Cycling Utah Magazine May 2013 Issue
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MAY 2013 cycling utah.com 1 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 3 FREE MAY 2013 cycling utah MAY IS BIKE 2013 UTAH, MONTH! IDAHO, & WESTERN CELEBRATE! EVENT CALENDAR INSIDE! DIRT PAVEMENT ADVOCACY RACING TOURING TRIATHLON MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING MAGAZINE WEST CYCLING MOUNTAIN COMMUTING 2 cycling utah.com MAY 2013 SPEAKING OF SPOKES Dreaming of Racing ing club and we were planning out Then I woke up and reality came pointed out, sixty-two years old with By David Ward the coming race season. There was flowing back. Yes, this is the time of a body that is slowing me down and, an air of anticipation and excitement year to be planning for and become when it comes to cycling these days, I had a dream the other night. I as we discussed the upcoming races. excited about the racing season. But just plain slow. 4543 S. 700 E., Suite 200 dreamt I was at a meeting of our rac- I was anxious for the racing to begin. I am, as I have previously painfully But it was refreshing to feel that anticipation and excitement once Salt Lake City, UT 84107 again, even if only in a dream. Because I remember being excited www.cyclingutah.com about racing and eagerly looking forward to the next season, the next You can reach us by phone: race, and even the midweek practice (801) 268-2652 criteriums at the International Center Our Fax number: out past the Salt Lake airport. (How (801) 263-1010 many of you were around back then?) Racing a bicycle is thrilling. I Dave Iltis, Editor & loved all types of racing. The time trials, the road races, and the crite- Advertising riums. My one regret is that I never [email protected] lived near a velodrome to have the opportunity to participate in track David R. Ward, Publisher racing. But I loved those races I was [email protected] able to do. Even time trials. You see, time trials are painful. Contributors: Ben Simonson, But they demand full concentration, Michael Gonzales, Lou Melini, perseverance, and energy output on Andy Singer, Jared Eborn, and beyond the edge the entire race. Wayne Cottrell, David Ward, They really are more a test of obsti- Katie Harrington, Lou Melini, nacy, endurance and pushing oneself John Roberson, Mark Deterline, to the extreme than any other type of Joe Metal Cowboy Kurmaskie, race. A time trial is called the race of Tom Jow, Charles Pekow, Evelyn truth for a good reason: It’s only you. Tuddenham, John Sturr, Bruce No strategy, no drafting, no attack- Ewert, Shannon Boffeli, Jay ing. Just you. Burke, Lyna Saffell Typically, there is nothing memo- rable about time trialing except the Distribution: Dave, Karma, pain. I was not a great time trialist, and Marinda Ward, Doug but I was pretty good. When the big Kartcher, David Montgomery guns showed up, like Steve Johnson, (To add your business to our Fran Wikstrom and George Veasy, free distribution list, give us I knew I was toast. (Actually, when a call) they showed up at any race, I knew I was toast.) But amongst us lesser Administrative Assistant: mortals, I could hold my own. One Jaylyn Nielson year at the Utah Summer Games, cycling utah is published I won the time trial by a matter of eight times a year beginning seconds. We had a good contingent in March and continuing of racers in our category, and that TT monthly through October. victory set the stage for my sweep of the weekend’s subsequent road race Annual Subscription rate: and criterium, and the overall gold $15 medal. It was a sweet time trial win. (Send in a check to Road racing was less challenging but more fun than time trials. You our P.O. Box) No refunds spend a fair amount of time just rid- on Subscriptions. ing in a pack and chatting. What’s Postage paid in Murray, UT not to like about that? Eventually, Editorial and photographic con- though, someone shoots off the tributions are welcome. Send front with several others jumping in via email to dave@cyclingutah. behind, making the first thrust in a com. Or, send via mail and please calculating game of point and coun- include a stamped, self-addressed terpoint. Should I attack? Should I envelope to return unused mate- follow that attack or is it doomed? rial. Submission of articles and Who is in the break? What is the accompanying artwork to team strategy? Is the strategy shot to cycling utah is the author’s hell at this point? warranty that the material is in And then there were the climbs. no way an infringement upon the I always had to make certain I was rights of others and that the mate- at the front of the peloton when we rial may be published without hit the foot of a climb. I was never additional approval. Permission a great climber, but with a little care is required to reprint any of the and some good luck, I could often contents of this publication. reach the top close enough to catch cycling utah is printed on 40% back on. But road races were won or post-consumer recycled paper lost on the climbs. Come too far off, with soy-based ink. and you typically were just on a train- cycling utah is free, limit one ing ride the rest of the race. copy per person. But road racing can bring some exciting surprises. One year, while © 2013 cycling utah riding the Little Mountain Road Race north of Logan, I was dropped on the Pick up a copy of last climb, but there were still about cycling utah at your 10 miles to go. I rode with a friend, favorite bike shop! and we knew we were battling it out for fourth and fifth places. Given there were probably less than ten that started in our category, that was no Cover: John Roberson heading east across Tule Valley in the big deal. But we would fight it out west desert of Utah, towards the anyway. On a small roller, I attacked, House Range. In the distance the opened a gap, and he couldn’t close road leads into Marjum Canyon and the pass beyond. See the story on page 42. Continued on page 12 Photo: John Roberson MAY 2013 cycling utah.com 3 BIKE MONTH Celebrate 2013 Utah Bike Month! to 5 pm at Library Plaza, 210 E. 400 South, to the Ghost Ride Century on May 11 Downtown Salt Lake City. 100+ exhibitors, By Jared Eborn and a less rigorous Ride of Silence live auction, solar-powered beer garden, on May 15 will get people moving live music organic food, kids’ eco-activ- ities, film presentation, eco-fashion show The banners are up, the chains are throughout the region. and more. , Mike Johnson, 801-994-1844, lubed and tires inflated. Cyclists in Moab can also get [email protected], down- Bike Month, a month-long cel- in on the action with the May 18 townslc.org, livegreenslc.com Moonshadows Ride, a supported May 4, 2013 — Tour de Brewtah, Utah ebration of pedal-powered transpor- Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, A tour of tation is upon us and Salt Lake City night-time ride along scenic Highway the local micro-breweries in the valley and the state of Utah have made 313. For more from Moab, see www. to support local non-profit agencies., Tim Stempel, 602-463-1547, tdstempel@ numerous plans to celebrate the mag- cyclingutah.com/news/moab-com- gmail.com, tourdebrewtah.org nificent invention. munity-bike-news-for-spring-2013/ May 4, 2013 — OpenStreets Salt Lake With bike-to-school days, open A thirst-quenching Tour de City - Ci.SLC.lovia, Utah Bike Month, Salt roads events and the ever-popular Brewtah rolls out on May 4th as Lake City, UT, Designed to engage new people in bicycling and physical activ- Bike Bonanza at Salt Lake’s Gallivan cyclists ride from one microbrewery ity. The event will temporarily open a Plaza, Utah has no shortage of events to another to sample various adult route of city streets exclusively to walk- beverages and snacks along the route. ing, biking, and other forms of active or parties during May. transportation. Includes activities such The month got a bit of an early On May 25th, head on up to the as exercise classes, dance classes, music, start with the annual Utah Bike Cache Valley Bike Festival. food, games and other attractions along the iconic downtown corridor of 300 Summit on April 26 where discus- Check out the following list of South/Broadway between the City & sions and presentations were made activities in the state as you explore County Building and the Rio Grande to help promote cycling in the state ways to celebrate National Bike Depot. Coincides with the LiveGreen Festival, happening at the east end of and foster an environment of active Month. the route., Colin Quinn-Hurst, 801-535- development of cycling as a key For updates, see also: www. 6630, [email protected], bikeslc.com component of Utah’s future. cyclingutah.com/event-calendars/ May 7, 2013 — Salt Lake County and utah-bike-month/ City Mayor’s Bike to Work Day, Utah May 7 is Bike To Work Day in Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, A mellow Salt Lake City. Mayor Ralph Becker ride with Mayor Ben McAdams / Mayor will lead a procession of bike-com- Ralph Becker and other city mayors under police escort from Liberty Park to muters in the state’s capitol city.