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Adventure Cyclist GO the DISTANCE WAYPOINTS 8 TRAVELS WITH WILLIE 38 OPEN ROAD ROAD GALLERY 47 ADVENTURE CYCLIST GO THE DISTANCE. AUGUst/sePteMBER 2011 WWW.ADVentURecYCLing.ORG $4.95 SWITZERLAND: Where the rubber meets the sky PLUS: TEXAS FROM THE SADDLE TOURING ICELANd’s rING ROAD ROAD TEST: SOMA SAGA SHARE THE JOY GET A CHANCE TO WIN Spread the joy of cycling and get a chance to win cool prizes n For every cyclist you sign up through a gift membership or who joins through your referral, you score one entry to win a Novara Verita (rei.com/ product/807242) valued at over $1,100. The winner will be drawn from all eligible members in January of 2012. n Recruit the most new members in 2011, and you’ll win a $500 Adventure Cycling shopping spree. n Each month we’ll draw a mini-prize winner who will receive gifts from companies like Old Man Mountain, Cascade Designs, Showers Pass, and others. n The more new members you sign up, the more chances you have to win! Adventure Cycling Association adventurecycling.org/joy Adventure Cycling Corporate Members Adventure Cycling’s business partners play a higher level of support. These corporate membership significant role in the success of our nonprofit orga- funds go toward special projects and the creation of nization. Our Corporate Membership Program is new programs. To learn more about how your busi- designed to spotlight these key supporters. Corporate ness can become a corporate supporter of Adventure Members are companies that believe in what we do Cycling, go to www.adventurecycling.org/corporate or and wish to provide additional assistance through a call (800) 755-2453. TITANIUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE Rocky Mountain Print Solutions Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co. PC BikeQuest Bicycle Touring Co Ortlieb 2 ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 3 8/9:2011 contents August/September 2011 · Volume 38 Number 7 · www.adventurecycling.org ADVENTURE CYCLIST is published nine times each year by the Adventure Cycling Association, a nonprofit service organization for recreational bicyclists. Individual membership costs $40 yearly to U.S. addresses and includes a subscrip- tion to Adventure Cyclist and dis- counts on Adventure Cycling maps. The entire contents of Adventure Cyclist are copyrighted by Adventure Cyclist and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from Adventure Cyclist. All rights reserved. OUR COVER A cyclist rides along Alpine Route 1 in Switzerland. Photo by Aaron Teasdale. E L (left) A cyclist reaches a directional sign on Switzerland’s Alpine Route 1. TEASDA ON R MISSION AA The mission of Adventure Cycling Association is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. We help cyclists explore the landscapes and UNDERESTIMATING THE ALPS by Aaron Teasdale history of America for fitness, fun, 10 Switzerland is all in when it comes to bike travel, and their Alpine Route 1 is a major draw. and self-discovery. LOST IN THE LONE STAR STATE by Laura Crawford & Russ Roca CAMPAIGNS 20 Our strategic plan includes three Texas hasn’t been on the radar of many bike traveler’s, but it should be. major campaigns: Creating Bike Routes for America Getting Americans Bicycling VIKINGS AND LAKERS by Roy M. Wallack Supporting Bicycling Communities 28 When bike touring in Iceland, you best be prepared for some serious challenges. How to Reach Us To join, change your address, or ask questions about membership, visit us online at www.adventurecycling.org DEPARTMENTS LETTERS or call (800) 755-2453 or (406) 721-1776 email: 07 companions wanted 04 LETTER from the Editor [email protected] Subscription Address: from the 08 WAYPOINTS 05 LETTERS readers Adventure Cycling Association P.O. Box 8308 40 geared up 06 LETTER from the DIRECTOR Missoula, MT 59807 Headquarters: liFE member proFile COLUMNS Adventure Cycling Association 42 150 E. Pine St. Missoula, MT 59802 43 MarKetplace/ClassiFieds 36 road test: soma saga / Patrick O’Grady Soma Fabrications adds a rugged touring frameset 47 OPEN ROAD GALLERY 38 travels witH willie / Willie Weir The advantages of getting out of your comfort zone 2 ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 3 ADVENTURE Letter from the Editor CYCLIST IS HELL FREEZING OVER? August/September 2011 volume 38 number 7 Cycling enters the mainstream WWW.ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG EDITOR michael deme mdeme@ adventurecycling.org ART DIRECTOR Cycling has been a part of my life since I first greg siple gsiple@ adventurecycling.org TECHNICAL EDITOR hopped on a child’s tricycle. I’ve ridden them john schubert schubley@ aol.com to travel, commute, or just to have fun. For the FIELD EDITOR michael mccoy vast majority of that time, most of my family and friends mmccoy@ adventurecycling.org CONTRIbuTING WRITERS considered my appreciation of the bicycle a bit odd. For dan d'ambrosio nancy clark willie weir jan heine instance, they would Bay Rays manager Joe patrick o'grady say things like, “I don’t Maddon (an avid cyclist COPY EDITOR phyllis picklesimer understand. You’ve got a himself) called, “men- ADVERTISING DIRECTOR perfectly good car. Why tally staggering.” rick bruner 509.493.4930 don’t you drive to work And then there’s advertising@ adventurecycling.org like everyone else?” My Peter King, a well- STAFF response would usu- respected sports jour- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ally be something that nalist who writes a col- jim sayer shouldn’t be repeated in umn about the National jsayer@ adventurecycling.org CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER these pages. Football League for sheila snyder, cpa But lately a strange SportsIllustrated. MEMBERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT julie huck amanda lipsey thing has been happening. com called “Monday amy corbin joshua tack I’m hearing about bicycles in songs, seeing Morning Quarterback.” In his first thomas bassett MEDIA them in television commercials, and their column about the upcoming 2012 NFL winona bateman michael mccoy popping up in the mainstream media. season on July 26, and the day the NFL PubLICATIONS On a recent Sunday night (July 24), Players Association voted to end the michael deme greg siple derek gallagher rachel stevens I was getting ready to watch a baseball labor standoff, he assembled a list of the intern: heather andrews IT DEPARTMENT game on ESPN. I was in the kitchen 10 things he liked most about his recent john sieber richard darne when I heard Karl Ravech of “Baseball vacation. Number four on his list was TOURS Tonight” say they were going to feature a bicycling through Chicago. According arlen hall mo mislivets paul hansbarger madeline mckiddy story about Darren O’Donnell, a 24-year- to King, he “Rented a bike in downtown ROUTES AND MAPPING old from Bellingham, Washington, Chicago on a hot and sunny morning carla majernik jennifer milyko virginia sullivan kevin mcmanigal who has so far visited 16 cities on his eight days ago, rode past the joggers casey greene nathan taylor 10,500-mile quest to see a game at all and in-line skaters and walkers and the SALES AND MARKETING teri maloughney 30 Major League Baseball parks (check sun-worshipers on the city beach 5.2 CYCLOSOURCE out Baseball Biking Tour on Facebook). miles up Lakeshore Drive, hard by Lake ted bowman sarah raz OFFICE MANAGER O’Donnell, of course, is not the first to Michigan. Took a left on Addison and beth petersen attempt this feat. As many of you will there I was — at Wrigley Field, two recall, we published a story in the June hours before Cubs-Marlins. Rode around BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT 2006 issue by Charles Hamilton (“Thirty the stadium, saw the Goose Island Pub, carol york Ballparks On A Bicycle”) who did the locked the bike, and sat out on the patio VICE PRESIDENT same thing. Unfortunately for Charles, he for a noontime Wrigleyville White, with jennifer garst SECRETARY wasn’t riding the crest of the resurgent a lemon. Magnificent. Got back on the andy baur bicycling wave, as is Darren. He’s no bike. Rode back. I doubt I had two bet- TREASURER andy huppert Kim Kardashian, but he’s certainly been ter hours on the entire vacation.” BOARD MEMBERS somewhat of a press darling, garnering Pinch me. Ouch! That hurt. jason boucher todd copley george mendes jeff miller local newspaper articles along the way as donna o'neal wally werner well as coverage by MLB.com. Good luck Michael Deme the rest of the way Darren. You’re well on Editor, Adventure Cyclist your way to achieving a feat that Tampa [email protected] 4 ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG ADVENTURE CYCLIST AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ADVENTURECYCLING.ORG 5 Letters from our Readers Naïveté about Cuba, the ride that started it all helmets save heads Cuba crisis through the “Great White North” follow- ing was three MPH. We were only two The article about Cuba in your June 2011 ing much of the same roads in Canada, blocks from my place so we continued on. issue made me more than a little upset. Yukon, and Alaska. After graduating When we got there, he put some salve on According to the author, Cuba is a mis- in 1982, a college friend and I flew to his road burn, popped a beer, and soon understood paradise of 1950’s Cadillacs, Vancouver, British Columbia, and then after he prepared to head home. When ox carts, and charming cities caught in a rode east to the Canadian Rockies, back he picked up his helmet to put it on, time warp. And so many young and old across British Columbia, through Prince he noticed it was banged up and badly Cubans ride bicycles! George, and then turned north head- cracked.
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