JULY 2014 cycling utah.com 1 VOLUME 22 NUMBER 5 FREE JULY 2014 cycling utah 2014 UTAH, TOUR OF IDAHO, UTAH & WESTERN GUIDE STATES AND EVENT COURSE CALENDAR MAPS INSIDE! INSIDE!! FEATURING: •Tour of uTah ROAD PREVIEW MOUNTAIN •Touring in The WEST DESERT TRIATHLON •Logan Canyon CHALLENGE TOURING •youTh TRIATHLONS RACING •Cornering on a COMMUTING MOUNTAIN BIKE •eLeCTriC Bikes ADVOCACY •roCkweLL reLay MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING MAGAZINE WEST CYCLING MOUNTAIN 2 cycling utah.com JULY 2014 SPEAKING OF SPOKES A Cycling Culture: Utah versus The World a rare sight to even see a bicycle. were rare enough that we usually cyclingutah.com/oct/Fall-Winter- By David Ward We drove to Skopje, the capital of remarked on it, and they were fewer 2009counter.html ) Paris, and to a Macedonia, and I don’t even recall than I see on a daily basis right here lesser extent, Vienna, also had a vis- Maybe I am a little defensive here. seeing a bike. From there we drove in Salt Lake City. ible number of cyclists. 4543 S. 700 E., Suite 200 So be it. But to hear some tell it, the to Delphi and Athens. Ix-nay on the Indeed, and thanks in part to the In Belgrade, though, cyclists were Salt Lake City, UT 84107 rest of the world, or at least Europe sighting of any cyclists. fact that Jessica works for the Foreign rare. I participated in a city tour with iBikeBelgrade. Actually, it was a and Asia, are cycling meccas. You Of course, Delphi is perched Service and thus has lived at diverse www.cyclingutah.com hear stories from those who have on the slopes of a mountain, and locations of the world, we have been tour of the part of the city known been to Amsterdam, Paris and other you would have to be a real moun- able to visit several foreign countries. as New Belgrade, developed from a swampy area by Tito’s government You can reach us by phone: areas about how cycling is part of the tain goat to do much cycling there. And honestly, it seems to me there are (801) 268-2652 culture, part of an everyday lifestyle. But the winding road up to Delphi more cyclists in the Salt Lake Valley in the years following World War II. I found out from Milo , our guide, Our Fax number: Well, that is all just a little, or rather a would be a great climbing ride. And than in most of the places I have vis- that an organized ride and rally to (801) 263-1010 lot, overblown. And I often get tired Athens? Well, you would be risking ited. There are exceptions, of course. promote cycling had been held just of hearing it. a lot to ride regularly in that traffic. I Amsterdam seemed to be everything the week before (while we were in Dave Iltis, Editor & I just returned from a trip to felt at risk just driving in it, though in we hear it to be, and my day of rid- Greece). Milo told me that Belgrade Advertising eastern Europe where we spent time truth it was really rather fun. ing in Amsterdam was a real treat. was not so great for cycling, but [email protected] in Serbia, Macedonia and Greece. We drove over 1600 miles on (See my article, “Amsterdam Has Me activists were trying to make it bet- In Belgrade, where my daughter, our trip, probably close to half of it Thinking” in the Fall-Winter 2009 ter. It sounded much like Salt Lake, David R. Ward, Publisher Jessica, lives and works, it was quite off freeways. Sightings of cyclists issue of Cycling Utah. http://www. though cycling and cycling activism [email protected] is clearly far more developed here. In addition to Amsterdam, I Contributors: Ben Simonson, have biked in Dhaka (Bangladesh), Michael Gonzales, Lou Melini, Kathmandu (Nepal), Vienna, Quebec, Andy Singer, Wayne Cottrell, Madrid, and the Alps and Pyrenees in David Ward, Charles Pekow, France. I have also had the opportu- Jared Eborn, Lukas Brinkerhoff, nity to visit, in addition to the coun- Wayne Hansen, Mark Deterline, tries already referred to, India, China, Bryson Perry, Ian Scharine, Ireland, England, Austria, Slovakia, Katherine Beals, John Higgins, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Singapore, Tyler Servoss, Jo Garuccio, Tom Diegel, John Roberson, Thomas Italy, Belgium and Germany. Wow! Dansie, Jackie Tyson, Sarah Just listing them takes my breath Kaufmann, Chris George, Karim away. Friends call us world travel- Khader, Heather Khader, Ty ers, but in truth the majority of these Hopkins, Danny Larisch, Kai countries were visited in connection Reed with trips taken when we have gone to visit our daughter. Distribution: Dave, Karma, In all these countries, including and Marinda Ward, Doug India and China, cyclists are a clear Kartcher, David Montgomery minority, both recreationally and as (To add your business to our commuters. 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Photo by Dave Iltis JULY 2014 cycling utah.com 3 TOUR OF UTAH 2014 Tour of Utah Preview and Guide thousand spectators will cheer the peloton along as they race for the glory to be found at each finish line as well as in Park City when the race concludes on August 10. “The 2014 Tour of Utah features an outstanding field of teams with international star power and strong domestic riders,” said Steve Miller, president of Miller Sports Properties which organizes the Tour of Utah. “Spectators should be very excit- ed to witness the tremendous talent of these riders as they compete for seven days over the byways and forces with Larry H. Miller Sports operating plans and budget. In 2013, mountaintops of Utah. The challeng- Properties to help ensure the race’s the Tour of Utah migrated south for a ing route, beautiful scenery and a long term success. The Utah Sports pair of stages. Those stages remain in field of world-class cyclists add up to Commission has provided critical 2014 with some modification but this a highly-anticipated 10th edition of funding and marketing support to year’s race is taking its show on the the Tour of Utah.” assist in the Tour of Utah’s growth. road to new extents with the added As one would expect as some- “This event continues to raise seventh stage and a Stage 5 start thing ages, it gets bigger – better, the bar as America’s Toughest Stage in Evanston that carries the peloton Will Tom Danielson repeat in this year's Tour of Utah? He won the 2013 even. Race,” said Jeff Robbins, presi- over the Bald Mountain Summit in edition with a stellar climb up Empire Pass. Photo: Dave Iltis For 2014, the Tour of Utah has dent and CEO of the Utah Sports the Uinta Mountains. sprouted in two ways. A seventh Commission. “With stage three Also part of the race’s growth winners, the Tour of Utah – especial- stage was added to the race and the returning to Miller Motorsports Park, is the addition of the Tour of Utah By Jared Eborn ly after it was acquired by the Larry race is crossing the state border for one of Utah’s many world-class ven- Women’s Edition to be held in con- H.