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May 2018 Issue; Consumer Recycled Paper with Soy- Many Bike Month Events That We Volume 26 Number 3 Based Ink MAY 2018 CYCLINGWEST.COM 1 Community Cycling FREE MAY 2018 CYCLING UTAH UTAH • IDAHO • WYOMING • NEVADA • COLORADO • NEW MEXICO • ARIZONA • MONTANA • CALIFORNIA 2018 EVENT CALENDARS INSIDE! MAY IS BIKE MONTH!! IN THIS ISSUE •BIKE MONTH CALENDAR •2018 EVENT CALENDARS!! •ELECTRIC BIKE BUYING GUIDE •STICKING TO IT •SEA OTTER PHOTO GALLERY •COMMUTER COLUMN •WORLD BICYCLE DAY •A ROAD TRIP TO SQUAMISH, BC •METAL COWBOY •25 YEARS OF CYCLING UTAH •TOURING BASICS •BICYCLE ART •ST. GEORGE BICYCLE COLLECTIVE ROAD • MOUNTAIN • TRIATHLON • TOURING • RACING • COMMUTING • ADVOCACY 2 CYCLINGUTAH.COM MAY 2018 MAY 2018 CYCLINGWEST.COM 3 Distribution: McKibben Lindquist, David Montgomery, Reliable BIKE MONTH Distribution, and others (To add your business to our free dis- tribution list, give us a call) May is Bike Printing: Transcript Bulletin Publishing Month in the Cycling West / Cycling Utah is pub- lished eight times a year beginning in March and continuing monthly West! through October. Annual Subscription rate: $15 By Dave Iltis (Send in a check to CYCLING WEST our address above) No refunds on Subscriptions. What better time to ride your Postage paid in Tooele, UT bike than May! And May is Bike 1124 4th Ave Month! The League of American Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Contributions: Editorial and photo- graphic contributions are welcome. Bicyclists established May as www.cyclingutah.com Send via email to dave@cyclingutah. Bike Month in 1956, and for the www.cyclingwest.com com. Or, send via mail and please last 63 years, America has cel- Phone: (801) 328-2066 include a stamped, self-addressed ebrated the bike with festivals, envelope to return unused material. Dave Iltis, Editor, Publisher, & Submission of articles and accompa- rides, Open Streets, Cyclofemme Advertising nying artwork to Cycling Utah is the rides, Bike to Work Day, Bike [email protected] author’s warranty that the material is to School Day, Bike Parties, in no way an infringement upon the Assistant Editor: Lisa Hazel rights of others and that the material Commuter Pit Stops, Bike Swaps, may be published without additional and more. And, somberly recog- David R. Ward, Consultant and approval. Permission is required to nized our fallen cyclists with the Founder reprint any of the contents of this pub- Ride of Silence (for local rides [email protected] lication. Bob Truelsen, Founder on May 16, see rideofsilence.org). Cycling Utah is printed on 40% post- Cycling West compiles as May 2018 Issue; consumer recycled paper with soy- many Bike Month events that we Volume 26 Number 3 based ink. We are solar powered too. know of in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Contributors: Ben Simonson, Chuck Cycling Utah / Cycling West is free, Montana, and Arizona. This year, Collins, Wayne Cottrell, Bob Truelsen, limit one copy per person. we present 42 events for your Dave Iltis, Joe Kurmaskie, Marcus © 2018 Cycling Utah cycling enjoyment. Kaller, Sarah Kaufmann, Lou Melini, Pick up a copy of Ride your bike to save the Ken Christensen, Russ Hymas, Charles Cycling Utah or Cycling West Pekow, John Higgins, Judith Rognli, at your favorite bike shop earth, for better health for you, for Monty Thurber, Beth Pacheco, Eric in 8 Western states! fun and transportation, for com- Kramer, Jonathan Cracroft, Photo- petition, and for the simple joy of John, Eric Ramirez, Joey Geurts, Duane Schaffer, Kira Maicke, Kelly pedaling. McPherson, Andy Singer, David Cover Photo: Stephanie Nitsch, Ward, Richard Vroom, Dave Richards, Sam Fox, and Piper Sadler on the Julie Melini Top of the World trail in Whistler, BC. Photo by Eric Kramer Continued on page 5 4 CYCLINGUTAH.COM MAY 2018 COMMUTER COLUMN UN Declares June 3rd as World Bicycle Day General Dr. Bernhard Ensink states Tips for Bike Commuting The United Nations has declared “Cycling is a source for social, eco- June 3rd as International World nomic and environmental benefits roll out of bed and onto my bike, the Bicycle Day, by adopting a resolu- – and it is bringing people together. better!) Springtime offers additional tion on April 12th 2018, during the WCA and ECF are extremely happy clothing challenges due to the drastic changes in temperature. Layer in 72nd Regular Session of the UN with this declaration. This UN dec- the morning with a light jacket that General Assembly, in New York laration is an acknowledgment of is easy to pack up for your warmer City. the contribution of cycling to the ride home. In terms of clothing, vis- The resolution was adopted by sustainable development goals ibility is key. Many clothing com- a consensus of 193 member states. (SDGs)”. WCA and ECF delivered panies offer photo reflective jackets The declaration invites all Member a document to the UN in 2015 in and accessories to make riders more States and relevant stakeholders to which it is shown that cycling deliv- visible to cars in darker lighting. celebrate and promote awareness ers directly on at least 12 of the 17 There are also many options avail- of the World Bicycle Day. The dec- SGDs, titled “Cycling Delivers on able for reflective velcro straps to laration encourages Member States the Global Goals!”. wrap around ankles and arms, and to devote particular attention to the WCA and ECF acknowledge tape to add to helmets. bicycle in cross-cutting develop- the extraordinary work of Leszek ment strategies and to include the Sibilski, Professor of Sociology at Know Your Route: bicycle in international, regional, Montgomery College, Maryland, When you need to get to where national and subnational develop- US and his students campaigning you’re going by a certain time (work, ment policies and programmes. for #WorldBicycleDay. school, etc ), it is important to plan H.E. Ambassador, Aksoltan Ataeva, WCA will hold its next Annual out a safe and predictable route. Permanent Representative of General Meeting on the 11th June Before I commuted for the first time Turkmenistan to the United Nations, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Kira Maicke’s commuter bike gets her to work and around town. Photo on a work day, I took a trial ride on introduced the draft resolution, co- day before ECF’s flagship confer- courtesy Kira Maicke Saturday to familiarize myself with sponsored by 56 countries, to the ence Velo-city 2018 Rio kicks off. a good starting point if you will be the route I had planned to take. If you General Assembly for the vote. The WCA will celebrate in Rio the By Kira Maicke relying on the light to brightly illumi- tend to be directionally challenged The Assembly adopted the resolu- UN resolution on the World Bicycle nate your path. You’ll appreciate that like me, another great option is to ‘Tis the season to get excited bright path to assist you in navigating mount your phone on the handlebars tion, declaring June 3rd as World Day! #June3WorldBicycleDay about commuting! With tempera- around those rim bending pot holes! of your bike and use GPS. Google Bicycle Day. For more information, see the tures rising, and National Bike to For those who commute to and from Maps has a bike setting that typically The World Cycling Alliance World Cycling Alliance website at Work Day coming up on May 18, school and work throughout the win- plans its bike routes using bike paths (WCA) and the European Cyclists’ wca.com here are a few tips for planning a safe, ter, often times in the dark, a bright and low traffic roads. I maintained Federation (ECF) welcome this res- The full resolution is here: fun commute. front light is even more important. my initial route religiously for a few olution adopted by the UNGA, after https://ecf.com/sites/ecf.com/files/ Since you typically have to leave weeks, then began exploring alterna- having campaigned for a UN des- civicrm/persist/contribute/files/A- Prep Your Gear: earlier on a bike than in a car, I like tive paths on my way home, to learn ignated World Bicycle Day since 72-L.43_World%20Bicycle%20 Aside from your typical repair to set out my clothes and shoes the more about the city and find the 2016. WCA and ECF Secretary Day.pdf items, (tubes, tire levers, multi tool, night before, to simplify my morning quietest, safest roads. Even the most CO2 / frame pump, patches) you routine. The easier it is to get going carefully planned predictable route will want to ensure your lights are in the morning, the more likely you can be derailed by a flat tire, train charged. I like having a bright red will stick with commuting. (The pre- crossing, or unusually heavy traffic, What’s on your mind? blinking tail light, and a higher vious advice may not be as relevant so I leave an extra 15 minutes early Send your feedback and letters to the lumen front light. When it comes for morning people, but if you’re just in case. to road riding, 500-750 lumens is anything like me, the easier it is to editor to: [email protected] Follow The Rules: As cyclists, we are required to fol- low the rules of the road. This means making full stops at stop signs and red lights, yielding to pedestrians, and signaling. While this is not only necessary and courteous to other vehicles, behaving in a predictable and respectful way will also help keep you safe. Riders should signal to alert changes in direction, and these changes should be carried out in a confident and predictable man- ner. When changing lanes, be sure to allow plenty of space to move gradu- ally, versus drastically cutting across multiple lanes of traffic. It is illegal, and often more dangerous, to ride on the sidewalk.
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