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APRIL 2016 CYCLINGWEST.COM 1
CYCLING UTAH
R O A D • M O U N T A I N • T R I A T H L O N • T O U R I N G • R A C I N G • C O M M U T I N G • A D V O C A C Y
2016 BIKE EVENT CALENDARS INSIDE! UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, NEVADA, W. COLORADO, N. ARIZONA, & MONTANA
UTAH • IDAHO • WYOMING • NEVADA • W. COLORADO • N. ARIZONA • MONTANA
FEATURING:•COMMUTER COLUMN•CYCLING AND THE LAW•SAN JUAN HUTS•OGDEN BICYCLE PLAN•TOUR DEL SOL REPORT•BIKE FIT
•ROAD DISC BRAKES•MONUMENT VALLEY RIDE•UTAH BIKE CLUB GUIDE•ROAD DISC BRAKES•THE ESCAPE•FAT BIKE NATIONALS
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BIKE LEGISLATION
Bike Related Bills Pass the 2016 Utah LegislatureBy Dave Iltis
Stolen bikes will be easier to recover.
The Utah Legislature wrapped up the 2016 session in mid-March. A number of bicycle related bills passed this session including a bill to make it easier to recover a stolen bike from a pawnshop, an electric bike bill, and a trails related bill. Money was also allocated to finish the Jordan River Parkway and a section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. A recap of each bill is below.
Pawnshop AmendmentsA key bill that passed was the
‘Pawnshop Amendments’ bill (Senate Bill 157 – sponsored by Sen. Thatcher and Rep. Snow). The bill makes it easier for victims of bicycle (and other types) theft to recover their bikes from pawn shops. A key provision of the bill is that if the cyclist can prove the bike is their’s (and has filed a police report), they will no longer need to pay the pawn shop to get their bike back.
House Bill 52 – Office of Outdoor Recreation Amendments (Grant Program)
House Bill 52, Office of Outdoor Recreation Amendments, will pro-vide $1 million in one time funding for outdoor recreation infrastruc-ture projects. These projects can include trails and trail amenities. Rep. Patrice Arent and Sen. Ralph Okerlund sponsored the bill, which passed overwhelmingly and is on its way to Governor Herbert for his signature. The bill will create a grant program based on a pilot project that started in 2015. Municipalities and non-profits can apply for funds. Sadly, the original bill would have provided $5 million in funding, but this was cut to $1 million in a sub-
stitute bill by Sen. Okerlund. Of this, $300,000 is allocated by this statute to the “Kanab Trail at the Jackson Flat Reservoir”. Powerful Sen. Mike Noel is also the Executive Director of the Kane County Water Conservancy District which oversees the Jackson Flat Reservoir where the trail will be located. At press time, we were unable to find any more information on the trail, although we are aware that Kane County is work-ing on a new trails system.
Electric Assisted Bicycle Amendments
Senate Bill 121 governs elec-tric assisted bicycles. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Todd Weiler and Rep. Johnny Anderson. Considerable dialogue with the ebike industry and bike advocates took place and led to several substitute bills. The bill final-ly passed the senate and house (74-1) and is on its way to the governor for his signature. The key provision of the bill is that a driver’s license is no longer required to operate an electric bike. This will allow those who either never received a license, or who have lost their license to ride an ebike on the streets. Secondly, the bill explicitly allows ebikes on trails in Utah. How will this affect riding? This is an issue that has not been studied well, so time will tell. It does allow for a local municipality to regulate their use. This will allow Park City, which has a trial program in place, to regulate where ebikes can be ridden.
Jordan River ParkwayThe Jordan River Parkway took
a huge step towards completion in the 2016 session. The Legislature appropriated $1,230,000 to build the last bridge in Salt Lake City between North Temple and 200 South. The total cost of this section of the Jordan River Parkway will be $6.64 million.
With the funding from the legis-lature, it appears as though only $50,000 is left to raise. There are three gaps left in the trail: 200 S to North Temple, 14400 South to 15000 South, and 15900 South to 16500 South. The latter two are funded already with the 14400 gap due to be completed in 2017 and the 15900 gap to be completed this spring. The 200 South ‘Jordan River Last Bridge’ project is slated for completion in late 2017.
Bonneville Shoreline TrailThe Bonneville Shoreline Trail in
Davis County will receive $150,000 to complete the NEPA process (National Environmental Policy Act assessment) and for construction and matching grants. The trail will be 310 miles in length when complete and stretch from Santaquin, Utah to Idaho.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Cycling Utah and Cycling West’s April 2016 IssueBy Dave Iltis
Cycling has tons of options for riding. There’s fat biking, skinny biking, racing, touring, enduro, alley cats, triathlon, duathlon, downhill, hill climbs, criteriums, bmx, trail riding, commuting, gravel grinders, cyclocross, and more. In Cycling Utah and Cycling West, we try and have an array of articles each month that cover some or all of these topics.
We strive to provide a central location for all types of cyclists, and for cyclists throughout the region. We strive to provide news and information about every aspect of cycling in the region. And we strive to grow, connect, and inform the cycling community.
In this issue, look for stories on an adventure in the San Juans, Fat Bike Nationals, Road Disc brakes, riding in Monument Valley, True Grit 100 mountain bike race, traveling with a bike, commuting in Boise, Ogden’s Bicycle Master Plan, a checklist for what to bring to an event, bike related legislation, and more!
We also strive to have a complete calendar of events for the states where we distribute: Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, N. Arizona, and W. Colorado. In the calendar section in this issue, you will find hundreds of events to choose from representing all of the above types of cycling!
If you have news, feedback, or article ideas, or if you want to chronicle your cycling adventure, drop us a line!
Editor’s Note: If you would like to contribute to Cycling Utah and Cycling West, please email [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.
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MOUNTAIN BIKING ADVENTURE
San Juan Huts Tour: A Bike Adventure and a Life Adventure
By Cimarron Chacon, Gazz Smith, Jamon Whitehead
The Concept: Start in Silverton Colorado and ride to Moab Utah off road via the San Juan and La Sal Mountains. Why not?
The Problem: It’s over 215 miles, and over 30,000 accumulated verti-cal feet.
The Solution: Huts! That is, you ride from hut-to-hut, with each hut spaced 30-40 miles from the other.
The Illusion: They carry all your stuff and it magically appears at each hut, with each hut being a quaint cabin in the woods, with soft pillows and meals prepared for you.
The Harsh Reality: They supply warm beer (sometimes coldish), a cabinet stocked with food, a bunk, and a nasty sleeping bag. You have to carry all your clothes and personal stuff, which even in the minimal, turns out to be either a big pack, or an array of novel frame bags on the bike. Either way, you are carrying about 20 pounds of stuff. You feel it, especially on climbs that end at over 12,000 feet. The hut is, well, a 20X20 foot shed. No running water. No electricity. No cell phone contact. You shit in a 20 foot tall composting toilet. Each day you drag your sorry ass out of bed, eat about three break-fasts, climb up to the composting toilet, pack your stuff, and then make it to the next hut.
The Harsher Reality: It’s hard. It’s really hard. We had the idea this would be like connecting Park City singletrack sections. It’s not. There
are no signs. It never lets up. You MUST learn how to read maps or get really lost. Getting lost in the dark at 11,000 feet after 10 hours really sucks. Being on the bike 5-13 hours a day was hard. Finding the hut was hard. Making food was hard. Sleeping, or trying to sleep, was hard. Wearing the same damn socks shorts and shirt for 7 days was hard. Getting up at 5:30 am to beat the desert heat was hard. Bathing, that was almost impossible.
The Reasoning: It was awe-some. It was transcending. It was life changing. It pushed limits and created bonds for life. You are on your bike for 7 days, with no outside contact, in the wilderness, on your own. It was pure bliss!
How it all went down: The idea to take on a 7 day hut
trip emerged in early January of 2014. The Huts hold 8 people. But that sounded crowded, so we settled on a group of 6. Cimarron and Bryce are husband and wife. Kim, Gazz, and Jamon had all been good friends with Cim and Bryce for years. Jamon and Sean are brothers, but had never met Kim or Gazz before the trip. None of the group had met Sean before the trip. Everyone in the group had being looking for the opportunity to take on this adventure.
After crunching schedules we found a date to take the trip in late June. We hoped that the snow would be melted at the high altitudes at this time, but that we would avoid the heavy summer rain season. Once you put down a deposit, San Juan Huts sends a Biker Bible, along with detailed route descriptions and a GPX file - but no map. Instead they give you a list of BLM and FS maps you can purchase that have the roads and trails shown. The San Juan Hut
route offers several options to get to the each of the huts. Some alterna-tives are for wet weather passage, others are to add more single track into the adventure. The traditional Day 1 route begins at the Durango Mountain Resort and is 18 miles on a forest road with a 3725 foot total ascent. The alternative singletrack trail begins at Little Molas Pass and you ride the famous Colorado Trail above the timberline to a high point of 12, 600 feet at Rolling Pass and is 20 miles. The group was feeling strong and had been training hard for this trip since January. Option 2 was chosen. This one decision set the stage for the adventure to come.
Sunday, June 29: With half the group traveling
from Salt Lake City and half coming from St George our group of 6 met in Grand Junction where a shuttle to Silverton was arranged with friends. Silverton is known as a bit of a wintertime backcountry ski Mecca, and mostly attracts the red neck/ ATV crowd in the summer time. Our ragtag group was a bit out of place, but this was the closer and cheaper option to start our trip than Durango Mountain.
As we unloaded at the hotel in Silverton we slowly came to the realization that when those two cars pulled away there was only one way back to Moab – by bike. Before we were fully checked in Jamon scur-ried across the street to the liquor store festooned with a 50 point elk rack mounted to the front wall and acquired 12 beers. This aided the unpacking and settling in process. This was the first time we had all sat down and actually talked about the week ahead and who had brought what. Among the things that were missing, we somehow decided Cards
Against Humanity was part of the “must have” list. The six of us set to work using 3 x5 cards to make our own game cards to pack in with us.
About the time we were good and comfortable (which at 9000” is not very) it was time for dinner. Cheese, beans, tortillas and tequila sounded pretty damn good and a Mexican joint at 9000 feet that also boasted world famous margaritas sounded extra good. We made our way through town and saw the high-est Harley shop in the world...that was Silverton.
Monday, June 30: Let’s preface the day with the
idea that long travel days, beers and high altitude do not always make for the best morning decisions. It was HIGHLY recommended to us that
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Day 3 of the San Juan Huts Tour. Down from the mountains, we could ride fast through the meadow. Photo by Gazz Smith
Hut number 3 of the San Juan Huts Tour. The porch became our gathering place and refuge from the sun. Photo by Bryce Pratt
The Huts were stocked with exactly what you need to ride from Hut to Hut each day.Photo by Kim Christensen
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COMMUTER COLUMN
Richard Eborn - Living a Bike-Centric, Car-Free Lifestyle in Boise, Idaho
By Richard Eborn
Q. Tell us a little about yourself.A. My name is Richard Eborn. I
am 56 years old. I am single, a father of five children and grandfather of nine. I work as a custodian at Boise State University.
Q. What motivates you to com-mute by bike?
A. The short answer, I give fam-ily and friends, is that it’s good for my body, good for my pocketbook, and good for the planet. There are a multitude of other reasons. Take, for example, my ride to get to the University this morning. There had been rain last night. This morning, the rising sun was burning off the fog and clouds were clearing. The fall colors were splendid; the air was crisp and clear. As I was riding along the Boise Greenbelt, I was approached by a doe and buck (with a beautiful rack) who dove toward the trees and into the river when they were about fifteen feet away. Such moments are priceless, and wouldn’t be nearly so appreciated from behind a windshield at 50 miles per hour.
Q. Tell us a bit about your route/ride.
A. I live a little over two miles away from my work at the University. A little better than half the distance is on the bike/pedestrian path along the Boise Greenbelt (paralleling the Boise River.) I also use my bike
around Boise to visit family and friends, run errands, shopping, to church and the temple, or anywhere else I need to go.
Q. Tell us about your bike.A. I have a Raleigh Mojave 4.0
mountain bike, a little over ten years old. In summer I use 26 X 1.5 slick tires, but I switch to 26 X 2.1 knobby tires in winter. I have a milk crate on the back for carrying items. I also have a BOB trailer for larger loads, and a Burley Bee trailer for hauling grandkids.
Q. Describe your greatest chal-lenge to bike commuting.
A. Dealing with cold, icy, wet conditions. Sometimes, I will have to revert to walking or public transit for the week or so it may get really bad. Mostly, though, I put on lot of extra layers and ride slow.
Q. What keeps you consistently riding?
A. Not owning a car. If I had a car, it would be easy on days that it’s cold or snow to simply say, “Nah, I will leave the bike in the shed today.” It’s just not an option, and I am too cheap to call a cab and too proud to impose on family or friends to drive me.
Q: What are the greatest chal-lenges you face with a car-free life-style?
A. Dates. As an older bachelor, I am sometimes embarrassed to let the lovely lady know that we will have to
walk, ride bikes, or take her car.
Q. What advice do you have for other bike commuters or people con-sidering bike commuting.
A. Get out and do it. I remem-ber when I first started, over fifteen years ago, not many people in Boise commuted by bike. especially in Southwest Boise where I was living at the time. I was intimidated and concerned about traffic and how I would look. Once, however, I began to realize the benefits, the joy of bike commuting far outweighed any concerns. Go with what you have. Just about any clothes, bike, or equip-ment that you currently have will work. Don’t spend an undue amount of time sweating and planning your route. Explore and come up with dif-ferent alternatives. It’s a great way to get to know the byways and people of your city.
Q. Any final comments?A. It’s gratifying to live in a city
like Boise where bike commuting is really catching on. There are moments, on some roads, where the bicyclists outnumber the motorized vehicles. Our city and county gov-ernment are working to improve an already pretty good situation. For example, I wrote our highway dis-trict about conditions on Walnut (a road along my daily commute.) Two weeks later, they had painted shar-rows. Motorists are becoming more aware of and respectful of cyclists. It’s been at least a year since I was yelled at to “get on the sidewalk.” Then, there is the “Idaho Stop” that just keeps me rolling.
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COMMUTING
What does Ogden’s New Bicycle Master Plan Mean for Commuters?
By Turner C. Bitton
During the past year the Ogden City Council, Administration, and citizens have been engaged in a robust conversation about a Bicycle Master Plan meant to make the city safe and accessible for cyclists. Approved at the February 6th meet-ing of the Ogden City Council, the 56-page plan lays out an ambitious agenda designed to connect the city’s neighborhoods, downtown core, business clusters, and other points of interest.
City officials have gone to great lengths to ensure community input and involvement and the plan reflects the desires of the community as a whole to have a safer means of com-muting by bicycle. Included in the plan are a number of infrastructure and capital investments meant to solidify Ogden’s reputation as a hub for the cycling industry and cyclists.
Among the key benefits for bicycle commuters are:
The plan represents the inter-ests of all cyclists, not just expe-rienced cyclists. Among the stated objective of the plan is to “encour-age bicycling for all ages and abili-ties.” The plan certainly accomplish-es this as not only does the plan include significant investments in commuter cycling infrastructure, it also includes provisions for a future bike share program (popular with shoppers and casual commuters),
increased investment in more leisure-ly locations such as the Grant Avenue Promenade, and even encourages the integration of bicycles into popular community events and festivals such as the farmer’s market.
You will now be able to get anywhere from anywhere in the city. The $7.9 million list of poten-tial infrastructure investments and upgrades traverse the city. Each distinct neighborhood, every major thoroughfare, and all major points of interest are reflected on the list. Investments ranging from protected bike lanes to shared lane markings mean that you can ride from North Ogden City to South Ogden City and West Ogden to the slopes of the East Bench with more safety, security, and ease.
Long distance commutes made easier. As someone who commutes to Salt Lake City each day, I have long considered commuting to the FrontRunner station by bike each morning. As a resident of the city’s North end, I would have to cross several main streets, including 12th Street during rush hour traffic. As a result, I commute each day in my Subaru Outback. With the infrastruc-ture priorities outlined in the plan, my commute to the FrontRunner sta-tion will be significantly safer. I will be able to utilize protected bike lanes and then the Grant Promenade nearly
Richard Eborn lives a car-free lifestyle in Boise, Idaho.Photo by Andrea Eborn
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A late night commuter in Ogden, Utah.Photo by Dave Iltis
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ROAD CYCLING
Event Preview: FrontRunner Metric Century to be Held on April 23, 2016By Dave Iltis
March 30, 2016 – The FrontRunner Metric Century will be held on April 23, 2016. The ride starts in Salt Lake City and heads north to Ogden on the quiet back roads of Davis and Weber Counties. The ride sets itself apart from most other centuries in that it is a point to point event.
We caught up with event pro-moter Matt Storms and asked him to fill us in on the 2016 edition.
Cycling Utah: Tell us about the course. What are the highlights?
FrontRunner Century: The Front Runner Century is a mostly flat course with less than 700 feet of total climbing over 62 miles. This is the perfect spring ride to stretch your legs or a great ride for those new to cycling. The biggest thing that sets our ride apart from others in the valley is that we provide a point to point course from Salt Lake City to Ogden, with the option to ride the Front Runner train back to Salt Lake.
CU: What level rider will feel comfortable on the ride?
FRC: This is the perfect ride for all levels and ages and everyone is welcome, as well as tandem and recumbent bikes. We promote our event as a ride and not a race to more fully reflect that this event is for everyone.
CU: Tell us about what makes this ride really cool.
FRC: Did I mention the train ride? It really is a unique and fun aspect of our event. In addition to that we have awesome volun-teers that help make our event run smoothly. Rain or shine, they always go above and beyond.
CU: The Front Runner Century raises funds for several charities. Tell us more about this effort.
FRC: A portion of the proceeds benefits the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. My brother has suffered from Crohn’s most of his life so I wanted to be able to give back to a cause that meant something to me. The last couple of years a lot of our volunteers have been Active Duty and Reserve Navy and Air Force personnel, so we give a donation to those groups as well.
CU: How often do you have rest stops?
FRC: The past 5 years we have had 2 aid stations in addition to the finish. This year we are adding a third aid station after getting some feedback from our SAG support.
CU: What sorts of things do you stock?
FRC: We try to have a variety of things so there is something for everyone. We have Probars, pretzels,
bananas, licorice, trail mix, Gatorade and water, to name a few. We’ve been told by many of our riders that our event has the best aid stations in the state.
CU: How many riders do you expect this year?
FRC: We are expecting around 800 riders this year.
CU: Is there anything else you would like to add?
FRC: Yes, if you haven’t regis-tered, what are you waiting for!?! In all seriousness, we love putting on this event and strive to make it better each year. We care about the community and love being able to provide an event that supports the health and well-being of cyclists in a fun way, all while giving back to some great causes.
Event Details: April 23 — FrontRunner Metric Century Ride
, Salt Lake City, UT, Point to point metric century bicycle ride from
Salt Lake City’s Intermodal Hub to Ogden. Return to Salt Lake
City via the UTA FrontRunner train service. Your bicycle will be transported via private truck to
SLC., Matt Storms, 801-448-6061, [email protected], frontrunnercentury.com
all the way to my destination. However, given Ogden’s inter-
est in having a FrontRunner stop at the Business Depot of Ogden, it is likely that my commute will soon be less than ten minutes from train to home. To those visit-ing Ogden from points South on FrontRunner, the new infrastruc-ture means the city will be more welcoming and accessible than ever before.
Even those residing out-side of Ogden City proper will benefit. The planners involved in the creation of the plan will quite literally pave the way for the entirety of Weber County to one day be connected by miles of bicycle infrastructure. Rather than avoiding major thorough-fares such as Harrison, Monroe, and Washington Boulevards as well as Wall Avenue planners made the decision to use these existing thoroughfares as access points to the city for bicycles.
One can imagine a day when Harrisville, Marriott-Slaterville, West Haven, South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace, and North Ogden establish and further implement their own bicycle master plans to connect with Ogden’s extensive system of bicycle infrastructure. With the recent Bronze Level Bike Friendly Community Awards given to Ogden and Riverdale, coupled with investments in Weber County’s unincorporated areas mean that the likely dom-ino effect of Ogden’s actions will become precedent setting throughout Northern Utah provid-ing a successful model for the rapidly developing Davis County and the highly connected Cache County.
Those interested in learning more about the Ogden Bicycle Master Plan can visit http://tinyurl.com/OgdenBikePlan
Turner C. Bitton is an avid cyclist and serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations and in many volunteer leadership capaci-ties. He lives in Ogden with his fiancé Chase and their two dogs Charley and Moose.
Commuting in Ogden - Continued from page 4
The FrontRunner Century is unique in that cyclists travel from Salt Lake to Ogden and then take the FrontRunner train back to Salt Lake. This is the start of the 2015 event.Photo by Dave Iltis
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4Life/Mad Dog Cycles Race TeamSponsors: 4Life Research, Mad Dog Cycles, Trek, Maxxis, Tifosi, Stans No Tubes, Crank Bros., Camelbak, Dairy Council of UtahContact: Keith Payne, [email protected], 801-368-5321Website: maddograceteam.comType of Cycling: MTB, Cyclocross, and RoadBase Location: Orem, UTClub Statement: We are a Utah-based team competing in various cycling disciplines. This is our 16th season as a team, we have riders competing in MTB, Road, and CX events throughout Utah and the Western Region. Our club is a small group of riders who enjoy cycling and racing. While we are organized to race, we also work hard to give back to our community. We organize two trail building days each year with the USFS. All levels of riders are welcome to come join the team.
A Bloc CyclingSponsors: Philadelphia Insurance, Pikus Concrete, Visibility Signs and Graphics, Swim Kids, DNA Cycling, Timpanogos Cyclery, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, ViaWest, Teton Sports, Sierra,Utah Spine & Sport, Liberty Homes, Executech, Spectra Man-agement, Maverik, Hotel Park City, Skratch Labs and Lizard SkinsContact: Travis Millward, [email protected], 801-800-3279Website: utahcadence.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Road Touring, Mtn RecreationalBase Location: Lehi, UTClub Statement: Team A Bloc is based out of North Utah County and we are a club geared toward the rider who is extremely busy yet has a passion for cycling. Our objective is not only to improve individually as a rider but to also promote the sport of cycling within the community.
Adobe CyclingSponsors: Bonk Breaker, CarboRocket, CeramicSpeed, Contender Bicycles, DNA Cycling, Gnarly Protein, POC, SRM, Time Bicycles, Train LouderContact: Ben Rabner, [email protected], 385-345-1233Website: facebook.com/adobecyclingclubWebsite: instagram.com/adobecyclingType of Cycling: AllBase Location: Lehi, UTClub Statement: The Adobe Cycling Club is back in 2016 and as awesome as ever. Our theme: Re-imagine Possibilities. Our core values: Courage Passion Soul The digital landscape is changing, growing, and stretching. It’s time to change and grow and stretch along with it. What today seems impossible, even insanely ridiculous,
will be tomorrow’s innovation. Forget limits. Ignore boundaries. Let Adobe help you re-imagine your possibilities to reach new, awesome heights.
America First Credit Union Cycling TeamSponsors: America First Credit Union, Biker’s Edge, Enve Composites, Hyper-threadsContact: Zach Chatelain, [email protected], 801-544-5300Website: bebikes.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, AdvocacyBase Location: Kaysville, UTClub Statement: Davis County based Road Race (some club) Team. Group road ride: Thursday evening open, no drop ride. Departs from Biker’s Edge (232 North Main Street, Kaysville), 6pm during Biker’s Edge summer business hours, weather permitting. Ride focuses on teaching positive group ride etiquette and skills.Hosted events: Cinco de Mayo: a free, fully supported fun road tour/ride on mellow roads through Davis County. Thanksgiving Day Ride: Free ride supporting a different good cause each year. Usually entails pancake breakfast.
Animal Liberation RacingSponsors: Contact: Cris Pereira, [email protected], 801-898-8875Website: animalliberationracing.comType of Cycling: Any and all forms of cycling enthusiasts and racers are welcome.Base Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: We are a grassroots group focused on debunking the myth that you can’t be a strong athlete on a vegan diet. Additionally, we want to bring awareness to animal rights and other environmental causes. We want to be a voice of defense for animals suffering not only for consump-tion, but also for vivisection, the clothing trade, “entertainment” industries, and anywhere else senseless brutality occurs. We have riders all over the world, with all profits donated to charity.
Bicycle CenterSponsors: Specialized, Garner D. Jensen Insurance, All Star Lanes, Bonneville Brew-ing, Nate Wade Subaru Contact: Chad Vansolkema, [email protected], 801-484-5275Website: bicyclecenter.comType of Cycling: Road racing, Cyclocross, group rides, mountain recreationalBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: The Bicycle Center is focused on all riders and experiences. Our goal is to make riding more accessible, fun, and help develop rider skills. From a slow stroll around the city or a local bike race, we encourage and promote all types of riders.
Bingham Cyclery Peak FastenersSponsors: Bingham Cyclery, Peak Fasteners, Academy Mortgage, DNA Cycling, Sawyer Outdoor Products, Perma PlateSuperior Service Transport, Presidio Wealth Manage-ment, Professional Electrical Services, Plan7 Endurance Coaching, Balanced Art MultiSport, Ollett Bicycle Coaching, Alta Vista Chiropractic, Bonk Breaker, Selective VisionContact: Bob Saffell, [email protected], 801-233-1400Website: binghamcyclery-peakfasteners.squarespace.com/Website: facebook.com/groups/TeamBCPF/Type of Cycling: Mountain biking, Cyclo-cross, Road, Fat Biking, and DonutsBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: THE team in Utah. We win some races, ride some trails, ride some roads, build community and friendships, laugh until it hurts, and then ride some more. All are welcome, we are the island of
misfit toys.
Blackbottoms Bad Ass CyclingSponsors: Blackbottoms Cyclewear, Canyon Bicycles, Alsco, Ivory Homes, Quality Physi-cian Services, Holiday Oil, Knighten Erb & Company, Elements Wilderness Program, BAKE 360Contact: Ann Hoffman, [email protected], 801-706-2237Website: blackbottoms.comType of Cycling: Road Touring with a mis-sionBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Blackbottoms Bad Ass Cycling was created for the purpose of raising funds and awareness to combat devastating diseases. The team consists of friends of all ages and abilities throughout Northern Utah to promote fun, healthy living and encourage philanthropy through social cycling. Become a BadAss and make an impact on your community.
Bonneville Cycling ClubSponsors: Contact: Maria Fruin, [email protected], 801-842-9339Website: bccutah.orgType of Cycling: We offer road rides with a pace rating system ranging from easy relaxed pace to race pace.Base Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: We are Utah’s largest and oldest cycling club; a 501 (c) (3) Utah non-profit with all volunteer staff. We ac-commodate all levels and skills, including beginner, recreational, touring, mountain, racing and Ultra-Marathon and Randonneur riders with over 1000 on our calendar last season. BCC has raised over $500,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Genetics Research as the organizers of Little Red Rid-ing Hood All-Women’s ride in Logan. BCC also supports the Utah Bike Summit and Bike Utah to promote cycling in the state. Funds raised at our events also go to pro-vide support for IMBA, SLC Randonneurs, the local chapter of Randonneurs USA, Gold Level Sponsorship and Ride Marshals for the Harmons Bike MS ride and other events. BCC members receive membership in the League of American Bicyclists as part of their membership to support cycling on a national level. If you ride a bike in Utah, you should be a BCC member.
Bountiful Mazda/Bountiful Bicycle Center Cycling ClubSponsors: Bountiful Mazda, Bountiful Bicycle CenterContact: Michael MacDonald, [email protected], 801-397-0277Website: bmbbc.comType of Cycling: Group Road and MTB rides, Road and MTB RacingBase Location: South Davis County, UTClub Statement: The Bountiful Mazda Cycling Club provides social, training, and competitive riding for bicyclists in Davis County, UT and the surrounding areas. The club offers several weekly rides to accom-modate cyclists of all ability levels, from elite racers to beginning cyclists. The Club also offers a developmental race program for those wanting to get some exposure to competitive racing. Founded in the mid-90s, the Bountiful Mazda Cycling Club has grown into a diverse group of both social and rac-ing enthusiasts of road and mountain biking. Currently we have about 100 members and offer several weekly rides as well as several off-season training opportunities. Our main focus is to provide opportunities for individuals to ride in a club environment
and enjoy club social events.
Cache Valley Veloists Bicycle Tour-ing ClubSponsors: Contact: Jacci Yeager, [email protected], [email protected], 435-245-5784Website: cvveloists.orgType of Cycling: Road Touring and Recre-ational Mountain BikingBase Location: Logan, UTClub Statement: The Cache Valley Veloists Bicycle Touring Club is committed to fun, moderately paced recreational bicycle touring. The tours are member-led, and designed to meet a wide range of bicycling interests and ability levels. We encourage participation in local cycling events and cycling tours in Utah and other venues.
Canyon Bicycles - ShimanoSponsors: Canyon Bicycles, Shimano, Specialized, BMW of Murray, Pearl Izumi, Mountain Star Healthcare, Pioneer, Smith Optics, Honey Stinger, Thule, Swiftwick, and Lizard SkinsContact: Mike Pratt, [email protected], 801-576-8844Website: canyonbicyclesracing.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Cyclocross, Mountain Bike Racing, Triathlon, EnduroBase Location: Draper, UTClub Statement: The Canyon Bicycles Rac-ing Team is a club/racing team that focuses on developing riders to race at their full potential. We have open club rides on non-racing Saturdays and Sundays. Our team members race road, mountain, triathlon, enduro and cyclocross disciplines in a range of categories. We are a tight-knit group of friends who enjoy racing and training together. We have a Domestic Elite Road Team that will compete in local and NRC events this season. Our road, mtb, triathlon, enduro, and junior development teams will race locally and regionally.
Cicada Racing p/b Mark Miller SubaruSponsors: Mark Miller Subaru, Nutriex, Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar, Tall Pines Construction, 3 Cups Coffee, Skratch Labs, ContenderContact: Trent Watkins, [email protected], 801-651-7564Website: cicadacycling.blogspot.comType of Cycling: Road racing, MTB racing, cyclocrossBase Location: Midvale, UTClub Statement: Based out of Salt Lake City, we are comprised of avid racers who primarily compete in road racing, but also race mountain bikes and cyclocross. We have a strong emphasis on teamwork and building camaraderie, and pride ourselves on being closer knit than the average teams. Our team is comprised of riders from Cat 1-5. Cycling success is achieved through hard training, dedication, and teamwork.
Cole SportSponsors: Cole Sport, Smith, One2Go Events, Deer Valley and SIDAS footbedsContact: Michael Strachan, [email protected], 435-649-4800Website: colesport.comType of Cycling: Road, Cyclocross, Mountain, singlespeed, unicycle, touring - anything that looks like a bike!Base Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: Cole Sport Racing is dedicated to increasing both visibility, promoting and participating in both cycling and racing events. We offer weekly rides on Monday nights leaving from Cole Sport
on Park Avenue. The weekly rides cater to all riding and fitness levels. Not only do we support the local racing scene but junior development as well. Promoting cycling, knowledge and safety in the community is our primary focus.
Color Country Cycling ClubSponsors: Cedar CycleContact: Chad Horman, [email protected], 435-590-6088Website: colorcountrycyclingclub.orgType of Cycling: Road Racing, MTB Racing, Road Touring, MTN Recreational or any comboBase Location: Cedar City, UTClub Statement: Founded in 1996, our club is active in many aspects of cycling from technical slickrock riding to touring to rac-ing, as well as trail maintenance, and local event support. We support an IMBA affili-ated National Mountain Bike Patrol group and work closely with local National Forest and BLM officials on trail access issues. We have adopted and maintain many miles of trails in our area, and as the leading cycling advocate in southern Utah, we are always looking to expand riding opportunities in our area. We offer weekly rides through the year.
Contender Bicycles Cycling ClubSponsors: Contender Bicycles, Team Nash, TransGroup Worldwide Logistics, Plumb and Co Realtors, AlamexoContact: Alison Littlefield, [email protected], 801-364-0344Website: contenderbicycles.comType of Cycling: AllBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: The Contender Bicycles cycling club provides our members with an opportunity to participate in all aspects of the sport of cycling - from racing to recreational riding to advocacy. Every year, the club is involved with a number of events, non-profit organizations, advocacy efforts, group rides, clinics and races. Best of all, everyone is invited to join.
Cutthroat RacingSponsors: Uinta Brewing Company, Brewvies Cinema Pub, Saturday Cycles, PieHole Pizza, TRP, Gooseberry YurtsContact: Colby Eggleston, [email protected], 801-953-3218Website: cutthroatracing.org Type of Cycling: Mountain Bike Racing, Road Racing, Cyclocross Racing, Bicycle Commuting, AdvocacyBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Founded in 2003 our primary goal is to provide a fun ‘team’ for folks who want to be on a team, but don’t really want to be on a ‘team’. Make sense? We have organized trail work days, some camping trips and nice big camps at 6, 12, and 24 hr races. With beer, pizza and movie theater sponsors, we really are a team of the people! Come join us and see for your-self. Team meetings: First Wednesday of each month at the Uinta Brewpub at 6pm. Informal gatherings at Brewvies on 2nd Wednesdays at 6pm, and PieHole Pizza on 3rd Wednesdays at 6pm.
Cycle 4 CureSponsors: Bell Janitorial, Clean Manage-mentContact: Gregg Chapman, [email protected], 801-652-0623Website: teamc4c.orgType of Cycling: Road, advocacyBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: C4C is a group of like-
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The Blackbottoms Bad Ass rides to raise funds and awareness for devastating diseases. They are shown here at the top of Wolf Creek Pass.Photo by Ann Hoffman
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minded cyclists who love to ride and also love to ride for a purpose. We hold each victim in our hearts as we ride, praying for them dedicating the journey to them. We also raise money for research and treatment of cancer, MS, diabetes, and other serious diseases.
FFKR Architects RacingSponsors: FFKR Architects, RaceDay Event Software, utahneurosurgery.org, Train Louder, Contender BicyclesContact: Travis Horton, [email protected], 801-230-5904Website: facebook.com/velosportracing-team/Type of Cycling: Road Racing, Cyclocross, MTBBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Our team places emphasis on mentoring the next generation of avid bike racers. The junior team currently has 24 junior racers representing all junior race categories. Jeff Louder, former professional bike racer, uses his 15 years of professional experience to coach our junior program. Our ranks also include a spectrum of senior racers. We offer the perfect environment to hone your riding skills, improve your fitness, learn how to race as a team, and meet great people. We take the sport of cycling seriously and have a lot of fun along the way.
Golden Spike CyclingSponsors: Staker Parson Companies (title sponsor), Brigham City Outdoors, Bikers Edge, Lovelands Cycling, Idle Isle Cafe, Clark Andersen Orthodontics, Blackbottoms Cyclewear, Wyatt Construction, 902 Sports, Cover UpContact: Scott Morrison, [email protected], 801-647-5814Website: goldenspikecycling.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Mtb racing, road touring, mtn recreational, cyclocross, advocacyBase Location: Bringham City, UTClub Statement: The Golden Spike Cycling Club was formed in 2011. The purpose is foster unity among cyclists and help mem-bers reach their goals. We welcome the tourist, the fitness enthusiast and the racer. We also encourage youth involvement and development. We provide weekly rides and sponsor organized events. We want all to get involved so that they enjoy the social benefits as well as the physical.
Guthrie BicycleSponsors: Nate Wade Subaru, Trek, Santa Cruz, Look, Queen of Wraps, Blackbottoms, Lifetime ProductsContact: Jeff Goddard, [email protected], 801-484-0404Website: guthriebike.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Mtb racing, road touring, mtn recreational, cyclocross, and fat bike racingBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: At Guthrie Bicycle, bikes are our life. We love to race, commute by bike, and ride for fun whenever possible. Join us for weekly group rides (any riding level) and team up with us at local races (mtn, road, and cyclocross). Our focus is to bring together passionate recreational riders as well as encourage and support them in local bike races.
Huntsman Hometown HeroesSponsors: Contact: Jen Murano-Tucker, [email protected], 801-584-5815Website: huntsmanhometownheroes.comWebsite: huntsman140.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Road TouringBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Huntsman Hometown Heroes is a program designed to help you reach your endurance goals while raising much-needed funds for cancer research at Huntsman Cancer Institute. We have guar-anteed spots for the Little Red Riding Hood, Huntsman 140, LOTOJA, and much more! Join us! Find complete list of our events and other information on our website.
Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts (ICE)Sponsors: Pocatello Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute, Portneuf Medical Center Sports Medicine, Barrie’s Ski and Sports, Graphik Imagination, SignUp Signs
and Graphics, Simplot, and Advantage Busi-ness CommunicationContact: Tony Chesrow, [email protected], 435-671-2506Website: idahocycling.comType of Cycling: Road Racing and Touring, Cyclocross, Mtn Recreational Commuting, and AdvocacyBase Location: Pocatello, IDClub Statement: Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts (ICE) was founded in 1997 “to encour-age bicycle riding, to promote a healthy lifestyle, provide recreational opportunities and demonstrate that cycling is a practical means of transportation.” ICE is the current incarnation of what over the years has been a sequence of bicycle clubs in the Pocatello area. Cycling has a long history in Pocatello, and the roots of current club activities, rides and members date back at least 30 years.
Infinite Cycles ClubSponsors: Infinite Cycles Bike ShopContact: Brad Rowberry, [email protected], 801-523-8268Website: infinitecycles.comType of Cycling: Road racing, road touring, mountain recreational, mountain racing, cyclocrossBase Location: Riverton, UTClub Statement: Our goal is to get people riding together, improve skills, and build lifetime cyclists. Our group road rides leave from Infinite Cycles on Saturday mornings. Our mountain bike group rides weekly for much of the riding season. More information and calendar can be found at infinitecycles.com.
Intermountain LiVe Well p/b Boun-tiful BicycleSponsors: Intermountain LiVe Well, Har-ristone, ENVE Composites, Bountiful Bicycle, DNA Cycling, Sonora Grill, Thai Curry Kitchen, FLEXPAK, Gold’s Gym, Dr. Craig HattonContact: Austin Scott, [email protected], 801-510-0629Website: teamintermountainlivewell.orgWebsite: thresholdsports.orgType of Cycling: Road, Road Touring, Endur-anceBase Location: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan , UTClub Statement: Team Intermountain LiVe Well is operated by Threshold Sports. The team has operated for 9 years as a premier cycling club, and race team. It has a focus on sportsmanship, performance, and camaraderie. Promoting the sport of cycling through weekly group rides, community safety events, skills clinics, and support for local charities. Our members range from recreational riders to advanced category racers.
Joyride BikesSponsors: Joyride Bikes, SRAMContact: Wayne Wheeler, [email protected], 435-753-7175Website: joyridebikes.comType of Cycling: Road, Mountain, Cyclo-cross, Triathlon, Trail Work and Advocacy.Base Location: Logan, UTClub Statement: Joyride Cycling Club is growing fast in Northern Utah. The club leadership brings enthusiasm and experi-ence. We want to see cycling grow and en-rich peoples’ lives. We ride road, mountain and cyclocross as well as community rides and events-including volunteering and trail maintenance. We have a strong develop-mental emphasis particularly on community. Anyone new to the sport is encouraged to talk to us and be introduced to bicycling in a friendly, non-intimidating environment.
LiVe Well Mountain Biking p/b HarristoneSponsors: Intermountain LiVe Well, Har-ristone, ENVE Composites, DNA Cycling, Sonora Grill, Thai Curry Kitchen, FLEXPAK, Gold’s Gym, Dr. Craig HattonContact: Jeff Jones, [email protected], 801-428-1526Website: teamintermountainlivewell.orgWebsite: thresholdsports.orgType of Cycling: Mountain Bike, Endurance Mountain BikeBase Location: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan , UTClub Statement: LiVe Well Mountain Biking presented by Harrisone is operated by
Threshold Sports. ThresholdSports has operated clubs for 9 years wishin the state of Utah, and has now expanded its focus to include mountain biking. This group will be focused on building skill for all levels. We will run weekly supported group rides where we will have coaches working with each group. Pros will work with elite and experienced riders and trained coaches will work with women, juniors, and beginners.
Logan Race ClubSponsors: Pro Form (the official training bike of the Tour de France), Camp Chef, Alís Sporting Goods, Immaculate Homes, IHC Logan Regional Orthopedics, Sports Academy and Racquet Club, MDSC, Cache Valley Gran FondoContact: Drew Neilson, [email protected], 435-753-0757Website: loganraceclub.orgType of Cycling: All Forms of Cycling.Base Location: Logan, UTClub Statement: The Logan Race Club in-cludes a vast array of riders from the Cache Valley area that range from experts to those that are new to the racing scene. This team includes youth riders that we hope will be inspired to have the same passion for riding bikes as the veteran racers on the team.
MasherzSponsors: MasherzContact: Jeremy Turner, [email protected], 801-683-7556Website: facebook.com/pages/Masherz-Cycling-Club-and-Racing-Team/293688984028069?ref=hlType of Cycling: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, CyclocrossBase Location: Woods Cross, UTClub Statement: Masherz cycling club and racing team is for those that would like to either ride with a club or race competitively. We have a club that rides every Saturday morning as well as other times during the week. Anyone can also join our racing team and receive in store discounts. We offer a friendly atmosphere where anyone is accepted.
Mi Duole Cycling ClubSponsors: Barbacoa Mexican Grill, Diamond Wireless, Jones Waldo, Marshall Olson & Hull, VolerContact: Geno Smith, [email protected], 801-557-5437Website: miduole.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, some Moun-tain Bike Racing, some CyclocrossBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Formed in 1984, Mi Duole is one of the oldest road cycling clubs in Utah. Membership is mostly fit male riders in their 30s - 50s who’ve been riding and racing together for years. Some still race a lot and some not at all, but our common thread is getting up early to hammer out 100+ mile climbing-intensive rides every weekend. Hence our name “Mi Duole,” which translated loosely from Italian implies
“I like to suffer.”
OCEF (Ogden Cycling Education Foundation) AKA: Autoliv Cycling ClubSponsors: Autoliv, Bikers Edge, Norco Bi-cycles, Maxxis tires, Enve, Salomon, Total Rehab, Quality Bicycle Products, Union Grill, Dr Naylors Udder BalmContact: Kurt Gammill, [email protected], 801-625-9370Website: ogdencycling.comType of Cycling: Charity work, advocacy, Masters and Juniors MTB, Cat 5/4 & Masters Road Racing, Recreational and training rides.Base Location: Ogden, UTClub Statement: OCEF (Ogden Cycling Education Foundation), is a 501(c)(3) public charity, dedicated to raising cycling aware-ness and promoting cycling as a lifestyle. OCEF is sponsoring both LOTOJA and Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s “Hometown Heroes” program, which has raised over $1,300,000 in total since 2004. We are working with state and local agencies to increase awareness among cyclists, trail users and drivers. We are also in our 7th year with our Juniors MTB team. 2016 will be our 16th year as a USCF and NORBA sponsored club, and don’t forget the legend-ary Autoliv noon ride.
P-Town Events/Biker’s EdgeSponsors: P-Town Events, Biker’s Edge, Utah Orthopaedics, Rooster’s, Hyperthreads, Model Linen, ENVE CompositesContact: Zach Chatelain, [email protected], 801-544-5300Website: ptownbikersedge.comWebsite: facebook.com/P-Town-EventsBik-ers-Edge-Race-Team-110042992345097/Type of Cycling: Cyclocross, MTB, Road racingBase Location: Kaysville, UTClub Statement: The P-Town Events/Biker’s Edge team was formally the Rooster’s/Biker’s Edge Team. The focus is on cyclo-cross races in Utah but not limited to those. You’ll see our team at many different races through the season with a large percentage of juniors on the team. Development of our juniors is a major part of the team. While the team is closed, anyone can join the club by purchasing a jersey at Biker’s Edge. You will receive a 10% discount off regular priced items at Biker’s Edge by joining the club.
Peddler Mountain Rides MTB ClubSponsors: Bike PeddlerContact: Josh McCarrel, [email protected], 385-208-6400Website: Type of Cycling: Mountain BikingBase Location: American Fork, UTClub Statement: Shop rides with The Bike Peddler in American Fork, UtahRides rang-ing from casual mid weeks to aggressive
weekend epics.Email us at [email protected] to be on the email list.Rides will also be posted on the white board at the shop 24 E Main, American Fork.Facebook: Peddler Mountain Rides
PLAN7 DS Cycling TeamSponsors: PLAN7 Endurance Coaching, Spin Pressed Coconut Water, EMO Electric Motion, 1st Endurance, DNA Cycling, Mar-kosian Auto, Utah Sports & Wellness Clinic, Cannondale, Infinite CyclesContact: Dave Harward, [email protected], 801-661-7988Website: plan7coaching.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, MTB rac-ing, MTB recreational, Cyclocross, Road RecreationalBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: The PLAN7 DS Cycling Team is here to enjoy some good times racing road, mountain and cyclocross bikes. Our plan is to help mentor any level racer/rider, young or old, to enjoy racing/riding and avoid the barriers of entry to the sport. We will do this through regular group rides as well as some skill clinic work and promoting proper ride etiquette. There is a lot to learn on the road and trails and we’ll do our best to help you along. This is a lifelong sport for us and we want it to be the same for you!
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The Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts club is Pocatello’s main cycling group. Photo courtesy of Tony Chesrow.
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Pocatello’s Women Cycling/Spin-derellaSponsors: Pocatello Women’s Health Clinic, Idaho Sport & Spine, Barrie’s Ski and Sport, Pepsi, U Med Spa, Idaho Orthodontics, Gate City Cleaners, Heritage Health Services, Idaho Central Credit Union, Shaver’s Phar-macy, WomanTours, RevivalContact: DaNae Young, [email protected], 208-221-9300Website: spinderellaride.comType of Cycling: Road TouringBase Location: Pocatello, IDClub Statement: Pocatello Women’s Cycling was organized in February 2012. The goal of the club is to encourage women of all ages and fitness levels to get out and ride. We want to promote a fun and healthy lifestyle, while giving back to the community we live in. Spinderella offers five beautiful routes: 10, 22, 50, 70, and 100 miles.
Porcupine CyclingSponsors: Porcupine Pub & Grille, Cityworks, Halliday Watkins & Mann, Sector, Nu Skin, Pyle Automotive, Veritas Funding, Bicycle Center, Northstar Builders, Performance Auto Group, Bike Peddler, Jordan Enter-prises, Brilliant Solutions Group, Utah Dairy Council.Contact: George Mastakas, [email protected], 801-560-1936Website: porcupinecycling.comType of Cycling: Road & Mountain Biking and Recreational/Casual ridingBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Porcupine Cycling Club is dedicated to bettering the appreciation and enjoyment of cycling while having fun. Our club consists of cycling and mountain bike enthusiasts ranging from highly competitive racers to those who are simply looking for riding partners. We also put on the Por-cupine Big Cottonwood Hill Climb to raise funds for local cancer research and victims.
Premier Credit Racing TeamSponsors: Premier Credit, Revolution Cycles, Giant BicyclesContact: Ryan Kendrick, [email protected], 801-721-4100Website: facebook.com/groups/222283351282810/Website: instagram.com/premiercreditcy-clingType of Cycling: Road Racing, MTB Racing, MTB Recreational, CyclocrossBase Location: Draper, UTClub Statement: We are a cycling team based out of Draper, Utah. Our individual goals range from staying in shape for the season to podium finishes at the big races. We focus on representing our sponsors well through superior performance and more importantly, sportsmanship.
Racer’s Cycle ServiceSponsors: Racer’s Cycle Service, Felt BicyclesContact: Racer Gibson, club@racerscycle.
net, 801-375-5873Website: racerscycleservice.comType of Cycling: Road racing, mountain bike racing, cyclocross, training, commuting.Base Location: Provo, UTClub Statement: We are all about having fun riding and racing bikes. Come have fun with us. We have members from all over the state, but most have some connection to Utah County. Our mission is to keep secret the awesome riding that exists down here in Happy Valley.
Rapid Cycling RacingSponsors: Contact: Jordan Bracken, [email protected], 435-229-5397Website: rapidcyclingbikes.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Mountain Bike Racing, MTB Recreational, AdvocacyBase Location: St. George, UTClub Statement: Team Rapid Cycling includes support, training rides and the opportunity to take part in all the benefits of being in an active community. We work towards similar goals. We push each other. We compete together. And we have fun together.
Razik BicyclesSponsors: Razik BicyclesContact: Brad Woods, [email protected], 801-319-8440 Website: razik.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, MTB Racing, CyclocrossBase Location: Springville, UTClub Statement: Team Razik Bicycles is pioneering the use of isotruss technology for racing bicycles. Look for us on the road at local and regional races as well as in the dirt layer this year. Backed by Utah’s only handmade carbon fiber bicycle manufactur-er, our team is passionate about developing new talent and giving riders an opportunity to shine on a larger stage. We have a strong focus on mentoring young and up coming riders. We welcome new team members and have rides and riders from Springville to Ogden.
Rocky Mountain Cycling ClubSponsors: City Pet Club, Utah Commercial Contractors, Flynn Cyclery, Diversified Metal Services, Roofers SupplyContact: Jay Boniface, [email protected], 801-910-7925Website: rmcc-utah.blogspot.comType of Cycling: Road, Cyclocross, Moun-tain Bike RecreationBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: RMCC is a road cycling club based in Salt Lake City, UT. We have a healthy mix of serious, soul, and social riders. Racing is not a requirement for club membership but riders are encouraged to participate in a few events throughout the season.
Rouleur Development Team
Sponsors: Zurixx, DNA Cycling, Infinite Cycles, Bonk Breaker, Gear Rush skills, Revolution Bike ShopContact: Seth Bradley, [email protected], 801-244-1224Website: rouleurdevo.orgType of Cycling: MTB and cyclocrossBase Location: , Club Statement: Rouleur Cycling Foundation is a true grass roots beginning in Utah. This organization grew quickly as word of mouth spread around the Utah region. It is our mission to use cycling as a catalyst to de-velop young athletes, finding their passion in endurance sports. Developing leaders through goal setting, hard work, determina-tion, and commitment.
Salt Lake RandonneursSponsors: Bonneville Cycling Club, Randon-neurs USAContact: Richard Stum, [email protected], 435-462-2266Website: saltlakerandos.orgType of Cycling: Road Touring (ultra distance)Base Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: This local region, founded in 2011, is a part of an international group of cyclists that ride ultra distant events called brevets (bru vah). Randonneuring (rahn doe ner ing) is the sport of non-competitive, timed, long distance, minimally-supported, road cycling. This style of cycling is dif-ferent than “self-contained touring” as we travel lighter, without the heavy pannier bags needed for camping. We organize events from 100km (62 miles) to 1200km (750 miles) in various parts of Idaho, Wyo-ming and Utah.
Salt Lake Tri ClubSponsors: CandleLight Homes, Advance Motion PT, Mark Olsen Real Estate, ThinAir Cycles, Farmers InsuranceContact: Rory Duckworth, [email protected], 801-870-7462Website: saltlaketriclub.comType of Cycling: TriathlonBase Location: Draper, UTClub Statement: The Salt Lake Triathlon Club was created to promote triathlons in the Salt Lake Community while fostering a sense of unity, fun and a healthy lifestyle. We’re a team but more importantly, we’re a family. We welcome any level of experience, whether you’re setting your sights on your first-ever race or you’re a seasoned athlete. We’ll provide opportunities to meet fellow athletes and find training buddies. Together, we’ll build an extensive support network-to boost each other up and give back to our community and sport.
SaltAir Cross FeverSponsors: SaltAir, hand-crafted bikes, Epic Brewing, Saturday CyclesContact: Matthew Nelson, [email protected], 801-930-0062Website: saltaircycles.comType of Cycling: Cyclocross and other mixed terrain eventsBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: SaltAir Cross Fever is a competitive amateur race team, primarily competing in local cyclocross races along the Wasatch Front. The sponsored riders, competing in the “A-Flite” category are backed with custom steel frames, hand built by Matthew Nelson of SaltAir-hand crafted bikes. The team is completely open to all riders competing at any level.
SaltCycle-IntelitechsSponsors: Intelitechs IT Solutions, Wild
Rose Sports, Laziz Foods, Sugar House Pies, SaltCycleContact: Chris Ward, [email protected], 801-252-5332Website: saltcycleracing.comWebsite: facebook.com/saltcycleteamType of Cycling: Road Racing, Cyclocross, AdvocacyBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Our mission is: “To promote the advancement of cyclists in racing through teamwork, friendship, and support, in addition to fostering and developing positive cycling throughout the community of Salt Lake City.” Founded in 2011, the SaltCycle-Intelitechs Racing Team is focused on building the community and making racing available to anyone. We also promote bicycles as transportation as well as recreation. We love to ride anytime and anywhere.
SBR CyclesSponsors: Larry H. Miller Provo Auto Cam-pus, Team Kid Courage, Elevate, Taysom Tires, GraphikContact: Allan Sumnall, [email protected], 801-225-0076Website: sbrutah.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Road Recreational, Triathlon, Mtn Recreational, CyclocrossBase Location: Orem, UTClub Statement: Our club focuses on developing riders at all levels and across different disciplines including road, triathlon, cyclocross and mountain. We have club and team rides numerous times per week. We are a tight-knit group and are very com-munity oriented. We have an elite cat-2-5 road team, 2 elite tri teams in addition to our club teams. Our elite teams serve as mentors to our other teams, it is a great op-portunity to learn from some of the best.
Ski City Cycling TeamSponsors: Ski City, Pactimo Clothing, Scott, Dynastar/Lange, Contender BicyclesContact: Bill Cutting, [email protected], 801-949-4080Website: skicitycycling.comWebsite: facebook.com/groups/SkiCityCy-clingType of Cycling: Primarily road, road racing, and cyclocross racing: Cat 1 Elite team, Junior Team plus all registered categories and Masters.Base Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Utah Premier is one of Utah’s oldest and largest, continuously operating USAC-registered cycling club/teams. Ski City is now the lead sponsor promoting the greater Salt Lake area as a world class destination for both Winter and Summer visitation. Whether you’re an ag-gressive competitor looking for teammates and support, a newcomer hoping to try racing for the first time, or a weekender in search of riding partners, our team and club atmosphere will enrich your cycling experi-ence. Saturday and Sunday group rides, all welcome.
Snake River Triathlon ClubSponsors: Barrie’s Sports (Pocatello), Dave’s Bike Shop (Idaho Falls), Bills Bike and Run (Idaho Falls)Contact: Smitty Faure, [email protected], 208-237-2971Website: facebook.com/groups/snakeriver-triclubType of Cycling: TriathlonBase Location: Pocatello, IDClub Statement: USAT Triathlon Club for all triathlete enthusiasts from the Teton Valley through Twin Falls, with all stops in between!
Southern Utah Triathlon ClubSponsors: Contact: Amber Blair, [email protected], Website: southernutahtriathlonclub.comType of Cycling: Road, TriathlonBase Location: St. George, UTClub Statement: The mission of The South-ern Utah Triathlon Club is to provide an environment for every member to reach his or her potential and to promote the growth of triathlon in Southern Utah. Train Hard, Race Well, Help Others.
Southern Utah University/Cedar Cycle RacingSponsors: Southern Utah University, Cedar Cycle, Champion System, SelectHealth, Half the Road, Timberline Cabinets and DoorsContact: Bobby Cannon, [email protected], 801-703-8893Website: Type of Cycling: Road Racing and Mtb Racing, NCCABase Location: Cedar City, UT
Club Statement: We are Southern Utah University’s official cycling club. All riders (road, mountain, commuter, fixie, cruiser) and all abilities are welcome. We have members who race weekly as well as mem-bers who enjoy riding leisurely in a group. In 2015 we introduced a Masters Team to help boost numbers on group rides. Cedar Cycle Racing is made up of SUU alumni as well as members of the Cedar City cycling commu-nity. We now have a team that is truly for everyone! Join us if you’re ever in town.
Spider Bait CyclingSponsors: Action Extraction, Davis Vi-sion, John Paras Furniture, Johnson Elite Orthodontics, Maxconnect Marketing, Sun First DataContact: John Paras, [email protected], 801-352-7400Website: facebook.com/group.php?gid=32982807018Type of Cycling: Road Touring and RacingBase Location: Sandy, UTClub Statement: Having fun is the main focus of our club. We enjoy competing in road and mountain bike races. We also sup-port some of the local fun rides for charities. Our rides always start out as fun rides, but someone usually puts their head down and buries everybody on each ride.
Summit Bike ClubSponsors: Competitive Cyclist, Pivot Cycles, Park City Orthodontics, POC, Louis Garneau, Vittoria, TOGSContact: Lisa Palmer-Leger, [email protected], 801- 664-6351Website: summitbikeclub.orgType of Cycling: Mountainbike, XCBase Location: , UTClub Statement: Summit Bike Club is dedi-cated to providing a fun and educational experience on the mountain bike for juniors, U23s and adults. A full athlete progression, with partnership from Competitive Cyclist with U13, U16, U19, U25 and Masters programs.
Team Blonde RunnerSponsors: Coach Lora Erickson, The Blonde Runner, blonderunner.comContact: Lora Erickson, [email protected], 801-608-5516Website: tbrtriathlon.comWebsite: blonderunner.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, Triathlon, MarathonBase Location: Bountiful, UTClub Statement: Team Blonde Runner (TBR) is a coed coached triathlon training team program located in Northern Utah. The team training is for beginner to intermedi-ate athletes and will focus on sprint and Olympic distance triathlons, and full and half Ironman distance triathlons. Enjoy the camaraderie of group training while making lasting friendships and getting in great shape. If you are new to triathlons, or want to improve your performance, this group is for you. All aspects of the sport are covered, including nutrition, transitions, racing strategies, distance & open water swim-ming, structured cycling workouts, running training, group rides, open water swims etc. Limited spots. Sunday workouts will not be given or supported.
Team Endurance 360Sponsors: Contact: Cameron Hoffman, [email protected], 801-668-7648Website: 902sports.comType of Cycling: Road, Mountain, Touring, RecreationalBase Location: Clearfield, UTClub Statement: Team Endurance 360 is a group for racers and recreational riders from around the country who are looking to develop their cycling skill and endurance training. Key events for 2016: LOTOJA, Masters Road Nationals, I-Cup Series and MTB Nationals
Team Fast LaneSponsors: AsMaster, Gatorade Endurance, GRAY Carbon Wheels, Raw Revolution, SoftScience, Synergy Wetsuits, Wild Rose Mountain SportsContact: Scott Kelly, [email protected], 801-558-2230Website: teamfastlane.comType of Cycling: Triathlon, Road, Mountain, CyclocrossBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Entering our 16th year, Team Fast Lane is a USA Triathlon sanc-tioned club open to individuals of ALL ages and ability levels. Member benefits include access to year round, weekly, coached training sessions, support services, equip-ment discounts, racing, fellowship, and FUN! Although our primary purpose is as
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The Rouleur Development Team works to develop young athletes through cycling. The team is shown here on a group training ride. Photo by Seth Bradley
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a training program for those interested in participating in the sport of triathlon, many members also train and compete in other sports like Xterra, obstacle course racing, duathlon, road, mountain and cyclocross racing, alpine, telemark and nordic skiing, long and short distance running, climbing, kayaking, adventure racing, etc. TFL also provides personal, event specific, training for endurance athletes.
Team Red RockSponsors: Red Rock Bicycle CompanyContact: Margaret Gibson, [email protected], 435-229-6251Website: Type of Cycling: Road and Mtn racing and ridingBase Location: St George, UTClub Statement: Team Red Rock is the all purpose bike group. If you want to race or you are just starting out on a bike, we have something for everyone.
Team Sugar / White Pine TouringSponsors: White Pine Touring, Camelbak, Smith, Clifbar, Silver MountainContact: Kari Murray, [email protected], 801-232-8354Website: Type of Cycling: Mountain Bike Recreation-al/AdvocacyBase Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: Team Sugar, established in 2003, is a dedicated group of women mountain bikers devoted to introducing as many women as possible to the sport. Team Sugar provides free women’s rides every Tuesday night throughout the summer, which allows women to learn mountain bike skills, local trails, etc. in a non-competitive environment. Team Sugar rides will run from May 31 to August 30 and leave at 6 p.m. sharp from White Pine Touring in Park City. The first ride will be May 31, 2015.
Team TOSH p/b HyperthreadsSponsors: TOSH–The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Hyperthreads Clothing, Bikers EdgeContact: Brooks Stevenson, [email protected], 801-597-9538Website: facebook.com/groups/120575671456891/Type of Cycling: Road racing, mountain bike racing, cyclocross and all types of recreational riding.Base Location: SLC, UTClub Statement: The TOSH Cycling Club provides an opportunity to participate in all aspects of the sport of cycling from racing to recreational riding to advocacy. Along with our partners, we are excited about the future of the club and we invite you to join us for 2016.
The X-MenSponsors: SquadraContact: Thomas Cooke, [email protected], 435-901-1752Website: x-mencyclingteam.comWebsite: facebook.com/xmencyclingType of Cycling: All types of riding.Base Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: Founded in 1995, The X-Men is a Park City, Utah-based road, mountain bike, and cyclocross club, with in-dividual members and pockets of resistance all over the country. We’re open to riders of all ages and abilities who are brave enough to don our iconic stripes and lightning bolt kits, and make a statement. There is a problem with non-conformity, though. Pretty soon people want to join and be part of your movement. You start something new, because you are sick of riding for the man, then you wake up and realize you are the man. Because of this, we’ve been deliberate about making ourselves hard to understand, and even harder to get in touch with. And another thing. We’re not super organized. We all mostly have real lives outside of the make-believe world of modern cycling. It would be a mistake to call us retro, despite the fact that we often tell stories on rides from the old days. We are proud to say that not a single current member rides with an SRM. At least not in public. Power is in the heart, folks. Bike races are won with desire, not with a spreadsheet.
The Young RidersSponsors: Mountain Trails Foundation, Jans, Deer Valley Resort, Park City, Wasatch Trails Alliance, SnydervilleBasin Recreation, Summit Bike Club, Storm CyclesContact: Julie Minahan, [email protected], 435-640-8642Website: youngriders.comType of Cycling: Mountain, DownhillBase Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: The Young Riders recreational program is dedicated to the promotion of mountain biking, for juniors ages 5-16, through a series of fun, safe and-developmentally rewarding rides.Qualified instruction, training and coaching allows for a logical progression of aptitude and the pursuit of individual goals for the beginner
to advanced andcompetitive rider. Techni-cal skills, responsible riding, proper trail etiquette, and respect for the environment as well as for self and others, are impressed toensure a future generation of respectful riders.
Tooele Valley Cycling ClubSponsors: Contact: Elliott Morris, [email protected], 801-647-8383Website: facebook.com/groups/tvcc.groupType of Cycling: Road Racing and TouringBase Location: Tooele, UTClub Statement: TVCC was formed in 2007 to promote road cycling in Tooele County to residents of the county and others. The club organizes and advertises group rides and also informs club members of other popular cycling events in or near Tooele County. As participation increases, the Club anticipates expanding its mission to include other types of cycling. There is no formal process to join the club and no mandatory dues. Simply send an e-mail to Elliot and request to be in-cluded on the club e-mail directory. Thereaf-ter you will receive e-mails with information regarding rides and other events. Just show up when you can, and have fun!
University of Utah CyclingSponsors: Reynolds Composites, Rudy ProjectContact: Wesley Wright, [email protected], 724-366-9972 Website: utahcycling.orgWebsite: facebook.com/uofucyclingType of Cycling: Collegiate Road and Mountain Racing, Road and Mountain Recreational, CyclocrossBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: The University of Utah Cycling team and club is for any student with a desire to ride/race and improve his or her skills. Those wishing for an opportunity to travel and experience competitive races are invited to participate in collegiate USA Cycling races. People who simply wish to support the team are welcome to purchase U of U Cycling paraphernalia.
Utah Bicycling ClubSponsors: Bike Barn, Bike Peddler, Canyon Bicycles, Fezzari Bicycles, Racer’s Cycle Service, Razik Bicycles, SBR Cycles, Sec-ond Track Sports, T3 Triathlon, Taylor’s Bike Shop, Timpanogos Cyclery, Trek Bicycles, Utah Mountain Biking, Utah TrikesContact: Mary Ann Nielsen, [email protected], 801-231-2000Website: utahcyclingclub.blogspot.comType of Cycling: Road Racing, MTB racing, road touring, mtb recreational, cyclocross, advocacy,fat biking, paved recreational trail ridingBase Location: Orem, UTClub Statement: UBC welcomes beginners and advanced riders to join us 3 times each week on scenic, safe routes year round.
Utah Velo ClubSponsors: The Bike PeddlerContact: Stan Swallow, [email protected], 801-808-4426Website: utahveloclub.comType of Cycling: Road Cycling in groups with up to to 40 riders and there is a MTB group as well as a beginners group.Base Location: American Fork, UTClub Statement: The Utah Velo Club is pri-marily a road cycling club with at least one group ride per week during the year. During the winter we snowshoe as cross training. Mission: To promote cycling and organize free events for serious intermediate and advanced road cyclists. History: The club was started in October 2003 and now has over 600 members with about 200 of them participating in at least one event per year.
UtahMountainBiking.comSponsors: Box Home Loans, Rocky Moun-tain Bicycles, KHS Bicycles, Jamis Bicycles, Lazer Helmets, Trail Forks, BikePartsExpress.com, American Classic, Mad Scientist SoftwareContact: Michael Engberson, [email protected], 801-653-2689Website: UtahMountainBiking.comType of Cycling: MTB Racing, MTB Recre-ational Riding, Cyclocross, Trail Advocacy, Road Racing, Road TouringBase Location: Lehi, UTClub Statement: Not just mountain biking, our team also participates in the Utah Cyclocross series, as well as some road events. We welcome racers of all abilities, from beginner to advanced. If you have ever considered racing but didn’t know where to start, we are here for you. We love beginner racers. Team membership has many perks including shop discounts, race day support, advice and encouragement.
Visit Dallas DNA Pro CyclingSponsors: Visit Dallas, DNACycling, Orbea, Plan 7 Endurance Coaching, Cotton Sox Photography, Job-Dox, Markosian Auto, Prologo, Maxim Sports Nutrition USA, Rudy Project North America, FULL SPEED AHEAD,
Vision, power2max, Doc’s Skincare, Altra Running, Speedplay, Jagwire, Dynotron, Three 9 Consulting, Arundel Bicycle Company, Maxim Sports Nutrition, Rocket7, Attract Interact, Wilkins Finston FriedmanContact: Alex Kim, [email protected], 801-503-9064Website: visitdallasdna.comWebsite: facebook.com/DNAPlan7K4Type of Cycling: Road RacingBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling is a UCI women’s pro cycling team registered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The team was formed from the merger of two well-established women’s 2015 USA Cycling Domestic Elite squads DNA Cycling p/b K4 and Visit Dallas Cycling p/b Noise4Good. The team will be focused on the USA Pro Road Tour and UCI racing in North America, including the two UCI Women’s World Tour events, Amgen Tour of California and the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic. The UCI Women’s World Tour is the top level of women’s professional bike racing. The team has a roster of 15 women based throughout USA and Canada.
Wasatch Mountain ClubSponsors: Contact: Marcy Allen, [email protected], 435-640-1033Website: wasatchmountainclub.orgType of Cycling: Recreational road and mountain biking; self contained road touring; road and mountain bike camping/motel trips.Base Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: Established in 1920, the Wasatch Mountain Club is an outdoor recreation club for adults. Activities include road and mountain biking, hiking, backpack-ing, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, boating, social programs and conservation efforts. Rides and other activities are listed each month in the club publication, “The Rambler” and posted on the club’s activity calendar which can be viewed on the club’s website.
Wasatch Triathlon ClubSponsors: Revitalized Body, Mine Shaft Brewing, Cascade Water Resources, Jupiter Mountain Massage, Storm Cycles, Park City Coffee Roaster, Custom Triathlon CoachingContact: Sarah Dunlap, [email protected], 916-770-7939Website: meetup.com/Wasatch-triathlon-clubType of Cycling: Triathlon and road touringBase Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: Wasatch Triathlon Club was founded in 2013 by Coaches Sarah Dunlap and Anna Nemeckay. In 2016, Wasatch Tri Club joined forces with Park City Triathlon Club. As the only Triathlon
Club in Park City, Wasatch Tri Club fills the need for a FUN, safe environment to train and improve. With 4 USAT Certified Coaches holding workouts appropriate for Beginners to Elite athletes on a weekly basis at various locations around Park City, there is something for everybody. Triath-letes come in all shapes and sizes, ages, and ability levels and Wasatch Tri Club welcomes them all. Look for our Women For Tri sponsored training camp June 17-19, our team party at The Echo Triathlon on July 9, and many other team events including the Tahoe Century, CDA 70.3, Triathamom, Jordanelle Tri, and Ragnar.
White Pine Racing Powered by Jans.comSponsors: Moab Brewery, Silver King Coffee, Costa Rica Escapes, Mountain Medical, The Mountain Trails FoundationContact: Eric LaPerle, [email protected], 435-649-8710Website: jans.comType of Cycling: XC Racing, Super-D, Downhill, Road, Cyclocross, Enduro, BMX and Advocacy. Base Location: Park City, UTClub Statement: Our mission is to promote cycling within Northern Utah communities through participating in races, fundraisers, trail work days and group rides. We will focus on having a strong competitive pres-ence, while still having fun and showing our love and passion for two wheeled, human powered sports.
Zions Bank Z-TeamSponsors: Zions Bank
Contact: Darcie Strong, [email protected], 801-326-5569Website: Type of Cycling: Recreational Road RidingBase Location: Salt Lake City, UTClub Statement: The Z-team is a recreation-al cycling club whose purpose is to promote the sport of cycling by riding in local com-petitive and non-competitive cycling events, including organized rides that raise funds for charitable organizations. Membership for the team is open to all interested persons (Zions Bank employees, customers, friends, and families) regardless of skill or experi-ence. Facebook: Zions Bank ‘Z Team’
Zone 5 RacingSponsors: Workfront, Canyon Bicycles, Pearl IzumiContact: Scott Johnston, [email protected], 801-755-5455Website: beta.zone5racing.com/Type of Cycling: Road and MTB RacingBase Location: Lehi/Draper, UTClub Statement: Zone Five Racing is a large group of like-minded riders that came together from multiple teams in late 2015. Zone Five Racing members are united in their love or riding and racing together. We are based out of the south end of the Salt Lake Valley and the north end of Utah County. While we focus on racing, we welcome all levels and abilities, whether hard-core racer or first-time rider. We feature no-drop rides for fun, as well as aggressive, longer rides for more specific training and race preparation. These rides are generally based out of Canyon Bicycle shops in Draper and Riverton.
The Rocky Mountain Cycling Club is one of Utah’s older teams.Photo by Jay Boniface
10 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
CYCLING AND THE LAW
When Can a Cyclist Take the Lane?
By Russ Hymas and Ken Christensen
During a recent group ride, a motorist started honking and yelling at us because we were riding in the road. We had to ride in the road, but we were going slower than traffic. When is it allowable for a cyclist to “take the lane,” and when is it not? - Rick S., Highland, UT
“Take the lane” is a common phrase among cyclists. It’s the catch-all term that explains how cyclists are legally allowed to move away from the far right side of the road and use the lane.
In Utah, cyclists riding slower than the flow of traffic must ride as close to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable. But, there are some exceptions to this rule. Cyclists are allowed to (and should for our personal safety) “take the lane” and impede traffic only in the following circumstances:
•When overtaking and passing
another bicycle or vehicle•When preparing for a left turn•Riding straight through an inter-
section just to the left of vehicles turning right
•Where a lane is too narrow to share safely with another vehicle
•To avoid any condition that makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge
Every cyclist has the legal right and responsibility to make reason-able use of the roadway to protect their own safety. You may take as much of the lane as is practical to create a safe space around yourself and leave no doubt that the motorist does not have enough room to share the lane with you.
We assume you were using the lane for one of the reasons listed above. In that case, the motorist had no basis for honking and becoming hostile with you. However, we’ve all seen cyclists spill out into the lane on group rides. Cycling is a sport that gives us enormous opportunity
to spend time with friends. We feel safer on group rides and are more visible to motorists. We love the camaraderie, the short strong pulls at the front of a pace line, and the easy drifting out as a peloton. You can ride two abreast in Utah, as long as you do not impede traffic. If your group cannot fit on the shoulder of the roadway, then you must ride
single file, and cannot “take the lane” unless you are in one of the five situ-ations listed above.
Taking the lane is necessary at times, but causes problems because drivers think you’re being actively hostile. When necessary, give proper notice, take the lane, and then return to the right-hand edge of the roadway as quickly as possible. As cyclists, we can legally take the lane, but that doesn’t mean we can keep it.
Ken Christensen and Russ Hymas are avid cyclists and Utah attorneys at UtahBicycleLaw-yers.com. Their legal practice is devoted to helping cyclists injured in collisions with motor vehicles. They are authors of the Utah Bicycle Accident Hand-book and are nationally recog-nized legal experts on cycling laws and safety.
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Bikes may use the full lane, when necessary.Photo by Dave Iltis
Cyclists riding single file, as near to the right as practicable.Photo by Dave Iltis
SLCBAC News for April 2016
With a rare normal winter season gradually losing its grip, the Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee is engaged in a busy year of projects and support for the community. The group has already sent a member to the annual Washington D.C. Bicycle Conference where repre-sentatives from each state inter-act and share ideas and strategies that have helped their communi-ties support bicycle transporta-tion. Additionally the beginning of April will see the Utah Bicycle Summit host an impressive panel of speakers and sessions designed to improve the outlook for bicy-cles in our great state and con-nect us with the global efforts to spread the bicycle phenomenon in all communities.
The committee is working closely with Salt Lake County to provide input on a number of studies that will determine the transportation future of the county for years to come. Interested citi-zens should pay close attention to mailing lists such as MBAC and the SLCBAC list for links to sur-veys, public meeting announce-ments and calls to action. Finally, on April 30th the committee will hold its annual spring ride which the public is encouraged to join. Details will be sent out via mail-ing lists and posted on the com-mittee’s Facebook page. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please email [email protected].
Just a reminder that all of our monthly meeting have moved to the SECOND Wednesday of each month. Below is a listing of this year’s remaining meetings. The meetings are still held in room N2-800 of the north County Government Building at 2001 South State Street.
Wed, Apr 13, 2016– 2nd Weds in Apr
Wed. May 11, 2016– 2nd Weds in May
Wed. Jun. 8, 2016– 2nd Weds in June
Wed. Jul. 13, 2016– 2nd Weds in July
Wed. Aug. 10, 2016– 2nd Weds in Aug
Wed. Sep. 14, 2016– 2nd Weds in Sept
Wed. Oct. 12, 2016– 2nd Weds in Oct
Wed. Nov. 9, 2016– 2nd Weds in Nov
Wed. Dec. 14, 2016– 2nd Weds in Dec
-Ian Scharine
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ROAD RACING
A Non-Racer’s Summer of Racing - The Continued Road Racing Adventures of a 43 Year Old MomBy Kelly McPherson
Last spring I wrote an article detailing my experience as a non-racer, racing my very first RMR Crit. It was a valuable experience and I vowed to race it again many more times this summer. I did, a bit. I managed to get to a couple more RMR Crits, the Sugarhouse Crit, Wildflower Trailfest and Pedalfest, and the West Mountain Road Race. Work, kids, vacation and a flooded basement got in the way and I didn’t race as much as I had planned. I know, I know, excuses, excuses. If I were a real cyclist, I would have gotten my rear out to a lot more races anyway, right? Possibly, but I have been mar-ried for 25 years and I would like to stay that way. Sometimes, even with an extremely supportive spouse and family, turning pedals has to drop in my list of priorities.
Even though I didn’t race nearly as much as I had wanted to, I did learn a lot and am making concrete plans to be able to race more this year. Below are a few things that I learned.
1. Crits are not that scary. They have the reputation for being lean, mean, crazy, Nascar on bikes kind of scary race. What they really are, is a bunch of crazy, mostly guys on bikes talking smack and riding in circles as fast as they can go. Occasionally there is a crash and, yes, there is an ambulance on standby, but no, they are not that dangerous. Newbies are welcome, provided you take some time to learn some bike handling skills and don’t take every one out while you ride.
2. The Sugarhouse Crit is the perfect mom friendly event. I don’t know why more women don’t ride crits. They are great! Women com-plain all the time that we don’t have enough time to ride, take care of home and family, work and race too. Crits are the perfect solution to that. They are short and fast. Then are done and you are on your way and back to your normal life. If you can find time to take a class at a gym, you have time to race a crit. When I ride a century, it takes all day and I come home crazy too tired to get anything done other than a shower and a nap.
I got to sleep in and then make my way casually to the Sugarhouse Crit. I rode for 45 minutes, watched the race after mine, and then went home and had a wonderfully productive day. The venue was in a lush, green park where, if my kids had chosen to come, could have happily played while I raced. Perfect!
3. There is more team strategy in cycling than I had anticipated. If you have the time to watch a few races, you will see teams working together to make sure someone on their team comes out ahead. It was interesting at the Sugarhouse crit to watch the Porcupine guys block, and I mean literally block as they looked more like linebackers than cyclists, the rest of the field from pushing and attacking their teammate who was in the breakaway. While we often ride alone, this is far from a solo sport. Teams can make all of the difference. It would be well worth a racer’s effort to seek out and to join a team.
4. Other cyclists are super nice! Cyclists have a reputation of being snobby and only caring about one thing, winning. I found that this is just not true. As long as you don’t get in the way, most cyclists are very welcoming and helpful to those around them and are happy to see new people come out for the sport. At the West Mountain Road Race, I had fallen off the back on a climb. I am still significantly heavier than the other racers and so I struggle to keep up on climbs. One of the other racers noticed this and tried to bridge me so that I could catch back up to the group. She wasn’t on my team. She had no vested interested in me stay-ing with the pack. In fact, she was risking her own race to save mine. I have seen countless instances like that this year as experienced racers have attempted to make sure that I am encouraged to come back and race again.
5. Nothing takes the place of good, consistent training. June and July were tough months for me, per-sonally and I didn’t get to train as much as I would have liked. The Wildflower Trailfest was a very hum-bling experience. No amount of atti-tude or fortitude would have allowed me to keep up with those mountain goat mtb girls. Yikes! They were off and I never saw them again. This was a great race, however, and I am more committed than ever to spend a lot more quality time on my bike so next year is a little better.
6. While the all women’s rides are popular, some of us girls have a wide competitive streak. Wildflower Pedalfest satisfied the call for both a fun, casual ride as well as some competition. The ladies who are not into competition, rode the fun distances. Those of us who wanted to wet our competitive whistles raced the Big Mountain hill climb. I was excited that the hill work I have been doing lately, resulted in a much faster climb this year. Next year I am going
to be even faster!7. We need more girls to come
out and race. At the RMR Crits, I was often the only girl on the track. There were only a handful of us at the Sugarhouse and West Mountain races. While it was cool to have placed 3rd in my category at West Mountain, I would much rather have earned that place by beating someone else to the finish line rather than just being the 3rd in out of 3 participants.
These races need to be marketed where the girls are at. While there are a large number of girls at the all-women’s events who would never consider racing, there are quite a few who would if they knew how or where or when. A simple flyer in a couple of event swag bags might go a long way to encouraging new par-ticipants. Continuing to market races on websites and Facebook pages that target competitive cyclists is like preaching to the choir. The people frequenting those places are already competitive cyclists. Very few new people are being captured.
Girls, we need to put on our big girl panties and come out and race!
I have heard that racing is intimidat-ing. Maybe, it is, but it only is until you give it a good try and see that it isn’t. I have seen some race directors going out of their way to include us, but we aren’t making it easy for them. How long will it be before they give up trying? I would like many oppor-tunities for myself, my daughters and my granddaughters to race, if they choose. We need to support these
directors if we want them to continue to support us.
Racing is fun! I have really enjoyed it and it motivated me to work extra hard this past winter so that I can be better prepared to race stronger this year. While I will never likely win any races, racing has made me a much stronger rider. I am lov-ing it!
Kelly McPherson racing at the Rocky Mountain Raceways Criterium on March 5, 2016. Photo by Dave Iltis
12 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
ROAD RACING
Brown, Albert Take 2016 Tour Del Sol Stage Race
By Ryan Barrett
It was a banner weekend in St. George for Canyon Bicycles-Shimano Racing as they took home the overall wins in both the women’s (Heather Albert) and men’s (Cortlan Brown) Pro 1-3 Tour Del Sol. The event was run under beautiful sunny skies and warm temps.
Kicking off Saturday morning with a 12.4 mile individual time trial, Albert began the event as she would finish it, winning the time trial in front of Mary Emerson (Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads) and Rachel Holzer (Sisterhood of Cycling). In the men’s event, it was Sonic Boom racing tak-ing the top two spots in the men’s event with Pier Pennoyer and Fred Shattell. Finishing 3rd was eventual overall winner, Brown.
Saturday evening was the crite-
rium, held on a hotdog shaped course at the old airport. Apparently, Albert didn’t get enough time riding alone in the time trial as she went solo in the 40 minute criterium. In the group sprint for 2nd, it was again Mary Emerson, followed by Ali Knutson (Plan 7 DS). The men’s 60 minute event came down to a field sprint, won by recent St. George transplant Tyrel Harlan (Allegiant Travel p/b Matt Smith), followed by Erik Slack (Canyon Bicycles-Shimano) and Nicolas Applegate (Cycleton).
Sunday’s road race totaled 60 miles for the pro women. Again, it was Albert taking the win, with her Canyon Bicycles-Shimano teammate Anne Perry finishing on the same time. In 3rd, it was Emerson and the final overall podium was the same. The men’s event was 80 miles, missing the climb up Utah hill that the women completed, but with two
laps of the Gunlock Loop, no less brutal. An early breakaway of four riders escaped, including Brown’s Canyon Bicycles-Shimano teammate Erik Slack. According to Brown, this was the teams’ ideal scenario because if the break gained enough time, Slack would win the overall and if not, Brown would be well rested to handle counterattacks closer to the end. Despite the gap going out to four minutes at one point, it worked to near perfection as the race leader’s Sonic Boom team did considerable work to keep the break in check. Brown was able to bridge to the lead-ers on the final climb to Veyo. In the final sprint, Slack was able to take the stage win with day-long break-away companion Giancarlo Bianchi (Team Cycleton) taking 2nd and Brown in 3rd. With the time gained, Brown won the overall, followed by Bianchi and Shattell in 3rd.
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Fred Shattell of the Sonic Boom Racing Team took 2nd in the Pro/1/2 time trial at the 2016 Tour del Sol.Photo by Todd Ellis
The Pro/1/2 field rounds a corner in the criterium stage with the beautiful red rocks of St. George in the back-ground.Photo by Todd Ellis Find more at toddellis.pixieset.com/tourdelsol2016/criterium/
Erik Slack (Canyon Bicycles - Shimano) drives the break. Canyon rode a perfect final stage. Slack was positioned to win the overall if the break stuck. It didn’t, but it set up his teammate Cortlan Brown for the overall win, with Slack taking the stage.Photo by Todd Ellis Find more at toddellis.pixieset.com/tourdelsol2016/criterium/
The roads in and scenery in Southern Utah are perfect for a bike race.Photo by Todd Ellis Find more at toddellis.pixieset.com/tourdelsol2016/criterium/
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BICYCLE SHOP DIRECTORYSouthern Utah
Brian Head/Cedar CityBrian Head Resort Mountain Bike Park329 S. Hwy 143P.O. Box 190008Brian Head, UT 84719(866) 930-1010 ext. 212brianhead.com
Cedar Cycle38 E. 200 S.Cedar City, UT 84720(435) 586-5210cedarcycle.com
HurricaneOver the Edge Sports76 E. 100 S.Hurricane, UT 84737(435) 635-5455otesports.com
MoabChile Pepper702 S. Main(next to Moab Brewery)Moab , UT 84532(435) 259-4688(888) 677-4688chilebikes.com
Moab Classic Bike69 E. Center StreetMoab, UT 84532435-315-0002moabclassicbike.com
Moab Cyclery391 S Main St.Moab, UT 84532(435) 259-7423moabcyclery.com
Poison Spider Bicycles497 North MainMoab, UT 84532(435) 259-BIKE(800) 635-1792poisonspiderbicycles.com
Rim Cyclery94 W. 100 NorthMoab, UT 84532(435) 259-5333(888) 304-8219rimcyclery.com
PriceBicycleWerks82 N. 100 W.Price, UT 84501(435) 637-2453bicyclewerksutah.com
St. GeorgeBicycles Unlimited90 S. 100 E.St. George, UT 84770(435) 673-4492(888) 673-4492bicyclesunlimited.com
eSpokes476 E. Riverside Dr. #1BSaint George, Utah, 84790(435) 688-1830eSpokes.com
IBB Cyclery & Multisport185 E Center StIvins, UT 84738435-319-0011ibbcyclery.com
Rapid Cycling705 N. Bluff StreetSt. George, UT 84770435-703-9880rapidcyclingbikes.com
Red Rock Bicycle Co.446 W. 100 S.(100 S. and Bluff)St. George, UT 84770(435) 674-3185redrockbicycle.com
SpringdaleZion Cycles868 Zion Park Blvd.P.O. Box 624Springdale, UT 84767(435) 772-0400zioncycles.com
Northern UtahLoganJoyride Bikes565 N. Main St.Logan, UT 84321(435) 753-7175joyridebikes.com
Sunrise Cyclery138 North 100 EastLogan, UT 84321(435) 753-3294sunrisecyclery.net
Wimmer’s Ultimate Bicycles745 N. Main St.Logan, UT 84321(435) 752-2326wimmersbikeshop.com
Park City/HeberCole Sport1615 Park AvenuePark City, UT 84060(435) 649-4806colesport.com
Jans Mountain Outfitters1600 Park AvenueP.O. Box 280Park City, UT 84060(435) 649-4949jans.com
Mountain Velo1612 W. Ute Blvd, Suite 115Park City, UT 84098(435) 575-8356mountainvelo.com
Park City Bike Demos1500 Kearns Blvd, Suite C-101Park City, UT 84060435-659-3991parkcitybikedemos.com
Slim and Knobby’s Bike Shop468 N MainHeber, UT 84032(435) 654-2282slimandknobbys.com
Stein Eriksen SportAt The Stein Eriksen Lodge 7700 Stein Way(Mid-Mountain/Silver Lake)Deer Valley, UT 84060(435) 658-0680steineriksen.com
Silver Star Ski and Sport1825 Three Kings DrivePark City, UT 84060435-645-7827silverstarskiandsport.com
Storm Cycles1764 Uinta Way, Suite C1Park City, UT 84098(435) 200-9120stormcycles.net
White Pine Touring1790 Bonanza DriveP.O. Box 280Park City, UT 84060(435) 649-8710whitepinetouring.com
VernalAltitude Cycle580 E. Main StreetVernal, UT 84078(435) 781-2595altitudecycle.com
Wasatch FrontWEBER COUNTYEden/Huntsville/Mountain GreenDiamond Peak Mountain Sports2429 N. Highway 158Eden, UT 84310(801) 745-0101diamondpeak.biz
OgdenBingham Cyclery1895 S. Washington Blvd.Ogden, UT 84401(801) 399-4981binghamcyclery.com
Skyline Cycle834 Washington Blvd.Ogden, UT 84401(801) 394-7700skylinecyclery.com
The Bike Shoppe4390 Washington Blvd.Ogden, UT 84403(801) 476-1600thebikeshoppe.com
CityCycle2371 Kiesel AveOgden, UT 84401(801) 866-7382worldfamouscitycycle.com
DAVIS COUNTYBiker’s Edge232 N. Main StreetKaysville, UT 84037(801) 544-5300bebikes.com
Bingham Cyclery2317 North Main StreetSunset, UT 84015(801) 825-8632binghamcyclery.com
Bountiful Bicycle2482 S. Hwy 89Bountiful, UT 84010(801) 295-6711bountifulbicycle.com
Bountiful Bicycle151 N. Main St.Kaysville, UT 84037(801) 444-2453bountifulbicycle.com
Loyal Cycle Co.15 E. State St.Farmington, UT 84025801-451-7560loyalcycleco.com
Masherz1187 S. Redwood RoadWoods Cross, UT 84087(801) 683-7556masherz.com
Top Gear145 S. Main StreetBountiful, UT 84010(801) 292-0453topgearbicycleshop.com
SALT LAKE COUNTYCentral ValleyBlue Monkey Bicycles4902 South State StreetMurray, UT 84107(801) 608-5138BlueMonkeyBicycles.com
Canyon Bicycles3969 Wasatch Blvd.(Olympus Hills Mall)Salt Lake City, UT 84124(801) 278-1500millcreekbicycles.com
Cottonwood Cyclery2594 Bengal BlvdCottonwood Heights, UT 84121(801) 942-1015cottonwoodcyclery.com
Flynn Cyclery4640 S. Holladay Village Sq., Suite 101Holladay, UT 84117801-432-8447flynncyclery.com
Infinite Cycles2315 E. Ft. Union BlvdCottonwood Heights, UT 84121(801) 523-8268infinitecycles.com
Summit Cyclery4644 S. Holladay BlvdHolladay, UT 84117801-676-0136summitcyclery.com
Salt Lake CityBicycle Center2200 S. 700 E.Salt Lake City, UT 84106(801) 484-5275bicyclecenter.com
Bingham Cyclery336 W. Broadway (300 S)Salt Lake City, UT 84101(801) 583-1940binghamcyclery.com
Contender Bicycles989 East 900 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84105(801) 364-0344contenderbicycles.com
Cranky's Bike Shop250 S. 1300 E.Salt Lake City, UT 84102(801) 582-9870crankysutah.com
Crank SLC749 S. State StreetSalt Lake City, UT 84111385-528-1158crankslc.com
Fishers Cyclery2175 South 900 EastSalt Lake City, UT 84106(801) 466-3971fisherscyclery.com
Gear Rush Consignment1956 E. 2700 S.Salt Lake City, UT 84106385-202-7196gearrush.com
Go-Ride.com Mountain Bikes3232 S. 400 E., #300Salt Lake City, UT 84115(801) 474-0081go-ride.com
Guthrie Bicycle803 East 2100 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84106(801) 484-0404guthriebike.com
Highlander Bike3333 S. Highland DriveSalt Lake City, UT 84106(801) 487-3508highlanderbikeshop.com
Hyland Cyclery3040 S. Highland DriveSalt Lake City, UT 84106(801) 467-0914hylandcyclery.com
Jerks Bike Shop (Missionary Depot)4967 S. State St.Murray, UT 84107(801) 261-0736jerksbikeshop.com
L9 Sports660 S 400 WSalt Lake City, UT 84101877-589-7547levelninesports.com/salt-lake-city-utah-ski-shop
Performance Bicycle291 W. 2100 S.Salt Lake City, UT 84115(801) 478-0836performancebike.com/southsaltlake
REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)3285 E. 3300 S.Salt Lake City, UT 84109(801) 486-2100rei.com/saltlakecity
Salt Lake City Bicycle Company247 S. 500 E.Salt Lake City, UT 84102(801) 746-8366slcbike.com
Saturday Cycles605 N. 300 W.Salt Lake City, UT 84103(801) 935-4605saturdaycycles.com
SLC Bicycle Collective2312 S. West TempleSalt Lake City, UT 84115(801) 328-BIKEslcbikecollective.org
Sports Den1350 South Foothill Dr(Foothill Village)Salt Lake City, UT 84108(801) 582-5611SportsDen.com
The Bike Guy1555 So. 900 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84105(801) 831-8391bikeguyslc.com
Wasatch Touring702 East 100 SouthSalt Lake City, UT 84102(801) 359-9361wasatchtouring.com
Wild Rose Sports702 3rd AvenueSalt Lake City, UT 84103(801) 533-8671wildrosesports.com
South and West ValleyBingham Cyclery10510 S. 1300 East(106th S.)Sandy, UT 84094(801) 571-4480binghamcyclery.com
Canyon Bicycles762 E. 12300 SouthDraper, UT 84020(801) 576-8844canyonbicycles.us
Canyon Bicycles11445 S. Redwood RdS. Jordan, UT 84095(801) 790-9999canyonbicycles.us
eSpokesSoDa Row at Daybreak11250 Kestrel Rise Ste. 300South Jordan, UT, 84095(801) 666-7644eSpokes.com
Infinite Cycles3818 W. 13400 S. #600Riverton, UT 84065(801) 523-8268infinitecycles.com
Lake Town Bicycles1520 W. 9000 S., Unit EWest Jordan, UT 84088(801) 432-2995laketownbicycles.com
REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)230 W. 10600 S., Suite 1700Sandy, UT 84070(801) 501-0850rei.com/sandy
Revolution Bicycles8801 S. 700 E.Sandy, UT 84070(801) 233-1400revolutionutah.com
Salt Cycles2073 E. 9400 S.Sandy, UT 84093(801) 943-8502saltcycles.com
ThinAir Cycles1223 E. 12300 S.Draper UT 84020801-553-BIKEthinaircycles.com
UTAH COUNTYAlpine/American Fork/Lehi/Pleasant Grove/LindonBike Peddler24 East MainAmerican Fork, UT 84003(801)-756-5014bikepeddlerutah.com
Bicycle Motion77 N. 200 E.Alpine, UT 84004385-444-6666bicyclemotion.com
Fezzari Bicycles850 W. 200 S.Lindon, UT 84042801-471-0440fezzari.com
Infinite Cycles1678 East SR-92Highland/Lehi, UT 84043(801) 523-8268infinitecycles.com
L9 Sports101 N 1200 ELehi, UT 84043877-589-7547levelninesports.com/lehi-utah-ski-shop
Timpanogos Cyclery665 West State St. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062(801)-796-7500timpanogoscyclery.com
Trek Bicycle Store of American ForkMeadows Shopping Center356 N 750 W, #D-11American Fork, UT 84003(801) 763-1222trekAF.com
Utah Mountain Biking169 W. Main St.Lehi, UT 84043801-653-2689utahmountainbiking.com
PaysonNebo Peaks Cycles36 W. Utah AvePayson, UT 84651(801) 465-8881facebook.com/NeboPeaksCyclesUtah
Provo/Orem/SpringvilleCanyon Bicycles187 West Center StreetProvo, UT 84601(801) 374-9890canyonbicycles.com
Mad Dog Cycles350 N. Orem BlvdOrem, UT 84057(801) 222-9577maddogcycles.com
Mad Dog Cycles936 E. 450 N.Provo, UT 84606(801) 356-7025 maddogcycles.com
Noble Cycling1851 West 500 SouthSpringville, UT 84663(801) 491-0484noblesports.com
Racer’s Cycle Service159 W. 500 N.Provo, UT 84601(801) 375-5873racerscycle.net
SBR Cycles858 S. State St.Orem, UT 84097(801) 225-0076sbrutah.com
Taylor’s Bike Shop1520 N. 200 W.Provo, UT 84604(801) 377-8044taylorsbikeshop.com
14 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
ADVOCACY
What is the State of Biking in the West?By Charles Pekow
The number of state govern-ments increasing their commitment to cycling has been steadily rising for a decade. Or so states the latest data from the Alliance for Biking & Walking. The Alliance’s Bicycling & Walking in the United States: 2016 Benchmarking Report documents a steady rise in the number of state-wide goals to increase bicycling and walking from 16 in 2007 to 36 this year. The number of states that implemented Complete Streets poli-cies also rose steadily from nine to 30 over the decade, among other steady increases in statewide cycling interests.
When it comes to which states spend the most per capita on bike/walk projects, Montana leads the way in the Mountain West area, spending $5.49 per person per year (which really doesn’t sound like a lot, but it includes everybody, including those who never mounted a cycle, or for that matter walked a step). Wyoming finished second at $4.57. From there, per person spending drops way down to $2.32 in Utah (which some-how ranked fifth in the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly State rankings last year), $2.07 in Nevada, $2.01 in Arizona, a paltry $1.33 in Colorado -- the 5th most bicycle friendly state in the rankings. Idaho won the regional booby prize by spending only 82 cents per person on biking and walking projects.
Despite ongoing efforts to encourage women to ride, the report states that nationwide, “women rep-resent 47 percent of the commuter population but are only 27 percent of commuters who bike to work.” But Wyoming women outpace the nation in this regard. Wyoming led the nation in percentage of bike com-
muters who are female -- 45 percent of Wyomingites who cycle to work are women, the same percentage of the state’s workforce that commute by any means. Neighboring Idaho, by contrast, fell below average: while 44 percent of those who commute to work are female, women only account for 24 percent of those who commute by bike in the state.
Of 69 cities studied; Boulder, CO finished second in the nation in the percentage of bicycle commuters at 10.8 percent (second only to the college town of Davis, CA). Nearby Fort Collins, finished fourth at 7.4 percent. In Salt Lake City, the rate totaled 2.9 percent. (Note: figures may be misleading as people can use more than one means to get to work on any given day or depending on weather conditions.)
Wyoming also reported only one bicycle traffic fatality between 2011 and 2013 -- only Vermont did better with zero. Arizona claimed the dubi-ous distinction of hosting the highest percentage of bicycle fatalities as a percentage of all traffic fatalities in the region during the period, at three percent, exceeded nationwide only by Florida’s four percent.
A few other notes about the region from the report:
All Mountain West states allow bicycles the right of way in cross-walks.
Only Montana lacks a specific provision allowing bicyclists to ride two abreast.
Only Utah, Arizona and Nevada have passed three-foot passing requirements.
(Figures only include the 50 states. The Alliance also tracked data in about 69 cities, including the nation’s 50 largest.) You can find the report at http://www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking.
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BIKE FIT
Is My Fit Position Accommodated or Optimal?By John Higgins
A bike fitter is a therapist whose role it is to facilitate agreement between your body and your bike so that you want to hang out and play together happily. If one partner is complaining (usually your body), then is the issue with the other partner (your bike) or could it be that your body is contribut-ing to the disharmony? And who gets the therapist’s attention - your bike, your body, or both?
Often the focus is on adjusting the bike to suit the body. This is based on the guiding principle that it is easier and better to adjust the bike to the body, than to ask the body to adapt to the bike. This may result in what is called an “accommodated fit” in that the bike is changed to accommodate the body. For people carrying the result of some significant injury or sur-gery history, especially to the spine, then an accommodated fit is usually required in order minimize pain and maximize comfort. The focus is on changing the bike to support the body “as is”.
However an accommodated fit position may not be an optimal position from the perspective of sustainable power output, aerodynamics, handling, metabolic efficiency, or long term protection of joint surfaces from wear and tear. Now those things may not be relevant or important to your riding experience, but if they are then you are probably more interested in achiev-ing an “optimal fit”. But an optimal fit needs an optimal body, and not one that has muscular tightness or imbalances and restricted or asymmetrical movement patterns. Now if you don’t have an optimal body, and who does, then how do you get set up in an optimal fit position?
You need to consider another therapist – a body therapist. Because to achieve an optimal fit, your body needs to get worked on, so that you have the range of motion and movement patterns available to be comfortable and functional in an efficient way that doesn’t wear you out through long term repetitive cycling motions.
Body therapy could be approached in a DIY manner through learning and practicing stretching and myofascial release techniques; by going to yoga or pilates classes; or getting a personalized assessment and treatment plan from a physical therapist or movement specialist. You need to seek out practitioners who take a whole of body perspective and are experienced with active sports participants, not therapists who focus on localized post-op or injury rehab.
As your body’s functionality improves, then your fit position can be changed and progress from accommodated toward optimal. This is obvi-ously a longer, more involved and costly process than simply getting a
“bike fit” but is recommended if you are aiming to be your best. If optimal is not for you, then you can be accommodated!
John Higgins offers bike fitting services at BikeFitr in Salt Lake City, and can suggest several body therapists. Contact [email protected]
The Bicycle Collective is ready for Spring — which means they need your help!
The Spring brings all kinds of riders into the shops looking to get back on their bicycle, or looking to get onto a bicycle for the first time. With all of those newcomers, the Collective needs you to come down and volunteer more than ever! With locations in Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden, there is a shop near you that is making a difference in some-one’s life by teaching them a new skill, increasing their confidence, or giving them an opportunity to earn a bicycle that will help transport them to a new job. The program-ming of the Collective ranges from Women’s Night, to DIY time, to apprenticeships, to free classes for adults and children. If you have always wanted to learn more about your bike for that cross-country trip, or you do not know how to change a flat, either way, the Collective can help!
Bike Prom, the Bicycle Collective’s annual fundraiser is right around the corner! On June 11th, riders from across Utah show-case their finest clothes and ride around Salt Lake City as a commu-nity while sharing the freedom and whimsy of riding a bicycle. Tickets are already on sale and will sell out, so get yours today.
Many employers match dona-tion funds. Find out if your employ-er matches funds and consider giving to the Bicycle Collective. Consistent donations mean the Collective can pay employees to work on Goodwill bikes, free class-es, and Kids’ Earn A Bike classes which sustain the cycling commu-nity for years to come by instilling a deep sense of ownership and pride. If your employer or organization might consider giving the Bicycle Collective a larger donation, please get in touch by emailing the Bicycle Collective at [email protected]
See you at Bike Prom!-Deb Henry
North American Handmade Bicycle Show to be Held inSalt Lake City in 2017
Boulder, Colorado – The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) has announced that they will be holding their annual show in Salt Lake City from March 10-12, 2017 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The show features handmade and craft-built bicycles and accesso-ries and is likely to draw thou-sands of visitors from around the country.
“Salt Lake City is a great cycling city and an all-around mecca for outdoor adventure,” said show director Don Walker.
“The huge Outdoor Retailer Show is held there twice a year, and the city handles it beautifully.. There’s already plenty of action on the pre-registration side of things.”
This will be the first time the show will be held in Salt Lake City.
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FAT BIKE RACING
Grant and Maaranen Win Fat Bike National ChampionshipsBy Dave Iltis
Ogden, Utah – February 27, 2016 – USA Cycling’s Fat Bike Nationals were held at Powder Mountain on a tough but non-technical course. Utah riders fared well with peren-nial powerhouse Alex Grant (Salt Lake City, Cannondale 360 Fly p/b Sugoi) taking the Pro Men’s win and Emma Maaranen (Bend, Oregon, Rolf Prima) taking the Pro Women’s. Maaranen is a former Utah resident.
Grant and Utah road pro rider Robbie Squire dropped the field early on and built a large gap. The two stayed together until the finish when Grant led out the sprint. Squire came around him and looked ready to take the win, but his front wheel slid out with 20 feet to go. Grant crossed the line for his first national championship.
Maaranen went out fast and early and soloed the women’s race to take her first national championship.
Category winners include:Men’s Junior 15-18 – Anders
Johnson, Huntsville, UTMen’s 19-29 – Zach Harvey,
Morgan, UT
Men’s 30-39 – Kevin Day, Farmington, UT
Men’s 40-49 – James Stull, Anchorage, AK
Men’s 50-59 – David Zink, Steamboat Springs, CO
Men’s 60-69 – Paul Gossi, Reno, NV
Men’s 70-79 – John Adamson, Carbondale, CO
Men’s Singlespeed - AJ Turner, Ogden, UT
Women’s Junior 15-18 – Trini
Olds, Kaysville, UTWomen’s 19-29 – Sophia
Robinson, Salt Lake City, UTWomen’s 30-39 – Amy Stuart,
Park City, UTWomen’s 40-49 – Tory Canfield,
Ketchum, IDWomen’s 50-59 – Chrissy Gove,
Sun Valley, IDWomen’s 60-69 – Kim Bear,
Santa Fe, NMLook for a complete set of pho-
tos at gallery.cyclingutah.com
Alex Grant and Rob Squire left the field behind at the Fat Bike National Championships at Powder Mountain on February 27, 2016. Grant went on to take the win.Photo by Dave Iltis, CyclingUtah.com
Emma Maaranen won the women’s Pro category at the Fat Bike National Championships at Powder Mountain on February 27, 2016.Photo by Dave Iltis, CyclingUtah.com
Kevn Day on his way to winning the Men’s 30-39 category at the Fat Bike National Championships at Powder Mountain on February 27, 2016.Photo by Dave Iltis, CyclingUtah.com
AJ Turner won the singlespeed category at the Fat Bike National Championships at Powder Mountain on February 27, 2016.Photo by Dave Iltis, CyclingUtah.com
Zach Harvey topped the Men’s 19-29 field at the Fat Bike National Championships at Powder Mountain on February 27, 2016.Photo by Dave Iltis, CyclingUtah.com
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Red Rock Desert Rampage, St. George, UT, Intermountain Cup, March 5, 2016Place, Name, TimeLil Shredders Female Ages 2-9 1 Holm Sadie 00:06:33.0532 Sparks Sara 00:06:40.6863 Fowles Meghan 00:06:55.1744 Nelson Audrey 00:06:59.0935 Jensen Berkley 00:07:06.0566 Nunez Scarlett 00:08:09.9747 Bell Maci 00:24:08.8988 Hawley Kataya 00:24:10.428Lil Shredders Male Ages 2-91 Perry Myles 00:05:35.3842 Heinrich Marc 00:05:35.5513 Galbraith Cooper 00:06:00.3954 Christensen Cash 00:06:27.1935 Kirk Trevin 00:06:37.4896 Douglass Carson 00:07:15.1447 Johnson Collin 00:07:38.6238 Holm Mckay 00:09:51.0809 Douglass Colter 00:09:52.21010 Fowles Randy 00:10:12.499Shredders Male Ages 10-121 Heinrich Alex 00:21:46.8932 Nelson Owen 00:24:40.9143 Talbot Bailey 00:26:43.1634 Hunt Noah 00:26:43.4345 Jensen Boston 00:27:15.4166 Lehnhof Luke 00:27:20.1587 Galbraith Brax 00:27:30.4178 Sullivan Karsen 00:29:00.8909 Syphus Cohen 00:29:03.87610 Hawley Jackson 00:29:35.000Shredders Female Ages 10-121 Peterson Elly 00:26:32.2662 Douglass Brooke 00:26:58.1313 Knudsen Zoe 00:31:00.6474 Christensen Addison 00:31:35.8255 Sullivan Saige 00:32:40.1866 Albrecht Talia 00:32:49.1897 Johnson Audrey 00:35:20.1338 syphus Elyza 00:38:24.012Jr Female Ages 13-151 Perry Taylor 00:38:29.7942 Perry Skyler 00:38:31.1673 Jencks Grace 00:38:44.3384 Castro Anna 00:41:03.3075 Ressa Maggie 00:53:28.895Jr Male Ages 13-151 Peterson Brennon 00:31:46.0002 Christensen Camden 00:32:20.0503 Christensen Parker 00:33:01.1734 Desmond Colton 00:33:19.834
5 Draper Andrew 00:33:40.5446 Heinrich Luke 00:33:58.5267 Luettinger Chase 00:36:00.6508 Galbraith Cade 00:36:27.7709 Ferrer Jarret 00:36:45.49010 Telford JT 00:36:46.464Jr Female Ages 16-181 Guthrie Anna 00:40:45.613Jr Male Ages 16-181 Newby Carter 00:31:52.5052 Heaton Lance 00:32:13.5503 Lehnhof Steven 00:33:30.8554 Christensen Cole 00:35:16.6225 Haight Christian 00:35:19.1846 Millward Calton 00:35:34.7387 Olds Jaden 00:39:16.0008 Stokes Sandon 00:41:20.0829 Hillam Grant 01:53:20.312Novice Female Ages 15-801 Coccimiglio Abby 00:36:46.5612 Johnson Angela 00:43:23.1283 Forbush Rachel 00:44:55.6634 Reynders Sally 00:54:47.8555 Kurtz Michelle 00:56:03.2736 Bradshaw Tara 00:56:03.7707 Fowles Jamie 00:56:24.243Novice Male Ages 15-801 Taylor Josh 00:36:07.7892 Berryman Kyle 00:38:23.6583 Trapp Phil 00:40:16.2524 Reynders Adam 00:48:12.8615 Owen David 00:59:40.6746 Howard Richard 01:03:59.406Elite Male Ages 15-801 Grant Alex 01:42:38.8362 Lindine Justin 01:43:33.3333 Holley chris 01:47:29.3344 Calton Zach 01:51:18.9315 BENDER THOMAS 01:52:18.2716 BENDER JEFF 01:52:57.7707 Desilets Justin 01:52:59.6948 Day Kevin 01:53:39.6599 Parsons Forrest 01:54:11.45610 Sweetser Sam 01:54:25.508Elite Female Ages 15-801 Hanks Jen 01:34:33.1962 Anders Rachel 01:38:02.3933 Sheridan Meghan 01:41:18.5244 Holley KC 01:41:20.3945 Powers Erika 01:47:23.488Expert Male Ages 19-391 Schadegg Rylan 01:23:38.4852 Larson Cameron 01:24:10.1293 Hawley Michael 01:24:23.0134 Heger Jace 01:25:15.6055 Nelson Kirk 01:27:08.8016 Lamping Jake 01:27:31.6107 Saxton Seth 01:27:44.6588 Nunez Michael 01:29:11.8739 Onarheim Josh 01:29:21.69810 Huber Brad 01:29:26.268
Expert Male Ages 40-491 Heinrich Christoph 01:25:52.8132 hileman mike 01:26:28.5063 Faatz Christian 01:27:21.2864 McGee Matt 01:27:50.2365 Abbott Richard 01:28:27.0776 Bergson Scott 01:28:35.6817 esplin Mark 01:30:28.3728 Pilling Brad 01:31:41.0629 Saffeli Bob 01:33:11.06110 Brasher Rob 01:33:33.802Expert Male Ages 50-591 treasure zan 01:28:52.2432 Kidd Craig 01:29:08.2103 Gardiner Gary 01:31:57.0374 Smith Dave 01:32:20.0545 Brubaker Joseph 01:37:01.0906 Winner Todd 01:40:01.6947 Crandall David 01:50:23.693Expert Male Ages 60-801 Terry Craig 01:05:10.8982 Lauck John 01:06:04.3533 Williams Craig 01:10:09.5114 Quinn Joel 01:13:29.8045 Kosick Byron 01:15:00.1666 Newson Dick 01:17:28.7867 Benson Joe 01:20:35.9908 Douglass Wayne 01:24:30.1219 Tynan Denny 01:26:33.010Expert Female Ages 15-801 Crawford Kelly 01:06:51.5242 Peterson Jeanette 01:07:36.0633 Shuman Ellise 01:07:36.5024 Heilweil Anika 01:08:12.4215 Sweetser Erin 01:14:43.4356 Olds Trini 01:15:37.3667 Robinson Jessica 01:17:04.2618 Johnston Jenna 01:38:17.420Sport Male Ages 19-391 Peterson Josh 01:00:04.2082 Draper Jacob 01:01:25.0073 Jordan Ryder 01:01:31.9514 Brasher Kade 01:03:16.8305 Seegmiller Adam 01:05:13.7986 Telford Tom 01:05:35.0827 Ball Greg 01:06:10.4148 Anderson Cameron 01:07:30.8689 Heaton AJ 01:08:38.35210 Nielson Ben 01:09:42.410Sport Male Ages 40-491 Douglass chris 01:03:16.4262 Gates Michael 01:04:33.6013 Petersen Greg 01:04:54.3614 Johnson Jeremy 01:06:07.2085 DeLangis chris 01:08:27.2386 Bruin Rich 01:09:01.7867 Silverman Howard 01:10:30.2548 Weaver Steven 01:11:51.0339 Gould Lonny 01:12:06.35110 Bradshaw Burke 01:12:08.375Sport Male Ages 50-80
1 Talbot Steve 01:04:11.1972 Blinder Bill 01:05:44.0033 Mendenhall Dave 01:14:17.6094 Zimmerman paul 01:14:35.5795 Ames Glenn 01:17:58.3136 Owen Jim 01:21:14.5317 Snyder Mark 01:21:20.4718 Sullivan Kendall 01:26:20.9709 Purdue Don 01:29:34.12710 Ence Tracy 01:30:45.58911 knight paul 01:45:58.363Sport Female Ages 15-801 Buchanan Kelsey 01:10:59.1092 Adam Debora 01:16:12.4963 branch Angie 01:16:43.6434 Brunnemann Stephanie 01:17:13.4435 Self Karen 01:19:15.5236 Jordan Lucy 01:19:16.2737 Kertesz Susan 01:26:13.1848 Bouwhuis Andee 01:29:13.6179 Ritter Danita 01:34:47.88210 Scudder Kelly 01:36:39.405Clydesdale Ages 15-801 Galbraith Bret 01:18:27.1692 Twitchell John 01:23:03.8453 Mullins Aaron 01:26:13.7494 Christensen Shane 01:26:59.7995 Erekson Erik 01:33:23.328
True GRIT Epic Bike Race, St. George, National Ultra Endurance Mountain Bike Series (NUE), March 12, 2016Place, Name, Team, Time100 Mile Female1 Angela Parra Coopenae Extralum Economy 8:08:102 Christy Olsen Crazy Pedaler Fat Fish 8:21:273 Marlee Dixon Mtbracenews.com / Pivot Cycles 8:46:104 Chase Edwards Flagstaff Bike Revolution and Paragon Athletics 8:56:025 Brenda Simril Motor Mile Racing 9:16:24100 Mile Male1 Taylor Lideen Pivot Cycles, 92 Fifty Cyclery 6:56:392 Luis Anderson Mejia Coopenae Extralum Economy 6:58:593 Cary Smith The Hub 7:01:394 Jonathan Carballo Coopenae Extralum Economy 7:03:265 Josh Tostado santa cruz, swiftwick 7:08:126 Brent Pontius PTown Events/Biker’s Edge 7:17:047 Jamie Lamb Bicisport Calgary 7:26:168 Peter Karinen Momentum Endurance 7:34:279 Anthony Grinnell napletonelitecycling.com p/b Dirty Harry’s, Trek, Hammer Nutrition, Wahoo Trainers, Maxxis, Voler, Highland Training 7:36:0910 Nick Gould Ska/Zia 7:38:56100 Mile Masters1 Greg Golet Team Chico 7:57:132 Jeff Clayton Georgia Neurosurgical Institute 7:57:203 David Jolin Stark Velo 8:34:254 Roger Masse Rare Disease Cycling 8:36:015 Sten Hertsens Muleterro 8:36:486 Adam Linstedt 8:54:147 Lee Simril Motor Mile Racing 9:16:278 Mark Drogalis 10:47:33100 Mile Single Speed1 Gordon Wadsworth Blue Ridge Cyclery 7:35:512 Corey Larrabee Kuhl/Fezzari 7:42:083 Steven Mills 7:42:204 Shannon Boffeli Mtbracenews.com / Pivot Cycles 7:52:535 John Haddock J.A. King MTB Team/ Farnsworth Bicycles / Tailwind Nutrition 7:59:186 Kip Biese KJBike Coaching/ OldTown Bike Shop 8:06:017 Bradlee Herauf 8:34:2950 Mile Open Female1 Karen Jarchow Team Topeak-Ergon 3:53:112 Nicole Tittensor Jans Mountain Experts/Scott Bikes/Reynolds Cycling 4:01:553 Jen Hanks Pivot/DNA Cycling 4:10:454 KC Holley Kuhl, Racers Cycle Service 4:11:365 Isnaraissa Moir Juliana / MRP / FirsthandMTB / Ergon 4:17:206 Liza Hartlaub Team Jortz 4:21:167 Tracy Thelen ProCycling / Thelen Coaching 4:23:328 Rebecca Edmiston Steamboat Velo 4:30:069 Anna Kiep 4:39:0610 Erin Osborne Flagstaff Bicycle Revolution 4:41:3350 Mile Open Male1 Justin Lindine 3:16:212 Tinker Jaurez Team Cannondale 3:18:263 Chris Holley Kuhl, Racer’s Cycle Service 3:18:484 Drew Free KUHL/Pivot Cycles/Go-Ride 3:19:345 Roger Arnell Team Endurance 360 3:21:186 Bryson Perry canyon Bicycle/Shimano 3:21:597 Alex Pond Sonoran Cycles 3:22:348 Mark Currie The Adrenalin Project 3:27:539 Jace Heger Rapid Cycling 3:29:5310 Brian Cooke Bicycle Cafe 3:30:2150 Mile Single Speed1 Ernesto Marenchin Pivot Cycles and Twin 6
3:53:332 Lex Avina Rapid cycling 3:59:583 Zac Hardy Red Rock Bicycle 4:03:024 Dan Giroux The B.S.W.C. 4:06:325 Brad Keyes CarboRocket 4:16:576 Grant Baron Biker’s Edge 4:18:567 Lisa Nelson Team Fatty 4:42:548 Tom Parker 5:21:009 Brian Gilman 5:29:1750 Mile Sport Male 50+ Masters1 Zan Treasure Bountiful Bicycle Racing 3:47:522 Dave Smith Redrock Bike 3:58:593 Chris Sanchirico Ridebiker Alliance 4:01:344 David Grant 4:06:285 Larry Pritchard Surf city cycledy 4:09:596 Mark Fisher Kuhl 4:10:027 Thori Wolfe Juggernaut ESF 4:17:018 Jeff Flick Kuhl 4:23:029 Brad Sneed Endurance360 4:29:3910 Elden Nelson Team Fatty 4:32:54
Rocky Mountain Raceways Criterium Series, West Valley City, UT, Utah Crit Series, March 5, 2016Place, Name, TeamA Flite1 Michael Booth Team Plan72 Cortlan Brown Canyon Bicycles Shimano3 Joe Waters Canyon Bicycles Shimano4 Mike Underhill Canyon Bicycles Shimano5 Cody Haroldsen Ski City Cycling6 Nathan Steele Cicada Racing7 Brandon Anderson Cicada Racing8 Nathan Barnes Canyon Bicycles Shimano9 Steve Albrecht Ski City Cycling10 Gavin Storie Contender BicyclesB Flite1 Jeremy Ward Canyon Bicycles Shimano2 Alex Whitney America First Credit Union3 Daniel Sellers Saltcycle Intelitechs4 Katie Clouse Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling5 Jason Olsen Roosters Bikers Edge6 Connor Patten Ski City Cycling7 Alex Armstrong Canyon Bicycles Shimano8 Justin Belliveau America First Credit Union9 Liam ODonnell Cicada Racing10 Mark Miller Canyon Bicycles ShimanoC Flite1 Matt Tennison Team Plan72 Steve Pace Zone Five Racing3 Kjarsten Christensen Saltcycle Intelitechs4 Tyler Brown Cicada Racing5 Ryan Lindberg Loyal Cycle6 Nick Watson Unattached7 Mark Ellis Z Team8 John Rech America First Credit Union9 Scott Henderson Unattached10 Shannon Tuddenham UnattachedMasters1 Jeremy Ward Canyon Bicycles Shimano2 Jon Gallagher Cole Sport3 Stephen Rogers Zone Five Racing4 Alex Whitney America First Credit Union5 Greg Sironen Canyon Bicycles Shimano6 Mark Alston Unattached7 Alex Lizarazo America First Credit Union8 Shane Dunleavy Ski City Cycling9 Miguel Payan Roosters Bikers Edge10 Margaret Douglass Endurance 360
Rocky Mountain Raceways Criterium Series, West Valley City, UT, Utah Crit Series, March 12, 2016Place, Name, TeamA Flite1 Michael Booth Team Plan72 Cortlan Brown Canyon Bicycles Shimano3 Jason Castor Contender Bicycles4 David Harward Team Plan75 Tim Mulvihill Contender Bicycles6 Jared Gilyard Canyon Bicycles Shimano7 Eric Gardiner Team Plan78 Nathan Steele Cicada Racing9 Will Hanson Ski City Cycling10 Mike Wilcox Canyon Bicycles ShimanoB Flite1 Alex Whitney America First Credit Union2 Alex Armstrong Canyon Bicycles Shimano3 Ernesto Jimenez SBR4 Liam ODonnell Cicada Racing5 Daniel Sellers Saltcycle Intelitechs6 Billy Rappleye Zone Five Racing7 Greg Sironen Canyon Bicycles Shimano8 Shawn Hall Total Care9 Todd Anderson Cicada Racing10 Scott Johnston Zone Five RacingC Flite1 John Rech America First Credit Union2 Mark Ellis Z Team3 Nick Watson Unattached4 Steve Pace Zone Five Racing5 Tim Hanson Zone Five Racing6 John Rech America First Credit Union7 Jared Weber Unattached8 Ross Weaver Bike Shoppe9 Josh Wagstaff Zone Five Racing10 Steve Holden UnattachedMasters Flite1 Andrew Love Zone Five Racing2 Kevin Smith Team Plan73 Billy Rappleye Zone Five Racing4 Alex Whitney America First Credit Union5 Scott Johnston Zone Five Racing6 Greg Sironen Canyon
Bicycles Shimano7 Tom Pace Zone Five Racing8 Stephen Rogers Zone Five Racing9 Alex Lizarazo America First Credit Union10 Nick Markosian Team Plan7
Tour del Sol, St. George, UT, UCA Series, March 19, 2016-March 20, 2016Place, Name, Team, TimeTime TrialJunior Men 10-181 Kaden Christianson LTR Multisport 0:16:421/2/3/4 Masters Men 35+1 Louie AMELBURU MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 0:25:512 Noe ALCALA Monster Media 0:27:493 Jared KIRBY Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:28:514/5 Masters Men 35+1 Jed CHRISTENSEN Team Red Rock 0:27:552 Ryan CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 0:28:543 Kevin GIBSON ICE Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts 0:28:574 Mahana FISHER U of U hospitals 0:28:595 Michael FRENCH Natural Grocers Cycling Team 0:29:036 Thomas VEHE 0:29:08 7 Paul KUHN Vegas Velo/ Penta 0:29:268 Shane DANGERFIELD Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:29:269 Paul SCOTT Plan 7 DS 0:29:3810 Travis PALMER Natural Grocers Cycling Team 0:30:081/2/3/4 Masters Men 45+ 1 Mark SCHAEFER MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 0:25:342 Brent CANNON Cole Sport 0:25:483 Kyle BROWN Plan 7 DS 0:27:244 Vigen SARKISIAN 0:27:26 5 Mark TUCSNAK The Bicycle Warehouse 0:27:566 Bruce BALCH Bottecchia Cycling 0:28:097 Mark LARSEN Team Red Rock 0:28:128 Joe HICKS Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 0:28:209 Darryl SIGMAN Modern Market Racing p/b GR Capital Partners 0:28:3210 Rich MORRIS Adobe Cycling 0:28:33Masters Men 55+1 Norman FRYE Ski City Cycling 0:27:322 Rick BLACK Ski Utah / Plan7 0:27:343 Julian PEREZ Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 0:27:514 Charles PALMER FFKR Velosport racing 0:28:035 Jeff CLAWSON 0:28:28 6 Dirk COWLEY Velosport Racing 0:28:407 Andres MARICQ 0:29:14 8 Gary SIMMONS Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:29:449 Robert RAU Bike Shop / Eye Gear Racing 0:29:4610 Alec EROR 0:29:46 3/4 Men 1 Charlie MACFARLANE FFKR Velosport racing 0:25:542 Shaun JOHNSON 0:26:09 00:26:093 Daxton KENNINGTON Kelson Bikes p/b DNA Cycling 0:26:274 Daniel MARSH Cicada Racing 0:26:295 Chad MICKELSON Penta Cycling 0:26:316 Tony RAGO Carefast - Storck Cycling Team 0:26:327 Ben COOK Cicada Racing 0:26:418 Adam NICHOLS Penta Cycling 0:26:529 Samuel DEARDEN Plan 7 DS 0:27:0610 Mckay ROBINSON LiVe Well p/b Bountiful Bicycle 0:27:104/5 Men1 Wil GAVATO 0:27:12 00:27:122 Blake SHUMWAY SBR Cycles 0:27:383 Preston WEEKS SBR Cycles 0:28:054 Jordan BRACKEN Rapid Cycling Racing 0:28:245 Eric DRAPER Rapid Cycling Racing 0:28:276 Brendan WILLIAMS SBR Cycles 0:28:427 Samuel ABBOTT SBR Cycles 0:28:518 Ryan HENTZ Bikeman.com 0:29:159 Jason MCCLOY Zone Five Racing 0:29:1610 Joshua PAYNE Velo Vegas Racing p/b NuMale 0:29:35P/1/2/3 Men1 Pier PENNOYER Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie 0:23:392 Fred SHATTELL Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie 0:23:443 Cortlan BROWN Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:24:004 Matthew DEANGELIS Primal - Audi Denver 0:24:355 Austin STEPHENS Primal - Audi Denver 0:24:456 Brad NEAGOS Bissell-ABG-Giant 0:24:557 Jon HORNBECK Holowesko-Citadel 0:25:048 Kyle THOMAS Primal - Audi Denver 0:25:069 Giancarlo BIANCHI Team Cycleton 0:25:1410 Tate LITCHFIELD Allegiant Travel pb Matt Smith Physical 0:25:163/4 Women1 Allie MORGAN Naked Women’s Racing 0:32:262 Annette BOWMAN Team Endurance360 0:32:273 Ericka TOWERY Team Endurance360 0:32:384 Angela HOWE Plan 7 DS 0:33:385 Amy KENNEY 0:38:29 P/1/2/31 Heather ALBERT Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:27:352 Mary EMERSON Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads 0:29:163 Rachel HOLZER Sisterhood of Cycling 0:29:284 Brook MICKELSON Team Red Rock 0:29:325 Anne PERRY Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:29:426 Alison FRYE Ski City Cycling 0:29:577 Jillian GARDNER 0:30:21 8 Alison (Ali) KNUTSON Plan 7 DS 0:30:24
9 Kelly HUNSAKER Plan 7 DS 0:39:14 CriteriumJunior Men 10-181 Kaden CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 0:24:011/2/3/4 Masters Men 35+1 Jared KIRBY Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:42:292 Noe ALCALA Monster Media 0:42:293 Louie AMELBURU MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 0:42:294/5 Masters Men 35+1 Paul KUHN Vegas Velo/ Penta 0:27:072 Scott JOHNSTON Zone Five Racing 0:27:073 Travis PALMER Natural Grocers Cycling Team 0:27:074 Paul SCOTT Plan 7 DS 0:27:075 Thomas VEHE 0:27:07 6 Shane DANGERFIELD Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:27:077 Kevin GIBSON ICE Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts 0:27:078 Bryon DANGERFIELD Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads 0:27:079 Ryan CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 0:27:0710 Mahana FISHER U of U hospitals 0:27:071/2/3/4 Masters Men 45+1 Kyle BROWN Plan 7 DS 0:42:292 Mark HENRY hei cycling/MGA 0:42:293 Rich MORRIS Adobe Cycling 0:42:294 Mark SCHAEFER MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 0:42:295 Vigen SARKISIAN 0:42:29 6 Robert KNOCK Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 0:42:297 Brent CANNON Cole Sport 0:42:298 Darryl SIGMAN Modern Market Racing p/b GR Capital Partners 0:42:299 Mark TUCSNAK The Bicycle Warehouse 0:42:2910 Jaime GARCIA 0:42:29Masters Men 55+1 Norman FRYE Ski City Cycling 0:45:522 Dirk COWLEY Velosport Racing 0:45:523 Rick BLACK Ski Utah / Plan7 0:45:524 Alec EROR 0:45:52 5 Robert RAU Bike Shop / Eye Gear Racing 0:45:526 Julian PEREZ Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 0:45:557 Andres MARICQ 0:45:55 8 Gary SIMMONS Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 0:45:559 Jeff CLAWSON 0:45:55 10 Charles PALMER FFKR Velosport racing 0:45:55 3/4 Men1 Tony RAGO Carefast - Storck Cycling Team 0:46:072 Adam NICHOLS Penta Cycling 0:46:073 Nathan CURTIS SBR Cycles 0:46:074 Shaun JOHNSON 00:46:075 Andrew ERICKSON Carefast - Storck Cycling Team 0:46:076 Daxton KENNINGTON Kelson Bikes p/b DNA Cycling 0:46:077 Darrin TUCKETT Total.CARE 0:46:078 Mark MILLER Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:46:079 Jace HEGER Rapid Cycling Racing 0:46:0710 Brian MADSEN SBR Cycles 0:46:074/5 Men1 Blake SHUMWAY SBR Cycles 0:23:392 Wil GAVATO 0:23:39 3 Joshua PAYNE Velo Vegas Racing p/b NuMale 0:23:414 Samuel ABBOTT SBR Cycles 0:23:415 Brendan WILLIAMS SBR Cycles 0:23:416 Xavier LOPEZ 0:23:41 7 Eric DRAPER Rapid Cycling Racing 0:23:418 Craig PACK Broken Spoke Bikes 0:23:419 Ryan MAUSER Zone Five Racing 0:23:4110 Garrison ASPER 0:23:41 P/1/2/3 Men1 Tyrel HARLAN Allegiant Travel pb Matt Smith Physical 1:03:562 Erik SLACK Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 1:03:563 Nicholas APPLEGATE Cycleton 1:03:564 Elliot GROTHE Carefast - Storck Cycling Team 1:03:565 Jon HORNBECK Holowesko-Citadel 1:03:566 Cortlan BROWN Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 1:03:567 Matthew DEANGELIS Primal - Audi Denver 1:03:568 Cristhian RAVELO Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie 1:03:569 Richard KNUTSON Cicada Racing 1:03:5610 Brad NEAGOS Bissell-ABG-Giant 1:03:563/ 4 Women1 Annette BOWMAN Team Endurance360 0:28:252 Angela HOWE Plan 7 DS 0:28:253 Allie MORGAN Naked Women’s Racing 0:28:284 Ericka TOWERY Team Endurance360 0:28:385 Amy KENNEY 0:28:42 P/1/2/3 Women1 Heather ALBERT Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:39:572 Mary EMERSON Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads 0:41:263 Alison (Ali) KNUTSON Plan 7 DS 0:41:264 Alison FRYE Ski City Cycling 0:41:265 Rachel HOLZER Sisterhood of Cycling 0:41:266 Anne PERRY Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 0:41:267 Brook MICKELSON Team Red Rock 0:41:268 Kelly HUNSAKER Plan 7 DS 0:41:269 Jillian GARDNER 0:41:26 Road Race 1/2/3/4 Masters Men 35+ 1 Louie AMELBURU MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 2:37:262 Jared KIRBY Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 2:49:183 Noe ALCALA Monster Media 2:49:181/2/3/4 Masters Men 45+
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1 Mark SCHAEFER MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 2:37:262 Kyle BROWN Plan 7 DS 2:39:473 Bruce BALCH Bottecchia Cycling 2:39:474 Uhl ALBERT St Luke’s Sports Medicine 2:40:175 Mark TUCSNAK The Bicycle Warehouse 2:40:173/4 Men 1 Daniel MARSH Cicada Racing 2:32:192 Gary HURST Cicada Racing 2:32:193 Adam NICHOLS Penta Cycling 2:33:194 Shawn HALL Total.CARE 2:33:215 Taylor SISSON Carefast - Storck Cycling Team 2:33:214/5 Men 1 Wil GAVATO 1:56:162 Preston WEEKS SBR Cycles 1:56:573 Garrison ASPER 1:57:074 Blake SHUMWAY SBR Cycles 1:57:495 Samuel ABBOTT SBR Cycles 1:57:494/5 Masters Men 35+ 1 Michael FRENCH Natural Grocers Cycling Team 2:06:082 Mahana FISHER U of U hospitals 2:06:083 Shane DANGERFIELD Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 2:06:094 Jed CHRISTENSEN Team Red Rock 2:07:225 Travis PALMER Natural Grocers Cycling Team 2:07:24Junior Men 10-18 1 Kaden CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 2:38:41Masters Men 55+ 1 Rick BLACK Ski Utah / Plan7 2:06:362 Norman FRYE Ski City Cycling 2:06:363 Julian PEREZ Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 2:06:364 Jeff CLAWSON 2:06:365 Andres MARICQ 2:06:36P/1/2/3 Men1 Erik SLACK Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 3:40:142 Giancarlo BIANCHI Team Cycleton 3:40:143 Cortlan BROWN Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 3:40:154 Tyrel HARLAN Allegiant Travel pb Matt Smith Physical 3:41:115 Matti ROWE Team Cycleton 3:41:303/4 Women1 Allie MORGAN Naked Women’s Racing 2:19:172 Annette BOWMAN Team Endurance360 2:20:063 Angela HOWE Plan 7 DS 2:20:294 Ericka TOWERY Team Endurance360 2:29:29
P/1/2/3 Women 1 Heather ALBERT Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 2:57:442 Anne PERRY Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 2:57:443 Mary EMERSON Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads 3:02:184 Alison FRYE Ski City Cycling 3:02:185 Brook MICKELSON Team Red Rock 3:02:18Overall General Classification 1/2/3/4 Masters Men 35+ 1 Louie AMELBURU MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 3:45:32
2 Noe ALCALA Monster Media 3:59:263 Jared KIRBY Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 4:00:22Masters Men 45+1 Mark SCHAEFER MadDog Racing pb Microseal/GQ6 3:45:192 Kyle BROWN Plan 7 DS 3:49:243 Bruce BALCH Bottecchia Cycling 3:50:214 Mark TUCSNAK The Bicycle Warehouse 3:50:425 Uhl ALBERT St Luke’s Sports Medicine 3:52:343/4 Men1 Daniel MARSH Cicada Racing 3:44:452 Charlie MACFARLANE FFKR Velosport racing 3:45:303 Shaun JOHNSON 3:45:374 Gary HURST Cicada Racing 3:45:435 Daxton KENNINGTON Kelson Bikes p/b DNA Cycling 3:45:554/5 Men 1 Wil GAVATO 2:46:512 Preston WEEKS SBR Cycles 2:48:373 Blake SHUMWAY SBR Cycles 2:48:564 Samuel ABBOTT SBR Cycles 2:50:215 Jordan BRACKEN Rapid Cycling Racing 2:50:574/5 Masters Men 35+ 1 Michael FRENCH Natural Grocers Cycling Team 3:02:082 Mahana FISHER U of U hospitals 3:02:083 Jed CHRISTENSEN Team Red Rock 3:02:244 Shane DANGERFIELD Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team 3:02:385 Ryan CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 3:03:26Junior Men 10-18 1 Kaden CHRISTIANSON LTR Multisport 3:19:04Masters Men 55+ 1 Norman FRYE Ski City Cycling 3:19:442 Rick BLACK Ski Utah / Plan7 3:19:483 Julian PEREZ Mandalay Bay McGhie’s 3:20:184 Jeff CLAWSON 3:20:595 Dirk COWLEY Velosport Racing 3:21:23P/1/2/3 Men1 Cortlan BROWN Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 5:08:072 Giancarlo BIANCHI Team Cycleton 5:09:183 Fred SHATTELL Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie 5:09:354 Erik SLACK Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 5:10:185 Matthew DEANGELIS Primal - Audi Denver 5:10:293/4 Women 1 Allie MORGAN Naked Women’s Racing 3:19:572 Annette BOWMAN Team Endurance360 3:20:423 Angela HOWE Plan 7 DS 3:22:224 Ericka TOWERY Team Endurance360 3:30:45P/1/2/3 Women1 Heather ALBERT Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 4:04:562 Anne PERRY Canyon Bicycles- Shimano 4:08:463 Mary EMERSON Team TOSH p/b Hyperthreads 4:12:504 Brook MICKELSON Team Red Rock 4:13:165 Alison FRYE Ski City Cycling 4:13:41
SPEAKING OF SPOKES
Prepared...With A BikeBy David Ward
So, Texas is big. I had my first full realization of that five years ago. My daughter and her family had just recently moved to Fort Worth, and we decided to make the drive to see them. Being the ambitious people we are, and we decided to make a triangle of the trip, driving first to Fort Worth, then to Phoenix to visit another daughter and her family, and then back to Salt Lake. To be efficient with our time, we chose to drive the first leg to Fort Worth in one day.
So, we left about 1:30 a.m., drove to Denver where we stopped four hours to visit a couple of nieces, and then headed on to Fort Worth. About dusk, we crossed the border from New Mexico into Texas. Good, I thought. We are getting close. So on we drove . . . and drove . . . and drove. It felt like we were driving forever, and we finally pulled into Fort Worth about 3 a.m. That is when I real-ized how big Texas really was. It took almost all night, and we were only two-thirds of the way across the state.
Since then, we no longer
drive to Fort Worth. We fly. That takes just over two hours. But one good thing about hav-ing made that drive. I took a bike along to park at her house for future visits. I now have a bike at her house as well as another at my daughter’s home in Phoenix. When you are a cycling junkie, you need your fix wherever you go.
Lest you think this article is about Texas and cycling, it is not. Rather, it is about hav-ing the freedom to ride, and to explore, wherever you may travel. With one daughter in Texas, two in Phoenix and one in Serbia (soon to be Rwanda), we tend to travel a lot. Since Phoenix and Fort Worth tend to be repeat destinations, I get a chance to re-ride routes I have found I enjoy, while still explor-ing new ones.
For example, I have now been to Fort Worth several times, including just this last week. I have an established route I enjoy that allows me to get in a 1-2 hour ride on less traveled, winding and rolling roads. I did that ride twice this last week. On other visits when I could fit in a longer ride, I have searched my way to Eagle
Mountain Lake and Grapevine Lake, two destinations in differ-ent directions from my daugh-ter’s home. And true to Texas tradition, much farther away than they appear on a map.
In Phoenix, I have found there is at least one fun place to ride, Usery Pass. I’m sure there are more, but they seem hard to find in this flat metro area of straight streets. Thankfully, Usery Pass is somewhat close to my daughters’ homes so I don’t have to drive to get there. If there is time for a longer ride, I can extend this route to a loop around Mount McDowell (more commonly know as Red Mountain).
As for my daughter in Serbia, she works in U.S. embassies around the world, and moves with her work every couple of years. I proposed leaving a bike with her, but storing it with sometimes limited space, and moving it every couple of years, becomes an issue. So, she was not too enthused about that idea. Still, when riding is reasonable, I am usually able, with her help, to find a mount. (See my article on riding in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia in the July, 2015 issue of Cycling Utah).
In this age of smart phones and map apps, exploration by bike is easy and interesting. I never worry about getting lost and not being able to find my way home without stopping to buy a street map. My maps app can instantly show me where I am, and map a ride, designed for a bicyclist, to my destina-tion. And when on a bike, I can take short cuts, go the wrong way on one way roads (if not busy), and get through and to places I could never hope to maneuver in a car.
I love to explore on a bike. I can cover quite lot of ground, and yet at a speed and with an openness that allows me to soak my surroundings. I can pick a destination, and see what I can find along the way. Or, I can just wander. No matter the des-tination (or lack of one), every ride is a sensory experience of places, people and sights (usual and unusual). And having a bike at my two daughters’ homes has allowed me to better know their environs and community while continuing to satisfy my cycling addiction.
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MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING
Taylor Lideen and Angela Parra Take True Grit 100 Titles in NUE Season Opener
By Marlee Dixon
It’s 7am on March 12, 2016 and the True Grit 100 mile race is just starting. The weather is forecasted to be overcast and mid-60s, a rain storm in the night and very early morning has made the trails slightly tacky -
overall perfect conditions for an epic race day. Many racers have traveled a long distance to race in Santa Clara, Utah, in the first race of the National Ultra Endurance series (NUE). This year there is a large field of mountain bike racers including a handful of Costa Rican pro racers. The True Grit Epic attracts some of the fastest
endurance mountain bikers in the country and this year some of the top Costa Rican racers too.
The race starts and racers quickly ride through the streets of Santa Clara to the dirt trails and the 100 mile course. The course includes some very technical riding as well as steep climbs, screaming fast descents, and
Taylor Lideen won the men’s 100 mile event.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. Find more race photos at crawl-ingspider.com
Angela Parra won the women’s 100 mile event.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. Find more race photos at crawlingspider.com
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over 10,000 feet of elevation gain. It’s a true test of a racer’s strength, technical skill and fitness as well as bike and gear choice.
This year the top five open men in the 100 mile category rode together for the first lap. On the 2nd lap two Costa Ricans, Luis Anderson Mejia (Coopenae Extralum Economy) and Jonathan Carballo (Coopenae Extralum Economy), pulled away from the pack. These two were out in front but Mejia flatted and the Carballo was briefly lost. They were able to recover and finished 2nd and 4th but it was Taylor Lideen (Pivot Cycles, 92 Fifty Cyclery) from Arizona that took the win. In 2015, Taylor came in 3rd place, but this year he pulled ahead and won in a time of 6:56:39 followed by Mejia
(6:58:59) in 2nd. Cary Smith (The Hub), the 2015 True Grit winner, placed 3rd in a time of 7:01:39, fol-lowed by Carballo (7:03:26). 2015’s 2nd place finisher, Josh Tostado (Santa Cruz, Swiftwick), placed 5th (7:08:12). The Costa Rican’s defi-nitely changed up the top pro men this year in a close race for the podium spots.
For the open 100 mile women it was Angela Parra (Coopenae Extralum Economy) from Costa Rica that took the win in a time of 8:08:10. There was some question before the race on how the Costa Rican racers would do in the technical desert sin-gle-track riding, but they definitely proved to be some of the fastest
racers this year setting the pace for much of the race. Parra pulled away from the start and remained in the lead the entire race. Christy Olsen (Crazy Pedaler Fat Fish) finished 2nd in a time of 8:21:27 remaining close to Parra for most of the race. 3rd place went to Marlee Dixon (Pivot Cycles/DNA Cycling) in 8:46:10.
Fourth place Chase Edwards (Flagstaff Bike Revolution and Paragon Athletics) (8:54:02) and Liz Carrington (Pale Goat Racing, Honey Stinger) (DNF) raced together for the first lap. On the 2nd lap Dixon was in the lead when both Edwards and Carrington went off course. Edwards backtracked to the course and finished 4th while Carrington and a few others con-tinued and eventually DNF’ed after
realizing they had missed part of the circuit. Brenda Simril (Motor Mile
Racing), the 2015 NUE champion finished 5th in a time of 9:16:24.
New to the NUE series for 2016 is the 50-mile classification. Several races on the NUE calendar will be offering a 50-mile option this year that will be part of the NUE overall series titles. Since the True Grit 100 course consists of two 50-mile laps the 50 mile racers started at 9:00am; completing one lap.
For the top-7 pro men; there was only a 7 minute time difference by the end of the course. Justin Lindine was clearly in the lead for the entire race finishing in a time of 3:16:21. Tinker Juarez (Cannondale/360Fly) had no problems hanging on to sec-ond place in a time of 3:18:26 while Chris Holley (Kuhl, Racer’s Cycle Service) dropped his teammate, Drew Free (Kuhl, Pivot Cycles) (3:19:34) on the final techy climb of the day to finish third (3:18:48). Roger Arnell (Team Endurance 360) finished 5th (3:21:18) followed closing by Bryson Perry (Canyon Bicycle/Shimano) 3:21:59 and Alex Pond (Sonoran Cycles) (3:22:34).
The women’s 50 included sev-eral strong contenders who got things going right from the start with Karen Jarchow (Ergon) pulling ahead early while Jenny Smith (NoTubes) and
Jen Hanks (Pivot/DNA Cycling) were close behind. For Smith a flat tire and a malfunctioning drop-per post would ultimately bring a premature end to her day. Jarchow finished 1st (3:53:11) followed by Nicole Tittensor in 2nd (Jans Mountain Experts/Scott) (4:01:55), Jen Hanks in 3rd (4:10:45), KC Holley (Kuhl, Racers Cycle Service) in 4th (4:11:36) and Isnaraissa Moir (Juliana/MRP) in 5th (4:17:20).
The True Grit Epic ended with
live music, vendors, a beer garden, and food trucks in downtown Santa Clara. For many, it’s the start of the 2016 race season and a race we put on our calendar every year. The beautiful desert area with stun-ning vistas, challenging and exciting course, and great mountain bike race community are a reminder of why we love the sport.
For results, see page 18.
Justin Lindine won the Men’s 50 miler.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. More event photos at CrawlingSpider.com
Racers line up for the start of the True Grit.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. Find more race photos at crawl-ingspider.com
Mountain bike legend Tinker Juarez finished second in the 50 miler.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. More event photos at CrawlingSpider.com
Karen Jarchow topped the podium in the women’s 50 miler.Photo by Crawling Spider Photography. More event photos at CrawlingSpider.com
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we get a shuttle from Silverton to our start at Little Molas Pass, but that would have meant getting up at 5:30 am. Knowing we were unpre-pared and unable to awake that early, we opted to sleep in and begin the adventure by bike in Silverton. After
a quick Breakfast we started a 7 mile road climb at 9:30 am.
We climbed, straight up a moun-tain road. It was steep. Once we found the Colorado Trail and single track we enjoyed about 30 minutes of fun riding, then we were climbing again. Up steep, pitted rocky trail we went. We took turns pushing bikes and taking breaks. A single mile took an hour… 1 to 2 miles per hour
was our speed. Altitude, thirst and exhaustion we setting in by mid-day and we still had a long way to go. We refilled our bottles with the snow pack run-off hoping there was not much to contaminate it at the top of the world. Cimarron began to have signs of altitude sickness and slowed the group. Jamon and Sean rode ahead and then thought they were lost and panicked as the landscape turned from high alpine to tundra.
Finally the group came together at the top of Rollin pass around 4:00 in the afternoon. A quick assessment of pace and time revealed we would not finish by dark. It was decided that Jamon and Sean would forge ahead to set up the Hut and make dinner and Bryce and Gazz would stay with Kim and Cimarron. Sean passed around altitude pills and we post-holed a zig zag trail across the melting snowpack to the ridge. It was beautiful.
Getting off the snow pack was an adventure; big drifts meant skiing off the top then running out with bike in hand. Bryce did this 3 times to get the girls bikes down. The trail was heading downhill. Giddy with excite-ment we naively thought the hardest part was over only to discover we had to head straight back up again. This time it was up a trail of huge boulders. Riding was not even an option here. We took turns handing bikes up. It was hard. Eventually the daylight turned to dusk and Gazz decided he would ride on ahead to catch Jamon and Sean. They got to the junction of the road just before dark and realized there was no way the group coming up in the dark would know where to turn. They build a huge arrow out of rocks and twigs hoping this would lead the way. Jamon glimpsed the hut at 8:45 PM. He and Sean got a fire started and began cooking and drinking beer.
Meanwhile back on the trail Kim, Bryce and Cimarron found dusk turning to dark and the temperatures dipping. A quick assessment of gear meant they had enough warm clothes to keep going forward or even spend the night on the mountain. The only problem is they only had 2 lights between the three of them. Staying in a tight group they attempted to ride down the twisty single track in the pitch dark. After a couple of near crashes Bryce rode on ahead and Kim and Cim got off their bikes yet again and walked.
The arrow saved the day for the stragglers, as they surely would have turned the opposite way. A quick ride down a fire road and they hear a familiar voice. Gazz had gone back out looking for them, and they all rolled up to the hut at 11, 500 feet together at 10:45 pm. It was a very long 13-hour day, and the longest 27 mile mountain bike ride-ever.
Tuesday, July 1: The group woke late with lots
to do - fill bladders, prep bikes, eat, eat and eat more. Pancakes come to mind, with pineapple and syrup. Hut departure wasn’t until 11:45. We had 29 miles ahead of us and 3722 feet of climbing. (We unanimously decided against the optional single track for Day 2.) The route was fan-tastic, a gravel road descent. Down and down we went until the junction with Highway 145. There was a brief discussion about bailing — at least Cimarron and Bryce. What if she could not handle the altitude again? The idea was abandoned and all 6 began the first climb of the day toward Black Mesa.
The day was beautiful, sunny and warm. The group sighted a river. A bath it was not, but it would take
some of the stink away. Gazz got naked and laid right in. The rest of the group were not so brave, but everyone enjoyed the break to splash around in the water.
This night was much better, with the main group arriving at the hut around 6:45. Cimarron arrived slight-ly behind as she took it easy on the last big climb over 10,000 ft.
The hut was stocked with Oskar Blues beer and there was an amazing view and sunset…and then stars.
Wednesday, July 2: Today the group was feeling great
and up for an early departure at 7:15 am. The route was gravel all day and would include a big descent of 3500 feet to bring us to the Valley below at a comfortable 8000 foot elevation – we just had to get off the mountain first. It seemed pretty straightfor-ward, head north 7 miles then turn. But the actuality of multiple T’s and Y’s was not that simple. We took a wrong turn and went in the wrong way for almost 3 miles until we hit a dead end. Jamon and Bryce took turns carrying Cim’s pack so she could breathe and climb back up to the top. This is not easy when you already have your own pack to carry. But the guys got inventive.
We finally got back on track and headed down some of the most tech-nical double track of the trip. Down meant more air to breathe and Cim’s pace picked up and she could carry her own pack once again. Our bikes carried us fast through the aspen groves for the next 7 miles. The next highlight of the day was another 10 miles or so down the road. It was a giant warm water reservoir – time for another bath. Chamois were changed for shorts and towels and snacks dug out of the bags and we headed for the shore. Most of the group jumped in and swam only to discover the lake was a bit nasty. We are all afraid we would get swimmers itch. Yuck.
It was now very hot and we were all low on water, but none was avail-able at the Lake facilities. The group would press on and figure out how to share what we all had left. Arrival time at the Hut was close to 3:00 PM. With hot sun and lots of time and energy left we began doing what any respectful mountain bike group does – drinking beer to excess. We played beer can bowling, did a lot of Porch’in while listening to retro punk on Jamon’s iPod and hung outside until the Gnats began to attack.
With the missed turn we pedaled a good 43 miles on Day 3. Bryce slept on the porch in the wind.
Thursday, July 3: By the 4th day memories are now
of food, quirky habits, and imagina-tion. Pedaling 34 miles in the day was just secondary. We had become orienteering pros. Dual map read-ers and my trusty 20 dollar cycle computer checked our mileage. No worries.
Hung over as bejesus, Sean’s French toast tasted like heaven. By now we were getting up at first light and out the door for a 6:45 am departure. It was gonna be a hot, flat day, with very little climbing. The “Apocalypse” store we were promised had supplies was out of business, but at least there was cell service.
Next stop, Uranium country, which offered our first views of the LaSalle Mountains near Moab and diminishing views of Lizard Head Peak in the San Juans. The Hut was perched on the edge of amazing canyons of red rock. Arrival on this day was pre-noon. The beer was warm, and thus began the story of the Mole people. Mole people dungeon and Mole People car were all just a few of the things you make up after pedaling for 4 days straight. Bryce’s favorite meal was Chicken Noodle Soup with Green Chiles. He slept on the porch again that night.
Friday, July 4th: Packing for heat meant fruit, and
there was plenty in the Hut panties. Departure was at 6:30. A few words about the days 33-mile pedal include: rolling terrain, slot canyon views, red sand, goat heads, chucky rocks and impossible decent. Ya, we should have taken the other option. If you ever take this trip take the option on the road. Billed as “Single Track” and called Catch-Em-up –Trail” we were lured to this choice by mislead-ing website images and unwarranted warnings about taking the highway road option. We found ourselves at the edge of Paradox valley looking at the steepest, unrideable decent imag-inable. It may have been a trail once, but heavy rains and erosion had cre-ated a steep boulder field. Teaming up two, by two we slowly picked our way down this impossible descent. Our only solace in the mid-morning heat was seeing the River below. This was also a disappointment, with
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This abandoned old car became the inspiration for our favorite Hut story - “The Mole People.” Photo by Cimarron Chacon
The San Juan Huts had 8 bunks, with pads and sleeping bags. But don’t forget your bag liner. Photo by Kim Christensen
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toxic water warning signs the River was not swimmable. We pressed on. It was crazy hot.
The hut was in an odd place, and the most miserable we had been in, with no working windows or venti-lation. It was almost like they were trying to encourage us to give up and rent a room at the B & B. But there was a store in town so we called for ice and ice cream. This meant cold Budweiser and PBR for the 4th of July. We made the best party we could out of the situation. When in doubt, have a toga party.
After looking at the map we made plans for Cimarron’s evac. It was decided it was too risky for her to climb back over 10000 feet and pos-sibly have a worse case of altitude sickness.
Saturday, July 5th: A 6:45 departure was scheduled
for those pedaling to get in front of the sun. Cimarron hung back at the Hut waiting for her 9 am ride into Moab. In the first 90 minutes of the day we climbed, 2K of Vert. It was hella steep. The rest of the climb was gradual, but were in Red Neck land - red neck camping and another res-ervoir you could not swim in. There was no more sage as we climbed back to the pinyons, then up to the evergreens. The evening was crazy with clouds, rain, and lightning – we were in Middle Earth. This was the coolest hut yet and it was stocked with good beer. We enjoyed lots of New Belgium brews around the fire. The night got a little crazy with Sean burning Jamon’s favorite yellow but-
ton up shirt with the sleeves cut off. There may have also been some pee-ing out the window. What the hell, we were almost done.
Sunday, July 6th: Today was a 7 am depart with
a steep high climb to Burro pass. Today was the Whole Enchilada. It was a long descent to Moab in the heat. We need sunscreen. We ran out of water at LPS, and Bryce almost bailed down road. We finished at the Porcupine Trail head on the banks of the Colorado River at 2 pm. It was hot. But it was the best parking spot ever, with water, beer and chips and loved ones all waiting. We celebrate the accomplishment by playing the river. Kim’s stayed in Moab with her family and we said goodbye. The rest of us got a shuttle from Desert Rat Tours to Grand Junction. Then we all went home.
Final Thoughts: During this trip we created our
own little micro-community of six stragglers and bonded. The diffi-culty of the trip either brought you together, or could rip you apart. In our case, we became a sandy, smelly, sometimes loud, traveling family/circus.
Nuts and Bolts•Web Site: http://sanjuan-
huts.com/•When to go: Mid June to
Late September•Trip Length: 6 Nights, 7 Days•Total Distance About 230
miles (traditional route is 215)•Cost: $895.00 Per Person•What’s provided: Huts,
Sleeping Bags, Crazy Creek Chairs, Great Variety of Food, Custom Maps, Custom GPS Tracks, Turn by Turn Directions, Backup Support.
•What is not provided: Lodg-ing before and after the trip, shuttles back to a vehicle, bikes, packing equipment.
•Start: Silverton, Colorado (The traditional start is at Duran-go Mountain Resort)
•End: Moab, Utah•Temperature range (ball-
park) 50’s to 70’s in San Juans and 90’s in Paradox. It can be much warmer in July and Au-gust. Be prepared.
•Water availability – The Huts are well stocked with water and food. Make sure to carry enough on the trail and bring a filter.
•Cautions: Be prepared for extremes. Be prepared for goat heads (in certain areas and later in the season). Be prepared for mud in certain seasons. Be pre-pared with water and filter (al-though you may not need the filter on the trail) for the hotter temperatures. Be prepared with food and water on Day 1. Once we got to the first hut, we had everything we needed.
•If you are going to take an alternative route (there are alter-natives each day), you need to bring a little extra with you for the day.
•Information: Once you sign up for the route, the San Juan Huts will provide information on how to best navigate your trip.
On top of the world on the San Juan Huts Tour. At 12,300 ft the air is think at Rollin Pass. Photo by Cimarron Chacon
“We finished!” Photo by Gazz Smith
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Utah BMXRAD Canyon BMX — South Jordan, UT, Indoor
and outdoor BMX racing. Location: 5200 W, 9800 South, Practice Tuesday 6:30- 8:30, Race Thursday, Registration 6:00- 7:00, Race at 7, May through September (practices starting in April with additional practices on Tuesdays through May), Dallas Edwards, 801-803-1900, [email protected], radcanyonbmx.com
Legacy BMX — Farmington, UT, Indoor bmx racing at the Legacy Events center 151 South 1100 West, Farmington, UT., Practice Wednesday 6:00- 9:00; Race Saturday, May through September, Kevin , 801-698-1490, [email protected], lrbmx.com, s3.amazonaws.com/bmxwebserverprod/attachments/149848/Rad_Canyon_Indoor_Schedule_2015-16.pdf
June 17-19, 2016 — USA BMX Great Salt Lake Nationals, USA BMX National Series, South Jordan, UT, Location: 5200 W, 9800 South. Weekly practices on Tuesdays from May 1 through the end of September. Weekly racing on Thursdays., Dallas Edwards, 801-803-1900, [email protected], radcanyonbmx.com, facebook.com/radcanyonbmx
Utah AdvocacyBike Utah — UT, Utah’s Statewide Advocacy
Group., Phil Sarnoff, 801-440-3729, [email protected], bikeutah.org
Salt Lake City Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (MBAC) — Salt Lake City, UT, Meetings are the 3rd Monday of the month from 5-7 pm in the SLC Transportation Division Conference room., Becka Roolf, 801-535-6630, [email protected], bikeslc.com
Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee — Salt Lake City, UT, The SLCBAC committee works to improve cycling conditions in Salt Lake County and is an official committee. Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7:30 pm and are held in Suite N-2800 of the Salt Lake County Government Center, 2001 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT, , Megan Hillyard, 801-468-3351, [email protected], bicycle.slco.org
Weber Pathways — Ogden, UT, Weber County’s trails group. We are committed to the idea that a non-motorized network of public pathways significantly contribute to our community’s economic vitality and quality of life., Mark Bedel, 801-393-2304, [email protected], Rod Kramer, 801-393-2304, [email protected], weber-pathways.org
Mooseknuckler Alliance — St. George, UT, We accept all types and styles of riders, most important we want people to ride their bikes and enjoy doing it. Most of us love riding our bikes in all types of weather and in multiple disciplines. The Alliance is located in Southern Utah and has group rides to help people get out, meet new friends, and most importantly, have fun riding their bikes., Lukas Brinkerhoff, 435-632-8215, [email protected], mooseknuckleralliance.org
Mountain Trails Foundation — Park City, UT, Park City’s Trails Group, Charlie Sturgis, 435-649-6839, [email protected], moun-taintrails.org
Bonneville Shoreline Trail Committee — Salt Lake City, UT, Volunteer to help build the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. (801) 485-6974 or visit our web page., Dave Roth, 801-824-5339, [email protected], bonnevilleshorelinetrail.org
Parley’s Rails, Trails and Tunnels (PRATT) — Salt Lake City, UT, PRATT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, run by volunteers. The mis-sion of the Parley’s Rails, Trails and Tunnels (PRATT) Coalition is to assist city, county, state and federal agencies and other public and private partners in completing a multi-use trail along I-80 via Parley’s Creek Corridor and the Sugar House Rail Spur to connect the Bonneville Shoreline Trail with the Provo/Jordan River Parkway., Juan Arce-Larreta, 801-694-8925, [email protected], par-leystrail.org
Provo Bike Committee — Provo, UT, Come join us every first Thursday of the month at 5:00 pm at 48 N. 300 W. We promote bike safety, culture, and better relations between bikes and cars., Zac Whitmore, 801-356-1378, [email protected], Heather Skabelund, 971-404-1557, [email protected], Aaron Skabelund, 385-207-6879, [email protected], bikeprovo.org
Dixie Trails and Mountain Bike Advocacy — St. George, UT, Cimarron Chacon, 970-759-3048, [email protected], dmbta.org
Southern Utah Bicycle Alliance — St. George, UT, Southern Utah’s road advocacy group., Craig Shanklin, 435-674-1742, [email protected], southernutahbicycleal-liance.org
WOBAC - Weber Ogden Bicycle Advisory Committee — Ogden, UT, Josh Jones, 801-629-8757, [email protected],
Events, Swaps,LecturesSalt Lake Critical Mass — Salt Lake City, UT, Last
Friday of every month, 6:30 pm, meet at the Gallivan Center, 200 S. between State and Main in SLC., None , [email protected], facebook.com/groups/SLCCM/
Beehive Bike Polo Club — Salt Lake City, UT, Weekly hardcourt and grass bike polo. Tuesdays at 8pm, Saturday afternoons. Check out the Beehive Bike Polo Club on Facebook for location., Chuck Heaton, 801-688-7268, [email protected], facebook.com/groups/189631497724953/, beehivebikepolo.wordpress.com
Cole Sport Weekly Road Ride — Park City, UT, Weekly Road Ride Mondays June 4-Aug. 27. Ride leaves Cole Sport, 1615 Park Ave. at 6 pm. Park at lower PCMR lot., Scott Dudevoir, 435-649-4806, [email protected], colesport.com, mountaintrails.org
Moab Bike Party — Moab, Utah, 4th Wednesday of every month. 6:30 or 7:30 pm., Jeff Gutierrez, , facebook.com/moab-bikeparty
April 5, 2016 — Utah Bike Summit, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, The Utah Bike Summit is the state bicycle conference. It is a full day of sessions addressing how to make Utah more bicycle friendly. There are also networking opportunities so individuals and groups can partner to work more effectively in advancing bicycle-related efforts., Phil Sarnoff, 801-440-3729, [email protected], bikeutah.org,
April 8-9, 2016 — Adventure + Gear Fest, Sandy, UT, Adventure + Gear (A+G) is the largest public expo for Outdoor Action Sports in the state of Utah. Over 125,000 sq/ft of outdoor gear, adventure resources and other things that really matter. Most exhibiting retailers and manufacturers are headquartered or provide jobs in Utah. Attendees can also learn about ways of assisting the incred-ible non-profits that fight to preserve the wilderness that we love and keep our trails maintained., Scott Kerr, 801-758-5009, 801-558-2073, [email protected], adventurege-arexpo.com, adventuregearfest.com
April 9, 2016 — Utah Strider Bike Championships presented by Scheels, Sandy, UT, Giving kids from 2 to 5 the excitement and experience of racing. All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to compete. Amazing fun for both children and parents. Presented by Scheels and hosted at the Adventure+Gear Fest., Scott Kerr, 801-758-5009, [email protected], adventureweek.org
April 9-10, 2016 — Wasatch Open Bike Polo, Salt Lake City, UT, Beehive Bike Polo Club is glad to announce that Salt Lake City will host the first edition of the Wasatch Open part of the Fixcraft Groundwork Series. This Bike Polo tournament will help us funding a coming Bike Polo Youth Program in col-laboration with the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective. 2 days - 1 court - 24 teams max from SLC, Ogden, California, Colorado, etc. Court located at Sugar House park., Chuck Heaton, 801-688-7268, [email protected], facebook.com/groups/189631497724953/, beehivebikepolo.wordpress.com
April 16, 2016 — Crazy Spokes, Henderson, NV, Crazy Spokes features a few hours of pedal-pumping fun! Take part in a leisurely family fun ride or ramp it up on a wild and crazy 30-mile ride along the River Mountains Loop Trail Deck out your bike and wear a crazy shirt or colorful costume., Charlene Ham, 877-775-5252, [email protected], bikehenderson.org
April 23-24, 2016 — Gear UP Festival, MOG Fest, Fruita, CO, 13th annual outdoor gear sale and bike/gear swap in downtown Fruita, CO. Over 50 brands & vendors. Closeout deals on outdoor gear and apparel. Beer tent. Live music. Kids activities. Mogfest!, Robin Brown, [email protected], [email protected], gearupfestival.com, copmoba.org
May 4, 2016 — National Bike to School Day, Utah Bike Month, Everywhere, UT, A day to climb out of the motor vehicle and onto your bike on your way to school., None , [email protected], walkbiketos-chool.org/ready/about-the-events/bike-to-school-day
May 7, 2016 — GOTS Bike and Outdoor Toy Swap, Salt Lake City, UT, Held at Wild Rose, 702 3rd Ave, Check in on Friday, Swap on Saturday., Tim Metos, (801) 533-8671, [email protected], wildrosesports.com
May 7, 2016 — Ogden Bike Swap, Utah Bike Month, Ogden, UT, Ogden Bicycle Collective is hosting a Bike Swap9 am - 5 pm, 936 28th St., Josh Jones, 801-629-8757, [email protected], Clint Watson, 801-997-0336, [email protected], bicycle-collective.org/locations-a-hours/ogden/item/424-2015-gear-swap
May 14-15, 2016 — Young Riders Bike Swap, Park City, UT, Benefits Young Riders Youth Mountain Biking Program. Located at The Yard, 1255 Kearns Blvd Park City, UT. Saturday May 14th 8am-5pm and Sunday May 15th 11am-3pm. Buy or sell gear., Julie Minahan, 435-640-8642, [email protected], youngriders.com
May 14, 2016 — Get Into the River Festival, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, Come learn about the animals and habitats sup-ported by the river and how communities and individuals are enjoying it each and every day. There will be educational and recreational demonstrations during the fes-tivities. Bring your bikes, your strollers, and your walking shoes and experience the Jordan River Parkway, Jen Parsons-Soran, 801-502-6794, [email protected], getintotheriver.org
May 16-20, 2016 — Utah Bike Week, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, Week-long festival with bike races, Bike Bonanza, Bike to Work Day, and more., Dave Iltis, 801-328-2066, [email protected], cyclingutah.com/event-calendars/bicycling-events-swaps-and-festivals/
May 18, 2016 — Ride of Silence, tentative, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, Cyclists will take to the roads, escorted in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public road-ways, meet at 6:30 at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Ride leaves at 7 pm. Bike ride at 10 to 12 mph, mostly flat or minimum grade, about 11 miles., Tegan Feudale, 717-503-4275, [email protected], rideofsilence.org
May 18, 2016 — Ride of Silence, Utah Bike Month, Provo, UT, Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways., Lucy Ordaz, 801-787-4384, [email protected], rideofsilence.org, facebook.com/events/850656535006205/851159871622538/
May 20, 2016 — National Bike to Work Day, Utah Bike Month, Everywhere, UT, A day to climb out of the motor vehicle and onto your bike on your way to work., None , [email protected],
May 20, 2016 — Logan Bike to Work Day, Road Respect, Logan, Logan, UT, Celebrate Bike to Work Day by riding your bike to work or school. We’ll even give your old bike a tune-up…for free! Begins at 8 am from your home to 10 am at Cache County Plaza, 199 North Main Street., Gary Saxton, 435-752-2161, 435-374-8076, [email protected], logandowntown.org
May 21-22, 2016 — Cole Sport Bike Swap, Park City, UT, 9-5 Sat., 9-3 Sun. $10 fee if bike sells. Proceeds go to Mountain Trails Foundation. Drop bikes off at Cole Sport, 1615 Park Ave. on 5/20. Pick up is by 3 pm on 5/22., Scott Dudevoir, 435-649-4806, [email protected], mountain-trails.org, colesport.com
May 21, 2016 — Pedal Palooza, Herriman, UT, An event for the whole family, kids bike parade, kids bike races, bike safety rodeo, helmet safety inspection, helmet decorat-
ing station. Starts at 10 am (pre-event hel-met checks at 9), Butterfield Park, Kami Greenhagen, 801-913-3251, [email protected], pp.infinitecycles.com
June 4, 2016 — National Trails Day, Park City, UT, Location & Project TBA, Charlie Sturgis, 435-649-6839, [email protected], mountaintrails.org
June 4, 2016 — National Trails Day, Salt Lake City, UT, Volunteer on Trail Projects., Kristen Kenley, (801) 501-0850, [email protected], rei.com/saltlakecity
June 4, 2016 — National Trails Day, Weber County, UT, Partnership with USFS, focused on eradicating invasive weeds. Weber Pathways Trail Day. Come out an build trails! Check website for details., Rod Kramer, 801-393-2304, [email protected], weberpathways.org
June 4, 2016 — Road Respect Half Century, Road Respect, Logan, Logan, UT, Celebrate Logan earning Road Respect Community Level 2, Ascend, by joining us for a fully sup-ported 50 mile ride. Free Beehive Grill Burgers for lunch! Event start latitude: 41˚43’52.59” N, Event start longitude: 111˚49’38.24” W, Event Finish: Merlin Olsen Central Park. Begin at 8 am, end at 11 am., Gary Saxton, 435-752-2161, 435-374-8076, [email protected], logandowntown.org
June 11, 2016 — Bike Prom, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, Bike Prom, the Bicycle Collective’s annual fancy shindig. Pierpont Place, 163 W. Pierpont Ave. Wear your prom outfits. Pre-prom ride: 6:00pm starting at Pioneer Park., David Davis, 801-328-2453, [email protected], bicyclecollec-tive.org, bikeprom.com
July 16, 2016 — Goathead Weevil Release, Salt Lake City, UT, Volunteers are needed to join the Jordan River Commission as we release puncturevine weevils along the Jordan River Parkway. These insects play an important role in managing goatheads on the trail., Laura Hanson, 801-536-4158, [email protected], Jen Parsons-Soran, 801-502-6794, [email protected], jordanrivercom-mission.org
August 13, 2016 — Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat, Boise, ID, Rolling Revival of Sustainable Folly! Various Western Locations., Paul Gruber, 888-622-4044, [email protected], newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat
September 22, 2016 — World Car Free Day, UT, Ride your bike and leave the car at home!, None , [email protected], world-carfree.net
November 12, 2016 — Henderson Stroll ‘n Roll, tentative date, Henderson , NV, Our spin on the Ciclovia phenomenon that is sweeping the globe. Founded in Bogota, Columbia, it’s where roads are closed to motorized traffic, allowing the community to come together and enjoy the streets on bicycles, skates, skateboards or simply on foot. The car-free street fair is packed with activities for all ages. Along the route, enjoy chil-dren’s activities, interactive demonstrations, free fitness classes and games., Charlene Ham, 877-775-5252, [email protected], Annette Mullins, 877-775-5252, [email protected], bikehenderson.org
Mountain BikeTours and Festivals
April 28-May 1, 2016 — US Bank Fruita Fat Tire Festival, Fruita, CO, 21st Annual festival which is the kickoff to Mtn bike season in CO, world renowned trails, expo, Clunker Crit, Prizes, and live music., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], fruitafattirefestival.com
April 30, 2016 — Hell Ride, Missoula, MT, Gran Fondo Montana Style, 85 or 52 miles. Spectacular scenery, 33 miles of gravel-grinding and a post-ride party make it all worthwhile., Shaun Radley, 406-219-1318, [email protected], thecy-clinghouse.com/trip/montana-hell-ride
May 6-8, 2016 — P.A.S.S. Bookcliffs Trailfest, tentative, Price, UT, Trail Rides (New Trails Debuted), Free Camping (Bring your accoustic instruments for the Campfire-Jam), Food, Live Music, Chaos & Mayhem, Friday afternoon warm-up ride will be pretty mel-low with a party atmosphere, Saturday & Sunday we ride for REAL - Rides range from short & mellow to ridiculous., Fuzzy Nance, 435-637-2453, [email protected], PASStrails.com
May 12-15, 2016 — Tour de Bloom, Loma, CO, Benefits COPMOBA. 4 day tour of the Kokopelli Trail from Loma, CO to Moab, UT., Bryce Palo, 970-241-3728, [email protected], Whit Smith, 303-475-2255, whitsmith1 @ mac.com,
May 13-15, 2016 — MECCA Spring MTB Festival, Green River, UT, Registration begins Friday at 1pm followed by a “warm up ride” at 3pm. Evening meal is provided as is a prize draw-ing. Saturday begins with a provided break-fast and then all-day, guided rides, ranging from beginner to advanced. Finish up on Sunday morning with a provided breakfast and a guided (or on-your-own) scenic ride. Family-friendly (meal tickets only available)., Kim Player, 435-653-2440, [email protected], biketheswell.org
May 14, 2016 — Amazing Earthfest, Fredonia, AZ, 10th Annual Joy Jordan Woodhill Trail Ride (BLM): 10-25 mile non-technical loops on hard-packed natural surface with expan-sive views of the Kaibab Plateau and Grand Staircase. Fredonia Welcome Center, US 89-A, Fredonia, AZ, 8 am Arizona time., Rich Csenge, 435-644-3735, [email protected], amaz-ingearthfest.org
May 21, 2016 — Gooseberry Mesa Mountain Bike Poker Ride, Springdale, UT, The ride is a
“poker ride” where participants accumulate playing cards along the ride. At the end of the ride, the person with the best poker hand will win a cash prize. The ride is about 9 miles long, moderate to difficult, and should take about 1.5-2 hours to complete. Registration at 4pm, ride at 5. Meet at Gooseberry Mesa Parking Area., Daisy Hobbs, 435-772-7771, 435-669-5758, [email protected], springdaletown.com/rotary-club/2016-mtn-bike-poker-ride/
May 29-October 2, 2016 — Bryce and Zion National Parks (MTB), St. George, UT, 6-day, 140-mile guided Mtn Biking Tour thru Brian Head, Red Canyon, Navajo Lake Trail, Virgin River Rim and Hiking the Zion Narrows. Tour includes 5-night camping and 1 inn or 5-night all inns, transportation and food. May 29-June 3, June 12-17, June 19-24, June 26-July 1, July 3-8, July 10-15, July 17-22, July 24-29, July 31-Aug 5, Aug 7-12, Aug 14-19, Aug 21-26, Aug 28-Sep 2, Sep 4-9, Sep 11-16, Sep 18-23, Sep 25-30, Oct 2-7. , Kevin Ford, 800-596-2953 x1, 702-596-2953, [email protected], escapeadventures.com
June 4-5, 2016 — Eagle Outside Festival, Eagle, CO, Massive free bike and product demo. Firebird 40 MTB Race, Clinics, the Mother of a Half 1/2 Marathon, 10K trail run, 5K road event, 1K kids race., Mike McCormack, [email protected], eagle-outsidefestival.com
June 9-16, 2016 — Granite Ridge Girls and Stone Temple Coed Mountain Bike Camps, Cheyenne, WY, Curt Gowdy State Park. 2 1/2 day girls camp June 9-11, 4 1/2 day coed camp June 12-16, ages 12-18. Riding skills and education sessions. , Richard Vincent, 307-760-1917, 307-777-6478, [email protected], laramieenduro.org
June 17-19, 2016 — Black Hills Fat Tire Festival, Rapid City, SD, Celebration of single track mountain biking in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Kristy Lintz, 605-394-4168, 605-484-1724, [email protected], bhfattirefestival.com, rcparksandrec.org
June 18, 2016 — Beaver Dam 49er Gravel Grinder, Beaver Dam State Park, NV, Ride the Rim and see the park from a different perspective. Pedal down an old chaining road that runs along the Park’s rim and winds you through Pinyon and juniper trees. The course then swings around back to the main park road and down into Campground B where we end the ride with a BBQ. The course is subject to change based on weather conditions., Dawn Andone, 775-728-4460, [email protected], beaverdamgravelgrinder.com
June 18-19, 2016 — Knobby Tire Bike Tour, ID, Cynthia Gibson, 208-345-1105, [email protected], idahowalkbike.org
June 19-September 25, 2016 — Grand Staircase Escalante Singletrack (MTB), Panguitch, UT, 6-days, The Grand Staircase Lower Canyons provide exploring, camping, and backcoun-trymountain biking. Secluded Trails, private vistas, high mountain lakes & an abundance of wildlife. June 19-24, July 3-8, July 31-Aug 5, Aug 28-Sep 2, Sep 25-30., Kevin Ford, 800-596-2953 x1, 702-596-2953, [email protected], escapeadventures.com
June 23-26, 2016 — Ride Sun Valley Mountain Bike Festival, SCOTT Enduro Cup presented by Vittoria, Sun Valley, ID, 4 days of Sun Valley’s best singletrack and mountain bike fun for riders of all ages and abilities. The fes-tival features free guided rides, clinics, races, a bike expo, beer garden, entertainment and more. June 23: Sheeptown Drag Races (Downtown Hailey, ID)June 24: Opening Party & Prologue Time Trial, Opening Night Concert & RafflesJune 25: Day 1 Enduro, Expo & Bike Demos, Kid’s MTB RaceJune 26: Day 2 Enduro, Boulder Mountain Foxtrot XC race, Awards Ceremony, Expo & Bike Demos, Pumptrack State Championships, Jessica Kunzer, 801-349-4612, [email protected], Courtney Leonard, 801-349-4616, [email protected], Ray Gadd, [email protected], ridesunvalley.com, visitsunvalley.com
June 23-26, 2016 — Crested Butte Bike Week, Crested Butte, CO, World’s Oldest Mountain Bike Festival celebrates 36 years with an Amateur Film Festival, Chainless World Championships, Fat Tire 40 moun-tain bike race, Bridges of the Butte townie tour, Gravity Slave downhill race at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and guided mountain bike rides to premiere trails!, Crested Butte Chamber , 970-349-6438, [email protected], Eliza Cress, 970-349-6438, [email protected], cbbikeweek.com
July 3-August 19, 2016 — Crested Butte Singletrack MTB Tour, Crested Butte, CO, July 3-8, July 17-22, July 31-Aug. 5, Aug. 14-19. Covers the immensely beautiful, challenging
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and remote terrain in the Elk Mountains of south-central Colorado. This 6-day tour cov-ers the singletrack CB’s locals love best. This tour does not fool around; it delivers prime singletrack, stellar campsites and the best swimming holes the Elk Mountains can serve up. , John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcy-clingguides.com
July 8-9, 2016 — Wildflower Trailfest, Snowbasin, UT, Mountain Bike and Trail Running event just for women. Beautiful courses for all abili-ties. Ride, or run, or both. Age group cash prizes and Finish Line celebration, Stacie Palmer, 801-644-9940, 801-336-6198, [email protected], wildflowertrailfest.com
July 9-10, 2016 — Trek Dirt Series Mountain Bike Camp, Park City, UT, Learn new skills, increase confidence on the bike, or simply enjoy the sport like never before. World class women’s only instructional weekend camp for beginner, intermediate, and advanced riders., Penny Deck, 604-484-6238 (Canada), [email protected], Emily Neuman, 604-484-6238, [email protected], dirtseries.com
July 11-August 26, 2016 — Colorado Trail MTB Tour, Monroe, CO, July 11-15, July 17-22, July 24-29, Aug. 14-19, Aug. 21-26. You’ll explore unspoiled landscapes, rush through cool mountain air, drink in 360 degree mountain views and pedal past carpeted fields of wildflowers (which can be handle-bar high). High altitude campsites offer a canopy of bright stars and deep sleep at night. Your experienced guide takes care of all the route finding, planning and logistics., John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcycling-guides.com
July 21-August 14, 2016 — Glacier National Park Bike Tour, Whitefish, MT, July 21-26, July 31-Aug. 5, Aug. 9-14. Options for cyclists of all abilities. Ride as much as or as little as desired. There are BIG climbs and bonus mileage options available each day. Both parks provide not to be missed hiking options to waterfalls, verdant meadows filled with wildflowers and mountain summits., John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcycling-guides.com
August 11-14, 2016 — BlomFest, Salmon, ID, The Most Unorganized Mountain Bike Gathering in Idaho is back for its 6th year. This year’s Gathering is only 4 days, but has an added bonus: an unofficial,self supported bike packing race on the Continential Divide Trail (CDT). So you have a choice: participate in group rides throughout the Salmon area, or participate in the bike packing race, Max Lohmeyer, 208-756-7613, [email protected], Marc Landblom, 435 260 0991, [email protected], ridesalmon.com
September 2-5, 2016 — Teton Mountain Bike Festival, Alta, WY, 7th Annual, held at Grand Targhee Resort. Come enjoy endless miles of cross-country, singletrack, dirt road, lift-served downhill, jump park, freeride, and an IMBA Epic Trail. Demo next year’s 2017 in an ideal alpine riding climate with unmatched scenery. Clinics, hosted rides, shenanigans, XC & Super D races., Tim Adams, 208-201-1622, [email protected], TVTAP , 208-201-1622, [email protected], Celeste Young, 208-709-8564, [email protected], tetonbike-fest.org, tvtap.org
September 17-18, 2016 — Trek Dirt Series Mountain Bike Camp, Fruita, CO, Learn new skills, increase confidence on the bike, or simply enjoy the sport like never before. World class women’s only instructional week-end camp for beginner, intermediate, and advanced riders., Penny Deck, 604-484-6238 (Canada), [email protected], dirtseries.com
September 23-25, 2016 — MECCA Fall MTB Festival, Wedge Overlook (Near Castle Dale), UT, Registration begins Friday at 1pm followed by a “warm up ride” at 3pm. Evening meal is provided as is a prize draw-ing. Saturday begins with a provided break-fast and then all-day, guided rides, ranging from beginner to advanced. End the day with a provided BBQ dinner. Finish up on Sunday morning with a provided breakfast and a guided (or on-your-own) scenic ride. Family-friendly (meal tickets only available)., Kim Player, 435-653-2440, [email protected], biketheswell.org
September 30-October 2, 2016 — Outerbike Fall, Moab, UT, An opportunity to ride next year’s bikes and gears on world class trails. Participants get bike demos,shuttles, lunch, beer, and admission to parties and films. 4-6 pm at the Moab Bike Park, 500 W. and Williams Way., Mark Sevenoff, 800-845-2453, 435-259-8732, [email protected], outerbike.com
October 27-30, 2016 — Moab Ho-Down Mountain Bike Festival & Film Fest, Moab, UT, 11th Annual - Mountain bike festival with dual stage enduro race, group shuttle rides, bike films, townie tour with poker run, dirt jump comp and costume party! The festival is a fundraiser for local trails and the bike park!, Tracy Reed, 435-259-4688, [email protected], moabhodown.com, chilebikes.com
Utah Weekly MTBRace Series
April 1-August 31, 2016 — Mid-Week Mountain Bike Race Series, Park City, Heber, Deer Valley, Snowbird, Solitude, UT, Races are on Tuesday evenings. Registration begins at 5:00, kids races at 6:00 and main event at 6:30. April to August. Please check website for dates and venues., Brooke Howard, 385-227-5741, [email protected], mid-weekmtb.com
May 4-August 3, 2016 — Weekly Race Series, WRS, Sundance, Wasatch County, UT, Wednesday nights, May -Aug. Venue alter-nates between Wasatch County sites and Sundance, 6:30 pm. Pros/Experts 1hr race time, Sports 50mins, Beginners 30-40mins. 2016 Dates:Wasatch County: May 4, 18; June 8, 22; July 6, 20; Aug 3; Sundance: May 11, 25; June 1, 15, 29;July 13, 27, Tyson Apostol, 435-200-3239, 801-223-4849, [email protected], John Woodruff, 801-223-4044, 801-223-4849, [email protected] , weeklyraceseries.com
Regional WeeklyMTB Race Series
April 19-September 6, 2016 — Collin Craig Memorial Series, Bozeman, MT, Weekly road series that includes road races, time tri-als, criteriums, mountain bike races and more, Alex Lussier, [email protected], Phil Rotherman, [email protected], Mollie McKiernan, [email protected], Patrick Wessel, [email protected], ccms.gallatinvalleybicycleclub.org
May 25-June 15, 2016 — Wednesday Night Race League, Western Montana Trail Series, Missoula, MT, Various courses. First race for beginners will be on Wednesday May 25th. First race for intermediate and advanced riders will be on Thursday May 26th. All remaining races will be every Wednesday for all catagories., Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], wmtrail.org
June 21-August 16, 2016 — Laramie Mountain Bike Series, Laramie, WY, Tuesdays. Local mountain bike series, great for riders of any age and ability. Starts at Happy Jack Trailhead., Evan O’Toole, [email protected], laramiemtbseries.com, lara-miebikenet.org
Utah MountainBike Racing
April 2, 2016 — The Cactus Hugger, Intermountain Cup, St. George, UT, XC race #2 in the series, approximately 6.5 mile lap utilizing a compeletely different course than the Desert Rampage., Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, [email protected], Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com, ridesouthernutah.com
April 9, 2016 — Antelope Island MTB Race, Antelope Island, UT, There will be three race distances: 50k, 25k, and 15k. This is a MTB race on double and single track with vary-ing elevation and some technical stretches on the 50k and 25k distances. , Wynn Hall, 801-941-4255, [email protected], Matt Hall, 801-648-4659, [email protected], enduraevents.com
April 16, 2016 — 6 Hours of Frog Hollow, Frog Hollow Endurance Series, Hurricane, UT, 13 mile long course in the UT desert combines sweet single track, with some technical sec-tions, and great climbs. Great introduction to endurance racing or a great trainer for bigger races. Categories from solo to 3 person, including single speed categories. , Cimarron Chacon, 970-759-3048, [email protected], GROpromotions.com, 6hoursin-froghollow.com
April 16, 2016 — Thaw Massacre at Bar M, Intermountain Cup, Moab, UT, Endurance race #1 in the series. Beginning at the Bar-M in Moab, the course is usually 2 laps, consist-ing of 35-50 miles. Half distance available., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
April 30, 2016 — Wild Horse Dirt Fondo, Delle, UT, New Date! 76 miles, 5,000 vertical, zero miles of pavement, county-maintained 2WD dirt and gravel roads around and across the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. Little Wild Horse option of 31 miles, 1,800 vertical. Covers many of the same segments as The Wild Horse. Separate start at 10 A.M. Start/Finish in Delle, Utah. The start line is less than one hour west of SLC on I-80. The Wild Horse is a supported Dirt Fondo. This is not a race, but there will be a mass start., Chris Magerl, 801-595-8293, [email protected], RideWildHorse.com
May 7, 2016 — Scott Enduro Cup at Moab, Scott Enduro Cup Series, Moab, UT, The first stop of the 2016 Scott Enduro Cup presented
by Vittoria will take place on the world famous red rock trails of Moab. This is a great place to kick off your racing season. , Jessica Kunzer, 801-349-4612, [email protected], Courtney Leonard, 801-349-4616, [email protected], endurocupmtb.com
May 7, 2016 — Soldier Hollow, Intermountain Cup, Midway, UT, XC race #3, short course style XC racing-fun, fast course., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
May 14, 2016 — MTB Tech Div #1 at Soldier Hollow, Mountain Bike Technical Development Series, Midway, UT, Juniors only event with multiple mountain bike events: Cross Country, Technical Course, and MTB Crit. Event number one in a series of three., Michael John Turner, 801-664-6351, [email protected], Karl Redel, [email protected], mtbtechdev.com
May 28-30, 2016 — Sundance Showdown Downhill and Super-D, Go-Ride Gravity Series, Sundance Resort, UT, USAC sanc-tioned Super-D Saturday and Downhill Monday, Ron Lindley, 801-375-3231, [email protected], go-ride.com, utahdh.org
May 28, 2016 — Wasatch 360 6 Hour Race, Utah Offroad Series, Utah Cup, Heber, UT, 6 hr MTB race with Solo, Duo, or Triple catego-ries for men, women, & coed plus a Junior’s category. Held in Heber City above the UVU Wasatch Campus. Race start on south end of trail system off Coyote Lane. Proceed support Summit Bike Club and junior cyclists., Michael John Turner, 801-664-6351, [email protected], Karl Redel, [email protected], summitbikeclub.org/wasatch360
May 30, 2016 — Stan Crane Memorial Draper Dueler, Intermountain Cup, Draper Trail Days, Draper, UT, A fun, short track XC race at the Draper Equestrian Center followed by a single stage Enduro/Super D down Rush or Maple Hollow (still tentative). For the EXC #2 Dueler, this race will proceed all over Corner Canyon in approximately a 25 mile, lap to lap race. There will also be a short course option for those looking for something a little smaller., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
June 11, 2016 — The Chris Allaire Solitude Cup, Intermountain Cup, Solitude Resort, UT, XC race #5 in the series,, this race is a long time favorite for many and this year will be no different. Look for some fun exciting racing to happen here on some of the best trails Northern Utah has to offer. Also a great place to tune up before the High School rac-ing starts. Utah State Championships., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
June 18, 2016 — Dixie 200, Parowan, UT, Self-supported, 200 miles of trail and remote ter-rain between Bryce Canyon and Brian Head in southern UT. Virgin River Rim, Thunder Mountain, Grandview and several other trails. Start: 7am, intersection of 2nd Left Hand Canyon and Hwy 143., Dave Harris, [email protected], 2-epic.com/events/dixie200.html
June 25, 2016 — Fire Road Cedar City, Cedar City, UT, 25k, 60k, 100k distances, starts at Main StreetPark at 8am, 7000 ft. total eleva-tion gained for 100km; 4000ft total for 60km. Equal prize $ for overall men & women in the 100km., Paul Huddle, 760-635-1795, 760-936-7459, [email protected], Jordan Bracken, 435-229-5397, 435-703-9880, [email protected], Cameron Christensen, 435-586-2770, 801-884-2332, [email protected], fireroadcycling.com
June 25, 2016 — Wasatch Back , Intermountain Cup, Heber, UT, EXC #2. Beginning at Utah Valley University Wasatch, the course con-sists of usually two laps and approximately 35-50 miles. Half distance available, Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
July 4, 2016 — The Rage at Snowbird, Intermountain Cup, Snowbird, UT, XC race #6. Snowbird has done a great job with some new trails and creating trails for real MTB racing with a great mix of fast flowy single track, service roads, and a few short technical sections to keep you on your toes., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
July 8, 2016 — Wildflower Trailfest, Snowbasin, UT, Utah’s First and only Mountain Bike Challenge for women. Held at Snowbasin Ski Resort. 3 timed courses. Awards for age group winners. , Stacie Palmer, 801-644-9940, 801-336-6198, [email protected], wildflowertrailfest.com
July 9, 2016 — The Crusher in the Tushar, Beaver, UT, 70 miles of mixed-surface bike racing exploring Southern Utah’s Tushar Mountain range on dirt and asphalt. Features 10,500+ of climbing traversing Utah’s highest and most scenic roads. You choose the bike, the Tushars choose the win-ner., Burke Swindlehurst, [email protected], tusharcrusher.com
July 30, 2016 — Brianhead, Intermountain Cup, Brianhead, UT, EXC #3. Beginning at Brian Head Resort in Southern Utah, the course consists of usually two laps and approxi-mately 35-50 miles. Half distance available., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
August 6, 2016 — MTB Tech Dev #3 at Soldier Hollow, Mountain Bike Technical Development Series, Midway, UT, Juniors only event with multiple mountain bike events: Cross Country, Technical Course, and Single Stage Enduro. Final event in the 2016 series., Michael John Turner, 801-664-6351, [email protected], Karl Redel, [email protected], mtbtechdev.com
August 13-14, 2016 — Flyin’ Brian Downhill and Dark Hollow Super D, Go-Ride Gravity Series, Brian Head, UT, Practice opens on Friday, August 12 at noon. The downhill is on Saturday, August 13. Dark Hollow Super D is on Sunday, August 14. , Ron Lindley, 801-375-3231, [email protected], go-ride.com, utahdh.org
August 13, 2016 — Sundance Spin, Intermountain Cup, Sundance Resort, UT, The Sundance venue is back again this year with some of the best single track Utah has to offer., Darren Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
August 27, 2016 — Draper City Classic Endurance XC, Intermountain Cup, Draper, UT, EXC race #4. Beginning at Andy Balaard Equestrian Center in Draper, the course con-sists of usually two laps and approximately 35-50 miles. Half distance available, Darren
Goff, 801-475-5463, [email protected], intermountaincup.com
September 3, 2016 — Park City Point 2 Point, Park City, UT, A true point 2 point race! Thanks to the plethora of trails in this area, the race will never be on the same trail twice. Over 90% of the race is single-track. 75 miles & 12,000ft of climbing., Jay Burke, 801-330-3214, [email protected], thepcpp.com
September 3, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League South Region Race #1, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, Powder Mountain, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
September 17, 2016 — Widowmaker Hill Climb, Snowbird, UT, Starts in Gad Valley, 10 AM, 3000ft vertical race to the top of the Tram for awards, food and fun. , James Zwick, 801-583-6281, [email protected], sports-am.com
September 17, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League North Region Race #1, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, TBD, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
September 18, 2016 — Tour de Suds, Park City, UT, 7-mile mountain bike climb from City Park, to the top of Guardsman Pass with a 2,700ft elevation gain., Ginger Ries, 435-649-6839, [email protected], moun-taintrails.org
September 24, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League South Region Race #2, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, TBD, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
September 24, 2016 — Snowbird Ultra Hill Climb, Snowbird, UT, 8 am start on 9400 S. near 20th East, climb to Snowbird’s entry II. 10 miles, 3500. vertical. Or choose the Ultra Hill Climb option. After the road climb, jump on your mountain bike and climb to the summit of Hidden Peak (14 miles total, 6500’ of climbing)., Misty , 801-933-2115, [email protected], snowbird.com/events/bicy-cle-hill-climb/
September 25, 2016 — Mt. Ogden 50/100K MTB Race, Snowbasin, UT, 3 race divisions: 25k, 50k and 100k. Held on the trails of Snowbasin Resort., Steve Andrus, 801-620-1014, [email protected], Tim Eastly, 801-620-1000, 801-620-1045, [email protected], mtogden100k.com
October 1, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League North Region Race #2, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, Powder Mountain, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
October 8, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League South Region Race #3, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, TBD, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
October 10-11, 2016 — Huntsman World Senior Games Mountain Biking, St. George, UT, Must be 50 years or older. Three events: hill climb, downhill, and cross country. Expert, Sport and Beginner Skill Divisions., Kyle Case, 800-562-1268, [email protected], Merrill Barney,
, seniorgames.net
October 15, 2016 — Moab Epic, AXS Series, Moab, UT, An MTB Adventure Race - a 20+ or 50+ mile cross country mountain bike adventure. Riders will race on Moab’s best single track and jeep roads, in a true MTB adventure., Will Newcomer, 970-403-5320, [email protected], gravityplay.com, moabepic.com
October 15, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League North Region Race #3, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, Snowbasin, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
October 22, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League South Region Race #4, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, Soldier Hollow, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
October 29, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League North Region Race #4, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, TBD, UT, Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
November 4-5, 2016 — Utah High School Cycling League State Championships, Utah High School Cycling League Race Series, Saint George, UT, This race will combine both North and South regions for the State Championships and is open to all students. , Lori Harward, 801-502-8516, 801-885-6884, [email protected], utahmtb.org
November 5-6, 2016 — 25 Hours of Frog Hollow, Frog Hollow Endurance Series, Hurricane, UT, Held Sat 10 am to Sun 10 am with the bonus-double midnight lap due to the fallback time change. 13 mile long course in the UT desert combines sweet single track , with some technical sections, and great climbs., Cimarron Chacon, 970-759-3048, [email protected], GROpromotions.com, 25hoursin-froghollow.com
Regional MountainBike Racing
April 2, 2016 — Sage Brush Scramble, Knobby Tire Series, Boise, ID, Short Track Racing! It consists of a short approximately 1 mile loop with table tops, twisting turns, and banked turns. Great for racers and specta-tors. Medals to top 3 finishers in each cat/class. No pro purse., Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knobbytireseries.com
April 9, 2016 — Barking Spider Bash XC, Wild Rockies Regional Championship Series, Nampa, ID, XC Start 11:00am. Season opener for the region and largest Olympic format off-road XC bike race of the year in Idaho. Free kids race to follow adult XC race. Qualifying event for the US National Mountain Bike Championships. , Darren Lightfield, 208-608-6444, [email protected], wildrockiesracing.com
April 16-17, 2016 — Rumble at 18 Road, Fruita, CO, Backup dates- 5-7-2016 to 5-8-2016, 2nd year under MAD Racing, this race is a well known race among cyclists in the west. Short track mountain biking Saturday (20 minutes per race), Cross Country mountain biking Sunday (various distances). This is an official American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC) race for National Qualifier Top 10 riders in each class and category to compete in USA Cycling National Championships. , John Klish, 970-744-4450, [email protected], madracingcolorado.com
April 29-May 1, 2016 — Whiskey Off-Road, Epic Rides Off-Road Series, Prescott, AZ, Experience one of America’s best mountain bike destinations, starting on Whiskey Row in historic downtown Prescott. The event boasts challenging riding for all skill levels, a %30,000 pro cash purse, and 3 full days of mountain bike culture accented by free live music., Jes Olson, 520-623-1584, [email protected], epicrides.com
April 30, 2016 — Ridgeline Rampage, RME, Castle Rock, CO, Distances for all lev-els, free junior and kids races. Distances: Endurance-50 miles, XC-30 miles, Appetizer-20 miles, Jr 15-18 20 miles, Jr 13-14 10 miles, Jr 11-12 5 miles., Thane Wright, 970-401-1422, [email protected], rockymountainendurance.com
April 30, 2016 — The Encierro Velo, Colorado Gravel Grinder Championships, Monument, CO, Gravel grinder with 100 km and 50 km options. Starts and ends at Peaceful Valley Scout Camp, 22799 N Elbert Rd, Elbert, CO 80106, south entrance.Working head and tail light and helmet are required. Maps will be adequate for 50 km but GPS is pre-ferred for 100 km option., Phil Schweizer, 877-743-3566, [email protected], colorado-gravelgrinderchampionship.com/encierro-velo/the-race
May 6-7, 2016 — US Bank 18 Hours of Fruita, Fruita, CO, 12th Annual event at Highline Lake State Park, an oasis in the desert with the famous midnight start. Limited to 100 teams., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], George Gatseos, 970-858-7220, [email protected], 18hrsoffruita.com
May 7, 2016 — Eagle Double Down Enduro, Idaho Enduro Series, Eagle, ID, The courses will be divided between expert/sport and beginner, so that no one feels like they’re getting in over their head and everyone feels challenged. Collect series points at the Double Down to combine with Jug Mountain Ranch and Brundage Mountain Results toward the series overall title. No license required., James Lang, 208-571-1853, 208-344-9182, [email protected], ida-hoenduroseries.com
May 7, 2016 — Desert Rats Classic, Fruita, CO, 100K or 50k on the world famous Kokopelli Trail. 5 well stocked aid stations and medi-cal support. Sub 10 hour finishers receive Enduro awards and sub 6 hours receive Gonzo awards, plus age group awards. On the western slope of Colorado, the famous Kokopelli Trail winds its way through sage-brush, ledgy slickrock, winding double track, sandy washes, fast jeep trails and crosses the state line toward Moab, Reid Delman, 303-249-1112, [email protected], Kyla Claudell, 303-249-1112, [email protected], geminiadventures.com
May 8, 2016 — Unravel the Scratchgravel, Helena, MT, The course is approximately a 5.8 mile loop, comprised of 70% double-track and 30% single-track. Demo bikes after the race., Joe Hamilton, [email protected], Jason Steichen, [email protected], bigskybikes.com/events/unravel-the-scratchgravel/, montanacycling.net
May 14, 2016 — Avimor Coyote Classic, Knobby Tire Series, Boise, ID, 12th annual - This is real mountain bike racing; not for the weak. High speed rolling double and single track with a ton of climbing. Tight, techni-cal sagebrush single track, water crossings, quick steep drops, nasty little granny gear
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climbs., Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knob-bytireseries.com, brokenspokecycling.com
May 14, 2016 — Battle the Bear, RME, Lakewood, CO, Distances for all levels, free junior and kids races. Distances: Endurance-50 miles, XC-30 miles, Appetizer-20 miles, Jr 15-18 20 miles, Jr 13-14 10 miles, Jr 11-12 5 miles., Thane Wright, 970-401-1422, [email protected], rockymoun-tainendurance.com
May 20-22, 2016 — Grand Junction Off-Road, Epic Rides Off-Road Series, Grand Junction, CO, Billed as one of the most challenging XC courses in America, the Grand Junction Off-Road offers 3 full days of mountain bike culture accented by free live music in the gorgeous Grand Valley on Colorado’s Western slope., Jes Olson, 520-623-1584, [email protected], epicrides.com
May 21, 2016 — 12 Hours of Disco, Salmon, ID, 8 mile laps, mostly singletrack, at the foot of the mighty Beaverhead Mountains. Race Solo, or teams of 2 and 4., Max Lohmeyer, 208-756-7613, [email protected], David Lingle, [email protected], ridesalm-on.com
May 21-22, 2016 — Big Mountain Enduro #1, Big Mountain Enduro Series, Santa Fe, NM, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties back-country terrain with lift-accessed stages throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (special) stag-es linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Sarah Rawley, 720-407-6142, [email protected], Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
May 21, 2016 — The Pony Xpress Gravel 160, Colorado Gravel Grinder Championships, Trinidad, CO, 160 km and 70 km options. Held on gravel roads northwest of Trinidad, CO. Working head and tail light and helmet are required. Maps will be adequate for 70 km but GPS is preferred for 160 km option., Phil Schweizer, 877-743-3566, [email protected], coloradogravelgrinderchampionship.com/pony-xpress/the-race
May 21, 2016 — Snowbowl Hot Laps, Western Montana Trail Series, Missoula, MT, Cross country race., Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], wmtrail.org
May 22, 2016 — Gowdy Grinder, Laramie, WY, Cross country mountain bike race that takes place on the trails of Curt Gowdy State Park in southeastern Wyoming. The beginner races are on a course with a handful of short technical sections, but mostly smooth riding. The more advanced categories will find plenty of the challenging riding typical of Curt Gowdy., Evan O’Toole, [email protected], Dewey Gallegos, 307-742-5533, [email protected], pedalhouse.com/grinder/
May 22, 2016 — Helena Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Helena, MT, Montana Enduro Series , [email protected], Christine Wike, [email protected], montanaenduro.com
May 28-29, 2016 — 24 Hour ‘Round the Clock Mountain Bike Race, Spokane, WA, 24 hour MTB Race with a Fat BikeClass, starts noon May 28, Riverside State Park, 15 mile loop, Gino Lisecki, 509-953-9831, [email protected], Wendy Zupan, 509-953-9831, [email protected], roundan-dround.com
June 1, 2016 — Wood River Cup Race #1, Wood River Cup, Hailey, ID, Hailey Community Bike Park, short track cross country., Billy Olson, 208-788-9184, [email protected], powerhouseidaho.com
June 4, 2016 — USA Cycling Marathon MTB National Championships, Columbia County, GA, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], Greg Randolph, , usacycling.org
June 4-5, 2016 — Big Mountain Enduro #2, Big Mountain Enduro Series, TBD, CO, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties backcountry terrain with lift-accessed stages throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (special) stages linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Sarah Rawley, 720-407-6142, [email protected], Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
June 4-5, 2016 — Flagstaff Frenzy, Flagstaff, AZ, Cross Country on Saturday and Super D on Sunday, MBAA , 480-442-4229, [email protected], mbaa.net
June 4, 2016 — EROCK Sunrise to Sunset, Castle Rock, CO, 2nd Annual at the freshly cut trails of the Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock, Colorado. The 6.5 mile course wanders through the hills and drainages surrounding the park and offers ample viewing from the staging area for team members and spec-tators. For teams and solos., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], Rocky Mountain Events, Inc. , 303-282-9015, [email protected], erockrace.com
June 4, 2016 — Herron Hammer, MBRA Series, Kalispell, MT, Sheli Thomas, [email protected], montanacycling.net
June 8, 2016 — Wood River Cup Race #2, Wood River Cup, Hailey, ID, Hailey Community Bike Park, short track cross country., Billy Olson, 208-788-9184, [email protected], powerhouseidaho.com
June 11-12, 2016 — City Creek Pedalfest, Pocatello, ID, Mountain Bike Race. Kids Race
and Spaghetti Dinner Friday night. Saturday, Race Day! Beginner, Sport and Expert Classes (12, 17, 27 miles) Awards, Prizes, Raffle, music, food & fun., Lindi Smedley, 208-251-5915, [email protected], pocatel-lopedalfest.com
June 11, 2016 — Fear, Tears and Beers Enduro, Ely, NV, Enduro mountain bike event. Timed sections mostly downhill, combined time wins. Men’s and women’s events for all classes. Fun run, beginner, sport, and expert classes., Kent Robertson, 775-289-6042, 775-296-2162, [email protected], great-basintrails.org
June 11, 2016 — Knobby 9 to 5, Knobby Tire Series, Avimor, ID, High speed rolling double-track. Tight, technical sagebrush single-track, water crossings, quick steep drops, nasty little granny gear climbs. Single speeders’ dream., Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knob-bytireseries.com
June 11, 2016 — Lolo 12 Hour, MBRA Series, Western Montana Trail Series, Lolo, MT, Jesse Doll, [email protected], Chris Larson, [email protected], northernpeaksal-liance.com, missoulabikesource.com
June 11, 2016 — PV Cycle Derby, RME, Elbert, CO, Age groups distances for all abilities, free junior and kids races. XC mtb race. Held at Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, Thane Wright, 970-401-1422, [email protected], rockymountainendur-ance.com
June 11-12, 2016 — Scott Enduro Cup at Angel Fire, Scott Enduro Cup Series, Angel Fire, NM, Jessica Kunzer, 801-349-4612, [email protected], Courtney Leonard, 801-349-4616, [email protected], endurocup-mtb.com
June 11-12, 2016 — Silver Mountain Enduro - North American Enduro Cup, Montana Enduro Series, Idaho Enduro Series, Kellogg, ID, Held at Silver Mountain Ski Resort, James Lang, 208-571-1853, 208-344-9182, [email protected], Montana Enduro Series , [email protected], Christine Wike, [email protected], montanaenduro.com, idahoen-duroseries.com
June 14, 2016 — Gunny Enduro, Grand Junction, CO, 4 mile race down the Gunny Loop of the famous Lunch Loop Trail system. 800ft of descending and 200 feet of climb-ing., John Klish, 970-744-4450, [email protected], madracingcolorado.com
June 15, 2016 — Wood River Cup Race #3, Wood River Cup, Hailey, ID, Hailey Community Bike Park, short track cross coun-try., Billy Olson, 208-788-9184, [email protected], powerhouseidaho.com
June 17-19, 2016 — Carson City Off-Road, Epic Rides Off-Road Series, Carson City, NV, At the Carson City Off-Road, riders of all skill levels will enjoy big climbs, long single-track descents and expansive views of Lake Tahoe, the Eastern Sierra Nevadas, and the historic Washoe Valley while being immersed in 3-days of mountain bike culture accented by free live music., Jes Olson, 520-623-1584, [email protected], epicrides.com
June 18, 2016 — Black Hills Fat Tire Festival MTB Races, Rapid City, SD, This “All Mountain” race will test your strength with a Hill Climb, technical ability with a Super D, all while competing in a 20 mile sprint cross country race., Kristy Lintz, 605-394-4168, 605-484-1724, [email protected], bhfattirefestival.com, rcparksandrec.org
June 18-19, 2016 — Beti Bike Bash Colorado, Beti Bike Bash, Castle Rock, CO, Women’s only mountain bike race and festival inclu-din: Little Bellas Girls Camp and VIDA MTB Series Clinic. All ages and abilities wel-come, cash purse for the pro women. , Amy Thomas, 720-878-7363, [email protected], Sarah Rawley, 503-805-0043, [email protected], betibikebash.com
June 18-19, 2016 — Missoula XC at Marshall Mountain, US Pro XCT, Western Montana Trail Series, Missoula, MT, Steep, technical climbs and descents will alternate between single track, double track, and infrequent dirt road sections. The course features over 850ft of relief per lap; while it is not at extremely high altitude, multiple long, steep climbs per lap will test racers’ fitness limits., Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], missoulaxc.org, usacycling.org
June 18, 2016 — Lake Tahoe Mountain Bike Race, Tahoe City, CA, Race in the cross country race, 4 hour or 8 hour race as a solo or on a team of 2, 3 or 4 (teams of 3 and 4 apply to the 8hr race only). The course is approximately 12.6 miles. Fast lap times are around 50 minutes. Cross country race is two laps. , Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], Kiley McInroy, [email protected], bigbluead-venture.com
June 22, 2016 — Wood River Cup Race #4, Wood River Cup, Hailey, ID, Hailey Community Bike Park, Short Track Cross Country., Billy Olson, 208-788-9184, [email protected], powerhouseidaho.com
June 23-26, 2016 — Crested Butte Bike Week, Crested Butte, CO, World’s Oldest Mountain Bike Festival celebrates 36 years with an Amateur Film Festival, Chainless World Championships, Fat Tire 40 moun-tain bike race, Bridges of the Butte townie tour, Gravity Slave downhill race at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and guided mountain bike rides to premiere trails!, Crested Butte Chamber , 970-349-6438, [email protected], Eliza Cress, 970-349-6438, [email protected], cbbikeweek.com
June 23-26, 2016 — Ride Sun Valley Mountain Bike Festival, SCOTT Enduro Cup presented by Vittoria, Sun Valley, ID, 4 days of Sun Valley’s best singletrack and mountain bike fun for riders of all ages and abilities. The fes-tival features free guided rides, clinics, races, a bike expo, beer garden, entertainment and more. June 23: Sheeptown Drag Races (Downtown Hailey, ID)June 24: Opening Party & Prologue Time Trial, Opening Night Concert & RafflesJune 25: Day 1 Enduro, Expo & Bike Demos, Kid’s MTB RaceJune 26: Day 2 Enduro, Boulder Mountain Foxtrot XC race, Awards Ceremony, Expo & Bike Demos, Pumptrack State Championships, Jessica Kunzer, 801-349-4612, [email protected], Courtney Leonard, 801-349-4616, [email protected], Ray Gadd, [email protected], ridesunvalley.com, visitsunvalley.com
June 24-26, 2016 — NW Cup #4, Northwest Cup Downhill Series, Kellogg, ID, Downhill race. Held at Silver Mountain Bike Park. Friday
will be open practice. Saturday will be split practice by category. Pro/JuniorX seeding Saturday evening. Sunday racing all cat-egories, Scott Tucker, 360-797-4288, [email protected], www.nwcup.com
June 25-26, 2016 — Scott Enduro Cup at Sun Valley, Scott Enduro Cup Series, Sun Valley, ID, Two days of full throttle enduro rac-ing on the best of Sun Valley backcountry and resort single track., Jessica Kunzer, 801-349-4612, [email protected], Courtney Leonard, 801-349-4616, [email protected], ridesunvalley.com, endurocupmtb.com
June 25, 2016 — WYOCITY American Mountain Bike Challenge, Casper, WY, Two races being held - six hour and three hour race on a trail expected to be 9-10 miles long. Fun to follow - beer & barbecue., John Giantonio, 307-234-5362, [email protected], visit-casper.com/ambc
June 29, 2016 — Wood River Cup Finals, Wood River Cup, Hailey, ID, Hailey Community Bike Park, Short Track Cross Country., Billy Olson, 208-788-9184, [email protected], powerhouseidaho.com
June 29-July 6, 2016 — Camp of Champions, Leadville Race Series, Leadville, CO, Ride with past champions and experience every inch of the LT 100 MTB course in Leadville. A question and answer session will offer insight into proper training, diet and race strategy. Camp riders will get tons of camp swag, great food and amazing, unforget-table experience. June 29-July 2, July 3-6., Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, [email protected], Kerrie Bruxvoort, 719-219-9357, [email protected], leadville-raceseries.com
July 2, 2016 — Big Hole Challenge MTB Race and Duathlon, Driggs, ID, Mountain bike mass start first, at 10 am, 9.73 miles with 1,160 verticle feet, then either bike a second lap or run 6.13 miles with 938 verticle feet. Awards, Raffle and results at 1 pm held at the South Horseshoe Trail Head. Kids Duathlon at Noon,
.5 mi run followed by 1 mi bike, Free entry, Awards to all., Dick Weinbrandt, 208-354-2354, [email protected], peakedsports.com
July 2, 2016 — Philipsburg 46, Western Montana Trail Series, Philipsburg, MT, Cross country race., Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], wmtrail.org
July 9-10, 2016 — Keystone Big Mountain Enduro #3, Big Mountain Enduro Series, Keystone, CO, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties backcountry terrain with lift-accessed stages throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (spe-cial) stages linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Sarah Rawley, 720-407-6142, [email protected], Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
July 9, 2016 — Tamarack Twister, Knobby Tire Series, Tamarack, ID, Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knobbytireseries.com
July 10, 2016 — Silver Rush 50, Leadville Race Series, Leadville, CO, At 10,000-12,500 feet above sea level, this challenging 50 mile out-and-back course takes racers through the historic mining district on Leadville’s East side. This race is known for its long, lung-burning climbs and rocky, steep terrain. Solo or Tandem 50m. Leadville Trail 100 Qualifier., Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, [email protected], leadvilleraceseries.com
July 14, 2016 — Southeast Idaho Senior Games , Pocatello, ID, City Creek Trails; Staging at Centennial Park 6:00pm. Categories: Short, Medium, Long and Single Speed., Dana Olson, 208-233-2034, 208-317-3918, [email protected], seidahose-niorgames.org
July 16, 2016 — Tahoe Trail 100, Leadville Race Series, Northstar, CA, 2-loop, 50 kilometer course filled with beautiful views of Lake Tahoe. Solo 50k or 100k. 2-person relay 100k. Leadville Trail 100 Qualifier., Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, [email protected], Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], leadvilleraceseries.com
July 16, 2016 — Breckenridge 100, RME, Breckenridge, CO, 100, 68, and 32 mile races., Thane Wright, 970-401-1422, [email protected], rockymountainendurance.com
July 16, 2016 — Seeley Lake 55/35/22, Western Montana Trail Series, Seeley Lake, MT, Cross country race. 3 different courses., Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], wmtrail.org
July 17, 2016 — Whitefish Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Whitefish, MT, Montana Enduro Series , [email protected], Christine Wike, [email protected], montanaenduro.com
July 23, 2016 — Whit Henry Memorial Galena Grinder, Knobby Tire Series, Galena Lodge, ID, XC/Marathon, 22.5 mile loop with 50% single track, start/finish at 7,000 feet with total gain of 3200 in one loop, open cate-gory (for racers who choose not to purchase a license) held for the marathon, which is 22.5 mile loops., Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knobbytireseries.com
July 23, 2016 — Jug Mountain Ranch XC and State Championship Enduro, Idaho Enduro Series, McCall, ID, XC Saturday, Enduro Sunday. Courses divided by ability. No license required. Hotel McCall is available right on the lake, plus plenty of camping nearby., James Lang, 208-571-1853, 208-344-9182, [email protected], idahoendu-roseries.com, jugmountainranch.com
July 23-24, 2016 — Boomtown Gravel Grinder, Butte, MT, Fully supported event that will start and finish in historic Uptown Butte and will cover the beautiful gravel, dirt (and a few paved roads) south and east of town. Crossing the scenic Continental divide twice, riders can challenge themselves in either the Mother Load 100 mile or the Nugget 50 mile routes while soaking in the breathtaking vistas offered only in Big Sky Country., Kurt Stockton, 406-381-7962, 530-264-6364, [email protected], tourofmontana.org
July 29-31, 2016 — Leadville Stage Race, Leadville Race Series, Leadville, CO, 100M (100 miles over three days), Team Option. Experience the legendary Leadville Trail 100 course over three days. Push the pace to see what you’re made of, or use the stages to prepare or qualify for the Leadville Trail 100 in August. This is one amazing party, with
daily stage prizes, raffles, unmatched swag, food, beer and live music. , Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, [email protected], lead-villeraceseries.com
July 30, 2016 — Butte 100, Butte, MT, Continental Divide Trail, Single Track, Big Sky Country, 100 and 50 mile options, and back again, a 25 mile option., Gina Evans, 406-498-9653, [email protected], butte100.com
July 30-31, 2016 — Pomerelle Pounder DH, Go-Ride Gravity Series, Albion, ID, Two USAC sanctioned downhill races in two days. , Ron Lindley, 801-375-3231, [email protected], Darren Lightfield, 208-608-6444, [email protected], go-ride.com, utahdh.org
July 30-31, 2016 — Big Mountain Enduro/Enduro World Series Aspen Snowmass, Big Mountain Enduro Series, Aspen Snowmass, CO, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties back-country terrain with lift-accessed stages throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (special) stag-es linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Sarah Rawley, 720-407-6142, [email protected], Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
August 6, 2016 — Laramie Enduro, Laramie, WY, Cross Country Mountain Bike Race, 111K (70+/- miles), No repeat course, 8,600ft elevation gain, 7am start at Happy Jack Recreation Area-Hidden Valley Picnic Area, Richard Vincent, 307-760-1917, 307-777-6478, [email protected], Rebekah Smith, 307-760-9248, [email protected], Aaron Lozano, 307-399-4387, [email protected], laramieenduro.org
August 6, 2016 — Pierre’s Hole MTB Race, National Ultra Endurance Series, Alta, WY, 7th Annual! Staging begins at the Grand Targhee Resort, ample lodging and ameni-ties available. 100 consists of 33-mile loop, each lap features approx. 4,000 ft climbing on single and double-track trails. The race course is on an IMBA Epic trails at Grand Targhee. Total elevation for the 100 mile race is approx. 13,000 ft. 100 mile (3 laps), 100km (2 laps), 50km (1 lap) events. The 100 mile race is part of the NUE Series and the 100 k is a new NUE marathon series race., Andy Williams, 800-TARGHEE ext. 1309, [email protected], grandtarghee.com/the-resort/news-events/1863/2014PierresHole50100.php, ph100.org
August 7, 2016 — Big Sky Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Big Sky, MT, Montana Enduro Series , [email protected], Christine Wike, [email protected], montanaenduro.com
August 13, 2016 — Leadville Trail 100, Leadville Race Series, Leadville, CO, Leadville Trail 100 is one of the most notorious and challenging bike races in the world. 100 mile out-and-back. , Josh Colley, 719-219-9357, [email protected], leadvilleraceseries.com
August 13, 2016 — Steamboat Stinger, Mountain Town Challenge Series, Steamboat Springs, CO, Beginning at 8:00am at the Howelson Hill Ski Area right in the heart of Steamboat Springs. The course takes an extended 50 mile detour deep into the beautiful back-country of Routt County and a total of 3,327ft elevation gain before returning to the transition/finish area. Teams of two are also welcome to race the 1st and 2nd half of the course., Nate Bird, 866-464-6639, [email protected], Jon Winkelblech, 970-367-4394, [email protected], honeystinger.com/steamboatstinger.html
August 13, 2016 — Nine Mile Ridge Trail Gran Fondo, Plains, MT, Dirt fondo, gravel grinder, Ben Horan, 406-677-4101, [email protected], wmtrail.org
August 20-21, 2016 — Big Mountain Enduro-X, Big Mountain Enduro Series, Steamboat Springs, CO, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties backcountry terrain with lift-accessed stages throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (spe-cial) stages linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
August 20-21, 2016 — 12 and 24 Hours of Flathead, Kalispell, MT, A non-profit race to provide awareness and adaptive equip-ment to individuals living with paralysis and other life altering disabilities, Tia Celentano, 406-261-1769, [email protected], montanacycling.net/schedule?discipline=all&year=2014, www.24hoursofflathead.org
August 27-28, 2016 — Grand Targhee Enduro, Montana Enduro Series, Grand Targhee, WY, There’s some seriously fun trails at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort, so we’re going to race ‘em for the fourth stop on the series. It’s going to be a weekend long celebration of the Tetons. , Andy Williams, 800-TARGHEE ext. 1309, [email protected], Montana Enduro Series , [email protected], Christine Wike, [email protected], grandtarghee.com, montanaenduro.com
August 27, 2016 — Idaho High School Cycling League Race #1, ID, Dylan Gradhandt, 208-340-5200, [email protected], idahomtb.org
August 27, 2016 — Copper Mountain MTB Race, RME, Copper Mountain, CO, RME Series Finals. Distances for all levels, free junior and kids races. Distances: Endurance-50 miles,
XC-30 miles, Appetizer-20 miles, Jr 15-18 20 miles, Jr 13-14 10 miles, Jr 11-12 5 miles., Thane Wright, 970-401-1422, [email protected], rockymoun-tainendurance.com
September 2-5, 2016 — TVTAP WYDAHO Rendezvous Mountain Bike Festival, Teton Valley, ID, 7th Annual held at Grand Targhee Resort. Come enjoy endless miles of cross-country, singletrack, dirt road, lift-served downhill, jump park, freeride, and an IMBA Epic Trail. Demo next year’s 2017 in an ideal alpine riding climate with unmatched scenery. Clinics, hosted rides, and shenani-gans., Tim Adams, 208-201-1622, [email protected], TVTAP , 208-201-1622, [email protected], Celeste Young, 208-709-8564, [email protected], tetonbikefest.org, tvtap.org
September 2-4, 2016 — Big Mountain Enduro Finals, Big Mountain Enduro Series, Crested Butte, CO, Course will be designed to give riders a unique riding experience to include high altitude trails and big descents. Ties backcountry terrain with lift-accessed stag-es throughout the series. Courses will feature predominantly timed downhill (special) stag-es linked together by non-timed climbing (liaison) stages., Sarah Rawley, 720-407-6142, [email protected], Brandon Ontiveros, 303-551-4813, [email protected], bigmountainenduro.com
September 4, 2016 — Rebecca’s Private Idaho, Ketchum, ID, 50mi or 100mi gravel grinder put on by professional racer Rebecca Rusch in her hometown of Ketchum, Idaho. The route can be done as a challenging ride or a lung busting, thigh screaming race up into the mountains surrounding Ketchum and Sun Valley. It is a beautiful route and it all ends in a great down-home party with food, festivities, music, and libations, Colleen Quindlen, 254-541-9661, [email protected], rebeccasprivateidaho.com
September 9-18, 2016 — Todd and Ned’s Durango Dirt Fondo, Durango, CO, Mountain Bike Fondo on Saturday, Gravel Grinder on Sunday. Various lengths. Ride with Todd Wells and Ned Overend, Gaige Sippy, 970-259-4621, [email protected], ToddandNedFondo.com
September 10, 2016 — Barn Burner 104, Flagstaff, AZ, 104 mile mountain bike race, Solo, Duo, Teams, Kaibab and Coconino National Forest, Camping on private land. 26 and 52 mile options. Party afterwards with music, food, and beer, Casey Brown, 480-299-1203, [email protected], Ryan Sumers, 949-929-7476, [email protected], barnburnermtb.com, redrockco.com
September 10, 2016 — Stone Temple 8, Curt Gowdy State Park, WY, Tentative start 9AM. This race will be run on the IMBA designed single track trails at Wyoming’s Curt Gowdy State Park. Racers will compete for eight hours on an approximately 15.1 mile loop, in teams and as individuals. The start/finish is will be located at the Aspen Grove Trailhead parking area, unless conditions require that we relocate the timer’s station to a different location. , Richard Vincent, 307-760-1917, 307-777-6478, [email protected], Dewey Gallegos, 307-742-5533, [email protected], laramieenduro.org
September 10, 2016 — Jurassic Classic, Lander, WY, Mountain bike race at Johnny Behind the Rocks. Start time - 8:00 am, route lengths from 4-22 miles. All skill levels welcome. Food truck, games, and raffle., Tony Ferlisi, [email protected], landercycling.org
September 10, 2016 — Idaho High School Cycling League Race #2, Galena Lodge, ID, Dylan Gradhandt, 208-340-5200, [email protected], idahomtb.org
September 10, 2016 — Bohart Bash, tentative date, MBRA series, Bozeman, MT, This cross-country mountain bike race is on a mostly singletrack loop in the beautiful Bridger Mountains near Bozeman, Alex Lussier, [email protected], Megan Lawson, 406-570-7475, [email protected], gallatinvalleybicycleclub.org, gascycling-team.com
September 10-11, 2016 — Vapor Trail 125, Salida, CO, 125 miles, 20,000 feet of climb-ing, 10 pm start, singletrack, Earl Walker, 719-539-9295, [email protected], Tom , 719-539-9295, [email protected], vaportrail125.com
September 17, 2016 — Fire on the Rim Mountain Bike Race, Pine, AZ, 15, 30, and 45 mile mtb races near Payson, AZ, Janet Brandt, [email protected], fireontherim.com
September 17, 2016 — Idaho High School Cycling League Race #3, Magic Mountain, ID, Dylan Gradhandt, 208-340-5200, [email protected], idahomtb.org
September 24, 2016 — JayP’s Backyard Gravel Pursuit, JayP’s Backyard Series, Island Park/West Yellowstone, ID, 60 or 120 miles near Yellowstone National Park on Forest Service roads. It’s an incredible time of year to be in this area and visit YNP!, Scott Fitzgerald, 208-787-2453, [email protected], Jay Petervary, 307-413-2248, [email protected], gravelpursuit.com
September 24, 2016 — Bogus Basin Enduro, Idaho Enduro Series, Boise, ID, James Lang, 208-571-1853, 208-344-9182, [email protected], idahoenduroseries.com
October 1, 2016 — Tour of the White Mountains, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, Arizona’s longest standing mountain bike event. At 7,000 feet, The Tour is a grassroots event with laid back
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vibes among a gathering of bike-minded individuals., Jes Olson, 520-623-1584, [email protected], epicrides.com
October 1, 2016 — Idaho High School Cycling League Race #4, Avimor or Targhee, ID, Dylan Gradhandt, 208-340-5200, [email protected], idahomtb.org
October 8, 2016 — Tamarack Enduro, Knobby Tire Series, Tamarack, ID, Hal Miller, 208-869-4055, 208-720-3019, [email protected], knobbytireseries.com
October 15, 2016 — Idaho High School Cycling League Race #5, Avimor or Targhee, ID, Dylan Gradhandt, 208-340-5200, [email protected], idahomtb.org
October 21-23, 2016 — USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, Snowshoe Mountain, WV, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], Chad Sperry, [email protected], usacycling.org
Utah Weekly
Road Race SeriesCyclesmith Rocky Mountain Raceways
Criterium Series — Utah Crit Series, West Valley City, UT, 6555 W. 2100 S., Saturdays at 11 am in March 5,12,19,26 - Tuesdays at 6pm April 2 - through September, A and B at 6, C and D at 7 pm, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahcritseries.com, utahbikeracing.com
Salt Air Time Trial Series — Utah Crit Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Every other Thursday April - September, I-80 Frontage Road West of the International Center; Starts 4-3-2015, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahcritseries.com
DLD (DMV) Criterium — Utah Crit Series, West Valley City, UT, Weekly Training Crit at the Driver’s Training Center, 4700S. 2780W., A flite - 6 pm, B flite between 6:45 and 7:05, Call for information regarding C flite. April-September, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahcritseries.com, skiutahcycling.com
Emigration Canyon Hillclimb Series — Utah Crit Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Starts north of Zoo 7.4 miles to top of Emigration. First rider off at 6:30. Every other Thursday April through August, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahcritseries.com
Uphill Cycling Series — Utah County, UT, Utah County, UT, Every second Saturday year round, Jan & Dec 1:00 pm, Feb & Nov 12:00 pm, Mar & Oct 11:00 am, Apr & Sep 10:00 am, May & Aug 9:00 am, Jun & Jul 8:00 am, Location rotates between 4 canyons: South Fork Provo, Hobble Creek Springville, Payson Nebo, & Santaquin, Mary Ann Nielsen, 801-231-2000, [email protected], uphillcyclingseries.blogspot.com
Utah Road RacingApril 8-10, 2016 — Ghost Town Omnium,
UCA Series, Tooele, UT, $2,000+ prize purse. Friday, April 8 - 5 p.m. - Ghost Town Crit 1 - Utah Motorsports Campus (formerly Miller Motorsports Park), Saturday, April 2 - 9 a.m.
- Ophir Road Race - Ophir, Utah, Saturday, April 9 - 2 p.m. - Ophir Time Trial - Ophir, Utah, Sunday, April 10 - 8 a.m. - Ghost Town Crit 2 - Utah Motorsports Campus, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], extramileracing.com
April 16, 2016 — East Canyon Echo Road Race, UCA Series, Henefer, UT, 10 AM start in Henefer to East Canyon Resort, turn around go to Echo Canyon, back to Henefer and finish on Hogsback. 60 mile course, James Zwick, 801-583-6281, [email protected], sports-am.com
April 23-24, 2016 — Cedar City Stage Race, UCA Series, Cedar City, UT, Jordan Bracken, 435-229-5397, 435-703-9880, [email protected], rapidcyclingracing.com
May 7, 2016 — Antelope Island Classic, UCA Series, Antelope Island, UT, Starts at the West end of the causeway, then across the causeway towards the ranch and end on the island. Mileage ranges from 32 to 60. $2,000 cash plus prizes. Junior state road race championships too., James Ferguson, 801-476-9476, [email protected], bmbbc.com
May 7, 2016 — Gran Fondo Moab, Moab, UT, Mass start timed road cycling event on the beautiful La Sal Loop road, 60 miles with 5500 feet of climbing. Not a sanctioned race, but you will get a time, awards, and placing., Scott Newton, 435-654-8650, 800-635-1792, [email protected], gran-fondomoab.com
May 13, 2016 — Bear Lake Classic Individual Hill Climb, UCA Series, Garden City, UT, 5 mile uphill climb from Garden City Office to the Summit of Bear Lake. Racers will start on 60-second intervals and will climb right hand side of road, single file. Portion of the same route as 2015 Tour of Utah, Stage 1. , Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, [email protected], bearlakeclassic.com
May 14, 2016 — Bear Lake Classic Road Race, UCA Series, Garden City, UT, 51 mile flat loop (or 102 double lap) with some rolling hills on east shore, followed by a flat and fast finish – a beautiful race around Bear Lake., Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, old-
[email protected], bearlakeclassic.com, bearlake.com
May 20-21, 2016 — Bikes for Kids Stage Race, UCA Series, Daybreak, UT, Criterium, Road Race and Time Trial. USAC license required- one-day licenses available. Proceeds from the race go to benefit Bikes for Kids Utah., Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], bikesforkidsutah.com/bikes-for-kids-stage-race
May 28, 2016 — Sugarhouse Criterium, UCA Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Bring the entire family and enjoy some of Utah’s best crit racing in one of Salt Lake’s Sugarhouse Park. State masters and juniors criterium champi-onships., Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahbikeracing.com
June 4, 2016 — Porcupine Hill Climb, UCA Series, Salt Lake City, UT, 14th Annual, Start: Porcupine Pub & Grille finishing at the Brighton Ski Resort, Big Cottonwood Canyon., Mike Meldrum, 801-424-9216, [email protected], Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, [email protected], porcu-pinecycling.com, racedayeventmanage-ment.com
June 4, 2016 — SunCrest Bicycle Hill Climb and Draper Trail Days, Draper Trail Days, Draper, UT, 15 mi, 2500 ft elev, Trails Day festival, Start
- Draper Equestrian Center 1600 E. Highland Drive (13500 South), End - Sun Crest, Brad Gilson, 801-694-7770, 801-694-8859, [email protected], DraperTrails.com, draper.ut.us/recreation
June 11, 2016 — Three Kings Cycling Event, North Salt Lake, UT, Winding through North Salt Lake, the Three Kings offers some of the steepest climbs of the season. Cyclists can choose to tackle one, two, or all three kings., Matt Jensen, 801-550-0778, [email protected], threekings.nslcity.org
June 16-18, 2016 — Utah Summer Games, Utah Summer Games Cycling, Cedar City, UT, Time Trial (10 miles out and back course), Hill Climb (4 miles with average grade of 7%, Criterium (.95 mile closed course, counter clockwise) , Road Race (20, 40 and 60 mile course) with overall Omnium., Casey McClellan, 435-865-8421, 435-865-8422, [email protected], Steve Ahlgreen, 435-865-8421, 435-865-8423, [email protected], utahsummergames.org
June 17-18, 2016 — Rockwell Relay: Moab to St. George, Moab, UT, Road race with 4 rider teams and three legs per rider, covering 528 miles. Multiple start times at Swanny Park in Moab finishing at Bluff Street Park in St. George., Tyler Servoss, 801-888-3233, [email protected], rockwellrelay.com
June 18, 2016 — Utah State Time Trial Championship, UCA Series, TBD, UT, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahbikeracing.com
June 25, 2016 — New Race, UCA Series, TBD, UT, Marek Shon, 801-209-2479, [email protected], utahbikeracing.com
July 4, 2016 — Bountiful Mazda’s Criterium, UCA Series, Bountiful, UT, Criterium, Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, [email protected], racedayeventmanagement.com
July 6, 2016 — Station Park Criterium, Farmington, UT, Fast and technical Criterium. UCA Non-points race and USAC sanc-tioned., Tyler Servoss, 801-888-3233, [email protected], Tyler Servoss, [email protected], stationparkcrit.com
July 9, 2016 — Cache Gran Fondo, UCA Series, Logan, UT, 5th annual Cache Gran Fondo. Starting at the Intermountain Hospital in Logan, riders follow a scenic and fun route through Northern Utah, over Weston Canyon (Idaho) to Malad, Idaho, then back down into Cache Valley, Utah, ending up with a closed finish in down-town Logan with a party and fun festivities. 100 miles and 50 mile course, very well supported and stocked aid stations. Also, UCA race for licensed racers. Masters State Championships, Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, [email protected], cachegranfondo.com
July 15-16, 2016 — Capitol Reef Classic , UCA Series, Torrey, UT, Two days, three stages. Friday circuit race and ITT, Saturday road race. Must complete the first stage to con-tinue on to the next. Distances determined by racer’s category., Tina Anderson, 435-425-3491, 435-691-1696, [email protected], Scott Anderson, [email protected], capitol-reefclassic.bike
July 23, 2016 — Iron Lung Ride, Salt Lake City, UT, 120 mile timed road race starting at This Is The Place Heritage Park and turning around near Snowbasin Resort., Michelle Lyman, 801-941-5526, [email protected], ironlungride.com
July 29-30, 2016 — Saints to Sinners Bike Relay, Salt Lake City, UT, Fundraiser relay road race from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. Over 500 miles with elevations from 1500 to 10500 feet. Race in teams through the night, fundraiser event for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease., Steven Tew, 801-822-4870, [email protected], SaintstoSinners.com
July 30, 2016 — West Mountain Circuit Race, UCA Series, Genola, UT, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], extramileracing.com
August 1-7, 2016 — Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, Various, UT, The Tour of Utah is a UCI 2.HC sanctioned stage race for the top men’s teams in the world. As America’s Toughest
Stage Race, the race covers more than 500 miles across Utah, and 52,000 feet of climbing. It is broadcast worldwide on Tour Tracker and is free for spectators., Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah , 801-325-2500, [email protected], tourofutah.com
August 13, 2016 — Heber Valley Circuit Race, UCA Series, Heber, UT, Scenic but challeng-ing 8-mile circuits in Heber Valley, Utah. State road race championship for category riders., Mike Meldrum, 801-424-9216, [email protected], Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, [email protected], Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], extramileracing.com, racedayeventman-agement.com
August 13, 2016 — Wildflower Hill Climb, Mountain Green, UT, Timed 5.5 mile climb during the 75 mile course option in this women-only cycling event. Age-group cash prizes. Gift for all who complete the climb., Stacie Palmer, 801-644-9940, 801-336-6198, [email protected], wildflower-pedalfest.com
August 20, 2016 — Tour de Park City, UCA Series, Park City, UT, 157 Classic Road Race returns for 2016! 7,500 feet of climbing, 10,750 foot summit. Fully Supported. Start and finish in the same spot., Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], tourdeparkcity.com, extramileracing.com
August 26-29, 2016 — Hoodoo 500, Utah Triple Crown, St. George, UT, 500 mile loop race through Southern Utah. Non-stop or stage race, solo and relay team divisions. 300 mile option as well., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, [email protected], Hoodoo500.com
September 10, 2016 — LOTOJA Classic Road Race, Logan, UT, 34th Annual, 1 day, 3 states, 200-plus mile road race from Logan, UT to Jackson Hole, WY., Brent Chambers, 801-546-0090, [email protected], lotojaclassic.com
September 10, 2016 — Utah Tour de Donut, American Fork, UT, 9th Annual event - Most fun you’ll have on a bike. Three 7-mile laps, eat donuts to reduce your time. Starts at 8:00 am., Rodney Martin, 801-427-6400, [email protected], Ronald Tolley, 480-285-6281, [email protected], Utah Tour de Donut , [email protected], utahtourdedonut.org
September 17, 2016 — Harvest Moon Criterium, UCA Series, Ogden, UT, 4 corner crit in Downtown Ogden around the Municipal Park between 25th & 26th Streets. State Criterium Championships for category riders , Tyler Servoss, 801-888-3233, [email protected], teamexcelerator.com
September 23-24, 2016 — Salt to Saint Relay, Salt Lake City, UT, 420 mile relay race from Salt Lake City to St. George following Hwy 89. Broken into 24 legs. Ride Solo, or as 4 or 8 person relay teams. Men, Women, and Mixed categories., Clay Christensen, 801-234-0399, [email protected], salttosaint.com
September 24, 2016 — Snowbird Hill Climb, Snowbird, UT, 38th Annual, 9 am start on 9400 S. near 20th East, climb to Snowbird’s entry II. 10 miles, 3500. vertical. Or choose the Ultra Hill Climb option. After the road climb, jump on your mountain bike and climb to the summit of Hidden Peak (14 miles total, 6500’ of climbing)., Misty , 801-933-2115, [email protected], snowbird.com/events/bicycle-hill-climb
October 4-7, 2016 — Huntsman World Senior Games Cycling, St. George, UT, Must be 50 years or older. Four events: hill climb, time trial, criterium and road race. Skill divisions I, II, and III., Kyle Case, 800-562-1268, [email protected], seniorgames.net
October 8, 2016 — City Creek Bike Sprint, Salt Lake City, UT, Race starts at the mouth of City Creek Canyon and finishes at Rotary Park where we will have awards, food, music and fun. , James Zwick, 801-583-6281, [email protected], sports-am.com
October 8, 2016 — The BURN Bicycle Hill Climb, Copperton, UT, Climb Butterfield Canyon. Also 10 K and half-marathon run., Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], burnrace.com, extramileracing.com
Regional WeeklyRoad Race Series
Las Vegas Tuesday Night World’s — Henderson, NV, Tuesday Night Criterium series starting March 11B Race - 4:30 PM (25 min) - Beginners or those not comfortable with experienced racers, A Race - 5:00 PM (25 min) - Those who have raced and ready to hammer, Location: 1021 East Paradise Hills Drive, Henderson, NV 89002, Mike Olsen, 702-927-4069, [email protected], vegasbikeracing.com
April 19-September 6, 2016 — Collin Craig Memorial Series, Bozeman, MT, Weekly road series that includes road races, time tri-als, criteriums, mountain bike races and more, Alex Lussier, [email protected], Phil Rotherman, [email protected], Mollie McKiernan, [email protected], Patrick Wessel, [email protected], ccms.gallatinvalleybicycleclub.org
June 9-September 17, 2016 — Billings Criterium Series at South Park, MBRA Series, Billings, MT, Criterium races at South Park, Coul Hill, 406-690-6629, [email protected], montanacy-cling.net, montanaspoke.com
Regional Road RacingApril 15-17, 2016 — Tour of Walla Walla Stage
Race, Walla Walla, WA, Pacific NW premier 3 day Stage race. - 2 RRs, crit, TT. Eight fields, 5 for men and 3 for women- Men Pro-1-2, 3, 4, 5, Mstrs 40+ cats 1-4; Wom 1-2, 3, 4. Stage Race - 2 RRs, Crit, TT. Men Pro -1-2, 3, 4, 5, Mstrs 40+ Cats 1-4, Wom 1-2, 3, 4., Michael Austin, 509-386-1149, 509-525-4949, [email protected], tofww.org
April 16-17, 2016 — USA Cycling Professional Criterium & Team Time Trial National Championships, Greenville, SC, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacy-cling.org
April 23-24, 2016 — Bobcat Classic, Bozeman, MT, A 33 mile loop through rural Montana landscape. Majestic views as riders traverse rolling hills and narrow river canyons. All rid-ers finish on a grueling 5km, 1,200 ft climb to the top of the Lewis and Clark Caverns., Drew Cardoza, 406-425-0609, drewcardo-
[email protected], Jacob Wahry, 907-229-0524, [email protected], Michael Amos, 415-306-4521, [email protected], usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2016-1207, montanacycling.net
April 24, 2016 — Chicken Dinner Road Race, Spring Series, Nampa, ID, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
April 24, 2016 — The Rocky Mountain Roubaix, Frenchtown, MT, 41-61 mile course. This is a road race with a mix of paved and gravel roads. Race distance varies by category. Bring heavy duty tires!, Andy Schultz, 406-531-7572, [email protected], usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2016-1430, montanacycling.net/schedule
April 24, 2016 — Bobcat USAC Criterium Open Race, Bozeman, MT, Criterium, Drew Cardoza, 406-425-0609, [email protected], Jacob Wahry, 907-229-0524, [email protected], Michael Amos, 415-306-4521, [email protected], usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2016-951, montanacycling.net
April 29-May 1, 2016 — Maverick Classic, Collegiate Road - RMCCC, Grand Junction, CO, Omnium Race: Collegiate Road Regional Championships and Open class including stages in Grand Junction, Palisade, and Fruita, Colorado., Rick Taggart, [email protected], Patric Rostel, 970-248-1503, [email protected], Jennifer Stoll, 970-248-1469, [email protected], coloradomesa.edu/maver-ickclassic/, org.coloradomesa.edu/cycling
April 30, 2016 — Tax Day Road Race, UCA Series, Inkom, ID, Great circuit race, start and finish in Inkom with a 1.2 mile neutral roll out of town, followed by 4.5 mile rolling to the circuit (7.3 mi). Riders will do a specified number of laps, followed by another half lap to finish at the top of the climb. Climb per lap is 750 ft., Bob and Kris Walker, 208-251-1657, [email protected], idaho-cycling.com
May 1, 2016 — Emmett-Roubaix Road Race, Spring Series, Emmett, ID, Idaho State Road Race Championships, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
May 1, 2016 — Idaho State Road Race Championships, SWICA, Boise, ID, USA Cycling Categories, 37, 56, or 69 miles, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], Vernon Padaca, 208-571-1730, [email protected], ida-hobikeracing.com, gcorsaevents.com
May 4-8, 2016 — Tour of the Gila, Silver City, NM, 5 stages, UCI mens, UCI womens, ama-teur categories. Great spring racing!, Jack Brennan, 575-590-2612, [email protected], tourofthegila.com
May 7, 2016 — Chino Grinder , Chino Valley, AZ, Endurance Cycling Event- 106 mile gravel grinder from Chino to Williams and back with 9700 feet of climbing with 53 and 42 mile options., Epic , 480-442-7694, [email protected], azgravelrides.com, chinogrinder.azgravelrides.com
May 13-15, 2016 — USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, Marshall & Weaverville, NC, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org
May 20-22, 2016 — Tour of Ontario Stage Race, Ontario, OR, The Tour of Ontario is a two day, three stage race on the border of Oregon and Idaho. , John Rogers, 208-284-9671, [email protected], Robert Hoene, 208-921-5203, [email protected], bobsbicycles.com, tourofontario.com
May 21, 2016 — Ride for the Pass, Aspen, CO, Benefits the Independence Pass Foundation. 22nd Annual from the Winter Gate, 4 miles east of Aspen, to the Independence Ghost Town approximately 10 miles east up Highway 82 on Independence Pass, gains approximately 2200 feet of elevation, from 8,500ft to 10,700ft., Mark Fuller, 970-963-4959, 970-618-5086, [email protected], inde-pendencepass.org
May 24-28, 2016 — USA Cycling Masters & Para-Cycling Road National Championships, Winston-Salem, NC, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org
May 27-29, 2016 — USA Cycling Professional Road and TT National Championships, Winston-Salem, NC, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org
May 28-30, 2016 — Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, Durango, CO, 45th Annual, Road Race and tour from Durango to Silverton, Road Circuit race and Time Trial, 25/50 mile tour,
Kids Race and Mountain Bike Cross Country Race., Gaige Sippy, 970-259-4621, [email protected], ironhorse-bicycleclassic.com
June 4, 2016 — Lyle Pearson 200-mile Team Challenge, Boise, ID, 9th Annual - Team relay road race from Boise to Sun Valley, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
June 4, 2016 — Just for the Hill of It, White Bird, ID, Benefit for Syringa Hospital & Clinics Hospice, face the challenging switchbacks of the Old White Bird Grade. Experience 13 miles with a gentle climb starting at Hammer Creek at 1600’ and continuing to the summit at 3800’. All ages are wel-come to come & join in the fun!, Clarence Chapman, 208-921-1963, [email protected], syringahospital.org
June 11, 2016 — Mike Mercy Memorial - Idaho State Time Trial Championships, Nampa, ID, Poen/Swan Falls Rd, Howard Roose, 208-484-8342, [email protected], idahobiker-acing.org
June 15, 2016 — Little Park Road Hillclimb, Grand Junction, CO, Hillclimb #2 up Little Park Road - 1st half., John Klish, 970-744-4450, [email protected], madrac-ingcolorado.com
June 24-26, 2016 — Baker City Cycling Classic, Oregon Women’s Prestige Series, Baker City, OR, Three days and five stages in beautiful eastern Oregon, with great support and unparalleled scenery. Over 8,000 ft of climb-ing over the three days in one of the coun-try’s most beautiful cycling regions. Pros and amateurs race the same courses and the women’s and men’s prize purses are matched by sponsor BELLA Main St. Market., Brian Vegter, 541-325-1689, [email protected], bakercitycycling.org
June 25, 2016 — SICK Hill Climb, Hansen, ID, This is a timed event, a 22 mile cycling hill climb, summit finish. The climb is a 3000 foot climb. The first 15 miles are gradual and the last 7 miles climbs 1800 feet. Starts at Rock Creek General Store. 3048 North 3800 East. This is a USA Cycling non-competitive event., Ken Stephens, 208-430-4514, [email protected], SICK Hill Climb , [email protected], sick-riders.com
June 30-July 3, 2016 — USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships, Louisville, KY, Elite, U23 and Junior Road National Championships., Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org
July 12-17, 2016 — USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Mammoth Mountain, CA, Micah Rice, 719-434-4200, [email protected], usacycling.org
July 13-16, 2016 — Southeast Idaho Senior Games, Pocatello, ID, Hill Climb, 5k and 10K Time Trials, 20 K and 40 K Road Races, Criterium, Dana Olson, 208-233-2034, 208-317-3918, [email protected], seidahoseniorgames.org
July 16, 2016 — Andersen Banducci Twilight Criterium, National Criterium Calendar, Boise, ID, 28th Annual, NCC race., Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], Dirk Cowley, 801-699-5126, [email protected], boisetwilight-criterium.com, gcorsaevents.com
July 17, 2016 — Idaho State Criterium Championship, Hidden Springs, ID, Start/Finish at Hidden Springs Community-Village Green at 9 am., Kurt Holzer, 208-890-3118, [email protected], lostrivercyling.org
July 23, 2016 — Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb , Evergreen, CO, This is an arduous 28 mile bicycle race that ends on the highest paved road in the United States. Bob Cook holds the record for the race: 1 hour, 54 minutes, 27 seconds. , Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, [email protected], Kim Nordquist, 303-249-6168, [email protected], bicyclerace.com
July 30, 2016 — Targhee Hill Climb, Driggs, ID, Time trial starts at 10 am with 30 second intervals. Starts at Peaked Sports in Driggs, climbs Ski Hill Road and ends half a mile from the Grand Targhee Resort. The course covers 12 miles and 2,200 vertical feet. Awards, Raffle and results 1 pm at Peaked Sports. Net proceeds benefit Teton Valley Trails and Pathways., Dick Weinbrandt, 208-354-2354, [email protected], peaked-sports.com
July 31, 2016 — Teton Pass Hill Climb, Wilson, WY, 8:30 AM road race (4.7 miles, 2284 ft. vertical), 10:30 AM MTB race (5.6 miles, 2870 ft. vertical), cash prizes for top 3 men and women combined racers, Raffle and party following., Dick Weinbrandt, 208-354-2354,
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[email protected], Forest Dramis, [email protected], jhcycling.org
August 13, 2016 — Lamoille Canyon Hill Climb, Lamoille, NV, 11th annual. Road Race hill climb, 12 miles, 3000ft hill climb in Ruby Mountains. Race starts at 9am. Post event picnic and awards in Lamoille Grove, 11:30am., Annette White, 775-842-9125, [email protected], elkovelo.com
August 20, 2016 — Bogus Basin Hill Climb, Boise, ID, 42nd Annual, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
September 10, 2016 — Race to the Angel, Wells, NV, Hill climb. 31st Annual. The race is open to riders on mountain and road bikes, runners, walkers and triathletes: individual or team (Sprint Triathlon - 750m swim, 5K run, 20K bike). The half marathon course begins at the Wells City pool and climbs approxi-mately 2,784 feet to Angel Lake in the East Humboldt range of the Ruby Mountains. The half marathon course is entirely on pavement., Wells Chamber, 775-752-3540, [email protected], Robert Johnson, 775-340-5943, [email protected], racetotheangel.org, rubymoun-tainrelay.com
September 12-18, 2016 — World Human Powered Speed Challenge, Battle Mountain, NV, Cyclists from around the world will gath-er on SR305, perhaps the fastest strectch of road in the world to see who is the fast-est cyclist in the world. The 2013 record was 83.13 mph!, Al Krause, 707-443-8261, [email protected], ihpva.org, whpsc.org
September 16-17, 2016 — Billings Omnium Weekend, MBRA Series, Billings, MT, State Championship Time trial Friday, Hogback road race Saturday, Criterium Saturday Night. Phipps Park., Coul Hill, 406-690-6629, [email protected], montanacycling.net, montanaspoke.com
September 17, 2016 — Hogback Classic, MBRA Series, MT, The Third Annual Hogback Classic is STAGE 2 of the 2016 Billings Omnium Weekend (TT on Friday night, Crit on Saturday night), Coul Hill, 406-690-6629, [email protected], montanacycling.net, mon-tanaspoke.com
September 24, 2016 — Mt. Charleston Hill Climb, Las Vegas, NV, 17.5 miles, 5357’ of climbing, finish at Las Vegas Ski Resort, Begins at the base of Highway 156. 8 am. Mass start., David McDonough, 702-823-1680, [email protected], Carol Vails, 702-823-1680, [email protected], brokenspokebikeslv.com
September 24, 2016 — Telluride 200 Gran Fondo, Telluride, CO, 13th annual, From the high mountains of Telluride, cyclists descend past hillsides of quaking aspens along a route that passes through millions of years of geologic record, ultimately finding them-selves at the base of striated sandstone cliffs reaching up to 1,000 feet overhead. Benefits the Just for Kids Foundation. , Heidi Lauterbach, 970-729-1372, [email protected], Victoria Lovely, 773-590-6499, [email protected], m2dbikeride.com
September 24, 2016 — Man vs Machine, Williams, AZ, The Grand Canyon Railway, in partnership with Grand Canyon Racing, will fire up its steam engine 4960 - a 310-ton behemoth built in 1923 - to take on hundreds of intrepid bicyclists on a 53-mile course that will climb 2,023 feet starting at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to iconic Williams, AZ, finishing on historic route 66., PJ Borman, 602-296-8313, [email protected], grandcanyonracing.com
September 24, 2016 — Bear Lake Omnium, UCA Series, Montpelier, UT/ID, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], Bearlakeendurance.com, extramileracing.com
Utah Road TouringApril 2, 2016 — Legacy Parkway SuperSeries
, BCC SuperSeries, Centerville, UT, Free self-supported event. Start: Foxboro Park NSL, flattest 100 ever 4 trips up and back on the Legacy Parkway bike path. Food at Farmington Station. Shorter leg options of 30 and 60 miles for one or two trips up and back., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Greg Allen, 801-450-1861, [email protected], bccutah.org
April 9, 2016 — Willard Bay 100, BCC SuperSeries, Centerville, UT, Free Self-supported. Plenty of store stops. No Entry Fee. Start Centerville JHS to Willard Bay Truck Stop. Shorter leg options of 30 and 75 miles cover Layton and Syracuse. Rain date if required the following
week., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
April 16, 2016 — Spring Tour de St. George , St. George, UT, Did you enjoy the Fall Tour? Come see the rest of southern Utah on your bike as we take you on the other half of our two-part tour of the southern Utah scenery. Fully supported Gran Fondo., Ryan Gurr, 435-674-3185, [email protected], Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, [email protected], ridesouthernutah.com
April 16, 2016 — Salt Lake City Marathon Bike Tour, Salt Lake City, UT, Ride the closed 26.2 mile marathon course through the most iconic sites of Salt Lake! All abilities welcome! Start at 6:00am. , Steve Bingham, 720-608-1783, [email protected], Jennifer Nelson, 801-455-9623, [email protected], saltlakecity-marathon.com
April 23, 2016 — Front Runner Metric Century Ride, Salt Lake City, UT, Point to point metric century bicycle ride from Salt Lake City’s Intermodal Hub to Ogden. Return to Salt Lake City via the UTA FrontRunner train service. Your bicycle will be transported via private truck to SLC., Matt Storms, 801-448-6061, [email protected], frontrun-nercentury.com
April 23, 2016 — Zion Gran Fondo, Gran Fondo Triple Crown, Springdale, UT, Perfect spring-time cycling event on the scenic roads around America’s most beautiful National Park. Fully supported, Chip timed, Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, [email protected], granfondotriplecrown.com, plan-etultra.com
April 23, 2016 — Willard Bay & Beyond Brevet, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Centerville, UT, 62 or 125 miles. Self-supported ride from the Wal-Mart in Centerville, through Hooper, Willard Bay and Brigham City with a turnaround at Corinne. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event. Sponsored by Bonneville Cycling Club and the Salt Lake Randonneurs, Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], SaltLakeRandos.org
April 30, 2016 — Tour de Brewtah, Utah Bike Month, Salt Lake City, UT, A tour highlight-ing Salt Lake’s great bicycle infrastructure, engaged community, and craft beers, Becky Van Horsen, 801-484-4128, [email protected], Cynthia Stringham, 801-535-6167, [email protected], tourdebrewtah.org
May 7, 2016 — Biker’s Edge Cinco de Mayo Century, Kaysville, UT, Free, fully-supported by Biker’s Edge and America First Credit Union, 100 and 50-mile ride starting in Kaysville. Made for every level of rider with a gradual +/- 1,800ft. Community fun ride with great food. , Taylor Arnold, 801-544-5300, [email protected], bebikes.com
May 7, 2016 — Gran Fondo Moab, Moab, UT, Mass start timed road cycling event on the beautiful La Sal Loop road, 60 miles with 5500 feet of climbing. Not a sanctioned race, but you will get a time, awards, and placing., Scott Newton, 435-654-8650, 800-635-1792, [email protected], gran-fondomoab.com
May 7, 2016 — Hobble Creek, Springville, UT, 62 or 125 mile self-supported loop ride up Hobble Creek Canyon and on the rural roads south of Utah Lake. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltla-kerandos.org
May 7, 2016 — Canyons of Cache, BCC SuperSeries, Mendon, UT, Meet at Mendon Church for a route that climbs Blacksmith, and Sardine, loops to Brigham City and back over the north slope into Cache Valley., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
May 8, 2016 — Amazing Earthfest, Kanab, UT, 10th Grand Staircase Escalante Road Ride: Highly Scenic 35 mile out and back route, Start 7:45 am, 420 East 300 South (US 89), Kanab, Utah, Pre-ride refreshments., Rich Csenge, 435-644-3735, [email protected], amaz-ingearthfest.org
May 14, 2016 — Springville to Nephi 100, BCC SuperSeries, Springville, UT, Start Springville Cracker Barrel frontage road to Nephi and back thru orchards, flat to rolling. Self Supported with shorter 30, 60, and 75 mile options. Store stops enroute. Self support-ed. Free event., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
May 14, 2016 — Gran Fondo Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, UT, A timed bicycle tour of the Salt Lake Valley. Fully supported aid stations, professional on-course support, and a finish line meal await. Optional KOM/QOM chal-
lenge ride for the climbers out there. Utah’s first Classic & Custom Bike Show at the finish line. Benefits Bike Utah & Team Kid Courage., Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], GranFondoSaltLake.com, extramileracing.com
May 15-September 18, 2016 — Cycling Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon National Parks, St. George, UT, 7-day, 400-mile guided road biking tour of the Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks, including Brian Head, Panguich Lake, Red Canyon and Kanab. Tour includes 6 nights camping with last night at Inn or 6 nights innstay, transpor-tation and food. May 15-21, May 29-June 4, June 12-18, June 26-July 2, July 10-16, July 31- Aug 6, Aug 14-20, Aug 28-Sep 3, Sep 4-10, Sep 18-24. , Kevin Ford, 800-596-2953 x1, 702-596-2953, [email protected], escapeadventures.com
May 19-21, 2016 — Road Respect Southern Utah Tour, Road Respect Bike Tour, Utah Bike Month, Southern, UT, The Road Respect Bike Tour is a series of organized rides (free to pub-lic) focused on roadway safety and respect between cars and bikes. Ride details with routes on the website provided. 5/19/16: Richfield, 5/20/16: Cedar City, 5/21/16: Enterprise, Keri Gibson, 801-243-7571, [email protected], Jack Lasley, 801-450-8232, [email protected], roadrespectutah.org
May 21, 2016 — Ride for the Angels, Copperton, UT, 7th Annual. Start: 8:30am; 8655 West 10390 South Copperton Park; Routes: 25, 50 miles and Metric Century 62.5 miles; $50.00 includes swag bag and ride shirt. With each registration you will be entered to win a new bike. Drawing to be held Saturday at 8:00 am, right before the start of the event. Rest stops and road support, Great cause! Post Ride Picnic too!, Steve McIntyre, 801-560-6954, [email protected], angelshands.org
May 21, 2016 — Nebo Gallivant, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Nephi, UT, 300k brevet (190 miles). Self-supported loop ride from Nephi up through scenic Sanpete County and then out west through Eureka, near shores of Utah Lake and back. A bre-vet is a time ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
May 21, 2016 — Randy Wirth Half Century Ride, Logan, UT, A 50 mile tour showcasing favor-ite Cache Valley Rides of long-time Logan businessman, roastmaster and conservation-ist Randy Wirth. Proceeds will go toward bird habitat in Logan and downtown cov-ered bike shelter. This year’s forecast: warm, sunny, tailwinds and 100% chance of good times in Cache Valley., Greg Parry, 435-750-0193, 435-753-4777, [email protected], Debbie Simpson, 435-750-0193, 435-753-4777, [email protected], randywirthhcr.org, randywirth50miles.org
May 21, 2016 — Bear Lake Classic Century and 1/2 Century, Garden City, UT, 51 mile flat loop with some rolling hills on east shore, followed by a flat and fast finish – a beau-tiful ride around Bear Lake. 1/2 and full Century options. Portion of the same route as 2015 Tour of Utah, Stage 1., Kevin Rohwer, 435-881-7444, [email protected], Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, [email protected], bearlakeclassic.com, bearlake.com
May 28, 2016 — Little Red Pre-Ride, BCC SuperSeries, Mendon, UT, Meet Mendon Church for pre-riding the Little Red Route. Store stops for water and food. Free event., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Jen Green, 435-563-1212, [email protected], bccutah.org
May 30, 2016 — Antelope Island 100, BCC SuperSeries, Salt Lake City, UT, Memorial Day
- 100 miler Meet at Westpoint Park SLC 1100 N 1800 W. 60 mile option starts at Farmington Station UTA station Ride to Antelope Island Ranch and back, Free event - Causeway entry fee required BCC members free admis-sion to Causeway., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
June 3, 2016 — Little Red Riding Hood, Lewiston, UT, Women only century ride, 15, 35, 62, 80 and 100 mile distances in Cache Valley, fundraiser for Women’s Cancer Research at the Huntman Cancer Institute. Reg. opens in February. This event sells out quickly., Penny Perkins, [email protected], Curt Griffin, [email protected], bccutah.org
June 4, 2016 — Ride the Gap Century, Parowan, UT, Enjoy cooler weather in the high country of beautiful Southern Utah. Fun and fast with a mileage option for every rider. Nothing like a small town with big fun! Enjoy open roads and very little traffic., Ryan Gurr, 435-674-3185, [email protected], Margaret Gibson,
435-229-6251, [email protected], ridesouthernutah.com
June 4-5, 2016 — Utah Bicycle Touring Society’s Overnight Bike Tour, Salt Lake City, UT, 10th annual overnighter. This event is for new and experienced bicycle travelers. We will bicycle in a self-sufficient manner to Rock Cliff Recreation Area to camp overnight, and then return Sunday., Lou Melini, 801-487-6318, [email protected], Cheryl Soshnik, 4356499008, [email protected],
June 9-11, 2016 — Road Respect Northern Utah Tour, Road Respect Bike Tour, Wasatch/Summit/Davis Counties, UT, The Road Respect Bike Tour is a series of organized rides (free to public) focused on roadway safety and respect between cars and bikes. Ride details with routes on the website pro-vided. 6/9/16: Wasatch County, 6/10/16: Summit County, 6/11/16: Davis County, Keri Gibson, 801-243-7571, [email protected], Jack Lasley, 801-450-8232, [email protected], roadrespectutah.org
June 11, 2016 — American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure, Brigham City, UT, Tour de Cure is an incredible experience riding through the World’s Greatest Bird Refuge. Join 1000 riders, 250 volunteers, many spectators and sponsors for a finish line celebration at Heritage Arts Festival on Brigham City’s Main Street. If you have diabetes you are a Red Rider. Route options of 1 mile Family Fun Loop, 12, 33, 55, 75, and 100 miles., Drew DeHahn, 801-363-3024 x7071, [email protected], diabetes.org/utahtour
June 11, 2016 — Provo A Go-Go, BCC SuperSeries, Draper, UT, Start Draper Park, ride past point of the mountain, thru Provo to Spanish Fork and back on a loop route. Free event, self supported with shorter 30 and 60 mile options. Store stops enroute. Possible Sunday option., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
June 11, 2016 — Wasatch Front Series, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Saratoga Springs, UT, Starts in Saratoga Springs, out to the West Desert and around the Oquirrh Mountains and/or around Hobble Creek & Utah Lake. 130, 200 or 400 km (83 to 250 mile) options. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event, Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
June 16-24, 2016 — Rocky Mountain Tour, Cross Country Challenge, Salt Lake City, UT, The Rocky Mountain Tour travels 593 miles in 8 cycling days (9 total). Ride through the Wasatch Range and over the Rocky Mountains from Salt Lake City UT to Pueblo CO., Bill Lannon, 888-797-7057, [email protected], abbike.com
June 18, 2016 — Three Kings Cycling Event, North Salt Lake, UT, Can you conquer the Kings? Held In North Salt Lake, the Three Kings challenge riders up three awesome climbs; over $1,000 in prize money!, Matt Jensen, 801-550-0778, [email protected], threekings.nslcity.org
June 18, 2016 — Huntsman 140, Delta , UT, A road cycling, non-competitive ride with 25, 50, 75, and 140 mile distances that raises funds for cancer research at Huntsman Cancer Institute., Jen Murano-Tucker, 801-584-5815, [email protected], huntsman140.com
June 25-26, 2016 — Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride, Bike MS, Logan, UT, Join thou-sands of cyclists from around the region and celebrate 30 years of Bike MS: the premier fundraising cycling series in the nation rais-ing funds for a world free of MS. The Bike MS experience offers route options ranging from 45 to 150 miles over two days and is friendly to all abilities with rest stops every 8-12 miles. Camping, meals, and entertainment based out of Cache Valley Fairgrounds (400 S 500 W) in Logan., Melissa Mathews, 801-424-0112, [email protected], bikemsutah.org
July 2, 2016 — Tour de Riverton, Riverton, UT, 16th Annual, Part of Riverton Town Days. Fun family ride. 25 mile loop through Riverton and Herriman., Brad Rowberry, 801-523-8268, [email protected], tourderiverton.com, infinitecycles.com
July 9, 2016 — Mt. Nebo Climb, BCC SuperSeries, Nephi, UT, Memorial Day - Meet at Nephi City Park. Ride to Santaquin and climb Mt Nebo north to south 70 mile loop. Self-supported free event - bring extra water; short supply on the mountain., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Doug Jensen, 801-815-3858, [email protected], bccutah.org
July 9, 2016 — Cache Gran Fondo, Logan, UT, 100 and 50 mile gran fondo style ride & tour. This UCA event features canyons, hills, long flats & beautiful Cache Valley vistas. Benefit for Logan Regional Hospital, run by Headspin Events. Grand Prize: FreeMotion Tour de France bike + $1000s dollars in rider prizes. , Troy Oldham, 435-764-2979, [email protected], cachegranfondo.com, loganhospitalfoundation.org
July 15, 2016 — Antelope by Moonlight Bike Ride, Antelope Island, UT, 23rd Annual , 10pm. Open to participants of all ages and starts at the Antelope Island’s White Rock Bay. The half way point is the historic Fielding Garr Ranch where refreshments are served. The entire route is 24 miles on an asphalt road. , Neka Roundy, 801-451-3286, [email protected], daviscountyutah.gov, antelo-pebymoonlight.com
July 16, 2016 — Desperado Duel, Panguitch, UT, Come and experience the flattest and best 100 mile course and 50 mile option, we have also added a grueling 150 mile option for those training for the big 209 in September. Enjoy the scenery and virtually no traffic. Desperado Duel is one of the best Gran Fondos in Utah., Ryan Gurr, 435-674-3185, [email protected], Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, [email protected], ridesouthernutah.com
July 16, 2016 — The GLMR Century, Spanish Fork, UT, Utah’s Premier Cycling Event to raise awareness for, honor those taken by, and help those afflicted with mental illness., Zach Ludlow, 801-808-2569, [email protected], Porter Sproul, 702-624-7484, [email protected], theglmr.com
July 16, 2016 — Good News Jail and Prison Ministry Fundraiser Bicycle Ride, Park City, UT, Join us for coffee at 9:00 am at the Shepherd of the Mountains Church. Self-paced ride starts at 10:00. Funds donated go to keep Chaplains in the Salt Lake County Jail. Park City venue includes a ride on paved park-way trails, around a farm, meadows, woods, over bridges, under a tunnel and circling a park. Everyone is invited, all skill levels are welcome. Lunch and T-Shirt provided
with $35 entry donation., Mary Challier, 385-468-8409, 801-518-2840, [email protected], goodnewsjail.org
July 16, 2016 — Golden Spike, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Harrisville, UT, Self Supported 125 mile (200km) ride out to Golden Spike National Monument and back. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
July 16, 2016 — Giro Donna, North Salt Lake City, UT, A women only ride, 100 km course commencing and ending at Legacy Park. A few miles on city streets, enter Legacy Parkway Trail and Denver & Rio Grand Trail systems prior to circling through west Davis and Weber Counties. 50 km option. Flat with a few rollers, supplied aid stations, and SAG vehicles., Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], girodonna.com, extra-mileracing.com
July 23, 2016 — North South Century - Freedom Ride, BCC SuperSeries, Salt Lake City, UT, Location: Tanner Park. Start the holiday weekend with 100 miles all in SL county. Stops for water and food. Free event., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Tom Coffey, 801-737-3241, [email protected], bccutah.org
July 23, 2016 — South Sevier Ram Ride, Monroe, UT, 15 miles, 25 miles & New this year is a 50 miler . Start time is 6:00 a.m. 1 block west of Monroe City Park., Heather Newby, 435-201-0138, [email protected],
July 23-30, 2016 — 109 West, Moab, UT, 7 day tour with single and multi day options, Trisha Moran, 970-626-9913, [email protected], 109west.com
July 23, 2016 — Iron Lung Ride, Salt Lake City, UT, 32, 80, or 120 mile options out and back starting at This Is The Place Heritage Park and turning around near Snowbasin Resort. Challenging climbing, with plenty of rollers and flats to recover. Bring the family and make this part of your Pioneer Day cel-ebration. Utah Triple Crank qualifier, along with Rockwell Relay and LOTOJA., Michelle Lyman, 801-941-5526, [email protected], ironlungride.com
July 29-30, 2016 — Saints to Sinners Bike Relay, Salt Lake City, UT, Fundraiser relay road race from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. Over 500 miles with elevations from 1500 to 10500 feet. Race in teams through the night, fundraiser event for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease., Steven Tew, 801-822-4870, [email protected], SaintstoSinners.com
July 29-30, 2016 — Raspberry Ramble Series, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Logan, UT, Self-supported. Starts in Logan and climbs up Strawberry Canyon (LoToJa route). Longer routes then go around Bear Lake before heading north to Soda Springs and finally out to Golden Spike Natl Monument. 300, 400 & 600 km (125 to 375 mile) options. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event, Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
July 30, 2016 — Park City Chalk Creek 100 SuperSeries, BCC SuperSeries, Park City, UT, Free self-supported event. Start Treasure Mtn Middle School, Legs to Kamas, Coalville, Chalk Creek and back. Sunday option., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
August 6, 2016 — Hotter than Heck - Utah Valley Century, Lehi, UT, 31st year of a Gran Fondo style timed Century Tour around Utah Lake, 100, 60, and 30 mile options, start and ending in Lehi., Allan Sumnall, (801) 225-0076, [email protected], Spencer Erickson, 801-513-8848, [email protected], uta-hendurance.com
August 6, 2016 — The Ultimate Challenge Presented by University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, Ride like the pros! Challenge yourself to ride the Tour of Utah’s Queen Stage, finishing at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. 109 miles, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah , 801-325-2500, [email protected], tourofutah.com, rideultimatechallenge.com
August 6, 2016 — Promontory Point 120, BCC SuperSeries, Ogden, UT, 5 Points Ogden to Brigham City, Corrine, Golden Spike, Tremonton and back 60-100, and 120 miles. Self-supported, with shorter loop options available. Free event., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Jen Green, 435-563-1212, [email protected], bccutah.org
August 6, 2016 — RAW (Ride Around the Wellsvilles), Logan, UT, The Logan Rotary Club’s Ride Around the Wellsvilles will begin at the Rotary Pavilion at Willow Park, with a choice of a 23, 66 or 96 mile ride. Benefits local youth with new bikes and helmets, and internationally, provides clean drinking water., Ben Jarvis, 435-757-0376, [email protected], rotaryraw.com
August 13, 2016 — Wildflower Pedalfest, Morgan, UT, Fully-supported, women-only cycling event. 4 course options (20, 30, 50, 70 miles). Finish line celebration, catered lunch, live band, raffle, massages, expo and more., Stacie Palmer, 801-644-9940, 801-336-6198, [email protected], wildflower-pedalfest.com
August 13, 2016 — Twin Creeks 100, BCC SuperSeries, Coalville, UT, Start Coalville to Lost Creek Dam, with rolling course back to Coalville, then climb Chalk Creek. Self-supported. 50 mile option first leg. Free event. Saturday route this year., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccu-tah.org
August 13, 2016 — Heber Valley Series, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Heber City, UT, Self Supported loop ride in Heber Valley and to Evanston. 125 or 190 mile (200 or 300km) options. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
August 16-20, 2016 — The U5 Challenge, Logan, UT, Fully-supported Gran Fondo that takes cyclists from Logan to St. George, Utah in 5 days. Weaving along the Wasatch range, riders tackle some of the most picturesque and challenging landscapes the state has to offer. Individuals or relay team options. Or register to ride just one of the five days, Jordan Arey, 801-644-0546, [email protected], theu5challenge.com
August 20, 2016 — Tour de Park City, Park City, UT, Fully supported Tour starting and finish-ing in Park City. 157 miles through Northern Utah’s beautiful mountain valleys. A rolling picnic!, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], tourdeparkcity.com, extramileracing.com
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August 20, 2016 — Ride for the Kids, Syracuse, UT, Partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation, ride out to Antelope Island. Ride options from 25-50-100 miles, depending on the skill level of the rider. Ride begins at the Syracuse RC Willey, 1693 W 2700 S at 8:00am. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, as well as tons of prizes for our raffle., Devin Kingsbury, 801-663-3267, [email protected], Brent Jones, 801-774-2801, 801-645-0247, [email protected], rcwilley.com/dp/2015-Ride-for-the-Kids.jsp
August 21, 2016 — Upland Roller 100, BCC SuperSeries, Wanship, UT, Wanship Trailhead thru Coalville Echo over Hogsback to East Canyon, Morgan and back. Self-supported 30-50 mile options also. Free event., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], bccutah.org
August 27, 2016 — Cache Valley Century Tour, Richmond, UT, 35, 60, or 100 mile options. Proceeds benefit Common Ground, a Logan, Utah non-profit. Funds supprt their adap-tive cycling program. Richmond to Preston, Idaho and back through scenic terrain., Bob Jardine, 435-713-0288, 435-757-2889, [email protected], Sammie Macfarlane, 435-713-0288, [email protected], CacheValleyCentury.com
August 27, 2016 — Summit Challenge, Park City, UT, Riders of all ages and abilities will hit the pavement for a 100, 52, or 16-mile road ride event in support of the National Ability Center’s mission. All three fully-sup-ported routes of this event follow paved roads in and around the beautiful Park City mountainside. This exciting event promises to serve up a challenge for a wide range of cycling levels and abilities. And don’t forget – all Summit Challenge riders who have a disability can register and ride for free!, Julia Rametta, 435-649-3991, [email protected], Whitney Thompson, 435-649-3991, [email protected], sum-mitchallenge100.org, discovernac.org
August 27, 2016 — Interlaken 100, Pineview, UT, Interlaken 100 is a fully supported ride from Pineview to Bear Lake (via Monte Cristo). With over 5,600 vertical feet of elevation gain Interlaken 100 is not your typical century ride. Whether you are looking for a challeng-ing ride or preparing for something even bigger this is the ride for you., Jon Bingham, 801-613-7520, [email protected], interlaken100.com
August 27, 2016 — Man of STIHL, North Salt Lake, UT, 62-mile (100km) fully supported metric century bike ride. Release the hero within you as you support the Davis Education Foundation. Enjoy beautiful autumn scen-ery as you ride on the East and West sides of Davis County from North Salt Lake to Clearfield and back., Marc Croft, 801-295-4141, [email protected], Skye Whitlock, [email protected], ManofSTIHL.org
August 27, 2016 — Castle Country Century, Scofield, UT, Train for LoToJa or just have fun with this fully suported ride as you travel up and over Huntington Canyon, through Huntington hugging the edge of the San Rafael swell. Pass through the towns of Cleveland, Elmo, Wellington and Price to finish in Helper. All the while conquering 5,300ft of ascent and 7,200ft of descent on this ride. Ride departs at 8 am., Cory Jensen, 801-824-8455, [email protected], carbonrec.com
September 3, 2016 — Hooper Horizontal 100, BCC SuperSeries, Salt Lake City, UT, West Point Park (SLC) to West Weber and Hooper, self-supported century, 30 and 65 mile options. Free flattest 100 on the schedule. Last one before LOTOJA., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Greg Allen, 801-450-1861, [email protected], bccutah.org
September 4-10, 2016 — Tour of Southern Utah, St. George, UT, 7-day tour including Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef and More. 60-100 miles per day., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, [email protected], planetultra.com
September 10-16, 2016 — Ride with Jan Ullrich, St. George, UT, 7-Days of Cycling through Aspen, Crested Butte, Ouray, and Telluride with cycling legend Jan Ullrich. Tour includes road biking, mountain biking, and superb lodging., John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizard-headcyclingguides.com
September 10, 2016 — To the Moon and Back Century Ride, tentative for 2016, Tabiona, UT, Come and enjoy the High Uintahs. There are four ride options: Century, 75, 50, and 25 mile. All 4 rides will cover the back roads of Duchesne County that has very minimal traffic. Overnight camping is available. The ride will be based out of Tabiona, Utah. Elevations from 6,522 to 8,150. This ride is fully supported. All proceeds will go to the Rapha House, a non-profit organization that helps rescue children from trafficking and sexual exploitation., Karen Redden, 435-828-0467, [email protected], active.com/tabiona-ut/cycling/races/to-the-moon-and-back-2015
September 17, 2016 — Wonder Woman Century, Payson, UT, Join us in our fully sup-ported all women’s ride, choose between
the 15, 30, 70 or 100 mile options. Remember that every woman is a wonder woman!, Mahogani Thurston, 801-318-1420, [email protected], Carolina Herrin, [email protected], wonderwoman-ride.com
September 17, 2016 — Actavis + Allergan CF Cycle For Life, Coalville/Morgan, UT, Fully supported, beautiful autumn ride with five route options - 20,40, 60, 80 and 100 miles. All funds raised go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation., Laura Hadley, 801-532-2335, 801-558-8310, [email protected], Amanda Livnat, 801-532-2335, [email protected], Jessica Rose, 801-532-2335, [email protected], cycle.cff.org
September 17, 2016 — Coldwell Banker Parkway Pedal, tentative date, West Valley City, UT, A casual ride along the Legacy and Jordan River Parkway to benefit The Autism Council of Utah. Utah Cultural Celebration Center in WVC. 1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, UT, 70, 55, 40, 30, 25, and 10 mile options., Chris Jensen, 801-563-7670, 801-940-1447, [email protected], parkwaypedal.com
September 23-24, 2016 — Bike the Bear Century, Garden City, UT, 100 and 50 miles. Begins at Parking Lot behind church in Garden City, UT. Support the Trapper Trails Council, BSA with a ride around the sce-nic Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border., Nelson Palmer, [email protected], Tom Jensen, 801-475-7488, [email protected], trappertrails.org/bike
September 24, 2016 — Goldilocks Utah, Goldilocks Bike Ride, Provo, UT, Goldilocks is a women only bike ride, with a gorgeous new route and beautiful fall weather! With 100, 80, 60, 40, and 20 mile route options, Goldilocks has a route that is ‘just right’ for everyone!, Dani Lassiter, 801-635-9422, [email protected], goldilocksride.com/gsl
September 24, 2016 — USEA Ride 4 Respect, Kaysville, UT, A comfortable metric cen-tury ride through scenic countryside through Weber and Davis County. Enjoy an excit-ing mixture of plains and hills throughout Northern Utah. Fully supported, lunch pro-vided with all paid registration., Tim Bell, 385-347-7589, [email protected], useautah.org
October 1, 2016 — Moab Century Tour, Moab, UT, Road cycling in scenic Moab, Utah with 40, 60, and 100 mile route options. Ride benefits cancer survivorship programs. , Beth Logan, 435-260-8889, 435-260-2334, [email protected], skinnytireevents.com
October 1, 2016 — Legacy Fall Flat 100 SuperSeries , BCC SuperSeries, Centerville, UT, Free self-supported event. Start Foxboro Park NSL, flattest 100 ever up Legacy Parkway bike path to Ogden area and loop back. Shorter leg options of 25 and 30 miles., Don Williams, 801-641-4020, [email protected], Greg Allen, 801-450-1861, [email protected], bccutah.org
October 15, 2016 — SoJo Bike Tour, SoJo Race Series, South Jordan, UT, SoJo isn’t just for runners! Our non-competitive Bike Tour offers a beautiful ride that begins in Daybreak and continues along the Oquirrh Mountains before winding through Herriman and South Jordan. , W Thomas, 801-253-5236, [email protected], Matt Dodge, 801-253-5236, [email protected], SoJoMarathon.com
October 22, 2016 — Fall Tour de St. George, St. George, UT, Tour around southern Utah and see some of the most scenic views as you climb to Veyo and go through Gunlock State Park as well as all the beautiful col-ors throughout this 35, 75, or 100 mile ride. This event is one of our best Gran Fondos in southern Utah., Ryan Gurr, 435-674-3185, [email protected], Margaret Gibson, 435-229-6251, [email protected], ride-southernutah.com
Regional Road TouringApril 2, 2016 — Gran Fondo Las Vegas, Las
Vegas, NV, Las Vegas to Lovell Canyon (via Red Rock Scenic Drive) and back, 100 miles - 8000 of climbing. A Gran Fondo is a long distance, timed cycling event that welcomes competitive, amateur and recreational cyclists of all abilities. Fully supported. Chip Timed., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, [email protected], GranFondoTripleCrown.com, planetultra.com
April 9, 2016 — Mulholland Challenge, King of the Mountains Century Challenge, Agoura Hills, CA, The toughest Southern California Century with over 13,000’ of climbing in the Santa Monica Mountains. Fully supported / Chip Timed., Deborah Bowling, 818-889-2453, [email protected], planetultra.com
April 10, 2016 — Rhonde Van Boise Fun Ride, Boise, ID, Come join the Boise Cycling Club for a fun ride through the Boise front. 65+ miles, 20+ climbs, 6,000+ feet of climbing.
, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
April 16, 2016 — Tour de Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV, 50, 100 mile routes, circumnavigates
Las Vegas., Randy Mcghie, 702-252-8077, [email protected], tourdesummerlin.com
April 24-May 27, 2016 — Moab & The Back of Beyond, Grand Junction , CO, Apr. 24-29, May 15-20, May 22-27. The Moab and the Back of Beyond Tour delves into the heart of redrock canyon country of Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado. Ride through the supernatural landscapes of Arches & Canyonlands National Parks, climb the scenic La Sal Mountain Loop and pedal beneath 800 ft redrock sandstone walls along the Colorado River., John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcyclingguides.com
May 8-21, 2016 — Trans Utah Spring Tour, Travis Tucker, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcyclingguides.com
May 14, 2016 — Nampa Gran Fondo, Nampa, ID, 3rd Annual. Participants in 32 mile, & Metric Century receive goodie bags & post-ride meal. 5 Mile Family ride too, Melissa Gentry, 208-440-9456, [email protected], bgcnampa.org
May 15, 2016 — George’s Community Training Ride #4, Boise, ID, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
May 19-22, 2016 — Outside Bike & Brew Festival, Santa Fe, NM, There are mountain and road rides, clinics, a Bike Expo, beer-din-ners, concerts, movies and more., Michael McCalla, 406-381-2690, [email protected], outsidesantafe.com
May 21, 2016 — Cycle for Independence, Boise, ID, Fundraiser for the Treasure Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, 10,25, and 63 mile distances, individual and team rides, routes begin in northwest Boise, supported ride., Ramona Walhof, 208-336-5333, [email protected], tvcblindidaho.org
May 21, 2016 — Ride for the Pass, Aspen, CO, The 22nd annual Ride for the Pass is a 10-mile race up scenic Independence Pass just east of Aspen, climbing from 8,500-10,700 feet, that benefits the Independence Pass Foundation. , Mark Fuller, 970-963-4959, 970-618-5086, [email protected], Karin Teague, 970-274-9690, 970-379-1222, [email protected], independen-cepass.org, aspencyclingfestival.com
May 22, 2016 — Santa Fe Century and Gran Fondo, Santa Fe, NM, 31st Annual. Escorted group, outstanding food stops staffed by experienced volunteers who return year after year. In addition to the Century, Half-Century, and 20 mile rides, we are offering 2 timed events: Gran Fondo (100 mile timed ride), Media Fondo (50 mile timed ride). Each fondo will have its own start time and a neutral start, police escort to the city limits., Michael McCalla, 406-381-2690, [email protected], Charlie Loesch, [email protected], santafecentury.com, granfondosantafe.wordpress.com
May 22-27, 2016 — Redrock Canyons Tour, Grand Junction, CO, Featured in NY Times. Ride Redrock Country, see Monument Valley and the Dolores River Canyon. Average mileage 72 and two centuries. Total ascent 22,159ft descent 24,187ft. Strong-Intermediate to Advanced., John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcyclingguides.com
June 4, 2016 — Buena Vista Bicycle Festival, Buena Vista, CO, Scenic and easy to chal-lenging routes 35, 50, 62 and 97 mile ride options in Beautiful Arkansas River Valley at the Feet of 14,000 Ft Mounts Princeton, Harvard and Yale. Exceptionally well sup-ported with afternoon party and band. , Tim Lopez, 719-594-5655, 719-622-0439, [email protected], Aaron Rosenthal, 719-594-5655, [email protected], Chris Quoyeser, 719-398-9257, [email protected], bvbf.org
June 4, 2016 — Palisade Gran Fondo, Palisade, CO, Fully supported Gran Fondo through the famous orchards and vineyards of western colorado and the rugged Reeder and Purdy Mesas. 40 and 68 mile options., Jennifer Sliney, 970-819-1101, 510-910-1608, [email protected], palisadegranfondo.com, palisadecoc.com/co/palisadegranfondo
June 5, 2016 — America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride - Lake Tahoe, Stateline, NV, 25th annual, in conjunction with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training pro-gram. Fully supported with rest stops, Tech support and SAG. 100 mile century, 72 miles, boat cruise, and 35 mile fun ride., Curtis Fong, 800-565-2704, 775-771-3246, [email protected], bikethewest.com, bikeandskitahoe.com
June 5, 2016 — Subaru Elephant Rock Cycling Festival, Castle Rock, CO, The unofficial start to the Colorado cycling season. You will not want to miss the excitement and camaraderie of the 29th annual pilgrim-age to Castle Rock for the Rocky Mountain region’s premier cycling festival. Whether you are 6 or 60, prefer to ride on the road or dirt, there is a course for cyclists of all abilities. All of the rides start and finish at the Douglas County Fair Grounds. Stick
around for the party at the Rock post-ride picnic and cycling expo., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], Rocky Mountain Events, Inc. , 303-282-9015, [email protected], elephantrockride.com, emgcolorado.com/wordpress/?page_id=10
June 11, 2016 — Fremont Area Road Tour (FART), Lander, WY, 13 to 100 mile options, includes breakfast, bbq, t-shirt and bottle, in conjunction with Brew Fest, Nyssa , [email protected], Tony Ferlisi, [email protected], landercycling.org
June 11, 2016 — Lemhi Valley Century Ride, Salmon, ID, 100 miles or 100 kms through the picturesque Lemhi River Valley., Marla Hunteman, 208-303-0106, [email protected], lemhivalleycenturyride.weebly.com/
June 11, 2016 — Bingham County Idaho Relay for Life, Kellogg, ID, 50 and 100 mile options. Limited Sag, rest/food stations at 25, 50, and 75 miles. Starting in Kellogg to Plummer and back.We will ride 50 or 25 miles west and return. 3rd annual. Benefits the American Cancer Society., Sharon and Steve O’Brien, 208-317-8375, 208-681-3602, [email protected], friendsofcdatrails.org
June 11, 2016 — Aspen Gran Fondo, Aspen, CO, Aspen Silver Cycling will be staging the Aspen Gran Fondo, a 50 mile group ride. The route will have something for everyone with its steep climbs and rolling hills, flat sections and gorgeous scenery., Sandra Doebler, 970-429-2093, [email protected], Toni Case, 970-429-2098, [email protected], aspenrecreation.com, granfondoaspen.com
June 12-July 6, 2016 — Great Alaska Highway Ride, Dawson Creek, BC, AK, Ride the full length of the notorious Al-Can Highway from Dawson Creek BC to Delta Junction Alaska. A fully supported calming and cycling adventure, with a few motel nights. , Pedalers Pub & Grille , 352-353-8712, [email protected], pedal-erspubandgrille.com/bike_tours/alaska/Great_Alaska_Highway_Ride.htm
June 18, 2016 — Spinderella, Pocatello, ID, Ladies-only ride featuring five scenic routes, from 10 to 100 miles. Roll-out begins at 6:00 am at Ross Park in Pocatello, ID. , DaNae Young, 208-221-9300, [email protected], spinderellaride.com
June 18, 2016 — The Great Owyhee Ride Against Hunger, Ontario, OR, 50 mile, 62.5 miles, or 100 miles, experience all that Scenic Rural Oregon has to offer! Start:Historic Train Depot in Downtown Ontario, tour through the rustic country side, experience the maj-esty of the High Desert landscape, and make your way towards the stately Owyhee Dam before circling back towards town.
, Kurt Holzer, 208-890-3118, [email protected], Kevin Goade, 208-739-1545, [email protected], greatowyheeride.com
June 18, 2016 — George’s Community Training Ride #5, Boise, ID, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
June 24-25, 2016 — Jackson / Yellowstone, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Ashton, ID, Self-supported with overnight gear drops. 375 mile (600km) ride through Yellowstone and Jackson Wyoming. The start point is tentative. A brevet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
June 25, 2016 — RATPOD (Ride Around the Pioneers in One Day), Dillon, MT, RATPOD is a 130-mile one-day charity ride for Camp Make-A-Dream (a cost free cancer camp). The ride takes place in the beautiful Big Hole Valley of SW Montana., Jennifer Benton, 406-549-5987, [email protected], ratpod.org, campdream.org
June 25, 2016 — Holly Frontier Tour de Prairie, Cheyenne, WY, Course heads west out of Cheyenne along Happy Jack Road - WYO 210, past Curt Gowdy State Park and through Medicine Bow National Forest, to the Lincoln Memorial at the I-80 Rest Area. 3,000ft of elevation gain. Courses ranging from 10-100 miles, start at Lions Park, road course only., Scott Phillips, 307-637-6456, 307-637-6423, [email protected], Jim Wollenburg, 307-637-6423, [email protected], cheyennecity.org
June 26, 2016 — Ronde Van Ketchum, Ketchum, ID, A fun ride/tour around almost every hill within Ketchum, North of Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Elkhorn. The full course is just over 128km, and includes 1521m of climbing. Preregistration is required. $25 cash only at durance or the Perch, by Friday at 6:00pm. Pizza and refreshments after the ride at 1500., Richard Feldman, 208-726-7693, [email protected], usacycling.org, durance.commap_ronde.html
July 1-3, 2016 — Femme Velo, Whitefish, MT, Join us for femme/VELO women’s cycling weekend in Whitefish, MT featuring a din-ner roundtable, expo with free workshops and clinics, and our 160km, 100km, 50km all-women’s ride., Nicole Adamson, 406-381-7962, [email protected], tourofmon-tana.org
July 2-3, 2016 — Gran Fondo Kootenai, Libby, MT, A two-day, point-to-point, “stage” fondo featuring fully supported riding through the spectacular landscapes of Montana’s remote northwest corner. Located on National Forest Scenic Byways, our routes take in the stately Cabinet Mountains, serene Lake Koocanusa, and the legend-ary Yaak Valley. Proceeds benefit charities in Libby, Eureka, and Troy, Montana., John Weyhrich, 406-241-2829, [email protected], gfkootenai.com
July 9, 2016 — Goldilocks Boise, Goldilocks Bike Ride, Meridian, ID, Fully supported, non-competitive, women only bike ride. Beautiful route, yummy food, pretty t-shirt, good lookin’ Papa Bears. , Dani Lassiter, 801-635-9422, [email protected], goldilocks.events/gid/info
July 9-10, 2016 — The Triple Bypass, Evergreen, CO, This challenging ride is over 120 miles with 10,000’ of climbing and travels over 3 beautiful mountain passes from Evergreen to Avon, CO., Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, [email protected], Jennifer Barbour, 303-503-4616, [email protected], triplebypass.org
July 10-22, 2016 — B.E.A.R.S. - Bicycling the Extraordinary Alaskan Roads, Anchorage, AK, Explore a variety of Alaskan landscapes, from Denali to Prince William Sound. Fully supported trip with both camping and great food., Pedalers Pub & Grille , 352-353-8712, [email protected], pedal-erspubandgrille.com/alaska-bicycle-tours-bears-cycling-tour
July 16, 2016 — Absolute Bikes Taylor House Benefit Century Ride, Flagstaff, AZ, Benefit ride in the high-altitude cool pines of Northern Arizona. There are 30, 45, 65, and 95 mile route options., Anthony Quintile, 928-779-5969, [email protected], Ashley Hammarstrom, 877-527-5291, [email protected], absolute-bikes.net/taylor
July 16, 2016 — Gran Fondo Taos-Mora-Angel Fire, Taos, NM, 7:00 am start. 105 , 84, or 46 miles. Five aid stations. Beautiful scenery. Ride for fun, ride for time; all riders welcome! Proceeds from this event will go to the Taos Sports Alliance, whose goal is bringing more sporting opportunities to Taos County youth. Start/finish for all three distances is at the Taos Youth and Family Center, 407 Paseo del Canon East, Taos NM, 87571., Jennifer Buntz , 505-306-1443, [email protected], taossportsalliance.com, dukecitywheelmen.org
July 16-August 23, 2016 — Washington Bicycle Ride, Goldendale, WA, Crosses high plains before descending into Yakima River Valley. Climbs into the Cascade Mountains into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The ride brings one close to Mt. Saint Helens and con-tinues down to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area before ascending back to Goldendale., Sanna Phinney, 541-382-2633, 541-410-1031, [email protected], bicycleridesnw.org
July 17-22, 2016 — Tour de Wyoming, Sheridan, WY, 20th Annual. Start and end in Sheridan, Wyoming with overnight stays in Buffalo, Ten Sleep, Meeteetse, Basin, and at the Bear Lodge near Burgess Junction. Our route takes us up and over the Bighorn Mountains not once, but twice., Amber Travky, 307-742-5840 , [email protected], cyclewyo-ming.org, tourdewyoming.org
July 27-August 7, 2016 — Klondike Gold, Fairbanks, AK, Travel from Fairbanks back in time to cycle the route of the Klondike Gold Rush, in reverse from historic Dawson
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City, Yukon to Skagway, Alaska. Fully sup-ported camping tour with a few nights in motels. , Pedalers Pub & Grille , 352-353-8712, [email protected], pedaler-spubandgrille.com/yukon-bike-tour-klond-ike-highway-cycling
July 30-August 6, 2016 — Oregon Bicycle Ride, Astoria, OR, Tour of northwest Oregon. Crosses the mouth of the Columbia River, visits sites famed by Lewis and Clark, includes ferry back into Oregon, and rides through northwest forests and countryside. Cyclists will have time to tour wineries, play at beaches, and learn about the area’s history., Sanna Phinney, 541-382-2633, 541-410-1031, [email protected], bicycleridesnw.org
July 30, 2016 — Cascade 4-Summit Challenge, Cascade, ID, Options include 75, 60, 50, 30 or 8.2 Mile Options. Course covers two moun-tain passes along Warm Lake Road. The ride starts at the American Legion Hall in down-town Cascade and proceeds down Main Street to Warm Lake Road.Money raised by the Cascade to Warm Lake Four Summit Challenge will support various charitable and community projects within the area of Cascade. Ride support will be handled by George’s Cycles of Boise, and post ride barbeque, beer garden and music will be hosted by the Community of Cascade., Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], gcorsaevents.com, 4summitchallenge.com
August 6-13, 2016 — Ride Idaho, Ketchum, Sun Valley, ID, 7-Day fully supported, non-competitive roadbike tour with SAG sup-port, mechanics, showers, beer garden, entertainment, 400 miles of spectacular scenery. Tent and Porter Service available. Ketchum/ Sun Valley, Craters of the Moon, Arco, Terreton/Mud Lake, Driggs, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Irwin/Swan Valley, Idaho Falls., Earl Grief, 208-890-4434, 208-830-9564, [email protected], rideidaho.org
August 6, 2016 — Sawtooth Century Tour, Sun Valley, ID, Benefit for the Wood River Bicycle Coalition. Road bike tour from Ketchum to Alturas Lake and back. 50 or 100 mile tour options. Aid stations along the way., Brett Stevenson, 208-720-8336, [email protected], woodriverbike.org
August 6, 2016 — Copper Triangle Alpine Classic, Copper Mountain, CO, 11th Annual. The Copper Triangle has long been con-sidered one of Colorado’s classic alpine road rides. Graced with breathtaking scen-ery, gorgeous roads and three challenging climbs, the ride exemplifies cycling in the Colorado Rockies. The course is 78 miles, with an elevation gain of almost 6,000 feet over three mountain passes., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], coppertriangle.com, emg-colorado.com/wordpress/?page_id=10
August 13, 2016 — Le Tour de Koocanusa, Libby, MT, Fully supported 83 mile bike ride which tours the breathtaking shoreline of Lake Koocanusa. Ride finishes with a Blues Festival Finale. Fundraiser for Search & Rescue. Starts at 8 am., Dejon Raines, 406-291-3635, [email protected], Pam Boyke, 406-293-3556, [email protected], letourdekoocanusa.com
August 13-14, 2016 — Bike MS - Wyoming’s Bighorn Country Classic, Bike MS, Sheridan, WY, Alexis Johnson, 303-698-5403, [email protected], Molly Palmer, 307-433-8664, [email protected], bikemswy-oming.org
August 13, 2016 — Tour of the Valley, Grand Junction, CO, The Tour is not a race; we encourage you to set your own pace and enjoy beautiful Western Colorado. Several route options available including the
100 mile route that takes riders over the Colorado National Monument. Start and fin-ish at Canyon View Medical Plaza., Morgan Taylor, 970-644-3491, [email protected], secure.yourcommunityhospital.com/Community_Hospital_Foundation_Tour_of_the_Valley.cfm
August 13, 2016 — George’s Community Training Ride #3, Boise, ID, Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], georgescycles.com, gcorsaevents.com
August 20, 2016 — HeART of Idaho Century Ride, Idaho Falls, ID, 25, 62, and 100 mile options. Entry fees cover entry, t-shirts, fully stocked rest stops, and post ride BBQ. Route is flat to rolling, easy to moderate difficulty. Benefit for the Art Museum of Eastern Idaho., Miyai Griggs, 208-524-7777, 208-766-6485, [email protected], theartmuseum.org/Century.htm
August 20, 2016 — Cycle Magic Valley, Twin Falls, ID, A 12, 30, 50, or 100 mile bicycle ride for all levels. There is a family friendly 12 mile route that takes you out to Meander Point. The 30 mile route heads out west, north of Filer, through farm country. All of the routes are on rural paved roads in Southern Idaho. The ride is fully supported with a bbq and ice cream at the finish line. Goody bags & finisher medals for the 30, 50 & 100 mile routes. Finisher ribbon for the 12 mile route., Denise Alexander, [email protected], mavtec.org/race/cruisin-magic-valley/
August 20, 2016 — Four Peaks Gran Fondo, Pocatello, ID, One Day: 82 miles, Four Peaks: 7800ft total elevation gain. Climb the 4 peaks of the Portneuf Valley; Crystal, Scout Mountain, Pebble Creek, Buckskin. The hill climb portions are timed with timing chips. Downhill portions are not timed. Cumulative climb times will be combined to determine rank., Kaylee Pooley, 208-232-8996, [email protected], 4PGF.com
August 21-September 2, 2016 — Yellowstone National Park Bike Tour, Belgrade, MT, August 21-26 & August 28-September 02, 2016. Tour includes 5 nights of lodging, 6 days of meals, guide service, entrance fees, daily lunch en route, energy food, liquid refreshments, shuttles, and mechanical support. , John Humphries, 970-728-5891, [email protected], Travis Tucker, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizardheadcyclingguides.com
August 25-28, 2016 — Yellowstone/Grand Teton Randonnee, Salt Lake Randonneurs Brevet Series, Ashton, ID, Self Supported 620 mile ride (1000km) with overnight stops. Goes into Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. 600 km (375) options. A bre-vet is a timed ultra distance event., Richard Stum, 435-462-2266, [email protected], saltlakerandos.org
August 28, 2016 — MS Wine Ride & Vintage Bike Showcase, Kuna, ID, Ride 35-50 miles through the beautiful scenery of the Indian Creek Winery in Kuna, Idaho and raise money for multiple sclerosis through the National MS Society Utah-Southern Idaho Chapter. Enjoy a catered lunch afterwards at the winery., Megan Nettleton, 208-336-0555, [email protected], georgescycles.com, bikereg.org
September 3-5, 2016 — Oregon Gravel Adventure, Philomath, OR, Participate in our 3-day fully supported tour exploring mini-mally traveled roads where the surface may differ from various shades of asphalt to hard-packed gravel in the Oregon Coast Range., Sanna Phinney, 541-382-2633, 541-410-1031, [email protected], bicycleridesnw.org
September 10, 2016 — Cascade Lake Gravel Grinder, Cascade, ID, This event is a long-
distance bike ride starting in Cascade, Idaho and continuing over U.S. Forest Service roads through the Boise and Payette National Forests. The route traverses through the beautiful mountain range just west of Lake Cascade. 35, 57, or 76 mile options. Sag wagon will pick up any riders still on the course at 5:00pm., Mike Cooley, 208-343-3782, [email protected], 4sum-mitchallenge.com, gcorsaevents.com
September 10, 2016 — Idaho Poker Ride Pedal for Paws and Claws, Boise, ID, A Benefit Ride for: West Valley Humane Society. Starts and ends at MWI Veterinary Supply 3041 W. Pasadena Dr. in Boise. 4 route choices, 15, 30, 63, 100 miles. Lots of prizes! Fabulous swag bag!, Robyn Knoelk, 208-871-0951, [email protected], idahopokerride-4pawsandclaws.org, pedalforpawsand-claws.org
September 11, 2016 — Tour de Tahoe - Bike Big Blue, Lake Tahoe, NV, 14th Annual ride around Lake Tahoe’s 72 mile Shoreline with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. This ride is also a Memorial Nine-Eleven ride. Fully supported with rest stops, tech support and SAG. 72 miles, 4300 ft vertical gain. Boat cruise and 35 mile fun ride., Curtis Fong, 800-565-2704, 775-771-3246, [email protected], bikethewest.com
September 11-30, 2016 — Santa Fe Trail Bicycle Trek, Santa Fe, NM, 21st Year. Camping Trip. Ride all or part of the Santa Fe Trail (approx. 1100 miles) on paved public roads only. All gear carried by truck. After the first four days, riders can leave the group at any place along the route., Willard Chilcott, 505-982-1282, [email protected], SantaFeTrailBicycleTrek.com
September 11, 2016 — Jordan’s Ride, Eagle, ID, Jordan’s Ride is a charity bicycle ride benefiting SIDS/SUDC research and support for the families affected by the tragic loss of their child. This ride was created in honor of Jordan Michael Zappia who passed away at 16 months to Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). Jordan’s Ride is hosted by Barefoot Media Ministries’ Boise radio station, 89.5 KTSY FM and Metamorph Events. Jordan’s Ride is fully supported with rest stations, SAG wagons, and on-site medical personnel., Jordan’s Ride , 208-459-5879, , jordansride.org
September 16-17, 2016 — Grind de Galena, Pocatello, ID, 110 miles, 2 day group ride, Kaylee Pooley, 208-232-8996, [email protected], barriessports.com/2016-grind-de-galena.html
September 17, 2016 — Tahoe Sierra Century, Squaw Valley, CA, 30-60-100 mile routes with 3000-7200 vertical gain. Great support and spectacular views from Squaw Valley Ski Resort, to Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, and over Donner Summit., Nancy Lancaster, [email protected], Sue Rae Irelan, [email protected], tahoesierracentury.com
September 17, 2016 — Tour de Vineyards, Palisade, CO, Come join this 25-mile ride through Colorado’s Wine County just prior to the Colorado Mountain Winefest., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], tourdevine-yards.com
September 18, 2016 — Edible Pedal 100, Carson City, NV, 10 mile, 50 mile and Nevada 150K ride options, Start: Bowers Mansion Regional Park, Washoe Valley, NV. Challenging course, fully equipped ride stops, SAG, water bottle, maps, post ride BBQ, priceless views, camaraderie and an unbeatable sense of accomplishment., Don Iddings, 775-393-9158, [email protected], ediblepedal100.org
September 18-October 1, 2016 — Trans Utah Spring Tour, Travis Tucker, 970-728-5891, [email protected], lizard-headcyclingguides.com
September 24, 2016 — Gran Fondo Bear Lake, Montpelier, UT/ID, 100, 75, 50 or 25 mile fully supported ride from Montpelier, ID. A climb to Minnetonka Cave and prize awaits each 100-mile rider and a backyard bar-beque welcomes every finisher. Utah’s best century ride ... is in Idaho!, Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], Bearlakeendurance.com, extramileracing.com
September 24, 2016 — Mountains to the Desert Bike Ride, Telluride, CO, 13th Annual Mountains to the Desert Bike Ride, From the high mountains of Telluride, cyclists descend past hillsides of quaking aspens along a route that passes through millions of years of geologic record, ultimately finding them-selves at the base of striated sandstone cliffs reaching up to 1,000 feet overhead and onwards to the beautiful desert landscape of Gateway. Mileage options: 70, 100 & 130. This ride benefits the Just For Kids Foundation, Heidi Lauterbach, 970-729-1372, [email protected], Victoria Lovely, 773-590-6499, [email protected], m2dbikeride.com
September 24, 2016 — Royal Gorge Century, Canon City, CO, 100 mile, 62.5 mile, and 50 k Bike rides and community beer festival, Gordon Eckstrom, [email protected], bikesandbrews.org
September 25-October 1, 2016 — OATBRAN, Lake Tahoe, NV, 25th annual One Awesome Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada! Silver celebra-tion of Riding Across Nevada, following the Legendary Pony Express Trail on U.S. Hwy. 50. 5 days of riding, 420 miles from Lake Tahoe to Great Basin National Park. Fully Supported motel style tour., Curtis Fong, 800-565-2704, 775-771-3246, [email protected], biketh-ewest.com
October 1, 2016 — No Hill Hundred Century Bike Tour, Fallon, NV, 30 mile, 60 mile, and 100 mile tour, fully supported. Event swag, gift bags, lunch (for metric and century rid-ers), post event BBQ at noon for all riders. Check in and start 7:00-8:30 am, Churchill County Fairgrounds., Danny Gleich, 775-423-7733, [email protected], churchill-county.org/parksnrec/index.php?ctr=152, churchillcountycyclists.com
October 1, 2016 — Santa Fe Gourmet Classic, Santa Fe, NM, Fun, challenging 60 mile bike tour with delicious, creative Southwest style foods at 5 gourmet refueling stops. The noncompetitive ride winds through Santa Fe and into the surrounding areas. Elevation gain is about 1,800 feet. Ride is limited to 150 riders. Breakfast begins at 8AM. Most riders finish between 3- 4 PM., Kathleen Davis, 505-795-3286, 408-499-0775, [email protected], santafegourmetclassic.com
October 1, 2016 — ICON Tour of the Moon, Grand Junction, CO, 5th Anniversary Metric Century or Classic 41 mile loop over the beautiful canyons of the Colorado National Monument made famous by the Coors Classic and American Flyer movie., Mike Heaston, 303-282-9015, 303-635-2815, [email protected], Scott Olmsted, [email protected], tourofthemoon.com, emgcolorado.com/wordpress/?page_id=10
October 8, 2016 — West Yellowstone Old Faithful Cycling Tour, West Yellowstone, MT, West Yellowstone to Old Faithful and back, 60 miles past golden aspen, bugling elk, majestic bison, gurgling geysers, and steam-ing hot pots, supported ride., Moira Dow, 406-646-7701, [email protected], cycleyellowstone.com
October 8, 2016 — Goldilocks Vegas, Goldilocks Bike Ride, Las Vegas, NV, The only women exclusive ride event in Nevada. Cyclists can choose from a 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 mile ride all featuring downhill, flat, and rolling terrain. Hand-crafted necklaces are awarded to finishers, as well as a high-quality custom technical shirt, absolutely free race photos, exceptional ‘Papa an Mama’ bear course support, and delicious food. , Dani Lassiter, 801-635-9422, [email protected], goldilocksride.com/events/glv
October 8, 2016 — Park to Park Pedal Extreme Nevada 100, Kershaw-Ryan State Park, NV, Road bike starting at Kershaw-Tyan and takes peddlers through the towns of Caliente and Pioche, and through three other state parks: Cathedral Gorge, Echo Canyon, and Spring Valley and back to Kershaw-Ryan State Park. 3 rides available: 100, 60 and 40 mile options., Dawn Andone, 775-728-4460, [email protected], Jonathan Brunes, 775-726-3564, [email protected], parktoparkpedal.com/, lincolncountynevada.com/exploring/biking/park-to-park-pedal/
October 8, 2016 — Gila Monster Gran Fondo, Silver City, NM, With four distances to choose from, everyone can find their challenge. Gran Fondo 103 miles, Gough Park, Silver City 8:00am. Medio Fondo 70 miles, Gough Park, Silver City 8:00am. Micro Fondo 50 miles, Hi-Spot, HWY 152 8:30am. Nano Fondo 32 miles, Camp Thunderbird, HWY 35 8:30am., Jack Brennan, 575-590-2612, [email protected], tourofthegila.com
October 29, 2016 — Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride Orange County, Honor Ride, Orange County, CA, Presented by A Road Bike 4U, Honor Ride OC offers two amazing routes with the longer heading out to the ocean with scenic views and great climbing! All routes will be fully supported with SAG and fun rest stops along the way., Linda Glassel, 609-792-0709, 818-888-7091, [email protected], Jack Shepard, 818-888-7091 Ext. 106, [email protected], ride2recovery.com
November 12, 2016 — Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride Las Vegas, Honor Ride, Las Vegas, NV, Starts and rides down Las Vegas Boulevard with a full escort down the strip! 2 routes will be available with the longer heading out towards Henderson. , Linda Glassel, 609-792-0709, 818-888-7091, [email protected], Jack Shepard, 818-888-7091 Ext. 106, [email protected], ride2re-covery.com
Multisport RacesApril 3, 2016 — Ride, Stride and Glide Winter
Triathlon, Galena Lodge, ID, Mountain bike on Jenny’s Way (9km), run on Gladiator (4.5km), ski on Rip and Tear (9km) and Psycho. Location: 15187 Idaho 75 - Ketchum, Galena Lodge, 208-726-4010, info@galen-
alodge.com, galenalodge.com/events/ride-stride-and-glide-winter-triathlon-2/
April 9, 2016 — Adventure Xstream Moab Adventure Race, AXS Series, Moab, UT, Solo racers and teams will kayak, trek, rappel, and mountain bike through the Moab Canyon Country, 50 miles of multisport adventure., Will Newcomer, 970-403-5320, [email protected], gravityplay.com, axsracing.com
April 9, 2016 — SHAC Triathlon, St. George, UT, Beginner, Sprint, and Tuff Kids races, starting between 9 am and 2 pm. Indoor swim, out-door route for run and bike legs. Cap of 300 each category., Aaron Metler, 435-627-4054, [email protected], sgcity.org/depart-ments/recreation/running/shactri.php
April 9, 2016 — Legacy Duathlon, North Salt Lake, UT, Run Bike Run on the Legacy Parkway trial system. Great flat course that starts in North Salt Lake Utah and a great way to kick off the 2016 Triathlon Season., Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], legacyduathlon.com, onhillevents.com
April 9, 2016 — Salt Air Duathlon, Magna, UT, Duathlon, 5 K, and Half-Marathon. Start at Salt Air: 12408 W Saltair Dr, Magna, UT 84044. The duathlon will be a 5 k run, 14.2 mile bike, 5k run., Jared Eborn, 801-599-9268, [email protected], saltairhalf.com/, extra-mileracing.com
April 16, 2016 — RAGE Triathlon, BBSC Double Down Series, Boulder City, NV, Travel through a hilly desert terrain with scenic, rolling land-scapes during your bike and run. Located less than ten miles to famous vacation des-tinations, including the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam. This race sells out at 1,300 athletes and is a favorite in the southwest, as it attracts athletes from all over the globe!, Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com/rage#!rage/csig
April 16, 2016 — Telos Timp Tri & 5K, T3TRI EVENTS, Orem, UT, The Timp Triathlon is a Splash distance triathlon which includes a 5K Run, 12 Mile Bike, and 350 Meter Swim, in that order. Held at the Orem Rec Center, Shaun Christian, 801-769-3576, 801-678-4032, [email protected], Nicholle Deniro, 801-769-3576, [email protected], t3triath-lon.com
April 16, 2016 — Rage Triathlon, Boulder City, NV, Rage Triathlon presented by Safelite AutoGlass, hosted at the largest reservoir in the United States, Lake Mead., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], bbsctri.com, bbsctri.com/#!rage/csig
April 23, 2016 — Icebreaker Triathlon, Vernal, UT, Uintah Community Center at 9 am, 250 yard snake swim, 8 mile bike of moderate difficulty, and a 3 mile run. , Scott Wardle, 435-781-0982, [email protected], uintahrecreation.org
April 23-24, 2016 — Bengal Triathlon, Pocatello, ID, 700 yard Swim; 12 mile Bike; 3 mile Run. The swim will take place on Friday night at the Reed Gym Pool between 3pm and 8pm, bike and run will take place on Saturday morning. At Idaho State University Reed Gym, Carolin Faure, 208-840-0473, [email protected], facebook.com/bengaltriathlon
May 1-September 1, 2016 — Junior Triathlon Team: Ages 10-17, Murray, UT, For youth with triathlon experience in another sport such as swimming, track or cycling. Junior Triathlon Team meets 1-3 x’s per week depending on athlete’s level of participation and age group. USAT certified coaches. Schedule subject to change after initial meeting. Watch for dates and times., Jo Garuccio, 801-566-9727, 801-557-6844, [email protected], greatbasincoaching.com
May 7, 2016 — Ironman St. George 70.3 North American Pro Championship, St. George, UT, 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run. Start: Sand Hollow reservoir. Bike through Snow Canyon State Park, Finish Downtown St. George., Ironman , 303-444-4316, [email protected], Kevin Lewis, 435-986-6615, [email protected], ironmanstgeorge.com
May 7, 2016 — 50 Cent, Roy, UT, The 50 Cent Relay is a 50 mile bike/run, 1-4 person relay following the Rio Grande, Legacy and Jordan River trail systems., Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], powell3.com, onhillevents.com
May 14, 2016 — Woman of Steel Triathlon & 5K, Syracuse, UT, This year’s race is being held in conjunction with the Ghost Town Triathlon. Every Woman of Steel and Ghost Town par-ticipant receive a sweet Ghost Town Cowgirl hat! Don’t miss this one of a kind sprint pool triathlon at the RUSH Funplex Pool and Rec Center as we party with a great race venue, catered post event food, boutique vendors, random prizes and more!, Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
May 14, 2016 — South Davis Splash n Sprint Triathlon, South Davis Racing Series, Bountiful, UT, Swim 350 yds; Bike 12 mi; Run 3.35 mi, relay: Split the Sprint between 2-3 racers,, Novice: Swim 150 yds; Bike 2.4 mi; Run 1.5 mi, Beginner Tri Clinic/ Group Ride (optional): Saturday, May 2 @ 8:00am (free to regis-tered participants), Start: 8:00am, Awards: 10:30 amLocation: South Davis Recreation Center; 550 N 200 W,, John Miller, 801-298-6220, [email protected], Cindy Hunt, 801-298-6220, [email protected], southdavisrecreation.com
May 14, 2016 — Ghost Town Triathlon and 5K, TriUtah Points Series, Syracuse, UT, Sprint distance consists of a 300 yard swim, 15 mile bike, and 3 mile run. This event is a 2016 TriUtah qualifying race for the Utah State Triathlon Championship., Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
May 21, 2016 — Sand Hollow Triathlon, BBSC Twin Tri Series, Hurricane, UT, The first race of the Twin Tri series at Sand Hollow State Park, with Sprint, Olympic, and Kids’ distances. Bike along scenic sand dunes, and run around a gorgeous, reflective lake., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com
May 21, 2016 — Salem Spring Triathlon, RACE TRI, Salem, UT, 800 meter swim, 12.5 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run triathlon course, spectator friendly park and race venue, Race shirts and finisher medals., Aaron Shamy, 801-518-4541, 801-358-1411, [email protected], racetri.com
May 21-22, 2016 — HITS Triathlon, Grand Junction, CO, Race site - Highline Lake State Park. Pictures don’t do this venue justice. Experience firsthand the extraordinary beau-ty of HITS Grand Junction., Sarah Hanaburgh,
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June 4, 2016 — Daybreak Triathlon, Salt Lake Triathlon Series, Salt Lake City, UT, The only open water Olympic distance race in the greater Salt Lake Valley. Get ready for the best spectator swim around with a point to point swim, a killer bike course near the Oquirrh Mountains and a run around the lake that is unparalleled. , Cody Ford, 801-558-2503, [email protected], ustrisports.com
June 4, 2016 — Adventure Xstream Buena Vista, AXS Series, Buena Vista, CO, Solo, and 2 person teams will kayak, trek, rappel, and mountain bike., Will Newcomer, 970-403-5320, [email protected], gravityplay.com, axsracing.com
June 4, 2016 — Tri the Heights Sprint Triathlon, Cottonwood Heights, UT, 400m swim, 10.9mile bike, 5K run. Awards will be given 1st-3rd in all male/female overall, age divi-sions, and weight divisions. Relay teams too., Warren Hallmark, 801-943-3190, [email protected], cottonwoodheights.com
June 4-5, 2016 — XTERRA Deuces Wild, XTERRA America Tour, Show Low, AZ, Off road triathlon, 800m open water lake in Fool Hollow Lake, 24km mountain bike leg, 8km trail run. Begins at 7:45 a.m. Depending on water level, athletes will begin the race in the water or on the boat ramp., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], TriSports Racing , 520-884-8745, [email protected], deuceswildtriathlon.com/events/xterra-deuces-wild
June 4, 2016 — Queen City Triathlon, East Helena, MT, 1000 yard pool swim, a flat 12 mile bike course, and a 3 mile run on a packed dirt path, Joe Hamilton, [email protected], Jason Steichen, [email protected], bigskybikes.com/events/queen-city-triathlon/
June 11, 2016 — Rock Cliff Tri at Jordanelle, RACE TRI, Heber, UT, Held at Jordanelle Reservoir. Race shirts and finisher medals. Olympic and sprint distances., Aaron Shamy, 801-518-4541, 801-358-1411, [email protected], racetri.com
June 11, 2016 — East Canyon Triathlon, TriUtah Points Series, Morgan City, UT, Welcome to the 4th annual East Canyon Triathlon! This race boasts stunning scenery with a fast, technical bike course, and hometown hospi-tality like no other, with both sprint and inter-mediate/Olympic distance races to choose from. This event is a two transition point to point race beginning at beautiful East Canyon Reservoir. The sprint bike is downhill and fast. The Olympic bike course has two short challenging hills followed by a downhill fast decent to Morgan City. Both distances offer a scenic run along the Weber River and local neighborhoods., Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
June 11, 2016 — Tiny Tri, Park City, UT, Kid friendly Tiny Triathlon for youth ages 7-15, 9:30am. 100 meter pool swim, 3 mile bike and 1 mile run., Holly Erickson, 001-612-703-3320, [email protected], parkcity-recreation.org
June 13-16, 2016 — Great Basin Tri Clinic, ten-tative for 2016, Murray, UT, Beginner/novice Youth Tri Clinic, ages 7-12. Clinic will cover all three triathlon disciplines of swim, bike, run plus transition, nutrition, and hydration. Primary focus is skill in each area. Clinic will run four mornings from 9:00am-noon. USA Triathlon sanction pending. USAT certi-fied head coach., Jo Garuccio, 801-566-9727, 801-557-6844, [email protected], greatbasincoaching.com
June 17, 2016 — The Lunatic Triathlon, Price, UT, Held under the Full Moon! Choose between a Kids Triathlon, 5k run, Run-Bike Duathlon, Mini-Sprint Triathlon, Sprint Triathlon, Unicycle Triathlon or an off road Singletrack Triathlon, Scott Merrell, 435-650-0345, [email protected], lunatictriathlon.com
June 18, 2016 — XTERRA Lory, XTERRA America Tour, Bellvue, CO, 1/2 mile swim in the clear waters of Horsetooth Reservoir (Eltuk Bay), then a 2-Lap (beginner friendly) 12.2 mile single-track bike over rolling terrain, and across valley bridges at Lory State Park. Finish things off with a fun and challenging 4.8 mile (8k) run through the clouds on single-track trails! , Lance Panigutti, [email protected], withoutlimits.co/#!__xterra-lory
June 25, 2016 — DinoTri, Vernal, UT, Sprint and Olympic Distance Triathlon. Race starts with an open swim at Red Fleet state park. The bike starts with a crazy hill climb out of the park and heads into town for a run and finish at Utah State Extension., Emilee Johnson, 801-520-0921, [email protected], dinotri.com
June 25, 2016 — XTERRA Tahoe City, XTERRA America, Tahoe City, CA, Qualifying race for the XTERRA USA Championship. Triathlon and Duathlon and sprint triathlon., Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], Kiley McInroy, [email protected], bigblueadventure.com/event/xterra-lake-tahoe/, xterraplanet.com
June 26, 2016 — Boulder Sunrise Triathlon, Boulder, CO, Scenic course, sweet swag and all for a good cause! Includes olympic,
sprint, duathlon, and 5k., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com
June 26, 2016 — Bozeman Tritons Triathlon, XTERRA America Tour, Bozeman, MT, Race Director, [email protected], bozemantritons.org/tritonstri/
June 26, 2016 — Ironman 70.3 Coeur D’Alene, Coeur D’Alene, ID, 303-444-4316, [email protected], ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman70.3/coeur-d-alene.aspx#axzz3qCbV0c4p
July 2, 2016 — Cache Valley Super Sprint Triathlon, Logan, UT, Come out and com-pete on an established and fast course in either the Sprint or Olympic distance cat-egories. , Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], cvsst.com, onhillevents.com
July 9, 2016 — Echo Triathlon, TriUtah Points Series, Coalville, UT, Join us for one of Utah’s most popular triathlons! Combine the com-petition with warm July temperatures, a scenic ride in Utah’s unique Echo Canyon, and a run on the Historic Rail Trail and you have the perfect event for both seasoned athletes and beginners. Following the event enjoy hometown cooking and hospitality as the annual antique car cruise-in takes place in downtown Coalville, Ut. , Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
July 9, 2016 — Blanding Hillman Triathlon, Blanding, UT, Swim .50 mile, Bike 15 miles, Run 3.2 miles, (Kids’ triathlon July 20), Recapture Reservoir.Race starts at 7AM. There will also be a kids’ Hillman on July 10 at 6pm at the Health and Wellness Building., Stephen Olsen, 801-243-3559, 208-258-3145, [email protected], hillmantriathlon.info
July 9, 2016 — West Yellowstone Mountain Bike Biathlon, tentative date, West Yellowstone, MT, Match class division for experienced biathletes and a Sport class for novices that includes a safety clinic and loaner rifles. All racers must provide their own mountain bike and wear a helmet., Moira Dow, 406-646-7701, [email protected], skirunbikemt.com, rendezvousskitrails.com/events
July 9, 2016 — Rigby Triathlon, Rigby Lake, ID, Sprint and Olympic Triathlon, and Duathlon, Michael Hayes, 208-521-2243, [email protected], pb-performance.com
July 10, 2016 — Valley Girl Triathlon, Liberty Lake, WA, Sprint distance., Marla Emde, 509-953-9924, 509-939-0552, [email protected], emdesports.com
July 15-16, 2016 — San Rafael Classic Triathlon, Huntington, UT, Huntington State Park, Olympic distance tri, Olympic team relay, Sprint Tri, Sprint team relay, spring swim/bike duathlon, sprint bike/run duathlon, youth tri. Friday night activities offer live music during the pasta dinner. Body marking and packet pickup available Friday night. Camping available. Reservations necessary to ensure campsite. Held on a closed course, Wade Allinson, 435-609-3126, [email protected], sanrafaelclassic.com
July 16, 2016 — XTERRA Mountain Championship, XTERRA America Tour, Avon, CO, The last of four regionals in the XTERRA America Tour, featuring sprint and champi-onship distance off-road triathlon options., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], xterrabeavercreek.com
July 16, 2016 — The Toughman Utah Half Long Course Triathlon 70.3, RACE TRI, Herriman, UT, Long course tri - 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run. Part of the Toughman Series., Aaron Shamy, 801-518-4541, 801-358-1411, [email protected], racetri.com, tough-mantri.com
July 23-24, 2016 — Donner Lake Triathlon, Truckee, CA, Kids TRI, Sprint TRI, Half TRI, AquaBike, Olympic TRI, Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], Kiley McInroy, [email protected], bigblueadventure.com, donnerlaketri.com
July 24, 2016 — Tri Boulder, BBSC Twin Tri Series, Boulder, CO, Challenge yourself at mile high elevation, Sprint, Olympic distances., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com
July 29-30, 2016 — Doxa by Iron Cowboy, Duchesne, UT, The only overnight team tri-athlon relay put on by the Iron Cowboy. Teams of 1-12 travel 285 miles in a non-stop triathlon relay., Alan Sheffer, 801-669-7504, 801-836-9610, [email protected], dox-araces.com
July 30, 2016 — Burley Idaho Lions Spudman Triathlon, Burley, ID, The race starts at 7 am with the world’s fastest 1.5K swim (current-aided) then a 40K Bike and 10K run., Cade Richman, [email protected], spudman.org
July 30, 2016 — Layton Tri, Layton, UT, Rinse Ride Run Repeat is the theme to this event. This course is a mini sprint but for the full sprint repeat the course. It also has a youth triathlon and full course relay triathlon. , Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], laytontriathlon.com, onhillevents.com
July 30, 2016 — Adventure Xstream Summit County, AXS Series, Frisco, CO, Solo’s or teams of 2 will mountain bike, kayak, trail run, and orienteer in either a 3-6hr “sprint”, or 6-12hr “sport” course., Will Newcomer,
970-403-5320, [email protected], gravi-typlay.com, axsracing.com
July 30, 2016 — XTERRA Aspen Valley, XTERRA America, Kodiak Ski Lake, WY, 1200m swim, 2-Lap 12 mile mountain bike, and finishes with a 5K run., Lance Panigutti, [email protected], withoutlimits.co
August 6, 2016 — XTERRA Winter Park, XTERRA America Tour, Columbine, CO, A cold and grassy adventure swim of 1000m, followed by a classic 13.5 mile mountain bike, and finally a challenging 4 mile run that follows the first 4 miles of the bike course. The finish is arguably the most scenic in all of XTERRA at the beautiful Columbine Point. Bike and run courses will be on the single track, double track and no track trails of the southwest side of Snow Mountain Ranch. A big ole’ party at the finish with food, drinks, and great prizes., Paul Karlsson, 303-960-8129, [email protected], digdeepsports.com
August 6, 2016 — XTERRA Santa Fe, XTERRA America Tour, Santa Fe, NM, XTERRA West Championship, 1.5k swim / 30k mountain bike / 10k trail run, XTERRA Sport, 750m swim / 15k mountain bike / 5k trail run, Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], xterraplanet.com
August 7, 2016 — XTERRA Flathead Off Road, XTERRA America Tour, Kalispell, MT, Takes place at Foys Lake and Herron Park. Includes a 1.5 km (.93 mile) swim, 40 km (24.8 mile) bike race, and 10 km (6.2 mile) run., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], K Schaefer, 406-751-4100, [email protected], kalispellregional.org/summit/rec-reation-events/events/xterra-flathead
August 7, 2016 — Wunder Woman Triathlon, Medical Lake, WA, Sprint and Olympic dis-tances., Marla Emde, 509-953-9924, 509-939-0552, [email protected], emdesports.com
August 12-13, 2016 — Emmett’s Most Excellent Triathlon, Emmett, ID, Kid’s Tri on Friday. Olympic/Aquabike, Sprint on Saturday., Kristen Seitz, (208) 365-5748, [email protected], Lora Loveall, 208-867-6763, [email protected], emmetttri.com
August 13, 2016 — Jordanelle Triathlon, TriUtah Points Series, Park City, UT, Enjoy everything from the wildlife and boardwalks on the river bottoms in Rock Cliff Recreation Area at Jordanelle to the local country backdrop of the towns of Francis and Woodland., Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
August 13, 2016 — TriathaMom, Riverton, UT, Women only triathlon at the Riverton Country Pool. 300 yard swim, 12 mile bike ride, and 5k run. Carnival style cheering section provided for families of participants., Cody Ford, 801-558-2503, [email protected], Dani Lassiter, 801-635-9422, [email protected], gotriathamom.com
August 13, 2016 — Tiger Trout Tri, Price, UT, USAT Sanctioned triathlon at Scofield Reservoir with Olympic and Sprint distances. Incredible Venue. , Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], tigertrouttri.com, onhillevents.com
August 13, 2016 — Herriman Black Ridge Triathlon, RACE TRI, Herriman, UT, Sprint Triathlon: there are two transition areas, with T1 at the reservoir and T2 at nearby Butterfield Park. Athletes will swim 500 yards in the reservoir then ride a 14 mile clockwise loop down around Herriman City and into Butterfield Park to begin their 5K run loop along the footpaths and return to Butterfield Park for the finish.The race is capped at 400 athletes., Aaron Shamy, 801-518-4541, 801-358-1411, [email protected], racetri.com
August 20, 2016 — XTERRA Lake Tahoe, XTERRA America, Incline Village, NV, XTERRA, Sprint, and Duathlon. Course Distance: Full Course: 2X 750 meter swim laps with a 50 meter beach run, 22 mile bike, 6 mile run. Bike Tunnel Creek, and then onto the Flume Trail, which overlooks Lake Tahoe to the Tahoe Rim Trail. Both the Short and Long course complete the 22 mile bike, approxi-mately 4000 feet of climbing. The trail run-ning course is relatively flat, fast and scenic., Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], Kiley McInroy, [email protected], bigblueadventure.com/event/xterra-lake-tahoe/, xterraplanet.com
August 20, 2016 — Polson Triathlon, Polson, MT, Olympic Distance Triathlon. 1.5 km, two-lap triangular swim in Flathead Lake. 40km bike, loop course through the valley southwest of Polson. 10km run single loop course through scenic Polson., Matt Seeley, 406-871-0216, 406-883-9264, [email protected], polsontriathlon.com
August 20, 2016 — Varsity Tri, Ogden, UT, Great First Triathlon! Super Sprint Triathlon at Weber State University. Aimed at Varsity Boy Scouts to finish their triathlon pin, but open to anyone., Jon Hansen, 801-657-1845, [email protected], varsitytri.com
August 21, 2016 — XTERRA Wild Ride Mountain Triathlon (American Tour Points), XTERRA America / Wild Rockies Series, McCall, ID, Ponderosa State Park at Payette Lake, 3/4-mile swim, a 18.5-mile mountain bike and a 6.2-mile trail run, mass start at 9 am in the Park and the finish line festivities begin at
noon with the racer feed and music. Kids triathlon to follow--2 different lengths, 13 and under., Darren Lightfield, 208-608-6444, [email protected], wildrockiesrac-ing.com, xterraplanet.com
August 21, 2016 — Ironman Coeur D’Alene, Coeur D’Alene, ID, 303-444-4316, [email protected], ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/coeur-d-alene.aspx#axzz3qCbV0c4p
August 27, 2016 — Vikingman, Heyburn, ID, Downstream Snake River Swim, Loop Bike Course, flat and fast run - lots of opportu-nities for your fans to cheer you on! half, Olympic, and Sprint distance triathlons, Duathlon, Aquabike and a Half Marathon., Alan Fluckiger, 208-431-2232, [email protected], Rodney Hansen, 208-346-0736, [email protected], vikingman.org
August 27, 2016 — XTERRA Buffalo Creek, XTERRA America Tour, Bailey, CO, The XTERRA Buffalo Creek Triathlon features a 1500m Swim, 22 mile mountain bike, and 5m run, Lance Panigutti, [email protected], withoutlimits.co
August 27, 2016 — Boulder Sunset Triathlon, Boulder, CO, Scenic course, sweet swag and all for a good cause! Includes olympic, sprint, duathlon, and 5k., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], yourcausesports.org
August 27, 2016 — Race on the Rock, Rock Springs, WY, Race along the base of White Mountain and through portions of this min-ing town. Super Sprint, Sprint, and Olympic Distance options., Traci Ciepiela, 307-922-1840, [email protected], raceon-therock.weebly.com
August 27, 2016 — Shark Attack Super Sprint and Kids Triathlon, TriUtah Points Series, Springville, UT, This super sprint open water tri-athlon consists of a time-trial start with a 250 yard swim, 5 mile bike, 1.5 mile run, repeated up to 4 times! You get to choose your dis-tance! Plus, the amazing kids tri is for those little guppies 10 and younger!, Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
August 27-28, 2016 — Lake Tahoe Triathlon, Tahoma, CA, Kids TRI, Sprint TRI, Half TRI, AquaBike, Olympic TRI, Duathlon. Held at Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park, Todd Jackson, 530-546-1019, [email protected], Kiley McInroy, [email protected], bigblueadventure.com
September 5, 2016 — Youth and Family Triathlon, Murray, UT, A family triathlon! Ages 5-80+. Distances and actual course vary depending on age group. Please see website and race page for more info., Jo Garuccio, 801-566-9727, 801-557-6844, [email protected], greatbasincoaching.com
September 5, 2016 — South Davis Labor Day Triathlon, South Davis Racing Series, Bountiful, UT, Swim 350 yds; Bike 12 mi; Run 3.35 mi, relay: Split the Sprint between 2-3 racers,Novice: Swim 150 yds; Bike 2.4 mi; Run 1.5 miBeginner Tri Clinic/ Group Ride (option-al): Saturday, August 29 @ 8:00am (free to registered participants), Start: 8:00am, Awards: 10:30 amLocation: South Davis Recreation Center; 550 N 200 W, John Miller, 801-298-6220, [email protected], Cindy Hunt, 801-298-6220, [email protected], southdavisrecre-ation.com, labordaytri.com
September 10-17, 2016 — Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon, Laketown, UT, Event is on two dates. 9/17 is the Half/Long 70+ and 9/10 is the Sprint and Olympic event., Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], bear-lakebrawl.com, onhillevents.com
September 10, 2016 — Camp Yuba Sprint Triathlon, RACE TRI, Yuba State Park, UT, These Sprint and olympic triathlons are all about indian summers, camping, and good ol’ fashion swimming, biking, and running. All of the campsites in the state park will be reserved for triathletes and their families., Aaron Shamy, 801-518-4541, 801-358-1411, [email protected], racetri.com
September 10, 2016 — I Can Triathlon, Sandy, UT, Alta Canyon Sports Center, 9565 S. Highland Drive - 400m swim, 9 mile bike and
5K run., Lois Spillion, 801-568-4602, [email protected], sandy.utah.gov/govern-ment/parks-and-recreation/alta-canyon-sports-center/special-events.html
September 10, 2016 — Adventure Xstream Glenwood Springs, AXS Series, Glenwood Springs, CO, Solo, and 2 person teams will kayak, trek, rappel, and mountain bike., Will Newcomer, 970-403-5320, [email protected], gravityplay.com, axsracing.com
September 10, 2016 — Kokopelli Triathlon, BBSC Red Rock Triathlon Series, Hurricane, UT, Sand Hollow State Park, with Sprint, Olympic, and Kids’ distances., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com
September 10, 2016 — XTERRA Fruita Triathlon, XTERRA America Tour, Pagosa Springs, CO, 1200 m swim/12 mile bike/4.5 mile trail run. Begin at Highline Lake, with a swim from the beach, from there a bike course with single and double tracks within Lake State Park and will be followed by a run across the roll-ing trails overlooking Highline Lake., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], Darrin or Jill , 303-642-7917, [email protected], racingunderground.com/desertsedgetri/XTERRA_index.html
September 17, 2016 — XTERRA USA National Championship and Pan American Championship - XTERRA Utah, XTERRA America Tour, Ogden, UT, XTERRA Utah, two distance options: 750m / 19K mountain bike / 5K trail and 1.5k swim/ 30k mountain bike/ 10k trail run; XTERRA USA Championships (invite-only): 1.5k swim / 30k mountain bike / 10k trail run., Raena Cassidy, 877-751-8880, [email protected], xterraplanet.com, xterrautah.com
September 17, 2016 — Utah State Triathlon Championship, TriUtah Points Series, TBD, UT, This is the culmination of all your hard work for the 2016 season! serious awards and prizes, festival, and the crowning of the Utah State age group champions. Kids, Sprint, Olympic and Long distances., Dan Aamodt, 385-228-3454, [email protected], triutah.com
September 17, 2016 — Las Vegas Triathlon, BBSC Double Down Series, Boulder City, NV, 19th Annual, now produced by BBSC Endurance Sports at the largest reservoir in the United States, Lake Mead., Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com, bbsctri.com/#!las-vegas-triathlon/c5j6
September 24, 2016 — Rush Duathlon, Rexburg, ID, Run-bike-run, Bob Yeatman, 208-359-3020, 208-716-1349, [email protected], Jeff Crowther, 208-372-2395, [email protected], rushtriathlon.com, rexburg.org
October 8, 2016 — Huntsman World Senior Games Triathlon, St. George, UT, Triathlon. Must be 50 years or older. 450 Meter Outdoor Swim, 20K Bike, 5K Run. It’s the best little tri-athlon in the world., Kyle Case, 800-562-1268, [email protected], seniorgames.net
October 22, 2016 — Powell 3 Triathlon Challenge, Big Water, UT, USAT Sprint and Olympic Distance at Wahweep Marina, Lake Powell. This event is USAT Sanctioned and is a great event for those looking for the beauty of a triathlon with incredible Red Rock landscapes., Joe Coles, 801-335-4940, [email protected], powell3.com, onhil-levents.com
October 22, 2016 — Pumpkinman Triathlon, BBSC Double Down Series, Boulder City, NV, Point-to-point race begins in Lake Mead National Recreation Area and ends in Boulder City, with Sprint, Olympic, and Half Courses; costumes welcome!, Craig Towler, 318-518-7303, [email protected], Michelle Lund, [email protected], bbsctri.com/pumpkinman
November 5, 2016 — Telos Turkey Triathlon & 5K, T3TRI EVENTS, Orem, UT, Splash dis-tance triathlon which includes a 5K Run, 12 Mile Bike, and 350 Meter Swim in that order. Located at the Orem Rec Center., Shaun Christian, 801-769-3576, 801-678-4032, [email protected], Nicholle Deniro, 801-769-3576, [email protected], t3triath-lon.com
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30 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
BIKE THEFT
Don’t Lose Your bike, or You Might Lose Your Mind
By Keith Payne
A cautionary tale of loss and recovery (eventually) and loss
No one wants their bike stolen. No one!
Aside from the obvious incon-venience of NOT having your bike to ride, it’s also a heart wrenching experience. Bikes, for those of us who value them more than most other objects in our life, are integral to our existence. Yes, even more important than chocolate!
We spend countless hours with them, maintaining them, riding them, thinking about riding them, washing them, obsessing over them. Bikes are our ticket to whatever it is we value about riding - Fitness, Friendships, Adventure, Exhilaration, Solitude, Endorphins, Freedom.
When a bike is sold and another purchased we make a mental transi-tion, but it’s one we’ve prepared for and rationalized as the proper or timely choice. However when our bike is taken from us without warn-ing, well then, it’s another situation entirely.
The theft of a bike creates the
typical emotions associated with a loss. We can experience the five stages of grief. Denial (this can’t be happening to me) Anger (What kind of person would do such a thing and where’s my baseball bat!), Bargaining (We may appeal to a higher power, “Please help me find it and I’ll take better care of it from now on, I promise.”) Depression (“I’ll never have a bike as good as that one, I had it dialed.”) and finally Acceptance.
Recently my beloved Salsa Beargrease (Fat Bike) was stolen from off my Yakima Rack while sitting outside my office. Upon dis-covery my heart sank and the flood of emotions started to hit me. I couldn’t believe it, was angry at the thief and myself, wondering how I would ever recover it. I cannot fully explain the process but it was quick and painful. Eventually, depending on your perspective on life and the truly important things, you come to a point of Acceptance and start work-ing toward a resolution. Which of course involves a new bike.
Dealing with InsuranceSo if you are fortunate and your
insurance company is understand-ing and your policy is written in an accommodating manner you may get some funds to purchase a new bike. Typically you only get a portion of the funds to replace the bike with a comparable replacement and then after you prove you purchased said replacement you get the depreciated value check as the second portion of the payment. First you must get an invoice showing what a comparable replacement would cost and send that to the insurance company. Your total reimbursement is after whatever deductible you need to satisfy. So for example if your bike was worth $5K and you had a $1K deductible you might get $3K up front from the insurance and then, after you proved purchase of a comparable replace-ment, you’d get the other $1K for a total of $4,000 ($5,000 minus your responsibility which is the $1,000 deductible).
Back to the story After I and my coworkers drove
through the neighborhoods around our office hunting for the Fat Bike riding thief, we returned to the office to file a police report, we also found a witness from another office to give a description to the police of the per-petrator. After this I called the insur-ance broker to get his counsel and then called the insurance company and explained the situation to the adjustor and provided the police case number. The insurance company as I mentioned needs to know the cost of a replacement, see photos of the bike I had, and then verify that the replacement bike is comparable. So after some research they let me know what they will do for my claim. Of course nothing can offset the emo-tional attachment one has to a bike, but at some point Acceptance will kick in and you mentally move on, somehow…
Then the waiting commences. Until that special day when a new
bike arrives and I am free again to ride and explore and suffer and smile.
But what of my former bike you ask? Out there in the hands of anoth-er, or perhaps dumped in a ditch somewhere or leaning (gasp) against a pile of other stolen bikes in some storage unit or garage. What will become of the lost companion? I call pawn shops and check KSL and Ebay incessantly hoping to find a glimmer of hope.
Then a few weeks later the local Police Department calls one morning and the detective says, “Hey, will you get on KSL Classifieds and take a look at this posting, we think it’s your bike.” Frantically my fingers type the words in the search bar and sure enough, there it is, my bike! No doubt about it. If you are true cyclist you know your bike intimately, every nuance, scuff mark, and blemish. So now I begin thinking redemption may be possible and recovery may actually occur, just…maybe.
Then things get squirrellySo the Detective lets me know
they he will track down the seller and see about getting it back. However, when he finally gets ahold of the seller he learns the bike isn’t actually in the seller’s possession. Instead it’s at a pawn shop in Salt Lake City. The KSL poster was in the process of trying to buy the bike from the pawn shop and was making payments on it. So the Detective calls the pawn shop and the pawn shop says “No way, we’ve had this bike since 2014.” The Detective then relays this informa-tion to me and I’m in disbelief. I’m thinking there’s no way they could make such a statement! So the police tell me it can’t be my bike, but just looks like it, which of course I know is impossible. The bike set-up is too unique, too customized. It IS my bike. The officer indicates he will go check it out anyway and look at the serial number. Meanwhile I’m in utter disbelief that this can be happening. There’s no doubt it’s my bike, but somehow they are gaming the system? Have they removed the serial number? Will it even still be there when the Detective arrives? I’m at a loss.
Later than day I get a call from the officer. “It is your bike” he says. He had given the wrong information to the pawn shop during his call so they reported what they knew about the bike he did reference. But upon arriving at the shop he found that the serial number did match and the bike is indeed my bike.
Now what?Well, then the officer informs me
about Utah law and the pawn shops. He can’t get the bike from the shop until the case is resolved, which means he has to find and prosecute the thief, not an easy task if the per-son who sold the bike to the Pawn shop used a fake ID or was not the actual thief. The pawn shop cannot sell the bike, so it’s being held by the shop (they too are considered a “vic-tim”) which is absurd because they choose to overlook the possibility (a very likely one) that this was stolen merchandise and take possession of it. So it’s a waiting game. With a little paperwork I could be allowed to go purchase the bike from the shop for what they paid for it (this should soon change thanks to the new Utah law). However the officer recommended against this course of action. Probably because it causes no disincentive for the pawn shop and they will continue to take stolen merchandise without consequence. This behavior, while reprehensible, is completely legal and allows them to buy and then sell stolen merchan-dise with impunity. It’s amazing that our State has allowed this practice to continue.
But it’s really not my bikeSo now the harsh reality. I loved
that bike, it was a trusted and loyal companion for many Winters of snow riding. But it’s not mine any-more. The problem with losing a bike, and replacing it thanks to insur-ance, is that now the bike is not yours but property of the insurance company. So while I could claim that it IS my stolen property, because the insurance company has compensated me for the loss, the lost item (should it be recovered) is now theirs. So when/if I get the bike back it does not get to come home to me, it will then need to be dealt with by the insurance company and disposed of in what manner they see fit.
Tale of the tapeThe pawn shop purchased the sto-
len bike for: $200 (which they could easily research and see the MSRP on this carbon fat bike was more than 25 times their offer.)
They offered to sell it to the KSL poster for: $1,200 (likely in an attempt to dispose of it quickly)
The KSL poster had it listed (without even owning it yet) for: $2,100
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Keith’s Bear Grease - before it was stolen. Photo by Keith Payne
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COACH’S CORNER
Know Before You Go: A Checklist for Surviving Your Race, Triathlon, or Organized Cycling EventBy Heather Nielson
I get asked by a lot of athletes participating in their first season of competition what pieces of advice I would give them and what to expect. I find that the details below apply to all endurance sports including road and mountain races and events, tri-athlon, and any organized bike ride (most of which I’ve participated in). I hope that it helps you.
In this first part, I talk about basic logistics that if not handled properly can ruin your race or ride before you even get to the start!
Expect to forget something!I remember very distinctly the
morning of a race in late summer in Northern California showing up plenty early (as I’ve learned to do!) and realizing I’d forgotten my cycling shoes. This is no small thing to forget. It’s not like I forgot my socks or even sunglasses. I could not race without my shoes. Fortunately, I didn’t live that far away, and the race was running behind (#longliveVelo-Promo) and since I’d arrived early, I quickly did the math in my head and realized that if I drove fast (I’ll nei-ther confirm nor deny the breaking of any speed limit rules), all the way home and back, I might...just might make it back in time. I did, in fact, arrive back 15 minutes before the start time. I’ve also never forgotten my shoes since.
Over the past 10 years of bike racing, I’ve curated a racing check-list that also includes an overnight section and bad weather section. All I need to do the day before and the morning of while packing for a race is go through that checklist and I know I’ll have everything I need. If you need any ideas or a starting point, I’ll provide my personal list below. One of the items listed below is ‘baggies for separate stuff’. I have found that in the chaos that is bike racing, things can get lost/mixed up/in a heap in a hurry; and if you’re carpooling with others this idea can be a stress saver. I put categories of items in separate bags and all those bags in ONE bike racing bag. For example: I’ll have my jersey, bibs, baselayer(s) in one bag and gloves, socks, arm and knee warmers in another bag, nutrition in another bag, chamois cream, baby wipes, sun-screen, sunglasses in another bag; you get the idea. If you always keep those same items in the same bags, preparation and clean-up afterwards is far less stressful. This may not seem like a big deal but you’ll find that any amount of extra/unnecessary stress before competition will tax
you during your event.
The Checklist:
Regular Races and EventsoBike (seems obvious I know
but...)oHelmetoEyewearoWheelsoSpare wheels/wheel bags
(Remember personal info on your wheels)
oBags for separate stuffoShoesoToe cover/shoe coversoSocks (extra socks!)oGlovesoArm warmersoKnee/leg warmersoJerseyoShortsoPodium hat/capoPumpoTool kitoSpare cleatsoChamois creamoSunscreenoBaby wipesoDirty clothes bag (to keep your
clean clothes separate from your dirty ones)
oClothes to change in to after-wards
oChanging skirt/toweloWater bottlesoRace food oRecovery foodoTrainer and front wheel blockoRacing licenseoBib number (pin it)oPower meter computer/watch
Triathlon Additional Miscellaneous
oWet suitoRunning shoesoBody LubeoCompression socks and/or
sleevesoTri suitoCap and gogglesoRunning hat or visor
Mountain Bike Additional Miscellaneous
oTire sealantoArmor All for tire sidewalls
when it’s muddyoHydration pack and toolsoMini-pump and/or CO2oBike stand
Overnight/stage races:oCards to pin race/bib #’s to
wheel bags for support vehicles & a sharpie pen
oPlastic utensils (you’ll be grate-ful for this on the road)
oTool boxoExtra tubes & tiresoSpare wheelsoMultitooloExtra cassetteoExtra cleatsoOvernight clothes
If you’re flying:oZip tiesoMulti-tooloPlastic glovesoElectrical tapeoPedal wrenchoScissorsoCleaning ragsoBike measurementsoMeasuring tape
Severe weather gear:oPanty hose for ice cubesoMultiple glovesoMultiple shoe coversoMultiple socksoToweloNewspaper (not for reading
material while racing silly, to soak up water from your shoes after racing in the rain!)
oRain capeoPlastic bagsoSunscreenoMultiple sunglasses lensesoMultiple cycling caps/head cov-
ersoExtra arm warmersoExtra leg/knee warmers
Expect to get lostActually, this one is probably far
less likely for you than it is for me. If there is ONE thing I am professional at, it’s getting lost. By foot, car, bus, bike...you name it. My biggest piec-es of advice when traveling to your event: allow for extra time, check your maps (multiple times), make sure you know of alternative routes and use the ‘show traffic’ option on your handy google map app to account for bad traffic/crashes. Or you can do what I do, carpool as much as you can and have someone else drive and split the gas because 9 times out of 10, they’ll get there faster and without getting lost better than I ever will.
In part 2, I will talk more about the mental and physical parts of pre-paring yourself for your first season.
Heather Nielson is a USA Cy-cling Level 3 coach, has worked with all levels of cyclists across a wide age range and has been coaching since 2010. She is also a cat 1 bike racer racing at the elite/national level and is cur-rently the operations manager at Cycle University in Seattle WA. You can find her on her website ridempowered.com on Twitter @ridempowered & on Instagram @ridempowered
The real cost of the bike: over $5,000
The warningSo here are the things you
should do in order to safeguard against theft and prepare for it if it does end up happening to you.
•Lock your bike, everywhere, in your garage, on your rack, no matter where you are, use a lock. A good one!
•Check with your insurance. Make sure your bike(s) is/are cov-ered not only in your home but when you are on a trip. Ask what it would take to add it as a specific item. This is called “scheduling” which is important for high dollar possessions like cameras, jewelry or of course bikes.
•Consider using a “Tile” or other blue tooth tagging device and putting the chip inside your frame so that thieves don’t know it’s traceable.
•If your bike is stolen, contact report it to the police, and post to the cycling Utah stolen bike list-ing: http://www.cyclingutah.com/bike-theft/report-a-stolen-bike/
•Don’t give up hope, but don’t expect miracles either. My bike has still not been recovered and it’s been over 2 months since the theft and over month since it’s been located. It’s a slow process which benefits the pawn shops since anxious riders would rather pay the recovery cost of getting their bike back from the pawn shop rather than go through the insurance process which may be more costly depending on their insurance deductible. But this should change with the new law (see below).
•If your bike is stolen, See Cycling Utah’s guide to recov-ering it: http://www.cyclingutah.com/tech/uh-oh-whered-my-bike-go-guide-to-recovering-your-sto-len-bike/
•For information on the new Utah pawn shop law (in effect later in 2016), see: http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0157.html and http://www.cyclingu-tah.com/news/2016-utah-legisla-tive-wrap-up-several-bike-wins-and-a-few-losses/
So although my bike has been found by the diligence and skill of the Orem P.D. it has not yet been recovered and a full resolu-tion remains to be seen. I hope this never happens to you, but if it does hopefully you now know what to expect.
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Having a check list helps you to remember everything to bring on the day of your race or ride.Photo by Heather Nielson
Bike theft from page 4
32 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
BIKE PACKING
The Escape
By Lukas Brinkerhoff
It was Wednesday. I had already spent 2-3 weeks prepping. Gear had to be organized, packed, unpacked and checked off the list. The room for error was minimal so our prep work had to be thorough. I fitted each bike with bags and then we stuffed
them with everything we would need for the journey. Everything was ready. Well, almost everything. Food, we still needed a few food items, but there was time. Our escape was scheduled for 2 PM on Saturday.
Jedidiah Jenkins, a man you’ve probably never heard of, quit his job because he didn’t want to wake up one day and realize that thirty years
had passed and he hadn’t lived the life he wanted. Instead of living the ordinary life, he decided to ride his bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. In a short film made by a friend titled The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon to Patagonia, he answers the why of his journey saying, “The routine is the enemy of time, it makes it fly by.”
All of us know the routine. Wake up. Go to work. Wade through work. Go home. Say hi to the significant other. Go to bed. Wake up. It’s the circular torture that even Sisyphus would call never ending. I don’t know about you, but I’m with Jedidiah. I don’t want to wake up some morning after I retire and think,
“Wow! Where did all those years go?
What the hell was I doing?” because I spent way too much time making sure the routine was followed, the bills were payed and I was doing the adult thing. The routine is the enemy.
Our destination was a measly 20 miles each way to a place all of us had been multiple times. The first time I had been there was close to 20 years ago and for the sake of full disclosure, I had already gone bikepacking there before. There was nothing particularly special about our weekend’s escape other than every one of us needed it. The Doctor needed it. The teacher needed it. The marketing guy needed it, even more
The Tandem Duo, Kenny Jones and Heather Gilbert, dropping into Powerline.Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
Joey Dye smiling because he’s finally done with sand.Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
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Jake Miller ripping down Prospector on the last leg of our journey.Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
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than just to get pictures for his social media posts. He needed it just like the rest of us, to break free from the enemy and take control of time.
The break was to take us from St. George to the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, a place easily reached by pavement, but easy was not our objective. There were five of us and one more to meet us if possible somewhere along the way. We all pedaled our loaded rigs to Red Rock Bicycle for one last chance for sup-plies before pedaling the short, steep pavement climb up to the Red Hill where we hit dirt and made a go of it.
Our route was to use trails that most locals don’t even know about mostly because they aren’t what you would call “fun” to ride. Off the pavement, we began our dirt journey on T Bone which is a dirt/sandy two
track that follows a pipeline up to the Turkey Farm Road. The five of us represented a rainbow coalition of bikes, there was a tandem, a fat bike, a singlespeed and a bikepacking spe-cific rig. T Bone made it obvious which bike was going to be the best for the first half of the ride.
Sitting at the top of the first sandy climb, I stopped and stepped off my Fat Boy and watched as the rest of the group pushed, pulled and pedaled through the sand to the top. It’s not bikepacking until you’re pushin’.
Once to the Turkey Farm Road we had a stint of pavement to the Middleton Powerline Trailhead. As the names suggests, this road paral-lels the powerline meaning it drops directly down and then goes direct-ly back up. Then repeats several times. Plus some sand. At the end of Powerline, there was yet another
sandy road awaiting us. While the first 10 miles was technically half of the trip, it constituted 2/3 of the time it would ultimately take us to reach our camp because of the sand.
And then there was singletrack, ten miles of it stretching out in front of us. After the sand bogs we had just traversed, even being loaded, the trail felt like we were ripping. The broken, thousand mile stares were replaced with smiles, whooping, the occasional attempted bunny hop and, well to be honest, fun.
A short corridor of pavement completed our route to get us to our campsite. We dropped off of the Prospector trail just as the sun was dropping behind the horizon giving us a light show as our tired legs car-ried us to our escape.
Obviously, not all of us have made the decisions that would put
us in a place where we can decide to quit our job, strap everything we own to our bicycles and ride into the sunset hoping that somehow writing and blogging about our adventures will provide sustenance when needed. However, it’s a lot easier than that to escape the routine, to shake things up. When was the last time you threw everything in the back of your car, put the bike on top and drove through the night for a one-day bike trip just because? Or even took the long way to the grocery store aboard the cargo bike because you could?
The routine is the enemy. I’m not sure that we were put
here or that we have a purpose so I can’t say we were meant for more than the 9-5 grind. During my sou-journ in Chile, I learned a phrase, “Trabajo para vivir. No vivo para trabajar.” Which is to say, “I work
to live. I don’t live to work.” The escape doesn’t have to be big, it doesn’t have to be long, but it is just as important as showing up to work on time.
Plan your escape:Destination: it doesn’t really mat-
ter, but ours was the Red Cliffs Recreation Area, http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/st__george/recre-ation/day_use_areas/red_cliffs_rec-reation.html.
The route: T Bone to Turkey Farm, Turkey Farm to Middleton Powerline, Powerline to Mill Creek, Mill Creek to Grapevine, Grapevine to Prospector which takes you to the Red Cliffs Recreation Area.
Lukas Brinkerhoff blogs about mountain biking and life at mooseknuckleralliance.org.
Kathleen Berglund rocking the singlespeed and making sand look easy.Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
34 CYCLINGUTAH.COM APRIL 2016
MECHANIC’S CORNER
Road Disc Brakes Are Here!
By Donald West
There is a new standard in brakes on the road bike. It has even entered the professional peloton. It is disc brakes for road bikes. You may be asking yourself, is this really neces-sary. We’ve been riding road bikes with regular rim brake calipers for
years. Well be prepared to make the change if you want better brake performance in all riding conditions. The same reason why mountain bikers have made the transition to disc brakes is the same reason you should make the transition on the road. Disc brake rotors provide a consistent braking surfaced better brake modulation. Disc brakes are
more powerful and remove issues of beefing up the rim surface to handle braking forces. Disc brakes remove any issues you may have with carbon wheels, including confusing brake pad choices. The removal of the brake surface on wheels will allow rim manufacturers to make lighter rims. There is less force that needs to be applied to the brake lever in order
to stop the bike, which decreases rider fatigue. Disc brakes allow bike designers to increase clearances of tires without dramatically chang-ing frame design. No more having to open brake calipers to allow for wider tires on road bikes or open brake calipers for cyclocross bikes. This opens up the door for wider rims and bigger high volume tires that can improve traction and braking performance.
The only downside to disc brakes is they require you to have a disc specific frame and wheels. There is a slight increase in the weight of the disc bike. You also need to con-sider that these brakes require more mechanical know how. Hydraulic disc brakes use either dot 5 brake
fluid or mineral oil to actuate brake calipers, just like the brakes on your vehicle. Finally, there will be issues with compatibility. There are a myriad of new standards for disc brakes that are available, so swap-ping components between bikes will lead to some headaches. One of the new standards we will likely see are thru axles front and rear on road bikes. It is likely that we will see very few 9mm quick release axles in the near future. Thru axles will improve handling performance by increasing the strength of the con-nection between the wheel and the frame. Also, riders will be less likely to misalign the wheel in the frame during the wheel installation process. Finally, disc brakes are going to be more expensive than their mechani-cal counterparts.
There are several choices for riders considering changing over to road disc brakes. You can use hydraulic disc or cable actuated disc brakes. Each of the major compo-nent companies, Shimano, Sram, and Campagnolo, now offer disc brakes for road bikes. Shimano offers a hydraulic disc brake and electronic shifting option. Sram offers hydraulic disc brakes and mechanical shifting options. TRP offers a cable actuated hydraulic disc brake. SRAM/Avid allows riders to avoid hydraulics all together with their able accepted mechanical disc brake. Most riders will be able to run 140mm rotors for their bikes or a combination of 140mm and 160mm. There will be 160mm rotors available for more braking power. Rotors are mounted to the non-drive side of the wheel for obvious reasons either by 6 bolt standard or center lock attachment. The calipers mount to the frame in two standards, a mount similar to a post mount you’d find on mountain bikes, or ‘flat mount” calipers. Flat mount calipers are likely to be the new standard for road bikes due to their lighter weight and more com-pact design.
So there is the breakdown of the new trend in road biking. If you are willing to make the investment in a new frame and wheels, I believe you will have another excellent option for your exploration of your local roads. If you don’t feel that it is necessary to change over, there are still plenty of options for riders who want to stay in the mechanical brake caliper world.
Donald West is the owner of Bicycle Motion, a mobile bicycle repair business in Utah County. Find them at bicyclemotion.com.
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Shimano’s hydraulic disc brakes are shown here.Photo by Donald West
TRP’s cable actuated hydraulic brake.Photo by Donald West
Front forks require a new design to accomodate road disc brakes.Photo by Dave Iltis
SRAM’s Force Hydraulic Disc Brakes provide incredible stopping power.Photo by Dave Iltis
APRIL 2016 CYCLINGWEST.COM 35
RIDE OF THE MONTH
Meanders to Monuments Classic Takes in the Incredible Scenery of Monument Valley
By Wayne Cottrell
Southern Utah is treated, per-haps, to the first signs of spring in the State. With the exception of extreme southwestern Utah, south-eastern Utah begins to see climbing temperatures as early as late March. For example, in April, it is usually warmer in Bluff than in Cedar City. Thus, a great springtime escape for northern Utahns would be to head for the moderate climes of southeast-ern Utah. This ride travels through some of southeastern Utah’s amazing scenery, enabling the cyclist to see some of the State’s most well-known sights and images, while getting a fantastic workout.
The Meanders to Monuments Classic is a 64.9-mile out-and-back ride having a net elevation differ-ence of 1,605 feet. There are no steep climbs or descents, but there are several long, gradual upgrades and downgrades. The ride starts at out-of-the-way Goosenecks State Park, located along the San Juan River, north of the Navajo Nation boundary, just beyond the far eastern boundary of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. If names such as Moki Dugway, Valley of the Gods, Mexican Hat Rock, and The Tabernacle ring a bell, thing you know where this is. If not, then the best way to get here – and the out-of-the-way location adds to the mystique – is to head southeast from the Salt Lake City area to Moab, via I-15, U.S. Route 6, I-70,
and U.S. Route 191. Continue head-ing south from Moab on US 191, through Monticello, Blanding, and Bluff. Beyond Bluff, continue head-ing westward on U.S. 163 rather than on U.S. 191, which heads south into Arizona. Turn right on State Route (SR) 261, and then left onto SR 163. Drive 3.5 miles to the end of the highway, at Goosenecks State Park. This is where the ride begins.
Goosenecks State Park overlooks the deep meanders of the San Juan River. The depth of the canyon here is about 1,000 feet. The dramatic incisions made by the river, carved over thousands of years, create a stunning visual. From your left to your right, panning the near horizon, the river “goosenecks” through ten miles over a straight-line distance of about three. I arrived here at dusk once, running late, such that the darkness prevented me from seeing the bottom of the canyon. I was the only soul around, and I could hear the faint sounds of the chasm, only imagining its depth! There are vault toilets at the park, but no water, so be sure to bring your own. From a starting elevation of 4,980 feet, SR 316 descends gradually to the junc-tion with SR 261 (which is part of the Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway). Turn right here, at mile 3.5, and ride to US 163 (mile 4.4). Turn right and head south. Along the way, well off to your right, you may be able to spot the top of The Tabernacle, which is a nearly island land mass that has been carved out by the twisting San Juan River. To your left, along SR 163, is Mexican Hat Rock, a formation that resembles a balancing sombrero. The formation is so famous that the
next town is named Mexican Hat! This a small but extremely scenic settlement, established adjacent the river. There is a lodge and a trading post here. At the edge of town, SR 163 makes a sharp, left-hand bend to cross the San Juan River. This is the low elevation of the ride (4,110 feet).
From the river, SR 163 climbs gradually. The only real negative aspect of this segment of the ride is the highway’s narrow shoulder. Yet, the highway is famous, even in cycling lore, having been ridden as part of the Race Across America route, and as a regular segment in the Race Across the West. Nonetheless, ride cautiously, especially on curves. The turnoff to the town of Halchita is at mile 9.55. This segment of SR 163 is essentially entirely within the Navajo Nation, as reflected in that fact that some 98% of Halchita’s sev-eral-hundred residents are Native-American. The traffic volume on SR 163 increases southwest of Halchita (up to 2,100 vehicles per day). The landscape out here is marked by a vivid red color, generated by iron oxides exposed within the mostly siltstone floor of the valley. There are also some darker, blue-gray colors generated by manganese oxide. The numerous fissures and canyons have been carved by washes and springs over the years. Millions of years ago, this area featured volcanic activity.
With the extinction of the volcanoes came the subsidence of the land, exposing volcanic “plugs” that have remained resistant to erosion. Hence, the peaks, spires and spikes that you see out here are the remnants of ancient volcanoes. The high eleva-tion of the ride at Monument Pass (5,715 feet), crossed at mile 19.2, marks the gateway to Monument Valley. Here, the numerous sentinels of the valley come into clear view, including the iconic West and East Mittens. It is a gradual descent across the valley.
Monument Valley is etched into many a person’s vision of the old American West, in part because of filmmaker John Ford’s repeated use of the region for his Westerns. These included such classics as “Stagecoach” and “The Searchers,” among others. As the monuments get close enough to touch, turn left onto Monument Valley Road (elevation 5,202 feet at mile 24.8), and head southeast. The road enters Arizona, climbing gradually to the end of the road, at the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park’s visitor center (elevation 5,607 feet). There may be a fee ($20 for motor vehicles; unknown for bicycles). This is the turnaround point of the ride (mile 32.45). Be sure to replenish your water here. If you have time, though, take a break and visit the center. Or, better yet, take a guided tour!
The return ride features a gradual descent to SR 163 (2.1% grade), a long, gradual climb to Monument Pass (1.7% grade), an even longer, gradual descent to Mexican Hat (2.0% grade), and then a gradual climb to Goosenecks State Park (2.0% grade). The scenic views and icons along this ride, now seen from a different perspective, keep things interesting and memorable for the entire route. As you return to Goosenecks State Park, be sure to slow down at the end of the road, as
there is no barrier between you and the incisions!
Start/finish coordinates:
37.174503oN 109.927267oW
For more rides, see Road Bik-ing Utah (Falcon Guides), written by avid cyclist Wayne Cottrell. Road Biking Utah features de-scriptions of 40 road bike rides in Utah. The ride lengths range from 14 to 106 miles, and the book’s coverage is statewide: from Wendover to Vernal, and from Bear Lake to St. George to Bluff. Each ride description features information about the suggested start-finish location, length, mileposts, terrain, traffic conditions and, most important-ly, sights. The text is rich in detail about each route, including his-tory, folklore, flora, fauna and, of course, scenery.
Wayne Cottrell is a former Utah resident who conducted extensive research while living here – and even after moving – to develop the content for the book.
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The Monument Valley ride is full of scenic beauty. Map by Wayne Cottrell.
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