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OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 cyclingutah.com 13 !'>• *s x^ Men's Pro/1/2 winner Cameron Hoffman climbs with the field. Photo: Kevin Winzeler. Find your photo at Za200sh.com. crossing the Snake River, Tibbitts strength is a sprint finish." A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT took a big jump and left everyone. But with 400 meters to go, he "It was a scary, vicious attack," he briefly thought he wouldn't be able HELPED US, SUPPORTED US, AND INSPIRED US said. "Tibbitts was going about 30 to unleash the sprint that he wanted. miles per hour." The course had been reduced to less AS LOTOJA CELEBRATED ITS 25TH YEAR! Yet despite Tibbitts being about man a lane's width by cones for traf a minute up the road and the finish fic control. And Hoffman was in the line less than 15 miles away, no one back. gave chase. Instead, the group rode "Coming into the sprint I was hard tempo and caught him at die scared because suddenly the finish stoplights in Jackson. funnclcd into one lane and there was With less than 10 miles to go, really only room for two guys to Hoffman started to take inventory sprint (side-by-sidc)," said Hoffman. of himself and the other racers. The "There wasn't room for a third guy odds were stacked against him, with to conic around." three teammates from Logan Race As the group began to sprint, Club and two from Contender, left however. 1 loft man had no trouble in the bunch. finding a hole shot to punch through "I began to ask myself how many for the win. At 50 meters to go, he more attacks could I withstand," said turned around to sec Eck and Page tn Hoffman. "There was a lot of sizing following more than a bike length For Hoffman, winning die 25 attempt, was tndy "awesome." As each other up at this point, and my back. The two finished at 9:24:17. Anniversary LoToJa, on his first for whether or not he'll return in Continued on page 15 swiss design at bikers edge Z 232 N. Main Kaysville I 801-544-5300 I Mon: 10-4 Tues-Fri: 10-7 Sat: 10-5 I bebikes.com 14 cycling utah.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 TRAIL OF THE MONTH abounds for vehicles are few and far the while, the Wasatch Range from between on the frontage road. Ride Ogden's Ben Lomond to Salt Lake's widi a group and Saltair is perfect Lone Peak provides constant visual Saltair — A Ride o for a team time trial. entertainment, and the downtown Salt Lake skyline grows more Details: majestical with each pedal stroke. Don't be intimidated by die guard station and penitentiary-style Location: Salt Lake International fence at the trailhead parking area. Airport to the Great Salt Lake State Just go through die gate and hop Marina. onto die Airport BUce Path. The Distance: 31.4 miles round trip. bike padi runs alongside the edge Gain: About 50 feet, no lie! of a narrow road diat goes around Physical difficulty: Moderate. die airport's soudiern perimeter. Although flatter than a pancake, You'll cross under the flight land 30-plus miles is nodiing to scoff ing/take off path, but don't stop to at. The greatest challenge might be watch the jets overhead because battling the wind, which can be signs along me road prohibit it. The bothersome blowing off die lake, bike path follows me airport access up the valley, or around the Oquirrh roads and circles around Wingpoint Mountains. Golf Course before exiting to the Margin of Comfort: Fair to good International Center on the airport's overall. The route follows desig west side. Link together Wiley Post nated bike lanes around the airport Drive, Admiral Byrd Road, and and dirough the International Center. Amelia Earhart Drive; tiicn after The 1-80 frontage road has no shoul crossing 5600 West, turn left onto der but it sees little traffic. Apollo Road to begin the frontage Season: Spring and fall. Mid-winter, The Saltair ride has great scenery. Anika Martinez rides with Marina, you can whiff the lake's salty air and gaze to distant islands road alongside I-80. Grassy pas too, if the roads arc dry and you can Antelope Island in the distance. Photo: Dave litis and mountains, and the Ottoman- tures on die right yield to the Great brave the cold. By Gregg Brornkq endless corn fields but the many style Saltair Pavilion along the way, Salt Lake's mud-flat shoreline, Finding the trailhead: From Salt diverse sights diat define northern gives me ride an odd-ball middle and northward, Frary Peak marks Lake City, take 1-15 north then the highpoint of Antelope Island's Widi eyes closed, me ride to Utah. Both near and far and in all eastern flair. 1-80 west for the airport. Exit to directions, the horizon is blocked by During midsummer, there may craggy spine. Straightaway to the Redwood Road, and then go west on Saltair is as mundane as slogging west, Kessler and Farnsworth Peak out tedious mid-winter miles on rows of block-faulted mountains mat not be a more miserable ride, for the North Temple. Where North Temple mark the Great Basin. The post-ice- heat and brine flics arc torturous. rise to impressive heights on the bends left (becoming UT-186) and your trainer in a window-less base Oquirrh Mountains. More intcrcsUng ment, for there is nary a pimple of age Great Salt Lake spreads from During fall, spring, and especially passes under 1-215, stay straight/due the road's edge to die faraway north, the dead of winter, however, Saltair man mountain's peaks, however, are west on North Temple proper. Cross a hill along the way to offer any Kcnnccott's huge smoke stack and terrain variance. And once you get and a compact but distinctive city is a remarkable ride diat offers both 2200 West and park at the end of the skyline marks the hub of a sprawl quality miles and a striking contrast Lake Bonneville's ancient shoreline road at die gated fence. The parking into the heart of the ride, die road etched into the Oquirrh's foothills. is as straight as a frozen rope. Ever ing metro boasting a million plus to the many canyon climbs through area accommodates a half dozen wonder what die biking is like in inhabitants. From the ride's turn out the Wasatch Range. Although Saltair Pavilion, still nearly two vehicles. Kansas? Open, your eyes won't find around at the Great Salt Lake State me route is less than a stone's throw miles away, resembles a Turkish Know Before You Go: The Airport from busy Interstate 80, solitude mosque floating in a mirage. Built in Bike Path is open April through 1893 by Mormon businessmen who September from 5 am to 10 pm and envisioned it to become the "Coney October through March from 7 am The Concept Island of the West," the amusement to 7 pm. I park and pavilion entertained more than a million visitors until fire Editor's Note: The road to destroyed it in 1925. Since rebuilt, it Saltair had been closed just west serves as a concert venue and dance of 5600 W. for most of the year. hall. It is now open and clear. Continue on the frontage road for a couple miles past Saltair to reach Excerpted from Bicycling Salt the Great Salt Lake State Marina Lake City, by Gregg Bromka and turnaround point. Don't be hasty in your departure. Take time to step Get copies of Gregg's Utah onto the observation deck and muse guidebooks: Bicycling Salt Lake at the stark beauty of this great land City, Mountain Biking Utah, locked puddle. If only the lake was Mountain Biking Utah's Wasatch deep fresh water what an oasis Salt Front, and Mountain Biking Park Lake City would be, but alas the City & Beyond, at your favorite shallow, murky lake's main claim to bike shop. fame is brine shrimping. Return the way you came. All SALT LAKE COUNTY BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIALIZED www.slcbac.org Coming Soon! Salt Lake County Bicycle Map Check our website for details! Now Available! Select '07 Models on Sale in Preparation for our New Ogden Store this Fall! Pick one up for FREE at: Financing Salt Lake area bicycle shops Available New Ogden location Salt Lake County Recreation Centers cBingliam through coming this Salt Lake County Libraries RC Willey fall! Cyclery* Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation Offices Salt Lake Sandy Provo 1500 S. Foothill Blvd. 1300 E. 10510 S. (106th S.) 187 West Center 583-1940 571-4480 374-9890 RVKKS fig ,s*l I IAKK Ogden Sunset COUNTY 3239 Washington Blvd. 2317 No. Main 399-4981 825-8632 Check our website for locations or download and print your own copy www.binghamcyclery.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 cycling utah.com 15 otoja from page 1 2008 will be decided sometime next year. For Jcnn Halladay. coming back Your race results next year to defend her title is defi nitely in her racing plans. She loves to ride, enjoys the LoToJa's spec tacular scenery, and wants to cut her depend on how finish time even more. Halladay said a fast pace was set right from the start as all licensed women left Logan together. The pack of approximately 50 riders rode so quickly they began to catch some men groups while coming into Preston.