-100 miles per day. 434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org tition for age groups: 50-94. 5 and 10k time trials, world free of MS. The Bike MS experience offers June 5, 2021 — Sawtooth 200-mile Team Challenge, 20 and 40k road races, I-15 & US-93, 10 miles route options ranging from 45 to 150 miles Opportunities to work part/ride part., Deborah Boise, ID, New date! 15th annual team relay July 24, 2021 — Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans north of Las Vegas, Joe Dailey, 775-461-9252, over two days and is friendly to all abilities with Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@planetultra. race from Boise to Sun Valley. 200 and 100 mile Hill Climb, Colorado Summit Cycling Series, [email protected], nevada.fusesport. rest stops every 8-12 miles. Camping, meals, com, planetultra.com route through challenging mountain terrain. 200 Idaho Springs, CO, 54th annual, CO State com, seniorgames.net and entertainment based out of Cache Valley September 18-19, 2021 — Moab Century Tour, mile route consists of 4 or 6 person teams and Championship Hill Climb, 27 mile bicycle race Fairgrounds (400 S 500 W) in Logan., Melissa Moab, UT, The Moab Century Tour sends riders 100 mile route either solo or 2 person teams. and Gran Fondo, that ends on the highest Utah Road Touring and Matthews, 801-424-0112, Melissa.Mathews@ across Moab’s unique topography of mountain Participants finish with BBQ and Sawtooth brew paved road in the United States, Mount Evans, nmss.org, bikemsutah.org passes, canyons, and the mighty Colorado in beautiful Ketchum., Katie Hedrich, 951-733- at 14,130’, 6000 feet elevation gain. , Jennifer River. From gaining elevation into the La Sal 5198, [email protected], sawtooth200. Barbour, 303-503-4616, jen@teamevergreen. June 26-26, 2021 — Backroads of the Great Basin 400K, Saratoga Springs, UT, Self-supported loop Mountains (including “The Big Nasty!”), to carv- com org, Kim Nordquist, 303-249-6168, director@ Gran Fondos ing down red rock canyons, and finishing along bicyclerace.com, bicyclerace.com, teamev- ride out to Delta and back, going around June 5-6, 2021 — Flagstaff Omnium, Flagstaff, AZ, Utah Lake. 250-miles (400km). A brevet (bruh the Colorado River, this event has landscape ergreen.org April 17, 2021 — Spring Tour de St. George , Ride worth training for! Live music, beverages, great Climb to the Snowbowl Ski Area, 6.34 miles-1850 Southern Utah Road Gran Fondos, St. George, vay) is a timed ultra distance event organized ft of Climbing - avg 5.6%, Williams-Perkinsville August 7, 2021 — The Broadmoor Pikes Peak under the auspices of our national organization food await you at the post-ride party. Join us in UT, Did you enjoy the Fall Tour? Come see the September when temperatures cool down, the Road Race, Jeff Frost, 928-380-0633, canisbleu@ Cycling Hill Climb, Colorado Springs, CO, This rest of southern Utah on your bike as we take Randonneurs, USA., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, gmail.com, Kyle , 928-773-1862, singletrack- is an epic hill climb on Pikes Peak, America’s [email protected], saltlakerandos.org fall foliage comes alive, and cyclists from across you on the other half of our two-part tour of the the country unite in red rock country to experi- [email protected], singletrackbikes.com/flag- Mountain, starting at 9,390 feet and finishing southern Utah scenery. Fully supported Gran staffomnium 12.42 miles later at 14,115 feet with an elevation July 9-10, 2021 — Cache Gran Fondo, UCI Gran ence awe-inspiring landscapes. An annual fun- Fondo., Joey Dye, 435-674-3185, joey@redrock- Fondo World Series, USA AND Gran Fondo draiser to benefit cancer survivorship programs, gain of 4725 feet. There is a timed race and bicycle.com, Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, June 5, 2021 — Copperopolis Road Race, gran fondo, with waves starting at 6:13 am., The National Series, Logan, UT, Celebrating our 10th your registration includes a donation to Moab Copperopolis, CA, 40th Copperopolis Road [email protected], ridesouthernu- year! In 2020, we worked with state and local Healthcare Foundation. Groups use the event Sports Corp , 719-634-7333, info@thesportscorp. tah.com Race, Milton, CA, the Paris-Roubaix of California. org, Jeff Mosher, 719-634-7333 Ext 1005, jeff@the- officials to re-engineer our event. We are serious to inspire fundraising for large and small founda- 21 mile loops (105 miles for 1/2/Pro riders) in the sportscorp.org, PikesPeakCyclingHillClimb.org April 17, 2021 — Willard Bay Brevet, Salt Lake about the health and safety of our riders and tions. Ask how your beneficiary can participate., foothills of the Sierra Nevada, featuring quiet Randonneurs Brevet Series, Centerville, UT, 62 we plan to be ever-vigilant again this year. We Beth Logan, 435-260-8889, 435-260-2334, info@ country and roads that can be best described August 14, 2021 — Lamoille Canyon Hill Climb, or 125 miles. Self-supported ride from Centerville, are a UCI Gran Fondo World Championship and skinnytireevents.com, skinnytireevents.com as mostly patches and some pavement., Robert Lamoille, NV, Self-reporting, ride it and time GFNS Qualifier, but riders of all abilities are invit- through Hooper, Willard Bay and Brigham September 18, 2021 — Goldilocks Utah, Goldilocks Leibold, 209-604-1354, [email protected], yourself. 14th annual. Road Race hill climb, 12 City with a turnaround at Corinne. A brevet ed to participate. TT on Friday followed by 38, velopromo.com miles, 3000ft hill climb in Ruby Mountains. Race 50, 70 and 100-mile courses on Saturday through Bike Ride, Provo, UT, Goldilocks is a women is a timed ultra distance event. Sponsored only bike ride, with a gorgeous route starting at by Bonneville Cycling Club and the Salt Lake a fun, low-traffic, and scenic route in Cache Valley, UT. The finish is a festival for all riders, with Provo Town Center and beautiful fall weather! Randonneurs., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, rich- With 100, 80, 60, 40, and 20 mile route options, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org race prizes, recreational rider prizes (UCI winners receive a jersey and medal), finisher medals, Goldilocks has a route that is ‘just right’ for every- April 19, 2021 — Bicycle Day 2021, by SCPTR, and unique jerseys at a cost. 20% of UCI racers in one! Bemefits Operation Underground Railroad Liberty Park, UT, SCPTR’s vision of Bicycle Day 16 different age categories qualify for UCI World to end sex trafficking., Randy Gibb, 801-222- 2021 at Liberty Park from 4:30 to 8 p.m. is to Championships., Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, 9577, [email protected], goldilocksride. celebrate Life, Connection, Consciousness and [email protected], cachegranfondo.com com/provo the Psychedelic medicines used for healing and growth. , Parth Gandhi, 801-414-4960, parth@ July 13-14, 2021 — Raspberry Ramble Series, Salt September 18, 2021 — Up for Downs Century Ride, scptr.org, scptr.org/bicycle-day-2021-with-scptr Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Logan, UT, Self- Kaysville, UT, This is a non competitive event supported 188, 250 or 375-mile ride in Cache that will take you on an amazing ride through May 1, 2021 — Gran Fondo Moab, Moab, UT, Mass Valley and southern Idaho. This is a timed bre- beautiful Northern Utah. Starting at Pioneer Park start timed road cycling event on the beauti- vet co-sponsored by the national organization, in Kaysville you will go on a 25, 50, 75 or a 100 ful La Sal Loop road, 60 miles with 5500 feet of Randonnneurs USA., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, mile ride up to Brigham City and finish back at climbing. Not a sanctioned race, but you will [email protected], saltlakerandos.org Pioneer Park. , Scott Kimball, sk2socal@gmail. get a time, awards, and placing., Scott Newton, com, Cherlyn Johnson, 801-503-5086, ceo@udsf. 800-635-1792, 970-275-1633, info@granfondo- July 17, 2021 — Iron Lung Ride, Huntsville, UT, 40, org, udsf.org moab.com, granfondomoab.com 80, or 100 mile options out and back starting in Huntsville with a solid climb up Old Snowbasin September 24-25, 2021 — Salt to Saint Relay, Salt May 8, 2021 — FrontRunner Metric Century Ride, Road, down Trappers Loop, through Morgan Lake City, UT, 420 mile relay race from Salt Lake Salt Lake City, UT, Point to point metric century and out to the top of Big Mountain. Challenging City to St. George following Hwy 89. Broken into (62.5 miles) bicycle ride from Salt Lake City’s climbing, with plenty of rollers and flats to recov- 24 legs. Ride Solo, or as 4 or 8 person relay teams. Intermodal Hub to Ogden. Return to Salt Lake er. Utah Triple Crank qualifier, along with LOTOJA Men, Women, and Mixed categories., Clay City via the UTA FrontRunner train service. Your and Kokopelli Relay., Michelle Lyman, 801-941- Christensen, 801-234-0399, info@enduranceutah. bicycle will be transported via private truck to 5526, [email protected], ironlungride.com com, salttosaint.com SLC. Registration opens Christmas Day! We sold out in 2019, register early and don’t miss out. , July 30-31, 2021 — Saints to Sinners Bike Relay, September 25, 2021 — 5 Canyons Bike Challenge, Matt Storms, 801-448-6061, staff@forthewinrac- Salt Lake City, UT, Fundraiser relay road race Sandy, UT, Wheels of Justice, Ain’t No Mountain ing.com, frontrunnercentury.com from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. Over 500 miles High Enough. The ride will ascend each of with elevations from 1500 to 10500 feet. Race Salt Lake City’s five riding canyons, for a total May 15, 2021 — Ride for the Angels, Copperton, in teams through the night, fundraiser event of 116.3 miles and 14,272 feet - one of the UT, 11th Annual. Start: 8:30am; 8655 West 10390 for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease., Steven Tew, 801- most challenging one-day bike rides in Utah! South Copperton Park; Routes: 25, 50 miles and 822-4870, [email protected], Chad Raises money to prevent childhood trauma Metric Century 62.5 miles; $50.00 includes swag Neusmeyer, 801-856-7018, chad@saintstosinners. and abuse., Greg Hoole, 801-272-7556, gregh@ bag and ride shirt. With each registration you com, SaintstoSinners.com teamwheelsofjustice.org, aintnomountainhighe- will be entered to win a new bike. Drawing to nough.org be held Saturday at 8:00 am, right before the July 31, 2021 — Wasatch Front Series, Tentative, start of the event. Rest stops and road sup- Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, North Salt September 25, 2021 — Belgian Waffle Ride - Cedar port, Great cause! Post Ride Picnic too!, Dennis Lake City, UT, Self-supported ride up Emigration City, TRIPEL CROWN OF GRAVEL, Cedar City, UT, Carrigan, 801-201-5164, dennis@angelshands. Canyon, along the Wasatch Front and out to The “Hell of the South”. 78% Gravel (106 miles), org, angelshands.org Antelope Island. 108, 200, 300 km (67.6, 124.3, 22% Paved (30 miles). In the heart of Southern 187.4 mile) options. A brevet (bruh vay) is a Utah allowing riders to see a wild variety of May 15, 2021 — Central Utah Series, Salt Lake timed ultra distance event, Richard Stum, 435- unique countryside. Course goes through the Randonneurs Brevet Series, Nephi, UT, Self- 462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos. “Parowan Gap” and past petroglyphs left by supported rides. Choose from 300 km (190 org the areas past native inhabitants, along with prehistoric dinosaur footprints., Michael Marckx, 760-815-0927, [email protected], belgianwaffleride.bike Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 21

October 16, 2021 — Fall Tour de St. George, Ride Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@planetultra. miles, Amber Travky, 307-742-5840 , atravsky@ 100 mile routes, plus a 5k run walk, Lindsay, Mark, three-day semi-supported tour makes a clock- Southern Utah Road Gran Fondos, St. George, com, planetultra.com wyoming.com, cyclewyoming.org, tourdewyo- Megan, Sasha , 720-855-1102 x7010, LPhelan@ wise loop around the heart of Colorado’s cen- UT, Tour around southern Utah and see some ming.org diabetes.org, [email protected], MTaub@ tral Rockies. Along the way you’ll climb up and of the most scenic views as you climb to Veyo June 6, 2021 — America’s Most Beautiful Bike diabetes.org, [email protected], diabetes. over some of the state’s most iconic climbs, and go through Gunlock State Park as well as Ride - Lake Tahoe, Tentative, Stateline, NV, 29th July 17, 2021 — Tour de Steamboat, Steamboat org/coloradotourdecure including the newly paved Cottonwood Pass, all the beautiful colors throughout this 35, 75, annual, in conjunction with the Leukemia & Springs, CO, Annual bicycle event that brings Monarch Pass, and Ohio Pass. Total uphill pedal- or 100 mile ride. This event is one of our best Lymphoma Society Team in Training program. together 1,200 cyclists for a one-day ride September 2-October 17, 2021 — Redrock ing for this loop ride is just a shade under 13,400 Gran Fondos in southern Utah., Joey Dye, 435- Fully supported with rest stops, Tech support and through beautiful Northwest Colorado, taking Canyons Utah Bike Tours, Grand Junction, CO, feet, all of it above 7,000 feet, including the 674-3185, [email protected], Margaret SAG. 100 mile century, 72 miles, (boat cruise - 35 in Rabbit Ears Pass, Gore Pass, Yellow Jacket The Redrock Canyons is Lizard Head Cycling’s tour’s highpoint of 12,126 feet atop Cottonwood Gibson, 435-229-6251, margaret@redrockbicy- mile fun ride TBD)., Curtis Fong, 800-565-2704, Pass, Stagecoach, Yampa and Oak Creek. Four original tour and became our most popular Pass., Deirdre Moynihan, 303-954-6704, dmoyni- cle.com, Ryan Gurr, [email protected], ride- 775-771-3246, [email protected], bikethew- different road ride routes: 26, 46, 66, 116 miles, itinerary after it was featured in the New York [email protected], Ride The Rockies , 303- southernutah.com est.com, bikeandskitahoe.com and a 100 mile gravel route., Katie Lindquist, Times in 2010. It is a supported lodge-to-lodge 954-6700, [email protected], ride- 970-846-9206, [email protected], road cycling tour that follows a seldom seen therockies.com June 6, 2021 — Elephant Rock, Roll Massif, Castle tourdesteamboat.com route through the Redrock Canyon Country Regional Road Touring Rock, CO, This year we have three road courses of western Colorado and eastern Utah. It is October 9, 2021 — Tri-States Gran Fondo, Mesquite, (44, 60 and 100 miles), one gravel/road route (32 July 17, 2021 — Watsonville Criterium , Watsonville, a superb tour for intermediate/+ riders offer- NV, 112 miles, 7,500ft of climbing, three States - miles) and one great family ride (8 miles). , Tracy CA, Robert Leibold, 209-604-1354, velopro1@ ing unmatched scenery and fantastic lodging., Nevada, Arizona, Utah, all in one spectacular and Gran Fondos Powers, [email protected], rollmassif.com gmail.com, velopromo.com John Humphries, 970-728-5891, info@lizardhead- day of cycling. Fully supported / Chip Timed., June 12, 2021 — Tour of Two Forests , Santa Clarita, July 18, 2021 — Canyon Belgian Waffle Ride - San cyclingguides.com, Lauren Lasky, 508-561-7580, Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@ CA, 200 mile ride, Deborah Bowling, 818-889- Diego, TRIPEL CROWN OF GRAVEL, San Diego, [email protected], lizardheadcy- planetultra.com, tristatesgranfondo.com, plan- ID, WY, MT, NV, AZ, 2453, [email protected], planetultra. CA, Pain and suffering will commence at 7 clingguides.com etultra.com com a.m. featuring four waves predicated on riders’ September 10-12, 2021 — Pedal the Plains, Kiowa, October 10, 2021 — Santa Fe Century and Gran USAC categories. The expo will remain open on CO, PTP will take cyclists through the host com- Fondo, Santa Fe, NM, 35th Annual. Beautiful June 13-18, 2021 — Ride the Rockies, Durango, Sunday throughout the duration of the event NM, CO, MT, OR, WA, CO, Ride the loop to explore Colorado’s Rocky munities of TBA. Celebrates the agricultural roots scenery, outstanding food stops and very rea- until the beers, jeers and awards are distributed and frontier heritage of the Eastern Plains of sonable registration fees. Century, Half-Century, Mountains by bicycle. The 2021 tour will be for all the day’s heroic efforts., Michael Marckx, a brand new route showcasing the state’s Colorado. Learn about farming and ranch- and 25 mile tours are offered as well as two 760-815-0927, [email protected], ing, while experiencing the culture, history and timed events: Gran Fondo (100 mile timed and Beyond unmatched scenery and breathtaking moun- belgianwaffleride.bike tain views. Proceeds benefit Colorado non- landscape of Colorado’s high plains. The Tour ride), Medio Fondo (50 mile timed ride). Enjoy profits through The Denver Post Community July 24, 2021 — Fondo on the Palouse, Moscow, ID, incorporates interactive on-route experiences massages, great food and local craft beers fol- April 3, 2021 — Gran Fondo Las Vegas, Las Vegas, by staging rest stops on farms, posting educa- lowing the rides., Matt Piccarello, 505-600-1840, NV, Las Vegas to Lovell Canyon (via Red Rock Foundation, Ride The Rockies , 303-954-6700, Starting at 0700 in Moscow, pick from 3 courses [email protected], ridetherockies. (15, 50, 100 miles) that build on themselves to tional points of interest and serving community [email protected], santafecentury.com Scenic Drive) and back, 100 miles - 8000 of meals composed of locally sourced food. Also climbing. A Gran Fondo is a long distance, com provide a touring experience of the Palouse as October 16, 2021 — Solvang Autumn Double its communities celebrate along the way., T-Jay includes the Great Mustang Gravel 100 – 80% on timed cycling event that welcomes competi- June 19, 2021 — Spinderella, Pocatello, ID, 10th packed dirt or gravel roads, this route will be fun Century and Double Metric Century, Solvang, tive, amateur and recreational cyclists of all Clevenger, 208-882-0703, fondopalouse@gmail. CA, 200 miles or 200 kilometers in Southern CA’s Annual, ladies-only ride featuring five scenic com, fondopalouse.org and challenging for the gravel expert or rookie! abilities. Fully supported. Chip Timed., Deborah routes, from 10 to 100 miles. Roll-out begins at Proceeds from Pedal The Plains benefit The most scenic and popular cycling region. A per- Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@planetultra. 6:00 am at Ross Park in Pocatello, ID. , DaNae August 7, 2021 — Tour de Big Bear, Big Bear Denver Post Community Foundation in support fect first time double century. 100 mile option com, GranFondoTripleCrown.com, planetultra. Young, 208-221-9300, [email protected], Lake, CA, 10th Anniversary Edition, Southern of the Colorado FFA Foundation and Colorado too., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, embassy@ com spinderellaride.com California’s favorite ride! Features legendary aid 4-H., Deirdre Moynihan, 303-954-6704, dmoyni- planetultra.com, planetultra.com April 10, 2021 — Mulholland Challenge & Double stations, beautiful mountain scenery and spec- [email protected], ridetherockies.com October 16, 2021 — Hammer Road Rally, Shaver June 19, 2021 — Ruby Roubaix (formerly Ride tacular summer weather. With 25, 50, 70, 106 Century, King of the Mountains Century Around the Rubies), Lamoille, NV, Gravel Fondo! September 11, 2021 — Race the Rails, Ely, NV, Lake, CA, A ride with options for most ability Challenge, Agoura Hills, CA, The toughest and 109 mile courses, there’s a route for every levels with each route beginning and ending See the Ruby Mountains like you’ve never seen cycling enthusiast!, Chris Barnes, 951-970-6720, Race the train in Ely! Fun for the whole family! Southern California Century with over 13,000’ them before during this one-day bicycle ride or Race a coal fired steam engine that is over 100 at Shaver Lake. There are four options: a 27.5 of climbing in the Santa Monica Mountains. 909-878-0707, [email protected], tour- mile free untimed route, 34 mile untimed route, race beginning and ending in scenic Lamoille, debigbear.com, bigbearcycling.com years old. The event will accommodate both Fully supported / Chip Timed. 100 and 200 mile Nevada. Choice of a 20, 36, 62 or full 117 mile road and mountain bike riders of all ages., Kyle 53 mile timed route, and 85 mile timed route. options, Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, embas- loop on pavement, gravel and dirt roads. Ride August 7, 2021 — Copper Triangle Alpine Cycling Horvath, 775-289-3720, kyle.horvath@elynevada. Within the 53 mile option lies a 2000’ paved [email protected], planetultra.com it or race it!, Kerry Aguirre, 775-397-1922, kerry. Classic, Roll Massif, Copper Mountain, CO, The net, elynevada.net climb, while the 85 mile option features a 15 [email protected], rubyroubaix.com 79-mile loop crests three Colorado mountain mile gravel climb from Stump Springs Road to April 16-18, 2021 — Montana Gravel Grinder September 12, 2021 — Tour de Tahoe - Bike Big Kaiser Pass with a total of 30 miles of gravel. , Challenge and Hell Ride, Missoula, MT, 2 person passes – Fremont Pass (Elev. 11,318’), Tennessee June 26, 2021 — RATPOD (Ride Around the Pass (Elev. 10,424’) and Vail Pass (Elev. 10,662’) Blue, Tentative, Lake Tahoe, NV, 18th Annual Bike Monkey , 707-560-1122, info@bikemonkey. teams. All proceeds go to Missoula Mammoth Pioneers in One Day), Dillon, MT, Now a virtual ride around Lake Tahoe’s 72 mile Shoreline. Fully net, levisgranfondo.com and Zootown Derailleurs. 85% gravel roads with – for a total elevation gain of 6,500 feet., Tracy ride: RATPOD is now RATPOD Unlimited - Your Powers, [email protected], rollmassif.com supported with rest stops, tech support and SAG. little traffic., Shaun Radley, 406-219-1318, mon- RATPOD, Your way. You can ride any distance 72 miles, 4300 ft vertical gain. (Boat cruise and 35 October 31, 2021 — Belgian Waffle Ride - Kansas, [email protected], montanacyclo- you choose, from anywhere you are located August 8, 2021 — Boulder Roubaix Road Race, mile fun ride TBD). Limited to 2000 participants, TRIPEL CROWN OF GRAVEL, Lawrence, KS, The cross.com/events/, thecyclinghouse.com all in support of Camp Mak-A-Dream. An Boulder, CO, First held in 1990 and now every Curtis Fong, 800-565-2704, 775-771-3246, tgft@ Hell of the Mid-West, which will take place on Halloween. Punctuated by dozens of off-road April 24, 2021 — Tour de Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV, oncology camp dedicated to ensuring those other year just north of cycling mecca Boulder, bikethewest.com, bikethewest.com affected by cancer can live with and beyond this is an amazing 19 mile loop with mixed terrain, sectors over a route throughout the northeast 20th annual 80, 40, 20 mile routes, which circum- September 18, 2021 — Tour de Vineyards, Roll region of Kansas, giving the event its unique navigates Las Vegas., Randy Mcghie, 702-252- their diagnosis. With just a small donation you Chris Grealish, 303-619-9419, chris@dbcevents. can be part of this now national event all to com, dbcevents.com Massif, Palisade, CO, Choose between a lei- complexion, 111 miles, 8,000 ft of elevation 8077, [email protected], Tour de Summerlin , surely 23-mile route that follows the Palisade gain, Michael Marckx, 760-815-0927, mmx@ [email protected], tourdesummerlin.com honor those affected by cancer. RATPOD is usually a 130-mile one-day charity ride for Camp August 14, 2021 — Stonewall Century Bicycle Fruit & Wine Byway and the more challenging MonumentsofCycling.com, belgianwaffleride. April 25, 2021 — Tour of the Rio Grande Bicycle Make-A-Dream (a cost free cancer camp). The Ride, La Veta, CO, 18th Annual. This out-and- 58-mile route that adds on a loop up and over bike Century, Albequerque, NM, The flattest tour ride takes place in the beautiful Big Hole Valley back ride offers cyclists stunning beauty and the Reeder Mesa Climb with a timed segment in New Mexico taking riders from near the of SW Montana., Courtney Imhoff, 406-549-5987, small-town vibe. Colorado’s scenic Highway of to challenge your legs and lungs., Tracy Powers, Multisport Races Albuquerque International Sunport south to [email protected], ratpod.org, campdream.org Legends (State Hwy 12) between La Veta and [email protected], rollmassif.com Bernardo and back! Route distances are 39, 62, Segundo is the backdrop for 25-, 50- and 102- June 26, 2021 — Cheyenne Superday Tour de mile routes, featuring up to 8000-feet of climb- September 18-25, 2021 — California Coast Classic April 3, 2021 — Ride, Stride and Glide Winter 78 and 100 miles. This ride is great for first time or , San Francisco, CA, The Arthritis Foundation’s beginning season riders. For experienced riders Prairie, Cheyenne, WY, This long-distance course ing., Kent Hay, [email protected], spcycling.org Triathlon, TENTATIVE, Galena Lodge, ID, Annual heads south past the Capitol before heading 21th Annual California Coast Classic Bike Tour winter triathlon. Mountain bike on Jenny’s Way it’s an opportunity to crush existing personal best August 14, 2021 — Four Peaks Gran Fondo, is a scenic bike ride that takes place over eight century times! The tour runs parallel with the Rio west under I-25 and up Happy Jack Road to (9km), run on Gladiator (4.5km), ski on Rip and Vedauwoo. Get ready for some fresh air and Pocatello, ID, One Day: 82 miles, Four Peaks: days and covers 525 miles along the coast on Tear (9km) and Psycho. Location: 15187 Idaho Grande exposing riders to the more relaxed 7800ft total elevation gain. Climb the 4 peaks Highway 1. The Tour starts in the heart of San side of New Mexican life and the beautiful land- swift elevation changes! The Tour de Prairie 75 - Ketchum, Galena Lodge, 208-726-4010, features 25-, 50-, 75- and 100-mile rest stations/ of the Portneuf Valley; Crystal, Scout Mountain, Francisco and ends on the iconic strand of Los [email protected], galenalodge.com/ scape., Michael Wieclaw, 330-518-4708, metal@ Pebble Creek, Buckskin. The hill climb portions Angeles. , Shannon Marang Cox, 909-489-2217, metalthebrand.com, touroftheriogrande.com turn around points. Breakfast and lunch are events/ride-stride-and-glide-winter-triathlon-2/ included for registered Tour de Prairie riders., Lori are timed with timing chips. Downhill portions [email protected], , arthritis.org/events/ May 1, 2021 — Mt. Laguna Classic, King of the DeVilbiss, 307-773-1044, ldevilbiss@cheyennec- are not timed. Cumulative climb times will be bike-event April 10, 2021 — SHAC Triathlon, St. George, UT, combined to determine rank. Ride 1-4 peaks as Beginner, Sprint, and Tuff Kids races, starting Mountains Century Challenge, Pine Valley, CA, ity.org, CheyenneEvents.org, CheyenneRec.org September 19, 2021 — GFNY Santa Fe, Gran Fondo Starting in Pine Valley (East San Diego County), you wish, Danielle Bagley, 208-339-2043, 208-232- between 9 am and 2 pm. Indoor swim, outdoor June 26, 2021 — Alta Alpina Challenge, Markleeville, 8996, [email protected], David George, New York, Santa Fe, NM, The roads of GFNY route for run and bike legs. Cap of 300 each the route is three loops, each climbing Mt. Santa Fe will take riders through the spectacular Laguna from a different side, with increasing CA, Experience the breathtaking scenic beauty 208-317-2225, [email protected], category., Aaron Metler, 435-627-4054, aaron. of classic Sierra roadways. Metric and Century 4PGF.com and diverse terrain of the southwest. Both routes [email protected], sgcity.org/sportsandrecre- difficulty and more “interesting” terrain. All loops start in downtown Santa Fe. 81 and 55 mile return down Sunrise Highway, a non-technical options or pick one or more of the famous Alta ation/races Alpina passes for a personalized ride (30 miles August 21, 2021 — HeART of Idaho Century Ride, courses, Michael McCalla, mikelikehikebike@ descent with smooth pavement and a descent Idaho Falls, ID, 25, 62, and 100 mile options. hotmail.com, gfnysantafe.com April 10, 2021 — RAGE Triathlon, BBSC Double shoulder., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, and up). Fundraiser for the Alta Alpina Cycling Club, Gregg Westerbeck, 877-845-2453, social@ Entry fees cover entry, t-shirts, fully stocked rest Down Series, Boulder City, NV, Featuring an [email protected], planetultra.com stops, and post ride BBQ. Route is flat to rolling, September 25, 2021 — Mountains to the Desert Bike Olympic, Sprint, Relay, DU, Aquabike, 10k and altaalpina.org, Michael Bayer, challenge@alta- Ride, Telluride, CO, 16th Annual, Ride from the May 8-21, 2021 — Cycle for Independence, Boise, alpina.org, altaalpina.org/challenge easy to moderate difficulty. Benefit for the Art 5k. Located less than ten miles to famous vaca- Museum of Eastern Idaho., Margaret Wimborne, beautiful mountains of Telluride to the incredible tion destinations, including the Las Vegas Strip ID, Virtual Fundraiser for the Treasure Valley desert landscape of Gateway, CO for the Just Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, June 26, 2021 — Wild Sierra Century and Metric, 208-317-7716, [email protected], d91.k12. and Hoover Dam. This race sells out at 1,300 Markleeville, CA, Experience the breathtaking id.us/22/Content2/about-century-ride for Kids Foundation! Choose your distance (72 athletes and is a favorite in the southwest, as 10, 25, and metric century (62.5 miles), indi- miles, 101 miles, 104 miles or 132 miles) and pass vidual and team rides, routes begin in northwest scenic beauty of classic Sierra roadways. Ride it attracts athletes from all over the globe! through wilderness areas with no traffic lights August 21, 2021 — The Triple Bypass, Evergreen, through golden aspens and brilliant red canyon Coupon code: RAGECW2020, Craig Towler, Boise, supported ride. After ride burgers with CO, The legendary Triple Bypass is 110 miles with walls to our destination at Gateway Canyons all the fixings combined with socializing, music, and just a few stop signs. , Gregg Westerbeck, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, 877-845-2453, [email protected], Michael 10,000’ of climbing and travels over 3 beautiful Resort., Katie Geissler, 970-708-0566, director@ [email protected], bbsctri.com/rage festivities and prizes, Ramona Walhof, 208-336- mountain passes from Evergreen to Vail, CO. 30, justforkidsfoundation.org, justforkidsfoundation. 5333, [email protected], Allan Bayer, [email protected], altaalpina. org/challenge/century.html 75, 120 mile options, Sunday Gran Fondo and org/mountainstodesertride April 17, 2021 — Leadman Ski Bike Run, Kellogg, ID, Schneider, 208-870-4831, aaschneider@hotmail. the infamous Double Triple Bypass, 240 miles!, Competitors run about 200 ft to click into their com, cycleforindependence.org June 26, 2021 — Alta Alpina Challenge 8-Pass Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, jen@teamever- September 25, 2021 — Tour of the Moon, Roll Massif, gear for an approximate 1 mile ski/board to the Grand Junction, CO, Made famous in the 1980’s May 22, 2021 — Cycle Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Double Century, Markleeville, CA, The Toughest green.org, Kim Nordquist, 303-249-6168, kim@ mountain bike transition point. After the 7 to 11 Single Day Ride in the World. Exclusive 8 Pass triplebypass.org, triplebypass.org Coors Classic and later in the cycling movie mile bike ride the racers take off for a 4 to 5 mile ID, Cycle Magic Valley is a virtual ride this American Flyers. Its legacy continues as one of year. You will receive a cool swag bag, spe- Jersey available for finishers, Gregg Westerbeck, run to the finish line at Gondola Village at Silver 877-845-2453, [email protected], Michael August 21, 2021 — Belgian Waffle Ride - Asheville, the premier road cycling events in the western Mountain Resort., Kellogg Rotary Club, 208-783- cial social distancing CMV shirt, and a 2020 TRIPEL CROWN OF GRAVEL, Asheville, NC, The United States., Tracy Powers, support@rollmassif. CMV medal., Denise Alexander, dalexander@ Bayer, [email protected], altaalpina. 1524, , silvermt.com org/challenge “Hell of the North”. The course has scenic views com, rollmassif.com filertel.com, mavtec.org, bluecirclesports.com/ of rolling mountains, rough and rocky outcrop- April 24, 2021 — Legacy Duathlon, North Salt Lake, EventDetail_Master.aspx?meid=3244 July 9-11, 2021 — Ride the Rockies Getaways: pings, lake views, dense forests and passes September 26-October 2, 2021 — OATBRAN, Lake UT, Run Bike Run on the Legacy Parkway trial Gold Rush Gravel, Woodland Park, CO, A three many rivers and waterfalls. Course will cross Tahoe, NV, 30th annual One Awesome Tour Bike system. Great flat course that starts in North Salt May 29, 2021 — Heartbreak Century and Double Ride Across Nevada! Following the Legendary Century, King of the Mountains Century day self to semi-supported ride that circumnavi- the Eastern Continental Divide multiple times! Lake Utah and a great way to kick off the 2021 gates Colorado’s famed Gold Belt region, an A true multi-surface race with smooth, hard Pony Express Trail on U.S. Hwy. 50. 5 days of rid- Triathlon Season., Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, joe@ Challenge, Frazier Park, CA, 100 or 200 mile ing, 420 miles from Lake Tahoe to Great Basin ride on the roads less traveled in the Los Padres amazing area rich in old west history and replete packed, flat, loose, rocky and up/downhill onhillevents.com, legacyduathlon.com, onhil- with stunning scenery., Deirdre Moynihan, 303- gravel., Michael Marckx, 760-815-0927, mmx@ National Park. Fully Supported motel style tour… levents.com National Forest, Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, limited to 50 participants., Curtis Fong, 800- [email protected], planetultra.com 954-6704, [email protected], Ride MonumentsofCycling.com, belgianwaffleride. The Rockies , 303-954-6700, ridetherockies@den- bike 565-2704, 775-771-3246, [email protected], May 1, 2021 — Icebreaker Sprint Triathlon, RACE June 5, 2021 — Eastern Sierra Double Century, verpost.com, ridetherockies.com bikethewest.com TRI, American Fork, UT, As the official beginning California Triple Crown and Planet Ultra Grand August 22-28, 2021 — Yellowstone National Park of the TRI season, the race starts with a 300 July 11-16, 2021 — Tour de Wyoming, Thermopolis, Bike Tour, Belgrade, MT, Experience the world’s October 1-3, 2021 — Ride the Rockies Getaways: meter pool swim at the AF Rec Center and is Slam Endurance Series, Bishop, CA, 200 mile ride Cottonwood Classic, Crested Butte, CO, Starting including Mammoth and June Lakes, Deborah WY, 24th Annual. Bike tour circling Wyoming’s first national park! 7-Day tour includes 6 nights followed by a 12 mile bike through beautiful Bighorn Basin with daily distances from 55 to 70 lodging/meals, guide service, entrance fees, and finishing in Crested Butte, this 194-mile, American Fork, and finishes with a 5K run. Race daily lunch en route, and more!, John Humphries, 970-728-5891, info@lizardheadcyclingguides. com, lizardheadcyclingguides.com August 28, 2021 — Venus de Miles, Lyons, CO, Venus de Miles is for all skill levels and features courses to accommodate any active woman – whether this is your first athletic event or your hundredth. Choose among a rolling 32-mile course, a 64-mile metric century, and a 100-mile century course. All courses go through beauti- ful Boulder County. Fundraiser for Greenhouse Scholars., Greenhouse Scholars , 303-459-5473, [email protected], venusdemiles. com/colorado/ August 28, 2021 — Tour de Fox Wine Country, VIRTUAL, Fulton (Santa Rosa), CA, 70.2-mile, 52.4- mile, 34.5-mile or 10.7-mile options. Proceeds from Wine Country will benefit The Michael J. Fox Foundation to speed better treatments and a cure for Parkinson’s along wtih the local GOALS Foundation to support special needs children and adults sports and fitness., Bike Monkey , 707-560-1122, [email protected], Tour de Fox , [email protected], tour- defox.michaeljfox.org/winecountry August 28, 2021 — American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure Colorado, Parker, CO, VIRTUAL, Tour de Cure is an incredible expe- rience for cyclists, runners, walkers, and extreme ninjas! All routes end back at the Salisbury Park Festival where community members are invited to join in the fun. If you have diabetes you are the VIP of the day. 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shirts and finisher medals. The IceBreaker Kids’ Boulder, CO. An athlete favorite with its breath- Triathlon is a 100 meter pool swim, 5K bike and 1 taking sunrise swim, fast bike and smooth run ROAD RACING mile run. They will also get race shirts and finisher course, all with the flatirons painted in the medals., Aaron Shamy, , racetri.com background. Includes olympic, sprint, Relay, duathlon, Aquabike, 10k, and 5k. , Craig Towler, May 1, 2021 — Icebreaker Triathlon, Vernal, UT, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, Uintah Community Center at 9 am, 250 yard [email protected], www.bbsctri.com/boul- Crushing the Crits snake swim, 8 mile bike of moderate difficulty, dersunrise and a 3 mile run. , Quin , 435-781-0982, Quind@ uintahrecreation.org, uintahrecreation.org June 26, 2021 — Lake Tahoe Triathlon, Tahoe City, systems are lower profile than oth- CA, The swim occurs in one of the clearest, May 1, 2021 — Ironman 70.3 St. George North cleanest, and deepest lakes in North America, ers. The standout are pedals from American Championship, St. George, UT, 2.4 Lake Tahoe. Tahoe City is also home to some mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run. Start: Sand of the area’s most treasured mountain biking Speedplay (now owned by and mar- Hollow reservoir. Bike through Snow Canyon trails. The bike course features single track and State Park, Finish Downtown St. George. World’s double track, fields of wildflowers, and breath- keted as Wahoo). If you are a seeker qualifier, Ironman , 303-444-4316, stgeorge70.3@ taking Sierra views. The races start and finish ironman.com, Kevin Lewis, 435-986-6615, Kevin@ is at Commons Beach on the shore of Lake of marginal gains, then this is the visitstgeorge.com, ironmanstgeorge.com Tahoe., Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, todd@ May 8, 2021 — Woman of Steel Triathlon & 5K, bigblueadventure.com, Kiley McInroy, kiley@ pedal for you, especially as there is TriUtah, American Fork, UT, Don’t miss this one- bigblueadventure.com, bigblueadventure.com, of-a-kind sprint pool triathlon at the American adventuresportsweektahoe.com/compete/ an aero version available. Fork Recreation Center in American Fork, tahoe-off-road-triathlon/ Utah. We’ll be celebrating the strong women June 27, 2021 — Ironman Coeur D’Alene, Coeur we love with a great race venue, post event D’Alene, ID, 2.4-mile swim in Lake Coeur food, boutique vendors, raffle prizes and great d’Alene, 112-mile bike course, run on the lake Riding Position camaraderie! All women receive a safe and shore, 303-444-4316, [email protected], iron- slick event, sweet event shirts and rad finisher man.com The selection of equipment and medals!, Brogg Sterrett, 702-401-6044, race@ triutah.com, triutah.com July 10, 2021 — Echo Triathlon, TriUtah Points how it is set up (thinking mostly Series, Coalville, UT, 19th Annual. Warm July May 8, 2021 — South Davis Splash N Sprint Trithlon, temperatures, a scenic ride in Utah’s unique handlebars) is going to determine South Davis Racing Series, Bountiful, UT, Sprint Echo Canyon, and a run on the Historic Rail starts at 7:45, Swim 350 yds; Bike 12.02 mi; Run Trail makes for the perfect event for both sea- your riding position. Your riding 5k, relay: Split the Sprint between 2-3 racers, soned athletes and beginners. 600 rider cap., Novice: Swim 150 yds; Bike 2.4 mi; Run 1.5 mi, Brogg Sterrett, 702-401-6044, [email protected], position needs to be optimized for Be at the start before 8:45amLocation: South triutah.com Davis Recreation Center; 550 N 200 W, John the ABCs of crit racing: Miller, 801-298-6220, john@southdavisrecreation. July 10, 2021 — Cache Valley Super Sprint Triathlon, com, Cindy Hunt, 801-298-6220, cindy@southda- Logan, UT, Held at the Logan Aquatic Center. The Sugarhouse Criterium, generally held in May, is a great race that will a. aerodynamics and accelera- visrecreation.com, southdavisrecreation.com, This race is a great pool triathlon with a 500 challenge all riders. Photo by Dave Iltis southdavisraces.com meter serpentine swim, 12.4 Mile bike on the tions; Mendon Road which is a flat straight paved May 22, 2021 — Sand Hollow Triathlon, BBSC road out along farm lands, 3.1 Mile Run on the wing out your elbows or tuck in b. braking control; Tri Series, Hurricane, UT, The first race of the Logan River Trail under a canopy of trees. For By John Higgins Twin Tri series at Sand Hollow State Park, with those racers who want to do it Olympic style your knees to complete the pedal c. cornering. All of these can be Sprint, Olympic, Du, Aquabike, 10k, and 5k they will do it twice in an F1 format., Joe Coles, distances. Bike along scenic sand dunes, and 801-335-4940, [email protected], cvsst.com, stroke without your knees compet- achieved by riding in the drops. run around a gorgeous, reflective lake. Coupon onhillevents.com code: SHCW2020, Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, Criterium racing is a popular ing for space with your arms and It is astonishing to watch a local [email protected], Michelle Lund, michelle@ July 10, 2021 — Logan Tri, Logan, UT, Cache Valley bbsctri.com, bbsctri.com/sandhollow Super Sprint Tritathlon, Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, form of road bike racing that can hands. If this is an issue you may [email protected], onhillevents.com crit and see how many riders do lap June 5, 2021 — Colorado Triathlon, Boulder, CO, be found in many cities and regions benefit from a bar that is wider in Sprint and Olympic distances, at Boulder July 11, 2021 — Boulder Peak Triathlon, Boulder, after lap with their hands on the Reservoir, Lance Panigutti, 303-408-1195, CO, Sprint and Olympic distances, at Boulder around the country. Crits are held the drops than the hoods to give [email protected], withoutlimits.co Reservoir, Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquabike, Lance hoods. A crit is not a Sunday Stroll. Panigutti, 303-408-1195, lance@withoutlimits. June 12, 2021 — XTERRA Lory, XTERRA America com, withoutlimits.co on closed courses with no cars and more leg clearance inside your fore- Either the rider is not working hard Tour, Bellvue, CO, 1/2 mile swim in the clear waters of Horsetooth Reservoir (Eltuk Bay), then July 17, 2021 — San Rafael Classic Triathlon, are of short duration – usually an arms. Nor do you want a bar so nar- enough, their strength and flexibil- a 2-Lap (beginner friendly) 12.2 mile single-track Huntington, UT, Huntington State Park, Olympic bike over rolling terrain, and across valley bridg- distance tri, Olympic team relay, Sprint Tri, Sprint hour or less, making them a popular row that it restricts your breathing. ity is sorely lacking, or the stem is es at Lory State Park. Finish things off with a fun team relay, spring swim/bike duathlon, sprint and challenging 4.8 mile (8k) run through the bike/run duathlon, youth tri. New: paddle board “after work” evening workout. The Crit racing demands a lot of oxygen, already slammed and the drops are clouds on single-track trails! , Lance Panigutti, tri (sprint) and a paddle board race. Friday night 303-408-1195, [email protected], without- activities offer live music during the pasta dinner. close and fast-paced group riding so don’t restrict the supply by going out of arm reach. The drops should limits.co/#!__xterra-lory Body marking and packet pickup available can be intimidating to start with, but Friday night. Camping available. Reservations total pro and cramming yourself be accessible, and you should be June 12, 2021 — East Canyon Triathlon, TriUtah necessary to ensure campsite. Held on a closed you will be guaranteed a healthy Points Series, Morgan City, UT, 8th Annual. This course. Special prizes and awards will be issued onto a 38cm bar if you are built able to work up to riding in them race boasts stunning scenery, a fast, technical to the athletes, Wade Allinson, 435-609-3126, bike course, and hometown hospitality like no [email protected], sanrafaelclassic.com dose of anticipation, excitement, like The Hulk. The depth and shape comfortably for the duration of the other; with both Sprint and Olympic distance races to choose from. 2-transition point-to- July 17, 2021 — XTERRA Beaver Creek, XTERRA adrenaline and exhaustion. Think of of the drops should also provide a event (40 – 60 minutes). Riding point race, Begins at the beautiful East Canyon America Tour, Avon, CO, The last of four region- Reservoir. The Sprint bike is downhill and fast als in the XTERRA America Tour, featuring sprint a criterium as unstructured interval secure and comfortable grip for your in the drops lowers you center of (please stay safe and in control at all times.) and championship distance off-road triathlon The Olympic bike course has two short but options., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, info@ training with a few riding buddies. hands. There is surprising variation gravity, improving cornering control challenging hills followed by a fast descent into xterraplanet.com, xterrabeavercreek.com Morgan City. Both distances offer a cool, scenic Crit racing demands and devel- in the curve radius of the drops, and and traction; improves aerodynam- run along the Weber River and local neigh- July 24, 2021 — Tri Boulder, BBSC Twin Tri Series, borhoods., Brogg Sterrett, 702-401-6044, race@ Boulder, CO, One of the fastest growing triath- ops riding fitness and skills, but some bars just don’t work well with ics – the faster you are going, the triutah.com, triutah.com lons in Colorado. Challenge yourself at mile high elevation, Sprint, Olympic, and Half distances. , more is needed if you want to “crush some hands. more important this is; provides June 12, 2021 — Lookout Mountain Triathlon, Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Golden, CO, 525 Yard Swim, 10 Mile Bike with Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri. the crits”. And it’s not just strategy, Crank length is a very important a more positive and secure hand 1000’ of climbing, 5K Run on dirt roads. Meet at com/triboulder Mt. Vernon Canyon Club just west of Golden, timing, and eye-watering accelera- variable for several reasons. The grip to control the bike; allows for CO., Paul Karlsson, 303-960-8129, info@digdeep- July 24-25, 2021 — Donner Lake Triathlon, Truckee, sports.com, digdeepsports.com CA, One of the best! The Donner Lake Triathlon tion. You need to give consideration typical lineup of crank length in mm is a favorite California Triathlon of many tri- judicious feathering of the brakes June 19, 2021 — Valkyrie Multisport Relay, Park athletes. The venue, setting, and course offer to your choice of equipment, how is 175, 172.5, 170 and 165. Shorter City, UT, Spans nearly 100 miles of Utah’s spec- a truly beautiful and challenging experience. (provided the brake lever reach is tacular Wasatch Back mountain range. The Half Triathlon 70.3, Olympic Triathlon, Sprint it is set up, and how you position is better when it comes to crit racing. event pits teams of up to 9 specialized com- Triathlon, Kids Triathlon, Aquabike, Aquathlon adjusted to suit your finger length); petitors against each other, racing against the |Duathlon, Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, todd@ yourself on the bike. If you are long legged person on clock, and exchanging between trail running, bigblueadventure.com, Kiley McInroy, kiley@ and coils the muscular spring for kayak/canoe paddling, marathon, mountain bigblueadventure.com, bigblueadventure.com, 175’s, drop to 170. If you are on 170, biking, stand-up paddle boarding, open water donnerlaketri.com unleashing powerful moves to swimming, and road cycling. Race day con- The Bike drop to 165. A shorter crank offers sists of four events: Full, Sprint, Marathon, and July 25, 2021 — Steamboat Lake Triathlon, establish or catch a breakaway or go Half—everything culminating with an all-day Steamboat Lake, CO, Sprint Distance Triathlon, Let’s say you have embraced the following benefits: Expo (Endurance Sports Summit) at the fin- Aquabike, & Stand-Up Paddle-Board Options at for the finishing sprint. If you can- ish line., Shawn Snow, [email protected], Steamboat Lake, Lance Panigutti, 303-408-1195, the notion of N+1, and have a a. reduced chance of pedal strike not comfortably reach the drops and valkyrierelay.com [email protected], withoutlimits.co June 26, 2021 — Dino Tri, TriUtah Points Series, August 7, 2021 — TriathaMom, Riverton, UT, dedicated bike allocated to crit rac- when pedaling through corners. stay there, raise your bars until you Vernal, UT, 13th Annual. Sprint and Olympic Women only triathlon at the Riverton Country Distance Triathlon. Race starts with an open Pool. 300 yard swim, 12 mile bike ride, and 5k ing. How might it be different to Digging a pedal into the road sur- can instead of riding on the hoods swim at Red Fleet state park. The bike starts with run. Carnival style cheering section provided a crazy hill climb out of the park and heads into for families of participants., Cody Ford, 801-558- your every day, any event, gran face when cornering is an adrena- the whole time. town for a run and finish at Utah State Extension. 2503, 801-432-0511, [email protected], Aly One of the most beautiful triathlons in Utah!, Brooks, [email protected], gotriathamom. fondo or canyon conquering bike? line-spiking, crash-inducing experi- Brogg Sterrett, 702-401-6044, [email protected], com We’ll begin with the frame. A bike ence that is best avoided. Greg Murphy, 801-656-5897, vernaldinotri@ August 7, 2021 — Ironman 70.3 Boulder, Boulder, Riding Skills, Racing Skills, yahoo.com, triutah.com CO, [email protected], ironman.com fit mentor of mine who grew up b. accelerate faster. A shorter and Fitness June 26, 2021 — Boulder Sunrise Triathlon, Boulder, CO, Join us in celebrating the start of sum- in the New York crit racing scene crank is easier to spin up as the These are all very different, but mer in the triathlon capital of the country, emphasizes that a crit bike should pedal is turning through a shorter are other important elements to rid- be longer in the top tube (more radius. Being able to respond to sud- ing safely and well in a criterium. If Idaho Stop Law Passes in Utah and North frame reach) but shorter in the stem den moves by accelerating quickly criterium racing is an important part Dakota than a traditional road touring (stage is important in crits. You don’t want of your riding agenda, or you would 1290, a 3-Foot law for safer passing racing) bike. You want a bike stable to get bogged down trying to turn a like it to be, engaging the services Utah and North Dakota joined of cyclists by motor vehicles. under acceleration that holds a line long lever or have to dump a bunch of a cycling coach may be advisable. the growing ranks of states passing Cycling Utah worked on HB well, but very responsive to steering of gears before you spin quicker. You can also subject yourself to a the Idaho Stop or Stop-as-Yield law 142 as well. “We thank Rep. Moss inputs to dive into a gap or avoid a c. ride more easily and aero- deep end immersion experience by for cyclists in March of 2021. The for her perseverance on the bill wheel overlap. For most people this dynamically in the drops as your showing up at a local crit, watching laws allow cyclists to treat stop and are glad to see Utah at the would be a bike with a modern race hips will be more open. It’s easier a few races, and then signing up and signs as yield signs, and must yield forefront of safer cycling,” said geometry like a Specialized Tarmac to lower your torso, and an open lining up. to pedestrians in the intersection Dave Iltis, Editor of Cycling Utah/ rather than an endurance geometry hip angle helps you get force onto and to cross traffic. The passage Cycling West. bike like a Specialized Roubaix or a the pedal earlier in the pedal stroke. Local Events of the law is not likely to change Utah and North Dakota Trek Domane. Desired stem length More force for longer = faster. For information on local cri- cyclists’ behavior much as 96% of join Idaho, Oregon, Delaware, is 70-90mm, depending on frame If you are concerned that a terium events, see the road racing cyclists treated stop signs as yield Washington, and Arkansas as the size, rather than a more traditional shorter crank reduces your power, calendar in this issue and online signs in one study in Illinois. current states where the Idaho Stop 100 – 120mm. I’ll refer you to local cyclist and at cyclingwest.com, check with Rep. Carol Moss of Utah has passed. A version of the bill Handlebar width and shape is renowned researcher Dr Jim Martin your local bike shops, or with USA worked tirelessly for 11 years to is being considered in California an important choice. Yes, handle- who is regarded as a leading author- Cycling at https://usacycling.org/ get the bill passed. This year, she this year. bars come in different widths and ity on the relationship between events-search?discipline=19&sub_ removed the stop light portion of For Utah’s bill text, see: https:// drop profiles. A slightly narrower crank length and power production disciplines=8 the bill, which is partially covered le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/ bar than what you are used to may (https://www.cyclingutah.com/tech/ Let the fun begin! in another section of state code, HB0142.html The law takes effect offer the dual benefit of making you crank-length-coming-full-circle/). which helped gain support from on May 5, 2021. North Dakota’s more aerodynamic and less likely to The short answer is that there is John Higgins is a profession- previous detractors. bill text is here: https://www.legis. bump bars or entangle with another none. al bike fitter and purveyor of North Dakota’s bill was sup- nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/docu- rider. You are likely to spend most Pedal system. I’ll nominate crank unique and boutique bicycles ported by the North Dakota Active ments/21-0154-03000.pdf of the time riding in the drops (more length as more important than pedal and fit-related components and Transportation Alliance who were on this later). The bar should not be system when it comes to avoiding a accessories in Salt Lake City. elated with its passage. North -Dave Iltis so narrow that you have to either pedal strike. However some pedal More info on bikefitr.com Dakota also passed House Bill Spring 2021 CYCLINGWEST.COM 23

BICYCLE ART Final Sprint - The Bicycle Art of TJ Eisenhart

Artist: TJ Eisenhart Artist’s Statement: I loved Note: The painting is of the Tour Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Title: Final Sprint doing this piece , it was a commis- de France 1981 stage12b; a classic, To view more of TJ’s art fol- If you are interested in a commis- Size: 48X60 sioned piece. I wanted to capture determined, three-up sprint between low him: @tjeisenhart on Instagram. sioned piece, contact him at teisen- Medium: Oil, acrylic, airbrush the energy and excitement felt by Eddy Planckaert, Guido van Calster, You can also view some of his work [email protected]. on canvas the riders. and the legendary Bernard Hinault. at DuVin Pintor Gallery located in 24 CYCLINGWEST.COM Spring 2021