Cycling Utah and Cycling West Magazine March 2016 Issue
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MARCH 2016 CYCLINGWEST.COM 1 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 1 FREE MARCH 2016 CYCLING WEST UTAH • IDAHO • WYOMING • NEVADA • W. COLORADO • N. ARIZONA • MONTANA 2016 UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, NEVADA, W. COLORADO, N. ARIZONA, & MONTANA EVENT CALENDAR INSIDE! FEATURING: •LES BEEHIVE BOYS AT THE BIKE POLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS •QUICK NUTRITION GUIDE FOR ATHLETES •BIKEPACKING GROUP •A TRIP TO ROAD WORLDS •RIDING GOOSEBERRY MESA •BIKE INDUSTRY NEWS •IN MEMORY OF JOHN WEIS •FAST ACT AND CYCLING •COMMUTER COLUMN •SIZING A NEW BIKE •TOP 5 BIKE TOURING BOOKS •FAT BIKE PHOTO GALLERY •FAT BIKE WORLDS ROAD• MOUNTAIN •TRIATHLON• TOURING• RACING• COMMUTING• ADVOCACY 2 CYCLINGUTAH.COM MARCH 2016 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Cycling Utah Starts its 24th Year With Changes! Utah than for any thing else I have By Dave Iltis done. But beyond this notoriety, I Editor and Publisher am mostly proud of the fact that, not only is Cycling Utah still around, 1124 4th Ave Cycling Utah is beginning our but it is thriving. It is one of the very Salt Lake City, UT 84103 24th season of bringing the best of few successful regional cycling pub- cycling in Utah and the Intermountain lications in the country. Above all, it www.cyclingutah.com West. With this issue, we are roll- serves the local and regional cycling www.cyclingwest.com Phone: (801) 328-2066 ing out some exciting changes. The community well, and is helping it to first will be readily apparent for our grow.” (For a complete history of Dave Iltis, Editor, Publisher, & readers in Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Cycling Utah, see our March 2013 Advertising Wyoming, Western Colorado, issue online at: http://www.cyclingu- [email protected] Northern Arizona, and Southwestern tah.com/issues/2013/march-2013/ Montana – in those states, we will cycling-utahs-march-2013-issue-is- David R. Ward, Consultant and now be distributing as Cycling West! now-available/) Founder In Utah, we will continue as Cycling With the change in name outside [email protected] Utah. The new name reflects the of Utah, Cycling West is looking for news and information that we print contributors in the western states. Contributors: Ben Simonson, regarding those states. Notably, our We hope to provide additional news Michael Gonzales, Lou calendar of events lists every event for each of the seven states that we Melini, Wayne Cottrell, Lukas that we know of in the region. reach. Our goal is to bring together Brinkerhoff, Ian Scharine, Phil Sarnoff, David Ward, Dave Careful readers will also note that the entire cycling community from Iltis, Tom Jow, Deb Henry, you can reach us through cyclingu- racers to commuters, mountain bik- Wayne Hansen, Steve Stauffer, tah.com or cyclingwest.com. ers to triathletes, and fat bikers to Ken Johnson, Breanne Nalder, Currently, we the majority of our skinny tire riders. Becka Roolf, Gabe Mejia, Jimmy articles are intended to appeal to Cycling Utah’s continuing mis- Araneda, David Barthod, Dave an audience of cyclists everywhere. sion is to Grow, Connect, and Richards, Dejan Smaic, Sam We print touring stories, bikepacking Inform the Cycling Community in Warrick, John Higgins, Dave articles, tech stories, book reviews, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Richards, John Shafer, Kent essays, and more. We also have a N. Arizona, W. Colorado, and SW Sanchez, Jennifer Kutzleb, Dave large focus on Utah content. Over Montana. Please join us in making Brewer, Jerry Allred the coming year, look for a gradual the world a better place through Assistant Editor: Lisa Hazel increase in regional content both in Cycling Utah’s first issue was published in March of 1993. David Ward and cycling. print, and on our website. Bob Truelsen started the paper. It has thrived for 23 years as the voice of Distribution: McKibben Cycling Utah also has a new pub- cycling in Utah and the Intermountain West. Editor’s Note: If you would like Lindquist, David Montgomery, lisher, Dave Iltis. David Ward, the to contribute to Cycling Utah and and others founder of Cycling Utah is stepping gized, and take part in the great sport Utah, Cycling West, please email dave@ (To add your business to our down after 23 years in the role. He and activity of cycling. “Cycling Utah has had excellent cyclingutah.com. We look forward to free distribution list, give us a and Bob Truelsen (Cycling Utah’s David Ward will still be involved support from the cycling community. hearing from you. call) editor from 1993 to 2000) started with the magazine as a consultant, Bike stores, event promoters and, as the paper in 1993 with the goal of and will continue to write his most Cycling Utah has grown, other busi- Reach Cyclists in Cycling Utah and Cycling West providing news and information to enjoyable column, Speaking of nesses and persons have supported is published eight times a year the Utah and Intermountain cycling Spokes. us with their advertising dollars. In 7 Western States! beginning in March and continu- communities. Little did they expect In our March 2013 issue, David the end, they are the lubrication that ing monthly through October. that 24 years later Cycling Utah Ward chronicles the history of makes this publication successful. Advertise in Annual Subscription rate: $15 would still be thriving and at the Cycling Utah. Started on a shoestring It is in thanks to these people and (Send in a check to Cycling Utah and our address above) No refunds center of those communities. budget of $700, the magazine, and these resources that Cycling Utah is on Subscriptions. Cycling Utah would like to thank Cycling West! later website have provided event still around. Frankly, a lot of stars Postage paid in Tooele, UT David Ward and Bob Truelsen for information, news, and stories of have lined up to make Cycling Utah their incredible contributions to cycling for the last 23 years. This has a successful and thriving publication. Email: Editorial and photographic con- growing cycling in the state of Utah been solely possible because of the Finally, it has been very person- [email protected] tributions are welcome. Send and the region and for their vision support from the cycling community ally satisfying to me. Cycling Utah Web: via email to dave@cyclingutah. in starting the publication. Cycling and from our advertisers. was my personal brain child. I am www.cyclingutah.com/ com. Or, send via mail and please Utah has helped countless cyclists David Ward states this nicely in more widely known for being the advertising-info/ include a stamped, self-addressed find events, stay informed, stay ener- the article on the history of Cycling founder and publisher of Cycling envelope to return unused mate- rial. Submission of articles and accompanying artwork to Cycling Utah is the author’s war- ranty that the material is in no way an infringement upon the rights of others and that the mate- rial may be published without additional approval. Permission is required to reprint any of the contents of this publication. Cycling Utah is printed on 40% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based ink. Cycling Utah and Cycling West is free, limit one copy per per- son. © 2016 Cycling Utah Pick up a copy of cycling utah at your favorite bike shop! Cover Photo: Trent Stallard rolling the Dead Apprentice on Guacamole near Zion National Park. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff MARCH 2016 CYCLINGWEST.COM 3 BICYCLE POLO Les Beehive Boys Compete at the World Bike Polo Championships in New Zealand Tuesday, Thursday (Women’s night) and Sunday in a kindly and friendly atmosphere. Chuck, Danny, Gabriel, Tate and Jimmy are still at it with a bunch of local bikers and people from all over the U.S. who joined the club to make those nights fun and intense! Les Beehive Boys In 2014 – we created The Beehive Boys with Gabriel, Tate and Jimmy to represent Utah and Salt Lake City at tournaments. We drove to our first tourney in Vegas for Desert Bike Polo and played a year later in Fresno, CA for Smack In Da Middle IV. A great way to improve our skills The Beehive Bicycle Polo Club at Bike Prom in 2015. by competing against new players. Les Beehive Boys at the National Championships. Photo by Dave Brewer, DAVEBREWERPHOTO.COM In spring 2015, David - who Photo by Jennifer Kutzleb just moved from France to Utah for his job – subbed in for Tate at the we finally agreed to do whatever we to support our team before the trip. South West qualifiers. We had as a could to make it to New-Zealand. January 28th we traveled ‘down main goal to get a spot to play the Financial sponsoring in bike polo under’. North American Championship in is today reserved to only few teams Lexington, KY. as the sport still a niche – growing Bike Polo Touring Trip: We drove a total of 20 hours to though! We were lucky enough to It will have been too bad for us Folsom, CA and took 4th place. The gather support from local companies to travel so far without catching a bit top 5 got to represent the region at the Saturday cycles, Velo City bags, and of this amazing country. That’s why North American Championship! from DZR shoes in SF we decided to go for a ‘bike-polo- 3 months later and after rais- We started to raise funds thanks touring-trip’ in the south island. After ing funds selling shirts, we flew to an online crowdfunding campaign figuring out the best way to do long to Kentucky for the NAHBPC - preselling shirts, hoodies, stick- a tour on a polo bike, we were ready and made it to the final day taking ers and offering a French dinner at to see New Zealand the best way pos- 13th over 50 teams from all over David’s house for 5 people! Few sible.