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JULY 2013 cycling utah.com 1 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 5 FREE JULY 2013 cycling utah 2013 UTAH, IDAHO, & WESTERN EVENT CALENDAR INSIDE! ROAD MOUNTAIN TRIATHLON TOURING RACING COMMUTING MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING MAGAZINE WEST CYCLING MOUNTAIN ADVOCACY 2 cycling utah.com JULY 2013 SPEAKING OF SPOKES It’s July! Tour Time! The Tour. Once again, July is fast have already sounded and The Tour World Championships, I check the By David Ward approaching and the Tour de France will be under way. results daily to keep up on the racing will begin rolling through the flatlands, I am a fan of bike racing, and love scene. Sometimes, like with this year’s In bicycling, there are tours. Then hills and mountains of France. Indeed, to follow professional racing. From Giro d’Italia, a great race develops in there are Tours. 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Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian, won For 200 years, the South Pole the race for the Pole on December has attracted the brave, restless, and 14, 1911. One month later, the British intrepid among us. It has, like Everest, explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, also inspired mankind to explore the very reached the Pole. fringes of human capability and Since then, Antarctic expeditions endurance. have continued to inspire and chal- The first known footfall on the lenge those who brave the lonely ice of Antarctica was around 1820, whitescape, and the bitter cold. Daniel Burton rides across Utah Lake in preparation for his attempt to reach the South Pole this coming winter. Photo: Jake Weber In December 1989, Reinhold Utah, started riding his mountain bike (LOTOJA), the longest sanctioned Messmer, the accomplished moun- when years of sitting at a desk led to one-day road race in the United States. taineer, and German sailor, Armund high blood pressure, unhealthy cho- Dan has also developed a fondness for Fuchs, became the first to traverse lesterol numbers, and extra pounds. riding in the snow on a fat bike. Antarctica via the South Pole without Riding helped him get healthy again, Fat bikes are specialty bikes, built animal or motorized help. The pair and inspired him to help others do for snow and sand, and feature tires used skis and were pulled by kites to the same. that are four inches wide, double the travel across the snow and ice. When his programming career width of a standard mountain bike tire. More recently, Norwegian ended, he founded Epic Biking, a bike The wide tires and low tire pressure Aleksander Gamme and Australians shop in Saratoga Springs. His goal? make floating through snow and sand James Castrission and Justin Jones “Getting people out on bikes.” Daniel much easier than standard side tires. became the first people to travel from wrote on his blog that “I… decided I Daniel’s quest to inspire others to the coast to the Pole, and back without wanted to do something to help others. ride, and to be healthy, has taken a support, and without the aid of ani- So I opened a bike store to help oth- southward turn, indeed, as far south as mals, motors, or kites. ers get the health benefits of an active anyone can go. He hopes to become And now, there’s a new race to the cycling lifestyle.” the first person to ride a bike to the South Pole. A bike race. His passion for cycling inspired Daniel Burton, a former computer him to start riding long hours. He is a Continued on page 12 programmer from Saratoga Springs, six-time finisher of Logan to Jackson 4 cycling utah.com JULY 2013 MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING Page and Hanks Top the Field in Round Valley Cross Country Ultimately, the Epic Brewing rider was able to stave off serious cramping until after the finish line. She cross the line with just over a minute buffer on Erin Swenson. This race win was particularly sweet for Hanks as this is her last race before starting che- motherapy for Above: National Cyclocross Champion and Park City resident Jonathan Page took the win in men's pro category. a breast cancer Right: Jen Hanks topped the women's pro field. recurrence in a Photos: Chris See. Find more at fredmarx.photoshelter.com little more than a week. This will By Shannon Boffeli do three. Once out front the cyclocross out a bike. Her bike was stuck in a be her second round of chemotherapy The men’s race featured several champ displayed his abilities on the traffic jam. By start time it still had in the last two years. She is opti- local hotshots as well as reigning mountain bike slowly extending his not arrived and she was forced to mistic for a full recovery following Round 3 of the 2013 Utah State national cyclocross Jonathon Page lead throughout the course. watch the race from the sidelines. Championship series kicked off on (Competitive Cyclist) and USCS By the finish Page would have just That left Jen Hanks (Epic treatment. June 22, 2013 in Park City, Utah. points leader Ben Aufderheide (The over a minute lead on Aufderheide Brewing/MTBRaceNews.com) and The final round of the Utah State The Round Valley trail system played Hub). Aufderheide has been on a roll who easily held on to his points Erin Swenson (3B Yoga) locked in a Championship Series will take place host to the penultimate stop on the this season taking second at round lead with another second place. head-to-head battle for the win. September 21st in Draper, Utah. USCS tour. one and first two weekends ago at the Park City local Nate Miller (Honey These two experienced riders The Draper Fall Classic is a rider Riders were rewarded with mod- Wasatch Back 50. Stinger) took third place followed by tested each other throughout the race. favorite consisting of two 25-mile erate temperatures for the afternoon Aufderheide took the early led Geoffrey Montague (Noble Sports) Riding side-by-side after the start laps on Draper’s Corner Canyon start. through the first lap. Pushing the and Bryson Perry (DNA Cycling). they matched each other until Hanks trail system. For more information Laps came in at just under 9 miles pace on the climbs he opened a lead The excitement in the wom- took the early lead in the singletrack.