VOLUME 15 NUMBER 8 FREE FALL/WINTER 2007/2008 cycling utah DIRT PAVEMENT ADVOCACY DIRT RACING PAvEmEnT TOURING ADVOCACY RACING TOURING UTAH AND IDAHO EVENT CALENDAR INSIDE! •Utah and Idaho Calendar of Events - p. 4 UTAH AND IDAHO •Complete Triathlon Calendar - p. 5 •cycling utah Awards - p. 2 EVENT CALENDAR •Air Pollution and Cycling - p. 3 •Choosing a Saddle - p. 6 INSIDE! •Pawn Shop Oddyssey - p. 7 •Cyclocross tips and book review - p. 9 INCLUDES EARLY •A Colorado Bike Tour - p.10 •Lotoja - p. 12 2008 EVENTS! •Saltair Ride - p. 14 •I Think I Canyons - p. 16 • Commuter Column - p. 17 •Shop Directory - p. 18 CELEBRATING OUR •Results - p. 20 • A Conversation with Saul Raisin - p. 22 15TH YEAR!! MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL 2 cycling utah.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 cycling utah AWARDS Gillespie and Sherwin Share Our Rider of the Year Award! 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] David R. Ward, Publisher [email protected] Contributors: Gregg Bromka, Ben Simonson, Michael Gonzales, Lou Melini, Chad Nichols, Joaquim Hailer, Adam Lisonbee, Andy Singer, Erik Moen, Lacey Gaechter, Kathy Sherwin, Rita Sharshiner, Chaz Langelier, David Bern, Darrell Davis, Brian Verhaaren, Ed Chauner, Kevin Winzeler, Michael VaughAn, Tammy Rider of the Year Kathy Sherwin finished a career best fifth at the Rider of the Year Bart Gillespie on a roll at the Utah Cyclocross Calder, Connor Hansell, Ron Deer Valley NORBA National. Photo: Dave Iltis Series race at Ft. Buenaventura, Ogden on September 30th. Lindley, Casey Gibson Photo: Dave Iltis. Find your photo at Zazoosh.com Distribution: Dave, Karma, By Dave Iltis ter ourselves and to better our com- raced nationally, taking a phe- the pro women’s category with a and Marinda Ward, Doug Editor munity. At the end of each season, nomenal seventh place in the pro solid set of results that included a cycling utah recognizes the con- category at USA Cycling National highest ever fifth place at the Deer Kartcher, David Montgomery (To add your business to our Cyclists in Utah are a tough tributions and successes of our com- Championship Race at Mount Snow, Valley NORBA race. In the short bunch. We ride all year, rain, heat, munity with our year-end awards. Vermont. He is consistent and multi- track cross country, she held her free distribution, give us a snow, shine. We toil in solitude and This year, there were two rid- talented. Don’t even bother to try own, taking seventh overall in the call) in really large groups. We suffer ers that stood above the fray. Bart and keep his wheel at a ‘cross race. national series. In addition to that, Administrative Assistant: from riding hard, from falling down, Gillespie (Mona Vie/Cannondale) Kathy Sherwin (Titus) bumped she raced in a couple of World Cups Lindsay Ross and sometimes at the hands of oth- destroyed the competition for the her speed up another notch this and took three wins in the 2006 Utah ers. We go up, we go down – not eleventh year out of twelve in the year. She won all four of the cycling utah is published 2006 Utah Cyclocross Series win- much flatland riding around here. Intermountain Cup races she entered Continued on page 24 eight times a year beginning We have fun. We race, we organize ning six of eight starts. Bart kept this year. 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During winter inversions, exercising inside or in the mountains above the level of inversion is best. Air Quality and Cycling: What Utah Riders Need to Know Given the overwhelming evi- dence demonstrating the adverse health effects of air pollution, it is By Chaz Langelier, MD/PhD combustion of fossil fuels, in par- adversely affects the vasculature long-term exposure to high levels of without question that it is in the best Student and Rita Sharshiner, ticular coal, for electricity genera- and circulation and has been shown ozone induces permanent structural interest of cyclists and other athletes Medical Student tion, is the single greatest source of to accelerate atherosclerosis.11 In changes to the lungs.14 in Utah to be aware of daily pollu- air pollution in the United States. animal models, particulate air pol- tion levels and air quality forecasts. At certain times of the year, Utah For extended periods throughout lution and a high-fat diet synergisti- Protecting Your Health Reliable current and forecasted air has some of the worst air quality in the past several years, the Wasatch cally interact to raise cholesterol and pollution levels throughout Utah the nation. In fact, three of Utah’s Front and Cache Valley have expe- accelerate atherosclerosis. 12 The combined impact of air pol- are available from several sources, major metropolitan areas are ranked rienced some of the unhealthiest air Ozone is a second key air pollut- lution on public health in both Utah including the Utah Division of Air in the top 25 cities most polluted in the country and Salt Lake City ant responsible for significant health and throughout the world is exceed- Quality at www.airquality.utah. by short-term air particle pollution is now poised to violate the EPA problems in Utah. While ozone ingly significant. Studies estimate gov and the US EPA at airnow.gov (PM ), including Logan (5th), Salt standards for two of the most harm- high in the stratosphere is essential that the nationwide death toll and can also be obtained via local 2.5 radio, television and newspapers. Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield (7th), ful air pollutants, PM2.5 and ozone. in protecting biological organisms attributed to air pollution exceeds and Provo-Orem (19th).1 Poor air Unhealthy ozone levels occur most from the damaging effects of UV tens of thousands annually15 and Unfortunately, there are a number of quality not only compromises the frequently in Utah during the sum- radiation, tropospheric or “ground- considerable evidence now demon- looming threats to air quality along aesthetics of our beautiful state, mer, while high particulate levels level” ozone is quite harmful to strates that there exists no safe level the Wasatch front, including a con- tinually increasing number of vehi- it also significantly endangers the tend to occur during winter tempera- human health. Ground-level ozone, of exposure for either PM2.5 or health of Utah’s citizens. Cyclists ture inversion episodes. the major constituent of summertime ozone.9, 10, 16 Because respiratory cles on the road each year and a lack and other outdoor athletes breathe smog, is formed from a chemical rate increases significantly during of adequate funding for public tran- more air on a daily basis than the Key Air Pollutants reaction involving nitrogen oxides, exercise, cyclists riding outside in sit infrastructure. In addition, mul- average Utah citizen, and thus rid- volatile organic compounds and Utah’s urban areas receive a greater tiple refineries in North Salt Lake ers exercising outside in Utah’s From a public health standpoint, sunlight. This reaction is catalyzed dose of air pollution compared to have submitted proposals to expand. metropolitan areas face a unique PM2.5 is one of the most sig- by sunlight and as temperatures the general population. In addition, There are also plans to build four and increased risk of air-pollution nificant air pollutants in our region. increase, so does ground-level riding on or next to a busy roadway new coal-fired power plants upwind induced health problems. There Numerous studies have shown a ozone. Higher temperatures promote exposes the rider to significant par- in Nevada and two new coal power are more than 2000 scientific stud- strong association between particle ozone formation and due to record ticulate air pollution. Fortunately, plants each year for the next sev- ies published during the last decade air pollution and early death, and it heat in Utah this summer, there there are a number of techniques eral years in Utah.