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June 2017 Issue; reprint any of the contents of this away… “But I can’t show up sweaty Getting places Volume 25 Number 4 publication. and in biking clothes and looking isn’t any differ- Cycling Utah is printed on 40% post- Contributors: Ben Simonson, like a poor person.” It’s ever too easy ent. Take out the consumer recycled paper with soy- Michael Gonzales, Wayne Cottrell, to make excuses when your addic- struggle of the based ink. We are solar powered too. Charles Pekow, David Ward, Dave tion gets to this level. So, yea, I hate journey and all Iltis, Ian Scharine, Russ Hymas, Cycling Utah / Cycling West is free, cars, but I think there is more to this you have is that Ken Christensen, Chris Magerl,, Phil limit one copy per person. Sarnoff, Joe Kurmaskie, Breanne than that. you are there. You © 2017 Cycling Utah Nalder, CrawlingSpider.com, Matt Have you ever bought something snap a couple pho- Ohran, Shannon Boffeli, Dave that you really, like really, really tos with your iPad Richards, Tom Jow, Martin Neunzert, Pick up a copy of wanted only to have it sour and be out the window, Dusty Layton, John Weyhrich, Lou Cycling Utah or Cycling West at stuck with buyer’s remorse within comment on how Melini, Mike Pratt, Barbara Engers, a couple of hours? Of course, you beautiful the sur- Shawn Wright, Karma Ward your favorite bike shop in 8 states! have. It’s a typical response to the roundings are and Distribution: McKibben Lindquist, convenience of being able to pur- move on. There’s David Montgomery, Reliable chase just about anything you could a pretty good Distribution, and others want. While being able to buy things, chance that you Cover Photo: Riders climb out (To add your business to our free just cause you want them or because didn’t even leave distribution list, give us a call) of Red Fleet Reservoir during Just riding makes wherever you are going better. Photo Printing: Transcript Bulletin the 2016 DinoTri in Vernal, Utah. you slaved away and saved your your four-wheeled, by Lukas Brinkerhoff Photo by Dave Iltis Publishing money (It’s really the same regard- pollution spewing less), doesn’t mean you will be happy coffin because, you know, it’s too piece of the equation, like you could with that purchase. Much in the same hot. You got the selfie with the sign, have felt more, maybe seen some- that driving to a national park will did some artsy photo of the special thing different had you got out of the provide you with a sense of awe, but surroundings that you drove to and car or maybe delved deeper into the you will be left empty wondering boom, your experience is complete. landscape. And is that what we all why it wasn’t quite worth it. Except that if you are anything like On the flipside, anyone who me, you will have buyer’s remorse Continued on page 35 has taken the time to make some- and feel like you missed out on a 4 CYCLINGUTAH.COM JUNE 2017 COMMUTER COLUMN BIKE FESTIVALS Dr. Eileen Hwang: Itinerant Bike commuter and Tour de Fat Sees Changes for Unhappy Car Renter 2017 bike over the years. At first, my bike light was stolen about once a month, By Charles Pekow but then I put unicorn stickers on it and wrote; “please don’t steal me” Boulder and Colorado Springs will get a new boost to promote bicy- on it. This reduced the frequency cling this summer. New Belgium’s Tour de Fat traveling beer and bike of theft. I also had my seat stolen. festival will be adding those cities to its list this year, as well as returning to Riding around without a seat is a Boise, ID, Fort Collins, CO and Denver. But the events, which raise money pain! for local bike advocates and other non-profits, are taking a different shape During my third year of medi- than they traditionally have. cal school in Camden, New Jersey Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewery is expanding its road show I lived across the Delaware River from 12 to 33 cities in this 18th year of the tour. To do so, it is replacing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the daytime weekend events with evening activities, some on weeknights Philadelphia, people would yell at as it would run out of seasonal weekends otherwise. This means ending the me to get off the road even though I traditional costumed bike parades as traffic gets heavier later in the day and was in the Bike/Bus lane. Sometimes it’s harder to get permits. New Belgium still encourages attendees to wear I would try to yell back that it was a costumes. And this year, the tour has booked bigger acts, and so is charging Eileen Hwang commutes each day to the University of Utah medical com- no cars lane. I’ve never been yelled admission for the first time. plex. She notes that drivers in Utah are more respectful than drivers in at for biking on the street in Salt After touring the East and South earlier, the show returns to New New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Photo by Dusty Layton Lake. I also have never had anything Belgium’s home region in Boise on Saturday, August 12 at Outlaw Field at University of Utah. If the weather’s stolen off of my bicycle in Salt Lake, Idaho Botanical Garden. Rock band Blackberry Smoke will headline. The By Lou Melini bad, I drive or take the bus. which is amazing. Southwest Idaho Mountain Bike Association, Boise Bicycle Project and In the summer, I bring a change of Treasure Valley Cycling Association will split the proceeds. Then the show rolls down to Colorado for four performances, start- Though we are a generation apart clothes and shower at the University C.U.: Do you still ride the folding ing Friday, August 25 in Boulder, at Boulder Theater, where rock band in age, Eileen and I share a few of Utah gym. I prefer the winter since bicycle here in Salt Lake? Wilderado performs. Community Cycles benefits. things. She grew up close to where I don’t have to shower when I get to The following evening, you’ve got your choice of attending an event at I attended college in New Jersey and work. Bar Mitts and Bluetooth ear- E.H.: I used my folding bike for the National Western Complex in Denver to listen to the pop duo Capital we both had our early medical train- muff headphones keep me comfort- a while but going downhill on 17th South was frightening. Currently I Cities among other entertainment to support advocacy group Bike Denver ing in Camden, N.J. We also have able in the cold. use a Cannondale road bike that my and the ride organizer Denver Cruiser Ride. Or you can get another shot shared the “joys” of big city riding. People constantly mock my large boyfriend gave me, He also got me at hearing Wilderado at Pikes Peak Center for the benefit of Upa Downa Dr.