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VOLUME 11 NUMBER 8 FREEFREE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2003 FALL/WINTER cyclincyclingg utahutah •Calendar of Events - p. 12 •Little Cottonwood Canyon Trail - p. 3 •A Trip to the World’s - p. 13 •Results - p. 14 •New Orleans - p. 2 •Rider of the Year Awards - p. 16 •Enhancements Restored - p. 4 •Weeklong MTB Adventure - p. 7 •CX Photo Gallery - p. 8 •LOTOJA - p. 9 •The Toughest Hill Yet - p. 6 MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL •Coach’s’s CornerCorner -- p.p. 77 2 cycling utah.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2003 SPEAKING OF SPOKES LaidLaid BackBack inin NewNew OrleansOrleans By Dave Ward bents with New Orleans as Musa’s Publisher back porch. First Musa showed us around the A couple of weeks before my neighborhood, pointing out the dif- wife, Karma, and I left for a week- ferent styles of home and sharing end in New Orleans, I came across some of their history with us. He an article in the Deseret News about showed us the “shotgun” and “dou- bicycle touring in the Big Easy. ble shotgun” style homes, and That led me to contact “Laid Back explained why they were thus Tours” about arranging a bike tour described. He took us past the dis- during our visit. On our arrival on putedly longest standing home in both recommended by Musa and New Orleans, and explained why Friday, we made our way to their Veda. These turned out to be the place of business to finalize our that claim was disputed. He also best part of our Saturday, and high- told us why we would not stop in plans. lights of our trip. Musa explaining to Karma about New Orleans' famous Laid Back Tours is owned and front of the home. On Sunday, we arrived at the Next, Musa took us to the St. cemeteries Photo: Dave Ward run by Musa Eubanks and his wife, bike shop for our four-hour tour Veda Manuel, out of their bike shop, Louis No. 3 Cemetery. Like a man shortly after 10 a.m., expecting to be weaving a good yarn, Musa told Laid Back Bikes. That is somewhat finished by 2 p.m. But, while “laid of a misnomer, as what they special- how most tombs have in excess of Join Team in Training, back” certainly has reference to their 20 to 30 persons buried in them, cli- the largest endur- ize in are recumbents. When you recumbent preference, it also ance sports training walk in their shop, even though maxing his story with how that is describes Musa and Veda’s relaxed accomplished. He also knew, and program of its type in there are some uprights, there is no approach. I talked Karma into the world, and help mistaking that recumbents are the shared with us, the origin of the Looking for an incentive to find a cure! doing the recumbent thing, and by get into shape? How about expression, “He got shafted” which, personalized coaching, rule here. Informational Meetings will the time we were set up, had fin- group workouts and fun as you might guess, has something be held in January Musa and Veda are two of the travel destinations? ished jabbering, and had found to do with how the high tomb occu- throughout the Salt Lake friendliest people you could hope to Call for more information area. Sign up for more Musa and Veda’s dog, it was after or visit us downtown information by visiting our pancy is accomplished. Musa website at meet. We chatted easily for awhile, 11:30. near Gateway Mall! and then asked them for recommen- explained how the tombs are owned, www.teamintraining.org/dm Musa was a great guide. We had and how it is decided who will be 180 South 300 West, dations as to how to spend our short been on a couple of guided tours by Suite 260 buried where. He knows all that Salt Lake City, UT 84101 weekend. We quickly realized that, this time, and had also read up on in addition to being friendly, Veda detail. I could, of course, pass all Tel: 801-519-6600 the history of New Orleans. Still, that information on in this article, and Musa are a virtual fount of during our tour, Musa entertained us information. By the time we left, but my editor told me to keep it with detailed and unique aspects of short. You will just have to take a more than an hour later, we had our New Orleans history, life and cul- agenda planned and had more infor- tour with Musa... The point is, he Cover Photo: ture. Our other tours, while good, knows all this, and it is a delight to mation than we could possibly hope were prepared and rehearsed presen- Bart “The Beagle” to remember or use. be his audience. Gillespie on his way to tations. Our time with Musa was From the cemetery, we went out Mortgage Services We had scheduled our tour with like sitting on a friend’s back porch winning at Wheeler Farm, Musa for Sunday morning. On to Lake Pontchartrain. On the way, Put a roof over your bikes (and your family) while he spent hours waxing on in a Refinance and purchase loans for the Utah Cyclocross Series Saturday, in addition to the other he pointed out the levees that keep comfortable, intimate manner about New Orleans from being flooded, cyclist and others. Race #1, October 5, 2003. touristy things we did, we spent part the history, culture and good times of our time visiting Laura Plantation Marshall Hannum, AEL Mortgage of his home. The only difference Continued on page 15 (801) 647-3186 [email protected] and eating dinner at Jacque-imo’s, was that we were sitting on recum- Photo by Dave Iltis cycling utah P.O. Box 57980 Murray, UT 84157-0980 www.cyclingutah.com You can reach us by phone: (801) 268-2652 Our Fax number: (801) 263-1010 Dave Iltis, Editor & Advertising [email protected] ing u cl tah cy David R. Ward, Publisher [email protected] Robert L. 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Permission is required to reprint any of the contents of this publication. Cycling Utah is free, limit one copy per person. © 2003 cycling utah OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2003 cycling utah.com 3 TRAIL OF THE MONTH LittleLittle CottonwoodCottonwood CanyonCanyon TTrailrail to mix it up a bit. The trail fol- the creek, swing around a steel (packed dirt & loose sand with lows both the flume line of the gate, and come to a junction at some rocky sections) Murray Hydroelectric Power about 2.8 miles from the trail- Elevation Gain: 1,140 feet System, built in the 1920s, and head. Left leads up to Little Dogs: No, watershed the old railroad that serviced Cottonwood Canyon Road at a Alta during its mining boom road- side turnout signed "Little Trailhead Access: days in the late 1800s. Cottonwood Trail." If you stay straight, you can continue climb- From I-215, take Exit 6 (6200 Details ing for another half-mile (tech 4) South, Ski Areas.) Travel east on Now, hop on your bike and until the trail peters out near a 6200 South then south on pedal east on the gravel path pair of stone ruins across the Wasatch Boulevard and UT 210. alongside the paved walkway. creek. Return the way you came, Follow signs for Alta and Go around a steel gate, cross the or duck out to the highway for a Snowbird to Little Cottonwood paved access road for Wasatch speedy glide to the trailhead. Canyon. Turn right at the Resorts (private property, stay on The Salt Lake Ranger District canyon's flashing billboard, and route), and continue on a wide is analyzing the possibility of park at the Temple Quarry gravel road. Go around another extending the trail to connect Nature Trail. gate on the left/north side of the with the White Pine Canyon hydroelectric plant. Pass through trailhead and then to existing a third gate, and then cross a trails at Snowbird and Alta. How Did You Know? small bridge to Little sweet would it be to be able to It took 40 years to cut and Cottonwood Creek's south bank. ride all the way to Alta entirely hand-carve the granite blocks, The trail is now doubletrack. On on dirt? transport them by horse and your right, you'll pass an old wagon from Little Cottonwood pavilion that has fallen prey to Canyon, and erect the L.D.S. Salt Lake Temple. vandals; then the trail steepens Location: Mouth of Little and you'll have to power up a Cottonwood Canyon steep, bouldery section (tech Length/Type: 6.5 miles/Out- 3+). Stay right at a junction (the and-back Excerpted from Mountain left fork crosses a footbridge Tread: Doubletrack and a touch over the creek and exits to the Biking Utah's Wasatch Front of singletrack highway at the power plant).