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Ironman Triathlon to be held in Provo

Provo, Utah - The inaugural Ironman Utah Triathlon is set to take place on Saturday, June 8 in Provo and neighboring Utah County. More than 1800 of the world's fittest athletes from 25 different countries will battle it out for 17 grueling hours as they attempt to complete a 2.4 mile swim, 112-mile bike and a full 26.2-mile marathon before finishing at the BYU Track and Field Complex. Utah County and Provo will play host to the event, with the swim taking place in Utah 100 Riders rode along with Mayor Rocky Anderson on Lake, and the bike and run in The Mayor’s Bike to Work Day in Salt Lake City. The and around Utah County. The Mayor is on the right being interviewed. bike section stretche from Photo: Pat Dierks, UTA Mona Lake to Vivian Park. Athletes will be competing for a $50,000 pro purse, as well as 80 qualifying spots for the 2002 Ironman World Championships being held in Kona, Hawaii in October. Provo, Lake Placid, N.Y., Madison, Wisc., and Panama City, Florida are the only Ironman Triathlons being in the continental United States. For more information on the Ironman Utah Triathlon, visit www.ironmanutah.com

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TUESDAY NIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS been sufficient for a medium sized trip over the bars and a broken dog. It was plenty for Sly. When frame for me. He went on to turn I asked him why he was trying to a night lap that was faster than The Sly Fox Experience get back for the Alta race, he said, most of everyone else’s day laps. "I need the money". Back to Tuesday night at the So why not go with Sly if he RMR. The gun went off and Sly racing tactics which told me the By Thomas Cooke were to attack from the gun again? clipped into his pedals faster than stunt Sly pulled in the previous And why not write a story about anyone, a skill critical in mountain race rarely works once, let alone A few weeks ago, I was on the Cris Fox (a.k.a. Sly, Firefox, bike racing but usually not so twice. It was a fluke as rare as starting line of the Tuesday Night Beavis, etc.). The last time I had important in road racing. I lightning striking in the same Worlds (that’s the Tuesday night followed Sly anywhere was on a clipped in quickly as well and in place twice. Sly is, after all, a Rocky Mountain Raceway criteri- night lap of the 24 Hours of no time the two of us established a mountain biker. No offense. But um for those of you who do not Moab, and bad things happened. gap on the field by the first turn. generally speaking there is a partake). Cris Fox rolled up next We were waiting in the staging At the second turn I looked back cliché that mountain bikers who to me on the front row, and imme- area together at some dark hour of and saw the whole field strung out foray into road racing know how diately my heart rate shot up a few the night. His team was winning single file, and I thought to myself to go really hard, they just don’t beats. The reason being a few the Pro division. For us to be better to be up here than back know when to go really hard. weeks before, Cris had attacked going out at the same time meant there. It looked like misery. Guys Sly has been around here for a from the gun and went on to win his team was already a full lap were coming unglued trying to long time, a fixture in the Utah the race. A bike racer with my ahead of mine. As demoralizing chase us down. Sly was driving it mountain bike racing scene. In years of experience usually does as that was, I still had to laugh so hard I couldn’t even take a pull. 1991, Sly raced to a 2nd place fin- not worry about that sort of move. every time I looked at Sly’s home It was short lived, though. ish in the Junior World The first racer to attack in this sort made head lamp; basically an alu- Lightning doesn’t strike in the Championships in Italy. We are of race usually draws laughs from minum tube wrapped with wads of same place twice (at least in the talking some serious "back in the the more experienced racers, since duct tape with a bunch of wires Tuesday night criteriums). What day" here. Some seasons have we all know the pack will reel him running down his back to a giant was left of the field eventually treated Sly better than others, but in easily. But this is Sly we are battery that made his jersey pocket caught us, and man, they were since I have known him (since talking about. And he pulled it sag down to his butt. Sure pissed. There was an onslaught of about 1993) he always comes out off. enough, our teammates came in to attacks and counter-attacks that to race, whether he has good legs "Hey T.C., why don’t you write Photo: Nichole Wangsgaard finish their laps at roughly the resulted in the winning breakaway or not. The first year I gave your next story about me?" said same time. Sly stayed on my of five or six riders. I managed to mountain bike racing a serious Fillmore at about 2 a.m. He was Sly, as we were waiting for the wheel for a little while as we be in the breakaway, so my tactic attempt, Sly won something like standing in the median, waving his official to start the race. I wasn’t raced up the sandy road, letting paid off, although I can’t honestly 25 races. Not a good year to start wheels at anyone going by with a thinking about the next topic for me set the tempo while saving call it a tactic. As for Sly, he did- out in the Expert ranks. One year, bike rack on their roof. The prob- my column right then and there. precious minutes of battery time. n’t win that night, for obvious rea- he raced the Big Bear, California lem was, we had been on the road The thoughts going through my When he finally turned his head sons, but it sure would have made NORBA Finals event on a for three weeks and had no room head were more along the lines of lamp on and took the lead, I a great story if he had. Saturday morning, then hitchhiked for another passenger. After par- "is he going to go hard right from couldn’t believe the wattage that back to Utah so he could race the tially disassembling his bike and the gun? If so (which was most thing was kicking out. I followed Alta mountain bike race the next doing some creative repacking, we Editor’s note: Thomas is a likely), should I roll the dice and him as long as I could, until we day. My wife and I picked him up hollowed out a space in the back category 1 road racer and go with him?" 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ADVOCACY grants and donations, although we work in partnership with sev- eral governmental agencies. It is amazing to me to think of our A Report from Weber Pathways growth from a group of seven By Geoff Ellis individuals a few years ago to Northern Utah’s largest trail Weber Pathways is a private, advocacy organization today. non-profit organization based in Last year we were honored by Ogden, Utah. Our mission is "to the state as "Utah’s promote, plan and preserve a Organizational Public Health coherent network of non-motor- Hero" for our work in creating ized public pathways in Weber places where people can walk or County." Founded in 1995, our bike safely, and thus improve organization comprises a volun- their health. We have published teer board of 25 trustees, plus a a trail map, which is available to paid executive director and hun- the public free of charge, and dreds of other volunteers and more information can be found friends from Weber County com- on our website, www.weberpath- munities. ways.org, or by contacting us at The pathways we are helping (801) 393-2304 or P.O. Box 972, to create encompass a broad Ogden, UT 84401. range of non-motorized uses, including biking, hiking, horse- -Geoff Ellis is the Executive back riding, and winter sports. Director of Weber Pathways We also prepared and advocated an on-street bike route plan that was implemented by Ogden City two years ago. Weber Pathways is less of a hands-on trail-building organization than a trails advocacy organization. We have found that construction is the easy part; most of the work is in the planning and negotiations necessary to create a place for the trails to go! Our current projects include the creation of a master plan for pathways in Ogden Valley, a beautiful but fast-developing mountain valley on the eastern side of the Wasatch Range. Our goal is for the plan to be adopted as part of the county’s general plan for the area, so that safe pathway routes and access to tra- ditional recreation sites will be part of official development stan- sion not just an asphalt pathway have been destroyed by develop- After the UP-SP merger, the dards, just as highways, parking along the rivers, but a corridor of ment and stream alterations in branch became redundant and lots, and other "improvements" protected riparian forest and most places. was prepared for abandonment. Womens Cycling Apparel are today. We know that the wetlands, the enhancement of A significant project nearing It was in danger of being sold automobile will always be the aquatic habitat and fishing completion is our rails-to-trails for private development when primary mode of transportation access, and opportunities for project in northwest Weber Weber Pathways began raising here, but we don’t believe that it kayaking and canoeing. County, near Plain City. The money to save it for pathway should be the only possible About 10 miles of the Little Mountain Branch Railroad use. We were able to purchase mode of transportation. Centennial Trail have been com- was built by the Union Pacific in the 10-mile corridor from the We are also working with six pleted to date, mostly within the 1971 to compete with the railroad and arrange for its even- Weber County communities to city of Ogden. Sites we still Southern Pacific hauling salt and tual ownership by the county complete the Centennial Trail, a hope to save include a large other minerals from the Great and the Utah Division of 27-mile loop that will include pond that could serve as a town Salt Lake. Traversing farmland Wildlife Resources. the Bonneville Shoreline Trail fishery and floodwater retention and wetlands, including the Improvements are being made on the foothills east of Ogden site, and a stretch of the river Harold Crane Waterfowl this spring to smooth out the plus the Ogden River Parkway where some rare natural hybrid Management Area, the railroad trail surface, install gates and We have the largest selection of and the Weber River Parkway. cottonwood trees grow. These corridor passes through some of fencing, and create two trail- womens cycling apparel on the web. The project is challenging not trees, associated with an unusual the best waterfowl and shorebird heads. The corridor will be Choose from top brands including: only because of the number of abundance of insect and bird habitat in the state and offers a opened to the public and dedi- players involved but also species, were once found all panoramic view of the Wasatch cated as the Little Mountain Rail because of its scope: We envi- along the Wasatch Front but Range to the east. Trail on National Trails Day, Canari, Castelli, June 1, 2002. Utah’s second DeFeet, Giordana, rails-to-trails conversion, it will InSport, HIND, Louis Garneau, be a great trail for mountain bik- Primal Wear, Sugoi, ing and equestrian use, especial- SHEBEEST, Terry, ly during the cooler months. ZOIC, Zoot and more! Most of Weber Pathways funding comes from private www.TeamEstrogen.com June 2002 Issue 5/22/02 8:33 AM Page 5

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Bike Commuter Killed Salt Lake to Host UCI events were attracting top COACH’S CORNER cyclists from as far as California, 'Cross Race have there been staged cycling Late on May 12, 34 year-old USA Cycling has announced David Vara of Ogden was hit events in this canyon", said Gary Consistency and Choice a schedule of 18 races that have Bywater, a past Category 1 racer while commuting on his bicycle been submitted to the UCI for and current Category 1 national By Bill Harris to his job at a local grocery consideration in the 2002 inter- official. Bywater noted that the store. Lt. David Tarran of the national calendar. Salt Lake last event was in 1972. Set up It seems like just yesterday that the Olympics were in our back Ogden Police Department City will be the host of the for both elite and recreational yard. But the fact is we are nearly to the mid point of the competi- reported that Vara was apparent- Redline Cup on November 23rd. cyclists, the 13-mile climb will begin at the Porcupine Pub and tive cycling season. While watching the world’s best winter athletes ly struck by a 1983 gray BMW The race series culminates with in a hit-and-run accident on the national championships on finish at Solitude Mountain we probably all set some pretty lofty goals for our cycling season. Resort. For more information, For some it may be to win the State Road Race, for others it may be Monroe Street near 16th Street December 13-14. For more in Ogden. He was taken to call Mark Walton at (801) 364- to complete your first century ride. Whatever your goals, while the details and updates, visit 3511. snow was on the ground hopefully you took the time to map out a McKay-Dee Hospital where he www.utahcyclocross.com. was pronounced dead on arrival. plan to reach them. The question now is: have you already veered 2002 HP Women's from the path? Or, have you stayed the course? The police have a suspect, but as 700 East Input Needed of May 17, no charges have been Achievements and accomplishments in cycling do not happen UDOT is working on a plan for Challenge accidentally. They are the result of consistent, daily action towards filed. This year's HP Women's 700 East between 9400 S. and Challenge will take place from your cycling goals. This consistent action will move you from where 12300 S. This is a well traveled New Salt Lake City Saturday, June 15th, 2002 to you are today, to where you want to be and to accomplish more than for recreational cyclists. Cyclists Sunday, June 23rd, 2002. This you though possible. Bike Map can voice their concerns by visit- marks the nineteenth year for the Ultimately, whether you reach your cycling goals or not, is up to The Salt Lake City Mayor's ing www.700eastproject.com or invitational stage race, which you. Fortunately, at birth you are given your greatest power to Bicycle Advisory Committee by calling Eileen Ringnalda at features Elite women racers achieve these goals Ð the power to choose. Every moment offers you and the Mayor's Office have 904-4000 or Evelyn Tuddenham from around the world. This a choice: to exercise this power by setting and holding a direction or released the 2002 version of the at 975-4900. year's course includes an to veer form the path. Every choice counts! There are no insignifi- Salt Lake City Bikeways Map. Individual Time Trial, Criterium, and 7 Road Stages. The total cant choices, no neutral actions. 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Route 211 about a 45 degree angle. I’ll leave group ride. There are about twenty you with your own image of the people on the ride. We left the outcome as he “endoed” over the shop at 5:30pm, so traffic is heavy Something Happened curb, and flew toward the accom- on Orem’s State Street. We’re panying sidewalk chin first, while stopped by a red light, and he still holding the handlebar at about starts to do his famous trackstand. on the Way Here waist level. It’s not a pleasant one, To do a trackstand, you have to but it’s an image that has stuck move the front wheel from side to by Greg Overton and he’ll do anything to get it.” with me since. side occasionally to keep your bal- Did he win? Naw, Davis Phinney I reached 64 mph on my trusty ance while standing still on the won, I think, but Bernie sure did- Basso, descending Loveland Pass, bike. But if your stem isn’t tight- I’ve been around cycling more n’t give it to him. before helmets, on old sew ups. I ened....well, you fall over. Hard. than twenty years now. Not count- I think it was at that same was stupid. But it was exhilarat- At the head of a group of waiting ing childhood when we’d remove “Thrilla in Boulder” that I sudden- ing. I have children now, and I bikes and riders. On a very crowd- the chrome fenders and banana ly became less afraid that my bike There were other crashes, like think about that descent and others ed multi-lane street. And twenty of seats on our Stingrays and the was going to get scratched or oth- the one in the downtown Boulder like it, and I think about chip- your closest friends, along with like, put on knobby tires and ride erwise damaged. After the race, I criterium, where in a fast left hand munks crossing the road, snow half the population of Utah them through the woods of north wandered through the team cars to corner with a lovely dip in it, a melting across the road, and rocks, County laugh uncontrollably. Uh, Georgia. Kind of like BMX bikes, find, in horror, that the Euros just rider a couple spots ahead of me even pebbles. I won’t do that except me, the loyal employee, of but ridden in a mountain bike sort piled their bikes in a heap! I cooked the turn, became airborne, again, ever. Oh yeah, I also think course. Right! of way. mean, these are the legendary and found the “No Parking” sign of the guy, and I hope you’re I’m glad funny stuff never hap- But the past twenty years or so bikes of Sammontana Bianchi, La with his shoulder, whirling like a healthy and well wherever you pened to me on a bike. Well, there have been centered around racing, Vie Claire, System U, etc., Tour Frisbee to the ground. He hit the are, who hit a cow descending was the time I was SURE that I road racing specifically, and the winning bikes! Bikes we saw in sign post just about a foot above Payson Canyon a few years ago. heard the bell signaling one lap to daily toil of bike shops. I was Winning magazine, and dreamed the stack of hay bails in front of it Gotta keep a heads-up for open go in a criterium. I was in front by thinking about images of those of, and they’re literally piled up (they were placed there in case of range grazing. Here’s hoping the a bit, rode like a Banshee to pro- twenty years, from the old days on beside the team car without a crash). Both rider and sign were cow is well (done) also. tect my lead, and crossed the line a Motobecane borrowed from a regard. After that I started leaning seriously bent out of shape. The I had an employee at a bike with arms raised. Ah, victory is cousin who’d gotten past the “ten my bike against walls, letting it pace immediately slowed, and shop who was always crashing - Glorious!... Everyone in the crowd speed” craze of the seventies, to fall - well laying it over - on the stayed that way until someone for- not just bikes, but cars, scooters, laughed, and I was passed by my ride to work last week with ground, you know, treating it like got what we’d just seen, and himself while rock climbing. You every single rider in the group. I my buds. There are a few snap- the big boys did! The sight of all launched off the front. I never for- get the picture. I won’t mention think those who had dropped out shots that play in my mind when those bikes piled up like a bunch got, though. his name, but it sounds a lot like of the race for various reasons got conversation or circumstances of thrift store slag comes to mind The other one that sticks with Dan. He goes for a snowy January back on their bikes to pass me! open the mental scrapbook, so I every time I console a broken- me was in the Bannock Criterium, ride on the Provo Canyon bike Guys who had crashed. Guys with thought I’d throw some of them hearted customer who just got a downtown Denver, when the cat. 4 path on his mountain bike. Can’t flat tires. I finished dead last, and down on paper. Apologies to my nick in the paint of his new bike. and cat. 3 crowd were split into leave well enough alone, though, was brought to the podium by the pals who are right now rolling One of the coolest things I’ve two groups apiece, each com- and decides to ride off the path on announcer, for what I thought their eyes at the thought of hear- seen, and it came out better on prised of 125 riders (there was no some trails, which happen to would be the much-deserved cor- ing them again. television later, was a stage finish cat. 5 at the time). In those days, include a side slope to the river rection of this error. No, it was I saw Bernard Hinault, five of the Coors Classic where the even the cats. 1,2 and pro group about twenty feet below. You see “What were you thinking? There time Tour de France winner and final turn before the finish was a was usually over a hundred riders. this coming, right? Luckily he did- was one lap to go still.” legend, ride the downtown Denver wide, fast 90 degree turn that the In a group that size, on a twisty n’t drown, fished his bike out, and Then there was the first time I Tivoli Criterium stage in the riders absolutely flew through course, you do not want to be on made it back to the shop ( a cou- rode on a velodrome. It was in Coors Classic in the pouring rain, while jockeying for sprinting posi- the outside in the turns because if ple miles), but we had to thaw his Colorado Springs. You know, you bombing through a turn with his tion. Steve Bauer, great Canadian someone on the inside swerves or clothes, which were frozen to the can go really fast on a track bike, rear wheel taking a decidedly rider, great sprinter, takes his shot even fidgets, just like a rumor, it’s skin, with the shop’s heat gun but after a hard, fast sprint, unlike wider line than his front, teeth at inside position, and loses. He much worse when it gets out to (used for removing decals from a road bike, you can’t sit up and clenched, rear tire skidding, just to crashes across the turn, I mean you. The cat. 4 race was a typical frames). We did this while he sat coast down, cool hands-on- hips stay on the wheel in front of him bike out in front of him, he’s on “who can go the hardest till they on the bike because his pants were style. The crash lasted for about and keep from crashing. Bernie, as his hip sliding across the road, throw up” sprint, and we watched frozen to the seat. I hope his Mom twenty feet. That’s a concrete Bob Roll affectionately called hands dragging behind, and his the group nervously swerve on a doesn’t read Route 211. track, too...... I never liked track him, surely had nothing to prove metal watch band is throwing tight turn, and the swerve moved Another friend, actually my racing. to anyone, especially the cat. 1 sparks from scraping the road for outward. A young rider on the out- employer at the time at a bike rider in front of him. He could about five feet behind him. It side was forced into the curb at shop, is taking his new custom have sat up, paraded around for an looked awesome. Somebody out bike out for the first time on our hour, signed some autographs, and there has to have a photo of that called it a tremendous career. I moment. Steve was okay, but the remember thinking at the time, watch, ehem, lost a bunch of time “this guy wants to win this race, on GC. Surf the Web at Wicked

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JUNE 2002 cycling utah.com 7 Letter to the Editor Senate Adopts Conserve Critical Mass By Bike Amendment Embarrasing Washington, DC - During yesterday's debate on the energy bill, the My family and I attended the United States Senate adopted an amendment that would promote energy Critical Mass ride on the last conservation through bicycling. The Conserve By Bike Amendment Friday in April. This has been passed by a voice vote and was recommended by Senator Frank billed as a casual ride around Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Energy Committee, as an downtown to make drivers more amendment that ãsuggests the obvious benefits of the bicycle. aware of cyclists. Introduced by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Susan However, it should be billed Collins (R-ME), the Conserve By Bike Amendment establishes within as an attempt to make drivers the Department of Transportation a Conserve By Bicycling pilot pro- more ticked off at cyclists. Few gram. This program would oversee up to 10 pilot projects geographical- participants rode on the left- ly dispersed across the country designed to conserve energy resources hand side of the road. In fact, by providing education and marketing tools to convert car trips to bike some rode along the yellow line trips. In addition, the projects would encourage partnerships between or even in oncoming traffic stakeholders from transportation, law enforcement, education, public health, environment, and energy fields. Project results and energy sav- lanes. We were on a four or five ings must be documented, and the Secretary of Transportation is lane road, and the cyclists were instructed to report to Congress on the results of the pilot program with- taking up the entire width of the in two years of implementation. road. The Department of Transportation is also authorized to conduct a Needless to say, we left the study on the feasibility and benefits on the conversion of car trips to group after about two blocks, bike trips. The amendment authorizes $5.5 million for the pilot projects embarrassed to been seen with and the study. such an inconsiderate group of "We have been spending a modest amount of federal, state and local people. If the goal is to make funds on bicycle facilities since 1991. This amendment will leverage drivers more aware and respect- those investments and help people take advantage of the energy conser- ful of cyclists, then we need to vation choices they have in getting around their communities," Durbin show our respect for the drivers stated. as well. The full energy bill is slowly making progress through the Senate, but debate on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has yet to -Emily Allen occur. Once the bill passes in the Senate, it will go to conference with the House to work out any differences prior to being sent to President Bush for signing. Regardless, the amendment is a tremendous win for bicycling. What’s on According to Elissa Margolin, League Executive Director, "With the adoption of the Conserve By Bike Amendment, the Senate recognizes your mind? the important contribution bicycling makes to energy conservation in this country. Senators Durbin and Collins have shown tremendous lead- Send your feedback ership on this issue." and letters to the -League of American Bicyclists editor to: Johnson Named Interim CEO of USA Cycling [email protected] Effective May 1, 2002, USA Cycling Chief Operating Officer and former Utah bike racer Steve Johnson will serve as interim Chief Executive Officer for the national sports governing organization. The temporary position move comes after the announcement that current CEO Lisa Voight will change management roles to Senior TOURS AND Advisor for Olympic and International Relations to USA Cycling. TRAVEL The search for a permanent CEO began earlier this year, with the process on track to name a candidate in mid-June. Until that time, all USA Cycling executive business matters will be handled by Johnson. GilaTours He may be reached at 719/866-4875, or email [email protected]. ¥ Road Riding ¥ Mountain Biking ¥ Training Camps

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Action at the Chum’s Classic. Results on Page 14. Photo by Jacob Thatcher Tour of Canyonlands Downhill at the Z Turn on the Moab Rim Trail, April 20-21, 2002. Photo: Action Shots, Moab. June 2002 Issue 5/22/02 8:33 AM Page 10

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June 29 — Snowbird Mountain October 15-17 — Huntsman Bout,Intermountain Cup #7, World Senior Games. Must be cycling utah 15th Annual, Snowbird, 50 years or older. Four events: (801) 942-3498 hill climb, time trial, criterium July 4 — 7th Annual WYDAHO and road race. 800-562-1268 mountain bike race, Grand or [email protected] calendarcalendar ofof eventsevents Targhee, ID, (800) TARGHEE October 20 — Moab Rim ext. 1313 Downhill, (801) 375-3231 July 4 — Sundance Citizens Series, Cross Country, registra- Regional Races tion 8:00 AM Start time 9:00 , 342-3910. Calendar Guidelines: Sundance Ski Resort, (801) May 25-26 — Bordertown Calendar of Events USA Cycling, Mountain 223-4849 Challenge, Wild Rockies Listings are free on a is sponsored by Region,(UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD, Series#3, Oasis, NV, (208) 342- July 6 — Brian Header, 3910 space available basis and Rogene Killen, (970) 587-4447. Intermountain Cup #8, Brian at our discretion. Head, UT, XC, Clark Krause, May 25-27 — Iron Horse Submit your event to: (435) 586-2770 Bicycle Classic, Road and Utah Races Mountain Events, Durango, [email protected] Wednesdays — Soldier Hollow July 7 — King of the Wasatch CO, (970) 259-4621 with date, name of event, Training Series, (801)310-0166 Downhill and Super-D Time Trial, Park City Mtn. 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[email protected] Series, Super D, registration ID, (208) 342-3910 8:00 AM Start time 9:00 , Monticello, UT, (435) 587-2029 Rad Canyon BMX — (801) 964- June 1 — National Trails Day, 9 August 1-4 — NORBA NCS #4, 6502. Sundance Ski Resort, (801) July 27 — Pedal Powder, AM: Dedication of the Little 223-4849 Intermountain Cup #10, Durango, Colo.; (970) 259- Mountain Rail Trail, at the Powder Mountain, Ed 4621 Cycling Harold Crane Trailhead, 2700 June 1 — Bountiful Bomber Dilbeck, (801) 479-5015 August 3 — White Knob North 6700 West, in Weber Downhill, Bountiful, (801) 375- Events Challenge, Mackay, ID, (208) County. This 10-mile long trail 3231 August 11 — Widowmaker Hill 854-1801 is Utah’s second rails-to-trails June 8 — Pedalfest XC, Climb 10 AM, Snowbird project and is suited to moun- Intermountain Cup #5, Deer Resort, (801)583-6281 August 10 — Taming the General Info tain biking use. Events will Valley, UT - Ed Chauner, 801- August 24 — Wolverine Ridge Tetons, Intermountain Cup Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory include a 5 K fun run preced- 942-3498 XC Race, Intermountain Cup #10, Jackson Hole Mtn. Committee (MBAC) meeting. ing the ceremony. For more #12, Evanston, WY - Paul Resort, WY, XC - Ed Chauner, June 15 — Sundance Citizens (801) 942-3498 Second Wednesday every information, contact Weber Series, Cross Country, registra- Knopf, (307) 783-6470 Pathways at (801) 393-2304 or month 5 p.m. at the Salt Lake tion 8:00 AM Start time 9:00 , September 8 — Snowbasin August 17 — Sundance www.weberpathways.org City/County Bldg, 451 S. Sundance Ski Resort, (801) Downhill and Super-D Time Citizens Series, Super D, regis- State, Room 326. (801) 535- 223-4849 Trial, (801) 375-3231 tration 8:00 AM Start time 7939 or (801) 363-0304. 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Lake, (801) 944-8488 September 2 — Eureka RR, 208-672-7223 The Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Road July 11,25 — Salt Air TT Series, great road race through the June 22 — River Spirit Circuit Committee, the leading bicycle Racing Every other Thurs, (801) 944- Tintic Mining District, Eureka, Race, Boise, ID, (208) 343- advocacy group in Salt Lake 8488 UT (801) 553-1065 3782 and Utah, wants to encourage July 13 — Sugarhouse Crit, September 15 — LOTOJA, 203 June 18 — Idaho Cycling all cyclists to participate. miles from Logan, UT to There are monthly meetings (801) 944-8488 Enthusiasts Criterium Series, Jackson, WY, (801)627-6200 Pocatello, ID, Rob Van Kirk at on the second Wednesday of General Info July 14 — UVSC Circuit Race, or (800) 497-7335 Utah County, (435) 649-4641 208-282-2503 or every month at 5 p.m. in the Utah Road Racing - USCF, Utah October 8-12 — Huntsman [email protected] City & County Building, Rm. Cycling Association - Dirk July 6-7 — Gate City Grind World Senior Games. Must be June 29 — Idaho State Time 326 or 335, 451 South State Cowley, (801) 944-8488 Stage Race, (208) 282-2503 or 50 years or older. Four events: Street. For details, visit the (208) 652-3532 Trial Championships, USA Cycling, Mountain Region hill climb, time trial, criterium Bellevue, ID, 7am, (208) 726- Cycling Utah web site Road Racing (UT,AZ,NM,CO, July 16-21 — Utah Six Pac, and road race. 800-562-1268 7693 (www.cyclingutah.com) or call WY,SD), Rogene Killen, (970) (801) 944-8488 or [email protected] the Mayor’s office at 535-7939 June 30 — Ketchum Criterium, 587-4447. July 28 — Utah State Time Trial October 12 — City Creek Bike or Mark at 363-0304. Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho, RMR = Rocky Mountain Championships, (801) 944- Sprint. 5 1/2 mile climb up Greg Stock (208)726-0707 or Raceway 8488 City Creek Canyon in Salt [email protected] Lake City. For road or moun- DMV = Dept. of Motor Vehicles August 6,13,20,27 — RMR Crit tain bikes, UCA Points Series July 9-14 — USCF Master's Training Track Series, Salt Lake, (801) 944- Event. (801) 583-6281. National's, Bakersfield, CA, Weekend Group Rides — 8488 (719) 578-4581 Saturday and Sunday, 10 am August 7,15,22,29 — DMV Crit Regional Races July 6-7 — Gate City Grind August 31 - September 1 — meet at 9th and 9th in Salt Series, Every Wednesday, Salt Stage Race, (208) 282-2503 or Brundage Bike Festival, Wild Lake City. Lake, (801) 944-8488 May 25-26 — Snake River (208) 652-3532 Rockies Series #8, McCall, ID, Sunday Group RIde — 9 a.m., August 8,22 — Salt Air TT Series, Omnium, Nampa, ID, (208) (208) 342-3910 465-6491 July 21 — 5 Person Team Time Canyon Bicycles in Draper, Every other Thurs, (801) 944- Trial Team Time Trial, Boise September 1 — Big Hole 762E., 12600 S., (801) 576-8844 8488 May 25-27 — Iron Horse Challenge, Driggs, ID, Bicycle Classic, Road and July 27 — Twilight Criterium, August 3 — Snowbasin Earl Boise, ID, (208) 343-3782 (208)354-2209 Utah Road Races Miller Hillclimb, 7:30 AM, 11 Mountain Events, Durango, CO, (970)259-4621 September 21-22 — 24 Hours of miles from Huntsville to July 28 — The Morning After Boise, Bogus Basin, ID, (208) Snowbasin, Huntsville, UT, May 25-27 — Ecology Center Criterium, Boise, ID, (208) 343- 367-1899 May 7,14,21,28 — RMR Crit (801) 620-1048 Classic, 4 stages, $10,000 9130 Series, Salt Lake, 944-8488 prize list, Missoula, MT, (406) September 28-29 — First August 4 — Davis Crit (Rusty August 3 — Black Canyon 728-5733 Annual Elko Rocks, Wild May 1,8,15,22,29 — DMV Crit Shoemaker Memorial), Davis Classic, Emmett, ID, (208) 336- Rockies #9, (208) 342-3910 Series, Every Wednesday, Salt County Technical Center, May 25-27 — Platte Bridge 3854 Lake, 944-8488 Station Stage Race, 4 stages, October — Red Bull Rampage (801) 944-8488 September 7-8 — Idaho State Casper, WY, (307) 234-5330 Free Ride Contest, 2nd May 2,16,30 — Salt Air TT Series, August 10 — Snowbird Hill Road Race and Criterium Annual, Virgin, UT (435) 772- Every other Thurs, 944-8488 Climb, 7:30 AM, 10.2 Miles June 2 — Lyle Pearson Championships,RR 7th, Crit 8th, (208) 854-1801 BIKE May 25-26 — Snake River from Shopko on 9400 S. 2000 Classic/Roubaix Road Race - Stage Race, (208) 465-6491 E. to Snowbird, (801) 583-6281 75+ mi Boise,ID, (208) 343- September 14 — Race to the Mountain 3782 Angel, 16th Annual, Wells, NV, May 25-27 — Cache Classic August 11 — 2 Man Team Time (775) 752-3540 Bike Stage Race, Logan, UT, (435) Trial, (801) 944-8488 June 4 — Idaho Cycling 752-5131 September 3,10,17,24 — RMR Enthusiasts Criterium Series, September 14 — Bogus Basin Pocatello, ID, Rob Van Kirk at Hill Climb, Boise, ID, (208) 343- Tours and Festivals June 4,11,18,25 — RMR Crit Crit Series, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488 208-282-2503 or 3782 Series, Salt Lake, (801) 944- [email protected] 8488 September 4,11,18,25 — DMV Wed evening ride — Women’s June 7-9 — Elkhorn Classic Joyride, 5:30 p.m., meet at June 5,12,19,26 — DMV Crit Crit Series, Every Wednesday, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488 Stage Race, Baker City, OR, Joyride Bikes, 37 1/2 Center Series, Every Wednesday, Salt (503) 652-3763 St., Logan, (435) 753-7175 Lake, (801) 944-8488 September 5,19 — Salt Air TT Series, Every other Thurs, (801) June 15-23 — Hewlett Packard Continued on page 15 August ? — Brian Head Bash June 13,27 — Salt Air TT Series, Women's Challenge, Idaho, Color Country Fat Tire Every other Thurs, (801) 944- 944-8488 Festival, Group Rides and 8488 more, (435) 586-2770 June 1 — The Pro Police August 8-11 — Dinotrax Fat Tire Criterium, Dee Events Center, Festival, Rides, Pasta Feed, Ogden, (801)944-2456 Bluegrass Music, Flaming June 8 — Utah State Road Gorge, (435) 781-2595 Race Championships, (801) October ? — Chet Peach Ride 944-8488 and B-B-Q, Fruita, CO, (800) June 15-16 — High Uintas 873-3068 Classic Stage Race, Kamas, October 16-20 — Canyonlands UT to Evanston, WY, 307-783- Fat Tire Festival. Group rides, 6458 or 800-328-9708 bicycle DemoExpo, fun com- June 21-23 — Utah Summer petitions, evening entertain- Games, Cedar City, (435)865- ment. Moab City Park. (801) 8421, (800)FOR-UTAH 375-3231 June 29 — Big Cottonwood November ? — 6th Annual Blue Canyon Hillclimb,13+ miles, Diamond to Jean Mountain (801) 583-6281 Bike Benefit. 33 mile non- competitve ride. Blue July 2,9,16,23,30 — RMR Crit Saturday, June 15 - 9:00 a.m. Kamas, UT to Evanston, WY. Diamond, NV, (702) 228-4076 Series, Salt Lake, (801) 944- BALD MOUNTAIN ROAD RACE 8488 "OVER THE TOP" 10,700' - 80 miles. or (775) 727-5284. Race through the Wasatch Cache National Forest on the Mirror Lake Scenic July 3,10,17,24,31 — DMV Crit Byway, one of America’s most picturesque road race courses. Series, Every Wednesday, Salt Sunday, June 16 - Evanston, WY. CHARLES SCRIVNER MEMORIAL TIME TRIAL 7:30 a.m. Flat 10-mile out and back. This Time Trial rules! DOWNTOWN COURTHOUSE CRITERIUM Noon. 1.3 mile closed course. 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winds you'd only imagine near as much fun to ride on as a pile posterior throbbing from the Telluride - the gates of Hell) or the road of manure.) pressure, sweat stinging my ¥Be prepared for anything. Continued from page 16 might level off, another all-too- Later that night, as Pittman eyes, the sun scorching my neck, You're riding in the mountains mountain creeks. Towering pon- familiar climb would come into and Burke rolled into the corral earning my passage with hard for most of the trip and in the derosa pine, quaking aspen, view. that surrounded our hut, I over- work and a little help from the heat of the desert for the rest. lodgepole pine, blue spruce, Finally, after completing the heard them express, in so many huts. Anything can, and will, happen. Douglas fir, Rocky Mountain day's 37 rigorous miles, we unrepeatable but colorful collo- Lightning, rain, snow, floods, juniper and heaps of sagebrush reached the Graham Ranch, quialisms, utter disdain for day bears, dehydration, feuding hut decorated the entire 206 miles, owned and operated by Tam six's official route (they had rid- If You Go mates and broken bikes are most with a greenhouse variety of Graham. Designated as the den the dirt road all the way and The cost for a week in the hills common. wildflowers and plants adding a halfway point of our trip, it also skipped the smooth asphalt). with you, your bike and nature is smattering of color to the greens marked the only luxury we'd Having survived snow, wind affordable - $425 per person. ¥Make sure your bike is in good and browns. have during the week - a hot and most of the hardest climb, I Just be sure to make reservations working order and that you can It was an incredible collection shower. Graham leases a cabin peeled myself off the cattle in advance. If you're planning to repair it yourself if it does break of vistas strung together, back- on his property to the hut system guard, struggled into my pack take a large group, you may down. Bring the right tools and to-back, forming a sort of per- and allows riders to use his and onto my bike, and climbed want to call earlier to ensure you spare parts. The nearest shop is shower house while at the ranch. higher into the La Sals. We fin- can all ride together. The hut in either Moab or Telluride. ished the day without Watkins system operates from early June throwing his bike off a cliff in to the end of September, depend- ¥Arrange a shuttle from Moab to frustration or having any major ing on the previous winter's Telluride so you don't have to mechanical problems (not a sin- snowpack and route conditions: take multiple vehicles. gle flat tire in our entire group Be prepared for early- and late- the whole trip). season fits from Mother Nature Joe Ryan and the San Juan Hut Bouncing down Sand Flats as well. System are the best source for Road in Moab the next day, it answering questions about the was difficult to separate one day Here are a few tips about what to huts and helping you to prepare from another. The realization expect and how to prepare for for your trip. You can visit them that I had just ridden 200 miles, seven days on a bike and six on their web site at www.san- climbed almost 17,000 feet, and nights in a hut. juanhuts.com, or call them at was only now finishing off the (970) 626- 3033 for more infor- last of the 21,000 feet of down- ¥Be in reasonably good physical mation. hill, made my head spin. condition. You have all day to I found myself wishing I was getfrom hut to hut, but there are Reprinted with permission of back on the first climb, with my no aid stations along the way. Utah Outdoors Magazine.

Route Miles Ascent Descent Day 1 Telluride to Last Dollar 14.9 2,800' 550' 8,750' to 11,000' Day 2 Last Dollar to Spring Creek 26.3 1,600' 3,500' 11,000 to 9,100' Day 3 Spring Creek to Columbine 34.3 1,800' 1,800' 9,100' to 9,100' Day 4 Columbine to Big Creek 37.2 1,600' 2,200' 9,100' to 8,500' Day 5 Big Creek to Gateway 32.5 2,100' 5,900' 8,500' to 4,700' Day 6 Gateway to La Sal Hut 22.5 4,000' 900' 4,700' to 8,200' Day 7 La Sal Hut to Moab 38.4 2,000' 6,200' 8,200' to 4,000' Total 206.1 16,300' 21,050' 8,500' to 4,000'

Photo: Chris Watkins

sonal weeklong nature film. But beauty wasn't the only attraction That night it started to rain. The of the trip. Most of our group of next morning the reality of living six, including myself, were and working as a cowboy on a attracted by the self-guided sys- plateau at 9,000 feet hit us like tem, lightweight travel, remote the blanket of snow that fell over placement of the route, and the the ranch. It veiled our romantic chance to pedal at a moderate outlook of round-ups and rodeos pace while absorbing the side and made us think twice about shows going on around us. the 32 miles that lay ahead. On day three, after a spectac- Donning rain suits, fleece ular climb through a green- hats and far too many layers of walled maze, we reached a stun- high tech underwear, we set out ning view of the Colorado for Gateway, a small trailer park Plateau, the La Sal Mountains in that posed as a town, where our the distance and the remote next hut sat in a grove of cotton- Henry Mountains where the sky- woods next to the Dolores River. line began to fade. The course Most of our group (myself, description detailed the lookout Watkins, McFerson and as Windy Point. McGuinness) had chosen an The road wound a continuous alternate route, to eliminate most pattern parallel to the ridge, of the day's climbing and dirt before abruptly climbing over roads. The detour added eight fingerlings of the ridge that jut- miles to our would-be 32 miles. ted irreverently across our path. But, it also kept us out of the It was like a roller coaster ride, high country, where lightning only more predictable and was an ever-present threat and painful. Each time we thought the roads might become impass- the wind might let up (the day's able. (The wet weather makes ride had been through constant red clay and sandy roads about June 2002 Issue 5/22/02 8:33 AM Page 13

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3. Brian Lugers 3. Rodney Mena; 04:11:59:43 cycling utah M Expert 30-34 4. Michael Anderson; 04:12:09:34 1. Todd Carver 5. Paul Wolfe; 04:12:11:56 2. Tomas Adamec Master’s 45+ 3. Chad Oleson 1. Neal Stoughton; 04:23:01:74 M Expert 35-39 2. Dirk Cowley; 04:23:08:42 1. David Harris 3. Mark Sierski; 04:23:09:62 racerace resulresultsts 2. Greg Frozley 4. T Lasse Bjerga; 04:23:27:01 3. Mason Rickard 5. Carl Recine; 04:24:40:85 M Expert 40-49 Master’s 55+ 1. Sean McCourt 1. Jim Miller; 04:28:23:93 2. Larry Johnson 2. Gary Powers; 04:40:19:58 F Sport 40-99 Mountain 3. Bradley Schneider Race Results are 1. Cheryl Rondeau M Expert 50-99 2. Ellen Temby 1. Bill Connelly Bike sponsored by 3. Kimberley Franklin 2. Tom Barnum Sports Am East Canyon Road F Expert 19-29 Racing 3. Don Mapel Race, May 4, 2002 1. Nina Baum M Junior 10-14 2. Abigail Hippery 1. Bligh Gillies Men’s 1-2 Aardvark's Showdown at 5-Mile 3. Becca Blay 2. Tim Hardy 1. Ryan Littlefield; 02:30:55:57 Pass - May 4, 2002, F Expert 30-39 3. Tres Wilson 2. Kirk Eck; 02:30:58:65 INTERMOUNTAIN CUP - RACE # 3 1. Sonya Swartzentruber M Junior 15-18 3. Eric Pardyjak; 02:30:59:84 2. Pamela Hanlon 1. Aubrey Miller 4. Todd Hageman; 02:31:01:56 3. Sonja Evers 12 & Under 2. Eric Deming 5. Christian Johnson; 02:31:03:25 F Expert 40-99 1. Carsen Ware; 12:28:23 3. Austin Baker Men’s 3 2. Wyatt Moore; 12:29:35 1. Deborah Shumway-Herb M Junior X 10-18 1. Nathan Thomas; 02:31:07:45 F Junior 10-18 3. Corey J. Denton; 12:38:34 1. Eric Marrison 2. Kyle Brown; 02:32:00:59 1. Rachel Webster 9 & Under 2175 S.900 E. 2. Jonathan Yaseen 3. Robert McGovern; 02:32:16:50 2. Hilary Wright 1. Caleb Kast; 12:19:50 3. James Sancineto 4. Chuck Turner; 02:32:24:13 Beg Men 13-15 Salt Lake City 3. Alison Lewis M Single Speed 19-99 5. Douglas Neff; 02:34:43:66 F Junior X 10-18 1. Rick Grahn; 01:14:55 (801) 466-3971 1. Robin Guillaume Master’s 35+ 2. Ryan Harrison; 01:17:20 1. 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MOUNTAIN BIKING Hut to Hut Touring in the San Juans 206 Miles from Telluride to Moab

by Brooks Stevenson grinding. fic. Finally reaching the apex of Our packs were a bit beefier Below and behind me, my the first major ascent, 5.3 miles than I had imagined (35-40 five companions strained against into the ride and 2,500 feet pounds), but it was too late now. the 20 percent grade of the above where we started, I As we cruised through Telluride remote desert track in John stripped off my pack and shirt and began climbing on Last Brown Canyon, just west of and lay on a cattle guard (the Dollar Road, conversation Gateway, Colorado. We must most hospitable surface I could flowed, the scenery entranced have looked absolutely pitiful: find not coated with red clay and and the weight of our loads Our bikes and bodies loaded the fine taupe-colored dust that seemed to lighten. down with gear, we hunched lined the road) to wait for the Last Dollar Road ascends over our handlebars like decrepit others. I caught my breath and 2,800 vertical feet to the first hut old men, swaying back and forth drank some cold lemonade, as over a meager 15 miles, proffer- in the saddle as we pedaled and the my mind replayed the previ- ing views of the Lizard Head sweated profusely - like mob ous days' rides - rides through Wilderness, San Miguel bosses on the witness stand. thick aspen and pine forests, ver- Mountains and a smattering of It was the sixth day of a dant fields of wildflowers, named and unnamed peaks tow- seven-day mountain bike ride sweeping cattle ranches and wild ering over 13,000 feet. For the Photo: Chris Watkins from Telluride, Colorado, to wind-swept ridges. mean time, ogling the vistas kept Moab, Utah, and we were plod- Logistically, the San Juan Hut our minds off the riding. ding along on the toughest day System from Telluride to Moab The San Juan Hut System fol- planner in Sacramento; Mary skills." Before I could decide of the trip - a 22-mile course that is fairly simple: You bring your- lows the San Juan Mountains McGuinness, a small-animal vet- what to worry about, sleep took gains 5,000 grueling vertical feet self, your bike, your clothes and through Colorado for most of the erinarian in Dublin, Ireland; and over, and soon it was morning. and loses a disappointing 900. any bike repair items you may trip, before it drags you into the Chris Watkins and myself. We left Last Dollar Hut, rid- When we left Telluride, jagged need, and the hut is stocked with La Sal Mountains and dumps As I lay in bed the first night, ing into a deep, pine- shrouded peaks fractured the skyline at the rest (food, water, fuel, sleep- you spandex-over- Styrofoam listening to the mice begin their abyss, and leveled out 3,000 ver- nearly every vantage point. For ing bags, mattresses and toilets). into the red rock canyon country forage in our hut, one phrase tical feet below at a glorious the last five miles, the oil and The route is almost entirely dou- of Moab. from the San Juan Hut System's series of ranches and fields gravel swath had teased and bletrack forest roads, with Our group of riders included: Mountain Bikers Bible, provided teeming with wildflowers and taunted, appearing to crest, only optional singletrack available on Craig Pittman, a set designer for by San Juan Huts owner and divided haphazardly by clear to dart left or right in a steep 70 percent of the 206 miles, and TV shows; John Burke, a gradu- operator Joe Ryan, stuck in my only a few miles of pavement ate student at UC Berkeley; ascending coil of switchbacks head, "The route is remote… Continued on page 12 that led to more quad-clenching where you have to deal with traf- Christine McFerson, an urban riders must possess survival