September 2008 Issue - Cycling Utah

VOLUME 16 NUMBER 7 FREE SEPTEMBER 2008MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNALcycling utahLouderCapturesLarry H.Miller Tourof Utah!2008UTah,Idaho,& RegionalEventCalendarInside!DIRTPAVEMENTADVOCACYRACINGTOURING•Utah, Idaho, and RegionalCalendar of Events - p. 6•Complete Triathlon Calendar - p. 7•Fat Cyclist Interview - p. 2•American MTB Stage Race- p. 3•Tour de Donut - p, 5•Triathlon Training - p.9• Cyclocross Preview - p. 12•Tour of Utah Race Coverage - p. 14• Red Canyon Trail - p. 19•Shop Directory - p. 20•Commuter Column - p. 21•Results - p. 22• Wolverine Ridge - p. 24• Snowbird Hill Climb - p. 25•Snowbird Story Contest - p. 25•Touring Yellowstone and the Tetons - p. 26•Family Tandem Touring - p. 27•Derailleur Hanger Fix - p. 28

2 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008speaking of spokesAn Interview with the Fat Cyclist:Corpulence, Cancer and CyclingBy David WardPublisherA couple of years ago, my daughter,Marielle, told me of an entertainingcycling blog, www.fatcyclist.com.Marielle, enjoys cycling when shecan make time for it between work,caring for her husband and 2-yearold son, being pregnant and dodgingthe scorching Arizona heat. She alsocombines sensitive emotion with aunique sense of humor. I knew if sheliked this blog, so would I.P.O. Box 57980Murray, UT 84157-0980www.cyclingutah.comYou can reach us by phone:(801) 268-2652Our Fax number:(801) 263-1010I was not disappointed. On visitingthis blog, I was entertained by ablogger who understands cycling culture,and combines that understandingwith wit, charm, sarcasm, social commentary,heart and an open door tohis own life and family. It is a blogwhere a cyclist can feel at home.Though “Fatty”, as he invitesreaders to address him, lived inSeattle at the time of my introduction,he subsequently returned to Alpine,Utah, near his roots in Orem. Uponlearning of this, I decided I wouldlike to interview him. I emailed himmy request, and he graciously andwillingly agreed.During the interview, I foundFatty, aka, Elden Nelson, to be thesame personality that comes throughin his blog. He is expressive,Financing available.Fatty.Courtesy Elden Nelson.thoughtful and honest, and it was adelight to talk with him.CU: I learned about your blog frommy daughter. At the time you wereliving in Seattle and later moved backto Utah. Before we get to your blog,give me some background on you.EN: Alright. Let’s see, I was a BYUbaby, born in Provo, Utah, actually.My parents were going to BYU atthe time. I grew up my whole lifeliving in different places in Colorado,mostly in Grand Junction. One of myhuge regrets is that at the time I didn’tknow that there was such a thing asmountain biking. And maybe therereally wasn’t. I didn’t do anythingathletic as a kid. I did speech teamin high school. I bounced aroundin careers and so forth. I lived inWashington most recently, where Iworked for Microsoft and mostly wasa roadie there just because out thefront door there were terrific countryroads. They were very unpopulatedand just beautiful to ride. Now thatI’m back in Utah, I am about 50/50road and mountain because there is somuch good of both. I live in Alpineand out my front door I can do theAlpine Loop which is incredible or Ican ride Hog Hollow which is incredible.Or if I want to drive a little bit,I can get on to the ridge trail networkwhich is just unbelievable. Even mycommute is a great road ride. In myheart of hearts, I’m not a roadie ormountain biker. I like to ride whateveris good. Just put me on a bike.Continued on page 10RECREATIONAL BIKING INTHE UINTAH BASINIf you're looking for scenicmountain biking, considerstaying at the Rosebud GuestHouse in Western DuchesneCounty and taking one of manygreat rides from here. Visitwww.rosebudguesthouse.comor call 1-866-618-7194.Jamis Felt IntenseWe don’t just fix your bike,We make it perform!284 S. Main StSpringville, UT 84663Phone: 801-489-5106blaynscycling.comDave Iltis, Editor &Advertisingdave@cyclingutah.comDavid R. Ward, Publisherdward@cyclingutah.comContributors: Ben Simonson,Michael Gonzales, Lou Melini,Joaquim Hailer, Andy Singer,Erik Moen, Gregg Bromka, TomJow, Lukas Brinkerhoff, TylerServoss, Joaquim Hailer, DaynaDeuter, Bruce Bilodeau, StephenWasmund, Mike Warner, ScottKelly, Jennifer Barth, SteveKodad, Tom Diegel, RustyHealey PhotographyDistribution: Dave, Karma,and Marinda Ward, DougKartcher, David Montgomery(To add your business to ourfree distribution list, give usa call)Administrative Assistant:Lindsay Rosscycling utah is publishedeight times a year beginningin March and continuingmonthly through October.Annual Subscription rate:$15(Send in a check toour P.O. Box)Postage paid in Murray, UTEditorial and photographic contributionsare welcome. Sendvia email to dave@cyclingutah.com. Or, send via mail and pleaseinclude a stamped, self-addressedenvelope to return unused material.Submission of articles andaccompanying artwork to cyclingutah is the author’s warrantythat the material is in no way aninfringement upon the rights ofothers and that the material maybe published without additionalapproval. Permission is requiredto reprint any of the contents ofthis publication.Cycling Utah is printed on 40%post-consumer recycled paperwith soy-based ink.Cycling Utah is free, limit onecopy per person.© 2008 cycling utahPick up a copy ofcycling utah at yourfavorite bike shop!Cover Photo: In the Tour of Utah,Utah's Jeff Louder (BMC) putsthe hammer down on Tanner'sFlat in Little Cottonwood Canyon.This was the start of his winningmove. Utah's Burke Swindlehurst(Bissell) hung on for awhile, butChris Baldwin (behind Burke) wasdropped here. Louder won thestage and the overall.See results on page 22.Photo: Dave Iltis

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 3mountain bike racingBig Names Compete at Brian Head in American Classic MTB Stage RaceStory and Photos by LukasBrinkerhoff160 racers were drawn to theAmerican Mountain Classic StageRace by 4 days of competition anda $20,000 purse. The stage race atBrian Head Resort drew some of thebiggest names in endurance mountainbiking.The race took place at BrianHead Resort which sits at 9762 feetjust under Brian Head Peak. Everystage except the first started andfinished in the lodge’s parking lot.Racers had the beautiful surroundingsas well as great temperatures toaccompany them during the four-daycompetition. Every day had deepblue skies and high temperaturesaround 80 degrees, perfect weatherfor mountain biking.The parking lot was relativelyempty before the first race. Therewas a calm ambiance. Riders werestretching by their cars, applyingsunscreen and chatting.Only a few began to warm upand they seemed relaxed. I was surprisedat the calmness lurking in theparking lot. I expected to see racersfranticly getting ready but was confrontedwith organized, professionalracers.The racing started at 3 p.m.August 21 with a 9 mile prologuethrough the town of Brian Head.The course was relatively flat andconsisted mostly of double track.The racers were not required to ridethe prologue, but positioning for thefirst stage the following day wasjosie_johnson_ad_2008_print.pdf 8/21/08 12:33:02 PMdetermined by this short loop. Evenwith little to gain, the riders did nothold backJeremiah Bishop of the Trek/VWteam took the race pulling over thefinish line at 20 minutes. Bishop hadJeremy Horgon-Kobelski right onhis rear wheel.I witnessed the speed from a fewmiles into the course. The racerscame mashing down the short sectionof singletrack before I expected.The groups were tight and no onewas giving room for passing. TheElite men came flying by, but thetightest group was the Elite women.Lea Davison won the category, comingin at 23:42.Back at the start line after thefinish, I was once again confrontedwith the eerie calm that was everpresent throughout this event. I hadjust witnessed high-speed racingmoments earlier, but found the sameracers once again relaxed and calmat the finish line.I found the level of professionalismat this race was not to be outdone. Of the 160 racers who competed,there were 30 pro men and15 pro women. All the big names ofEndurance Mountain biking werepresent.Tom Speigel of Team Big Bearwas the man in charge. He saidthis was the events first year andthey were happy with the turn out.Despite the event being in its infancy,Speigel knew most of the racersby name and was shouting encouragementto everyone as they passed.Stage 1. The next day the racersThe Elite Men's lead group enjoying some great ridgetop singletrack during Stage 2 behind Brian Head Peak.were handed to the mercies of a 56mile loop with 5700 feet of climbing.According to Speigel, 40 ofthose 56 miles were on singletrack.Day 2 was the only stage thatdid not start and finish at the resort.The racers were shown some of themost beautiful singletrack on CedarMountain. They rode the VirginRiver Rim trail linking it in with theNavajo Lake loop.The Elite Men’s category, drivenby stiff competition and a $500stage winner’s bonus, surprised theevent staff. The estimated times forthe course were tortoise slow forthis group. Jeremiah Bishop crossedthe finish line to win the stage afteronly 3:42:34. Benjamin Sonntag of3D Racing came in just after Bishopwith Horgan-Kobelski trailing rightbehind.Of the 160 racers, there wereonly seven that did not finish.Speigel was on sweep duty for thisstage and he commented about oneof these riders, Jorge Santascoy.According to Speigel, Jorge hadflown in from Mexico City to competein the race. The prologue hadgiven him trouble and found himwalking parts of the simple openingcourse. Needless to say Jorge wasspent when Speigel pulled him offthe course on Friday.Speigel said he just wanted toContinued on page 4In memory of Josie Johnson and all cycling accident victimsJoin us at Sugarhouse Park onSaturday, Oct 11th at 10:30 AMRide starts at Sugarhouse Park and rides to Mill Hollow Park in Cottonwood HeightsHelp raise awarness for Bicycle Safety!No entry feeDonations are encouragedfor course map and detailed information visit josiejohnsonride.com

4 cyclingutah.com SEPTEMBER 2008Deer Valley Nationals -Continued from page 3ask him, “What were you thinking,Jorge?” Instead he got him to thefinish. All in all, Speigel said heliked to see people like Jorge outriding. Maybe he hadn’t come themost prepared of all the riders, butthe fact that he was riding a fourday stage race at 10,000 feet hadto mean something. Jorge was outriding while most people would belounging around the house watchingTV.Stage 2 began bright and earlySaturday. Racers headed out at 8a.m. sharp, this time starting fromthe parking lot in front of the resort.Day 3’s stage was called the Peak.The course went from the resort andclimbed up to the foot of Brian HeadPeak. It then followed the LowderPonds trail, some dirt roads, theSidney Valley trail and then climbedaround the peak where the racerswere challenged by the descentdown the ski slopes of the resort.The stage began as beautifulas the last two days had and theweather held. The Elite Men’sgroup showed no signs of slowingdown with two days of intenseracing under their belt. The leaderswere at the foot of the Peak by 8:17(unofficial time) and came smokingthrough to the Lowder Ponds trail.Both the Elite Men’s and Women’sgroups were tight, but again theleading women were right on eachothers’ wheels.After the lightning fast timesof the day before, the event staffand racing support were ready forthe riders. I was able to witness therace at Feed Zones 1 and 3. TheBonnevilleCycling ClubCheck Us Out!WWW.BCCUTAH.ORGlast stragglers were coming throughwhen the leaders were coming back.Ryan Trebon of Kona camethrough first with the chasing groupa couple of minutes back. He wasbeing pursued by a close group offour guys. Trebon came through theFeed Zone looking good, with hislanky physique dwarfing his huge29r frame.Tinker Juarez came throughwithin ten minutes of Trebon he waslooking good riding alone and at thelead of his group.The racers did not let up on thisstage. Bishop once again took thestage finishing the 48-mile coursein 3:23:44 crossing the finish linejust in front of Horgan-Kobelski.The two were neck and neck comingdown into the finishing section, butthere was a hard left and Bishop wasable to pull ahead.Trebon, who had looked like hewas feeling strong and had a goodchance of winning didn’t showup for some time. When he camearound that hard left, he stopped andchatted with a spectator for threeminutes before proceeding to thefinish line. He even let a few riderscome through while he was talking.This was just one more example ofthe relaxed atmosphere of the event.Juarez won the Elite Masterscategory 25 minutes ahead of hisclosest competitor.Racers continued to tricklethrough the finish line for the nextthree hours. Jorge crossed the linethree hours behind the leaders, buthe finished and he was out theirdoing it. And of course, we all knowthat is what it’s all about.Sunday’s stage 3 was the shortestof the stages. The racers wererequired to ride two 24 mile loopsOn the trail towards Lowder Ponds in stage 2 right behind Brian HeadPeak.with 3400 feet of climbing per lap.The course started out followingthe previous day’s ride, going up toLowder Ponds but then came acrossSydney Valley and dropped off DarkHollow.If you’ve never ridden in BrianHead or have but missed out on thistrail, you need to understand whatthe racers faced. Dark Hollow drops,literally down from Brian HeadPeak into Parowan canyon. The firstcouple miles are steep, technical singletrackthat is boulder after boulder.Not only did they have to maneuverthis tricky section after three days ofracing, but they had to do it twice.After Dark Hollow the coursejumped onto the Scout Camp Loopand then climbed back up to BrianHead Resort where it began all overagain for the 2nd lap.Horgan-Kobelski finally beatout Bishop to take the final stageand he did it by a mere half of asecond. Overall, Bishop won the 1stAmerican Mountain Classic StageRace.Almost all of the 160 racers werefrom out of state. Alex Grant of SaltLake City placed 6th overall. AaronSmith of Orem won the Sportsmen30-39 category and was accompaniedby two other locals on the podium.Kevin Talbot of Washingtontook the Sportsmen 40-49 overalland Dick Newson of Sandy won theSportsmen 50+.The race was put on by TeamBig Bear with the help of some bigsponsors, Team Sho-Air, SpecializedBicycles and Blue Wolf Events.This was the first year of theAmerican Mountain Classic StageRace, but if you’re interested in thisor other endurance events check outteambigbear.com where you willfind a list of similar events.For full results, visitteambigbear.com.Come find out why Biker’s Edge was voted one of the“Top 100” shops in the nation by Bicycle Retailer.232 N Main I Kaysville UT I Mon: 1-7 Tues-Fri: 10-7 Sat. 10-5 I801.544.5300 I bebikes.com

SEPTEMBER 2008 cyclingutah.com 5Fackrell Eats 25 Donuts and Wins!Introducing Dakar XCT.It’s a big world. Now you can ride all of it.®A rider (not Regan Fackrell) eats a donut in the Tour de Donut beforeracing off.Photo: Mike WarnerHow do you win a 21-mile race with a time of -3:47? By eating a lot ofdonuts. At least, that is how Regan Fackrell did it at the Inaugural Tourde Donut held in American Fork, Utah on July 12th. Sponsored by theAmerican Fork Rotary Club, the event was a fund raiser for the AmberAlert ID project.The race was comprised of 3 laps around a 7-mile circuit. At the end oflaps 1 and 2, racers pulled over to a donut table and ate as many donutsas desired. When finished, each racer had 3 minutes deducted from his orher time for each donut eaten. Anyone puking was disqualified.Fackrell ate 25 donuts for a whopping time bonus of 75 minutes.Subtracting this from his finishing time of 1:11:13, giving him a winningtime of -3:47. For eating the most donuts, he was also crowned the KingDonut. Crowned Queen Donut for eating a total of 12 donuts was PennyBehunin. Stephanie Jones won the female division by eating 6 donuts fora time bonus of 18 minutes, adjusting her finishing time of 1:05:11 to thewinning time of 47:11.The Tour de Donut riders and business partners raised over $4500 for theAmber Alert ID project, a project in partnership with the Utah AttorneyGeneral's Office which provides free identification cards for parents andsupports a database that can be accessed quickly by law enforcement incase of a missing child emergency.-David Ward2009 Jamis Dakar XCT 3.0The all-new XCT splits the difference between pure cross-country performance and aggressive trail riding.It’s light and fast, with the stable pedal platform of our proven mp3 suspension so it climbs like an XC racer.But it’s also plush and tough, so you can use all 5 inches of suspension travel and plunge down descentslike you were on a long-travel floater.Using frame tubing from our lightweight XCR platform keeps the heft down, with relaxed angles and alonger wheelbase to add more high-speed stability without taking too much of an edge off the XCR’s crisphandling skills. Throw-in at least 130 mm of fork travel, plus powerful hydraulic discs and aggressive treadand you have everything you need to stay in control no matter where you pedal.Check out a Jamis Dakar XCT at an Authorized Jamis dealer near you.See results on page 22.Cycling Utah Year End Awards NominationsWantedCycling Utah will be taking nominations for our Rider of the Yearawards. 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6 cyclingutah.com SEPTEMBER 2008cycling utahCALENDAR OF EVENTSCalendar Guidelines:Listings are free on aspace available basis andat our discretion.Submit your event to:dave@cyclingutah.comwith date, name of event,website, phone numberand contact person andother appropiate informationLet us know about anycorrections to existinglistings!BicycleMotocrossRad Canyon BMX — (801)824-0095Deseret Peak BMX — www.deseretpeakcomplex.com,TooeleMay - October — Rad CanyonBMX, Practice Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm. 9700 S. 5250 W., SouthJordan, (801) 824-0095.May - October — Rad Canyon BMX,Single Point Races Thursdays,Registration 6-7 pm, racing ASAP(7:30pm). 9700 S. 5250 W., SouthJordan, (801) 824-0095.TBA — Rad Canyon BMX, RaceFor Life, Double Point Race.Registration 9-10 am, racingASAP (11am) 9700 S. 5250 W.,South Jordan, (801) 824-0095.September 11-14 — Dew Tour andToyota Sky Psycho Jamboree,EnergySolutions Arena, ast.comCyclingEventsAdvocacy GroupsMayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee(MBAC) meeting. SecondWednesday every month 5 p.m.at the Salt Lake City/County Bldg,451 S. State, Room 326. (801)535-7939 or (801) 487-6318.Salt Lake County Bicycle AdvisoryCommittee — Meetings are thesecond Monday of each monthfrom 5-7 p.m. in suite N-4010 of theSalt Lake County GovernmentCenter, 2001 S. State, SLC, (801)485-2906Weber County Pathways — WeberCounty’s Advocacy Group, (801)393-2304 or www.weberpathways.orgCalendar of Eventssponsored byProvo Bike Committee — Meetingsare the first Wednesday of eachmonth, 5:00 p.m. in the CityCouncil office, 351 West CenterStreet, Provo, Call the City Counciloffices at 801-852-6120 or emailgilbert.bradshaw@gmail.com orduncanish@gmail.comDavis Bicycle Advisory andAdvocacy Committee — ContactBob Kinney at (801) 677-0134 orBob@bike2bike.orgMooseknuckler Alliance — St.George's Advocacy Group,www.mooseknuckleralliance.orgMountain Trails Foundation — ParkCity's Trails Group, (435) 649-6839,(435) 731-0975, carol@mountaintrails.org,www.mountaintrails.orgPark City AlternativeTransportation Committee —normally meets on the secondTuesday of the month at Miner'sHospital at 9:00am, call toconfirm, (435) 649-6839, (435)731-0975, carol@mountaintrails.org, www.mountaintrails.orgUtah Bicycle Coalition — Statewideadvocacy group, utahbikes.orgVolunteer to help build theBonneville Shoreline Trail (801)485-6975 or visit www.bonnevilletrail.org.1844 E. Fort UnionSalt Lake City(801) 942-3100699 W. Riverdale Rd.Riverdale(801) 436-2018canyonsports.comJamis TriathlonBike Rentals!2008 Cycling EventsSalt Lake Critical Mass — LastFriday of every month, 5:30 pm,meet at the Gallivan Center, 200S. between State and Main inSLC, for more info, if you have abike to lend, etc.: email slccriticalmass@yahoo.comTuesdays — Bike Polo League,Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, 7 pm,enter from 13th S. and comeup the 7th East side to the roadentering the center of the park.All welcome, bring bike, gloves,and helmet. Mallets provided.More info: Scott at (801) 870-9292or bikepolo@redrocks.comSeptember 17 — Bikes for KidsDinner and Auction, La CailleRestaurant (9565 So. WasatchBlvd), 6 pm, www.bikesforkidsutah.orgor call 801-523-3730.September 22 — World Car FreeDay, worldcarfree.netSeptember 27 — EnduranceFestival, run, trail run, roadcycling, mountain biking, duathlonand off-road duathlonevents, entertainment and more,Old Town Pocatello, ID. www.EnduranceFestival.com,info@EnduranceFestival.com, (866)8-ECO-FUN or 208-233-3798MountainBikeTours and Festivals2008 EventsSeptember 13-19— Base CampFruita, mountain biking camp,Fruita, CO, Adv. CyclingAssociation, (800) 755-2453,adventurecycling.orgSeptember 20 — Celeberationof Pathways, Snowbasin Resort,11 am to 7 pm, mtb and roadrides, Trail Maintenance, BikeDemo, benefit for Ogden ValleyPathways, (801) 920-3426 or 801-528-2907, ovpathways.orgSeptember 21-28 — Colorado/UtahCanyon Country, Fruita-Moab-Fruita, Kokopelli Trail and more,dirt, 335 miles in the dirt, SouthernUtah, Adv. Cycling Association,(800) 755-2453, adventurecycling.orgSeptember 27 — EnduranceFestival, run, trail run, roadcycling, mountain biking, duathlonand off-road duathlonevents, entertainment and more,Old Town Pocatello, ID. www.EnduranceFestival.com, info@EnduranceFestival.com, (866)8-ECO-FUN or 208-233-3798October 2-5 — Take Your Kid ona Mountain Bike Ride and IMBATrail Care Crew, Boise, ID, byrdscycling.com,merlinxlm@cableone.netOctober 24-26 – Chile Ho-DownBike Festival, 3rd Annual festivalincludes group rides, SuperD race, Dirt Jump Contest,Halloween Costume Party, prizegiveaways and just an all aroundgood time. Race registration athttp://moabhodown.chilebikes.com/ Chile Pepper Bike Shop,435-259-4688, www.chilebikes.comWeekly Series RacesTuesdays — Solitude Full ThrottleMidweek Mountain Bike RaceSeries, June 24, July 1, 8, 15,22, 29, August 5 Registration at5:45, race at 6:30, 4, 8, and 12mile options, Solitude MountainResort, Entry 1 (Moonbeam Lot),SkiSolitude.com or call Nick orJay at (801) 536-5784Wednesdays — May 7,14, June4, 18, July 2, 16, 30 August 13,27, Soldier Hollow Training Series,(alternates with Sundance) 6p.m., (801) 358-1145Wednesdays — May 21,28, June11,25, July 9,23, August 6,20,Sundance Weekly MTB series,6:30 pm, alternates with SoldierHollow Training Series, Kids' Raceson May 21, June 25, July 23,August 20, Sundance Resort,(801) 223-4121Snowbasin/Biker's Edge Mtn. XCRace Series — July 2, July 23,August 20 and ChampionshipSeptember 13, Registration-5pm-6:30pm at Grizzle Center,Race Start: 6:30, Contact:Steve Andrus, sandrus@snowbasin.com801-620-1000,Jonny Hintze, jonny@bebikes.com, 801-544-5300, www.bebikes.comWednesdays — July 9, 23, August6, 20, September 3. Park CityMountain Bike Race Series, 6p.m. Racing on trails at Park CityMountain Resort, Deer ValleyResort, and The Canyons Resort.Call 435-671-5053 for details.Details and online registration atwww.mountainraceworks.com.2008 Utah MTB RacesSeptember 6 — 5th AnnualSundance Single SpeedChallenge, 10 am start, SundanceResort, Sundanceresort.com or(801) 223-4121September 13 — 12 hours ofSundance, 7 am - 7 pm,Sundance Resort, (801) 223-4849or sundanceresort.comSeptember 14 — Tour des Suds,26th Annual, Park City, (435)649-6839 or mountaintrails.orgSeptember 19-21 — Jeep 48StraightKing of the Mountain Competitionand Festival, Pro MountainBike Downhill Competition, TheCanyons Resort, Park City, UT,www.48Straight.com or (435)649-5400September 20 — Widowmaker HillClimb 10 AM, 3000' vertical raceto the top of the Tram, GadValley, Snowbird Resort, (801)583-6281 or sports-am.comOctober 13-14 — Huntsman WorldSenior Games. Must be 50 yearsor older. three events: hill climb,downhill, and cross country, St.George, UT, 800-562-1268 orhwsg@infowest.com or seniorgames.netOctober 11-12 — 24 Hours of Moab,13th Annual, Moab, UT, (304) 259-5533 or grannygear.com2008 Idaho and RegionalMTB RacesSeptember 14 — Boise to BogusBanzai, 16.5 mile, 4100 verticalfoot descent, Wild Rockies Series,Boise, ID, (208) 388-1971, wildrockies.comSeptember 19-21 – Cactus Cup MTBRace and Festival, Las Vegas, NVgobike1.com, cactuscuplasvegas.com,(706) 549-6632September 20-21 — Wild RockiesSeries Finals and NW CollegiateMTB Conference Race, Open toall riders, Wildrockies Series Finals,Bogus Basin, Boise, ID, (208) 388-1971, wildrockies.comSeptember 27 — EnduranceFestival, run, trail run, roadcycling, mountain biking, duathlonand off-road duathlonevents, entertainment and more,Old Town Pocatello, ID. www.EnduranceFestival.com, info@EnduranceFestival.com, (866)8-ECO-FUN or 208-233-3798General InfoRoadRacingUtah Road Racing - USCF, UtahCycling Association - JamesFerguson, 801-476-9476, utahcycling.comUSA Cycling, Mountain RegionRoad Racing (UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD), George Heagerty, (719)535-8113.Utah Weekly Race SeriesCyclesmith Rocky MountainRaceways Criterium — Saturdaysat 12 noon in March (8,15,22,29),Tuesdays in April 1 - September30, 6 pm, 6555 W. 2100 S., WestValley City, UT, Map, (801) 209-2479, utahcritseries.comSalt Air Time Trial — Every otherThursday April 3 - September18 (April 3,17, May1,15, June12,26, July 10,24, August 7,21,September 4,18), I-80 FrontageRoad West of the InternationalCenter, (801) 209-2479, utahcritseries.comDMV Criterium — Wednesdays(April 16 - September 24), Driver'sTraining Center, Where: 4700 S.2780 W., West Valley City Times: AFlite - 6pm. B Flite - 6:55 pm. (April16 - September 24), Map, 801-651-8333 or cdcarter44@msn.com, utahcritseries.comRoyal Street Hillclimb TT — Everyother Thursday (6/12, 6/26, 7/17,7/31, 8/21, 9/4), 5:30 p.m., 900 ft.elevation gain, Royal Street andDeer Valley Drive, Park City, (435)901-8872, utahcritseries.comOgden Cash Crit — Thursdays,May 8- July 31, 6 pm, ,C flight:6:00pm (30 min), B flight: 6:40pm(40min), A Flight: 7:30pm (50min),BDO (600 W 12th St), Ogden,UT, westonvw@yahoo.com, (801)388-0517Logan Race Club Time Trial Series— Thursdays, 6:30 pm, Logan, UT,(435) 787-2534Snowbasin/Biker's Edge CriteriumSeries — July 9, August 6, andGator SportsFind out about our cycling club at PorcupineCycling.comGeneral InfoMountainBikeRacingIntermountain Cup information(Utah) (801) 942-3498.USA Cycling, Mountain Region,(UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD), (719) 866-4581BootiesSocksHeadwearAt your localbike shop or:GatorGear.biz Made in Utah

SEPTEMBER 2008 cyclingutah.com 7Championship September 13,Registration 5-6:30 pm, at GrizzleCenter, Snowbasin Main ParkingLot, C flight 6:30-6:55, B flight 7:05-7:35, A flight 7:45-8:20, Contact:Steve Andrus, sandrus@snowbasin.com801-620-1000, JonnyHintz, jonny@bebikes.com, 801-544-5300, www.bebikes.com2008 Utah Road RacesSeptember 6 — LOTOJA, 206 milesfrom Logan, UT to Jackson, WY,(801) 546-0090 or lotojaclassic.comSeptember 13 — The Climber'sTrophy, UCA Series, an individualtime trial up the south side of BigMountain from MM 3 to MM 9.,first rider up at 11 AM, contactJon Gallagher jonbear68@msn.com or teamcsr.orgSeptember 13-15 — Hoodoo 500,500 mile ultramarathon bike racein S. Utah, St. George, Hoodoo500.com, embassy@planetultra.com,818-889-2453September 20 — Red vs. Blue TimeTrial presented by O.C. Tanner,will gather the cycling clubs,alumni and fans of BrighamYoung University and theUniversity of Utah to raise moneyand awareness for Bikes for KidsUtah, 9:00 a.m., 272 E. TraversePoint Dr. in Draper, Utah travelingup Traverse Ridge Road toSuncrest Market, 1300' elevationgain with 10 percent to 12 percentgrades in some locations,www.bikesforkidsutah.org or call801-523-3730.September 27 — Harvest MoonHistoric 25th Street Criterium,UCA Series, downtown Ogden inthe Municipal Park between 25th& 26th Streets, Ogden, UT, (801)589-1716 or steve@newcastlemortgage.comor ogdenone.comOctober 7-10 — Huntsman WorldSenior Games. Must be 50 yearsor older. Four events: hill climb,time trial, criterium and road race.800-562-1268 or hwsg@infowest.com or seniorgames.netOctober 11 — City Creek BikeSprint, 10 am, 5 1/2 mile climb upCity Creek Canyon in Salt LakeCity, road or mountain bikes,(801) 583-6281 or sports-am.comOctober TBD — UVSC Cycling/ LAFBenefit Criterium. UVSC Campus,Orem, UT. 2pm, Registration Gparking lot, 3pm beginner-intermediaterace, 4pm Advancedrace, livestrongutah@gmail.com,801-473-6003October ? — Utah CyclingAssociation Rider Meeting, SaltLake City, James Ferguson, UCAExecutive Director, 801-389-5706,ferg@natca.net or utahcycling.comIdaho Weekly RaceSeriesTuesday Nighter Training Ride —Road Ride every Tuesday fromApril 8 to July 15, Pleasant Valley/Ten Mile Creek Road. BogusHillclimb every Tuesday from July22 to September 2 at Bogus RoadIntersection (6:20 pm), Boise, ID,(208) 343-3782, georgescycles.comApril 16, 30, May 28, June 25 (TimeTrial); May 14, June 4, July 2,August 13 (Hillclimb) — IdahoCycling Enthusiasts Time Trial/Hillclimb Series, 10 km for flat TTon the Gate City Grind Course,Hillclimb is up Scout Mountain(except 8-13 at Crystal Summit),Pocatello, ID, 208-232-1745 or208-652-3532, idahocycling.comThursdays — CANCELLED SnakeRiver Criterium Series, April 17 -May 15, TT Series May 22 - August21, Nampa, ID, Lindsay's Cyclery,(208) 376-2482, willlindsay@msn.com2008 Idaho andRegional Road RacesSeptember 6 — Bogus Basin HillClimb, Triple Crown #3, 36thAnnual, Boise, ID, (208) 343-3782,georgescycles.comSeptember 13 — Race to theAngel, 23nd Annual, 3000' climb,Wells, NV, (775) 752-3540, wellsnevada.comSeptember 20 — Trail Creek TimeTrial, Ketchum, Idaho, (208)726-3947, elephantsperch.comSeptember 25 — WCSN USA CRITSFinals, part of the USA CRITSChampionship, during Interbike,Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas,NV, usacrits.com, 706-549-6632October 4-5 — Nevada SeniorOlympics, Must be 50 years orolder, Cycling Four Events - 5Kand 10K Time Trials, 20K and 40KRoad Races. Plus all other sports.Call 702-242-1590 or nevadaseniorgames@earthlink.net,nevadaseniorolympics.comRoadTours2008 Utah and RegionalRoad ToursSeptember 4-13, 4-6, or 7-13 —LAGBRAU (Legacy Annual GreatBike Ride Across Utah), three rideoptions, Blanding to Cedar City,400 miles on scenic highwaysand through National Parks, (801)654-1144, lagbrau.comSeptember 7 — Tour de Tahoe,Bike Big Blue, 6th Annual, ridearound Lake Tahoe on the shoreline,spectacular scenery, greatfood and support, 72 miles,Lake Tahoe, NV, (800) 565-2704,bikethewest.comSeptember 13 — Hess CancerFoundation Legacy Tour in WestBountiful, UT, 20-mile ride tokick off the opening of LegacyParkway which will officially openlater that day. Take a once-ina-lifetimeopportunity to take aride and see the beauty of theLegacy Parkway and its networkof trails and nature paths. Ridewill begin at 8:30 am. All proceedsgo directly to the HessCancer Foundation, a non-profitthat provides financial assistanceto families who lose a child tocancer. For more details andregistration, please visit tourlegacy.com.Visit hesscancer.org formore information on the foundationor call Joe at (801) 335-4940.September 13 — Tour de Vins 4,Bike Tour and Wine-Tasting Event,16.5, 32 and 60 mile options,Idaho State University, Pocatello,ID, more info: FSAlliance.org,Sarah Leeds, (208) 232-0742, contact@fsalliance.orgSeptember 14-20 — OATBRAN, OneAwesome Tour Bike Ride AcrossNevada, 17th Annual, followingthe Legendary Pony ExpressTrail on U.S. Hwy. 50 - America'sLoneliest Road, 5 days of riding,420 miles from Lake Tahoe toGreat Basin National Park, (800)565-2704, bikethewest.comSeptember 17 — Bikes for KidsDinner and Auction, La CailleRestaurant (9565 So. WasatchBlvd), 6 pm, www.bikesforkidsutah.orgor call 801-523-3730.September 19-21 — Moab CenturyTour, Moab to La Sals and back,45, 65, 100 mile options, Tourbenefits the Lance ArmstrongFoundation, (435) 259-2698,moabcentury.comSeptember 20 — Fall Colors Ride,BBTC Super Series Ride, self-supportedcentury, SLC to Wanship,roadcaptain@bbtc.net or (801)598-0294, bccutah.orgSeptember 20 — I Think I CANyonsbenefit ride for the Fourth StreetClinic, a nonprofit healthcareclinic in Salt Lake that providesfree healthcare for the homeless,Little Cottonwood Canyon,Big Cottonwood, Millcreek, andEmigration, start and finish at theOlympus Hills Shopping Centerlocated on Wasatch Blvd. near3900 South. Start time 7 am; registrationbegins at 6:30 am., JoelWelch, Friends of Fourth Street,801-631-7872, rjoelwelch@hotmail.com,ithinkicanyons.comSeptember 20 — Celeberationof Pathways, Snowbasin Resort,11 am to 7 pm, mtb and roadrides, Trail Maintenance, BikeDemo, benefit for Ogden ValleyPathways, (801) 920-3426 or 801-528-2907, ovpathways.orgSeptember 27 — Heber ValleyOlympic Century. 25, 50, 62,100 mile options. Also, Biathlonoption! Enjoy scenic Heber Valleyin its autumn finest during this funand challenging ride that visitsthe Olympic venues, fundraiserfor Huntsman Cancer Institute,Contact Bob @ 801.677.0134,bike2bike.orgSeptember 27 — EnduranceFestival, run, trail run, roadcycling, mountain biking, duathlonand off-road duathlonevents, entertainment and more,Old Town Pocatello, ID. www.EnduranceFestival.com, info@EnduranceFestival.com, (866)8-ECO-FUN or 208-233-3798October 11 — Fifth Annual JosieJohnson Memorial Ride, thismemorial ride is being dedicatedin Josie's honor to bring the communitytogether to raise awarenessfor bicycle safety, meet atSugarhouse Park, ride will startat 10:30, will travel to mouth ofBig Cottonwood Canyon andback. josiejohnsonride.com orcall Jason at (801) 485-2906 orJohn Weis at (801) 278-3847October 11— Yellowstone FallOld Faithfu l Cycling Tour, WestYellowstone to Old Faithfuland back, MT, (406) 646-7701,cycleyellowstone.comOctober 11 — Trek WSD BreastCancer Awareness Ride, 10 or20 mile rides for everyone, WSDDemo Bikes available, casualride for women & their supportnetwork, Trek of AmericanFork 356 North Meadow Lane(750 West) American Fork, Utah,(801) 763-1222, trekaf.comOctober 11 — CANCELLED for 2008Las Vegas Century, 25, 50, and109 miles, Jim Little (702) 360-4751or vegasbikeclub.org, lvrodeoman1@aol.comOctober 13 — CANCELLEDChallenge the Hill ~ 360° ofFun, Fun team bike ride witha variety of challenges alongcourse. 8:00 am start time, Hill AirForce South Gate, 801-677-0134,Bike2Bike.orgOctober 18 — Tour de St. George,Ride with us around Snow CanyonState Park, Quail Creek Reservoirand Washington County's newestreservoir, Sand Hollow. 35,60 & 100 Mile Option. 100% ofthe proceeds to benefit localbicycling advocacy, 8:00am at900E & 100S (Dixie State College),tourdestgeorge.com, 435-229-5443, info@tourdestgeorge.com.October 25 — RTC Viva Bike Vegas,25, 50, and 100 mile rides from LasVegas to Lake Mead, Proceedsbenefit Las Vegas After-SchoolAll-Stars Program, (702) 676-1542,rtcsnv.comDecember 31 - January 1 — NewYear's Revolution, century eachday, 50, 70, 100 mile options,Ride out the old year, Ride in theNew Year, Benefiting Parkinson'sDisease, 8 am, Phoenix, AZ,Contact Bob @ 801.677.0134,bike2bike.orgMulti-SportRaces2008 Multi-Sport EventsSeptember 6 — Bear Lake BrawlTriathlon, Olympic and Sprint,Garden City, UT, goldmedalracing.comor (801) 492-3442September 6 — Alta CanyonSports Center Triathlon, 400mswim, 9 mile bike and 5K run.,Alta Canyon Sports Center - 9565S. Highland Dr. (801) 568-4602,sandy.utah.govSeptember 13 — Camp YubaTriathlon, Yuba State Park, UT,racetri.com, (801) 465-4318September 13 — TriUtah OgdenValley Triathlon, PineviewReservoir, Eden, UT, 1 mile swim,15 mile bike, 4 mile run, www.triu-We’re inCahoots!9th & 9thandSamWeller’stoo!254 So. Main

8 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008tah.com, info@triutah.com, 801-631-2614 or 801-631-2624September 20 — KokopelliTriathlon, Sand Hollow Reservoir,St. George UT, sgtrifecta.com,race@sgtri.com, (702) 401-6044September 25-28 — AdventureXstream Expedition Moab - 300mile team race, kayak, trek,mountain bike legs, (970) 259-7771 or www.gravityplay.comSeptember 27 — Endurance Festival,Two Duathlons: Peak Two Peakoff-road duathlon, recreationdivision trail runs 5k, mountainbikes 10K, 1,200' vertical, Extremedivision trail runs 10K, 1,200' verticalgain, mountain bikes 20K,2,700' vertical, I Du duathlon —run/bike event, Recreation division- 5K run/25K road cycle;Extreme division - 10K run/50Kroad cycle. Old Town Pocatello,ID. www.EnduranceFestival.com,info@EnduranceFestival.com,(866) 8-ECO-FUN or 208-233-3798October 11 — Huntsman WorldSenior Games. Must be 50 yearsor older. Triathlon. 800-562-1268or hwsg@infowest.com or seniorgames.netOctober 18 — Powell3 TriathlonChallenge , Sprint- 750m swim,20k bike, 5k run/Olympic- 1500mswim, 40k bike, 10k run, Page, AZ/UT Border, goldmedalracing.comor (801) 492-3442October 18 — 2008 Land RoverPumpkinman Triathlon,Intermediate, Short, and Halfmaxdistances, Boulder City, NV,bbscendurancesports.comNovember 8 — Telos TurkeyTriathlon, Orem Fitness Center,Orem, UT, www.t3triathlon.com,801-678-4032 or shaun@t3triathlon.comNovember 9 — Silverman Triathlon,Full and Half Distances, LakeMead, Henderson, NV, 702-914-7852 or silvermannv.comGeneral InfoCyclocrossUtah Cyclocross Series - utahcyclocross.com,Matt Ohran, utahcyclocross@msn.comUtah Cyclocross RacesSeptember 13 — Ridley CyclocrossClinic, Cross skills/coaching forBeginner to Elite level riders;Mountain bikes welcome; theperfect primer for the upcomingUtah racing season! with BartGillespie (Mona vie/Cannondale& 2007 Utah Cyclocross SeriesChampion), Kathy Sherwin (VeloBella- Kona) and Ali Goulet(Ridley). Cross skills, bike setup,training, racing tactics andother secrets of speed; www.myspace.com/BSGevents or Ali-801.560.6479September 26 — Ogden Urban CX,evening cyclocross race, Ogden,UT, utahcyclocross.com, 435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comOctober 4 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #1, Draper Park,Draper, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comOctober 11 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #2, Heber Fairgrounds,Heber City, UT, utahcyclocross.World Class Coaching forCompetitive and RecreationalCyclists. Don’t JustTrain... Trainright!Tommy Murphy435.787.8556tmurphy@trainright.comcom, 435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comOctober 18 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #3, WeberFairgrounds, UT, utahcyclocross.com, 435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comOctober 25 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #4, Ft. Buenaventura,Ogden, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 1 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #5, Rocky MountainRaceways, West Valley City, UT,utahcyclocross.com, 435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 2 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #6, Wheeler Farm,SLC, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 8 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #7, Heber Fairgrounds,Heber City, UT, utahcyclocross.com, 435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 15 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #8, Wheeler Farm,SLC, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 22 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #9, Utah StateChampionships, Ft. Buenaventura,Ogden, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comNovember 29 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #10, Wheeler Farm,SLC, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comDecember 6 — Utah CyclocrossSeries Race #11, TBD, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comDecember 11-14 — US NationalCyclocross Championships,Kansas, usacycling.orgJanuary 3 — Last Call WheelerFarm CX, Wheeler Farm, End ofSeason Party at location TBD,SLC, UT, utahcyclocross.com,435-901-8872, utahcyclocross@msn.comIdaho and RegionalCyclocrossAugust 13 — Jackson HoleCyclocross, Teton Village, WY,ucjh.orgSeptember 20 — Moose Cross, inconjunction with Octoberfest,Victor, Idaho (near Jackson),(307) 690-4373, moosecross.comSeptember 24 — CrossVegasCyclocross Race, UCI Cat II event,Elite Men and Elite Women only,also Industry Race, Desert BreezeSoccer Complex, a Clark Countyfacility in western Las Vegas 6miles from the "Vegas Strip", duringInterbike, 303-619-9419, crossvegas.comSeptember 27, October 18,November 22 — Idaho CyclocrossSeries, Eagle Island State Park,also Cross Clinic on September27, Eight miles west of Boise. TakeUS 20/26 to Linder Road and followthe signs, 208-866-3384, idahocyclocross.comOctober 11-12 — Sandy PointBeach Race Weekend #1 , Boise,ID, cxer@cableone.net, idahocyclocross.com,208-871-6189October 4 — Bikes and BrewsCyclocross Festival, TamarackResort, Jessica Joy, 208-325-1005,http://www.tamarackidaho.com/events.php?eventid=1069October 25, November 1, November8 — The Cube Cyclocross Series,OurAdvertiserssupportcycling utah.Please supportthem.Bike CollectiveWomen’s Only RepairNightsThe Salt Lake City BicycleCollective is currently offering awomen's only night. What doesthis mean? It means that throughthis night the Bicycle Collectiveis working to empower womenwho are interested in learninghow to work on their own bikes!On these nights, women areallowed to come with their questionsas well as their knowledgeto learn and share with others.They are also welcome to participatein free classes, taught bywomen, on various issues havingto do with bike mechanics.The Salt Lake City BicycleCollective can be found at 2312South West Temple, Sale LakeCity, UT 84115. Ladies Nightsare every other Wednesday:August 6th and 20th, September3rd and 17th, October 1st, 15thand 29th, November 12th and26th, December 10th and 24th.Admission is free! For moreinformation, contact KristaBowers at 801-688-9379 or visitwww.slcbikecollective.org.at the Nature Park in Rexburg,ID, (208) 359-3020 or chrish@rexburg.org,www.rexburg.org/play/races/thecube.aspxOctober 25-26 — Crosstoberfest,Idaho State CX Championships,Ketchum, ID, 208-788-9184, roadanddirt.orgOctober 25-26 — Sandy PointBeach Race Weekend #2, Boise,ID, cxer@cableone.net, idahocyclocross.com,208-871-6189November 15 — PocatelloCyclocross, Bartz Field(tentative), 208-232-2054,Pocatellocyclocross.blogspot.comNovember 15-16 — Sandy PointBeach Race Weekend #3, Boise,ID, cxer@cableone.net, idahocyclocross.com,208-871-6189WeeklyRidesWeekend Group Rides — Saturdayand Sunday, 10 am, meet at 9thand 9th in Salt Lake City.Sunday Group Ride — 9 a.m.,Canyon Bicycles in Draper, 762E.,12600 S., (801) 576-8844Wednesday Night Ride — 5:30 pmat the SLC Main Library on 200 Eand 400 S., all levels and bikeswelcome on this fun ride.How manymiles per gallondoes your bike get?The Salt Lake City Mayor’sBicycle Advisory Committee,the leading bicycle advocacygroup in Salt Lake andUtah, wants to encourage allcyclists to participate. Thereare monthly meetings on thesecond Wednesday of everymonth at 5 p.m. in the City &County Building, Rm. 326 or335, 451 South State Street.For details, visit the CyclingUtah web site (www.cyclingutah.com)or call the Mayor’soffice at 535-7939 or Dave at328-2066Zabriskie Takes 3rd Straight USA Cycling ProTime Trial TitleGreenville, S.C. (August 30, 2008)--David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City,Utah/Garmin-Chipotle) remains the only athlete to win a USA Cyclingprofessional time trial championship after successfully defending hisnational title on Saturday - his third straight since the event's inception in2006.Zabriskie edged runner-up Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) byjust five seconds to maintain his monopoly on the stars-and-stripes jersey,completing the 33.4-kilometer course in 40 minutes, 39.40 seconds.Zabriskie's Garmin-Chipotle teammate, Christian Vande Velde (Boulder,Colo.), took home the bronze medal, finishing 10 seconds off the pace.Fresh off a 12th-place finish in the time trial at the Olympic Gamesin Beijing, Zabriskie once again illustrated his reputation as the fastestAmerican in the individual race against the clock. Remarkably, his 2008title comes only three months after fracturing a vertebrae in a crash at theGiro d'Italia last May."Coming back from injury, this is really just my third race back,"Zabriskie said. "Cycling is full of ups and downs. I've had numerous injuries,so I have to say thanks to all the people who stand behind me."For Zabriskie, Saturday's victory marks his fourth career national timetrial title as a professional. He also won in 2004 when both pros and amateurscompeted together in the elite national championships.After the first two titles Zabriskie won in Greenville, a course changedidn't deter him from capturing a third."I didn't care what the conditions were going to be like, what thecourse was," he said. "I came to win."Racing three laps of a technical, 11.1-kilometer flat to rolling circuit,Zabriskie left the start gate last as the top-seeded rider and recorded thefastest marks at both intermediate time checks. After passing through thefirst lap with a three-second advantage on Zirbel, Zabriskie opened up hisadvantage to seven seconds after the second lap. He then lost a few secondson the final lap but never looked to be in danger of losing his lead.Salt Lake’s Jeff Louder (BMC) took fifth in the men’s road race.

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 9triathlonTaking Your Triathlon Training to the Next LevelBy Scott KellyAfter competing in a few sprintdistance triathlons you may be readyto give the Olympic distance a try.Or, maybe you’ve done a few sprintand Olympic distance races and youwant to upgrade to half iron or irondistance. What can you do to takeyour training to the next level?A good way to start is by takinga look at your performance over thepast triathlon season. Assess yourstrengths and weaknesses and determinewhich of the three disciplines(swim, bike, or run) where youcould use some improvement.The fall and winter is a greattime to take a hard look at the pasttriathlon season and to put a trainingplan into effect for the upcomingseason. This is also a time whereyou can work on improving yourswimming, pedaling and runningtechnique.It is often difficult for the averageperson to make these adjustmentsthemselves or to put intoaction an efficient training plan forthe season. Therefore, this is anexcellent time to consider hiring acoach to help you work through thisprocess.The Salt Lake City area hasmany competent triathlon coachesavailable. A simple web search willhelp you find these individuals. Ifyou prefer the online approach, thereare many web-based triathlon coachingresources that will work withyou via the internet.Making adjustments to yourswim technique is a very difficultprocess to do on your own. Youwould do well to find a coach towork with on a weekly basis, overa fixed period of time, in order tomake these adjustments.The end of the year is also agood time to take a look at yourequipment and determine whetheryou need to upgrade to a new bikeor purchase accessories for yourexisting machine (i.e.: wheelset,pedal system, aero bars, etc.) thatcould help your cycling performance.Your local area bike dealeror coach can help you with theseimportant decisions. If you don’thave a wetsuit this is a great timeto purchase one or to replace it ifit’s well worn or damaged. Runningshoes should be replaced every threeto six months depending upon yourweekly mileage.If money is not an issue, a powermeter is a great tool to help measureyour pedaling wattage and ultimatelyimprove your cycling performance.SRM, Power Tap, Ergomo and Ibikeare four of the leading brands. Youcan purchase these items online or atyour local area bike dealer.Again, the fall and winter is thebest time to get going with a structuredtraining plan for the upcomingtriathlon season. With a solid trainingplan in place you should be wellequipped to handle any distancetriathlon!UDOT to host a Series of Bicycle CorridorPublic Open Houses(Salt Lake City) —The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)will host a series of 12 public open houses throughout the state to discussexisting and potential bicycle corridors. These open houses will be heldfrom September 17, 2008, through October 22, 2008, in various locationsthroughout the state from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.In response to increasing demand for bicycle corridors in Utah, UDOTis preparing a statewide Bicycle Corridor Priority Plan. Key elements ofthe plan include: an assessment of current bicycle accommodations; amethodology for improving bicycle corridors; and public input and recommendations.A brief welcome and introduction to the Bicycle Corridor PriorityPlan project will begin at 5 p.m. Following the introduction and welcome,attendees may visit three display stations until 7 p.m. The display stationswill provide attendees with project background information and opportunitiesfor commenting on existing and potential bicycle corridors as wellas prioritization factors UDOT will use to evaluate bicycle corridors.Project representatives will be available throughout the open house toanswer questions and listen to public comments and ideas.For more information, contact Amy Steinbrech at 801.364.0088 ext.115 or amy@wfandco.com.Or, visit www.dot.state.ut.us/mainScott Kelly is a personal trainerspecializing in triathlon. He is thehead coach of TEAM Fast Lanea USA Triathlon sanctioned clubbased in Salt Lake City. For moreinformation visit www.teamfastlane.comor call (801) 558-2230.Subscribe foronly $15/year!See page 2.

10 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008Fat Cyclist - Continuedfrom page 2CU: What do you do professionally?EN: I’m a product manager at theBurton Group, a research and analysiscompany. It’s my job to makesure that our website is easy forour customers to use. They do IPresearch for Fortune 500 companies.It doesn’t have anything at all to dowith cycling.CU: What is your educational background?EN: Philosophy. I never took a journalismclass. I’ve never been a journalist.I’ve never written. I’ve neverreported anything.CU: When did you develop yourinterest in cycling?EN: That would probably bebetween 13 and 15 years ago. Isort of measure how long I’ve beencycling by the number of Leadville100s I’ve raced. I’ve done 12 nowso its been more than 12 years thatI’ve been riding. A few good friendsof mine had taken up mountain biking.We all worked at WordPerfectat the time which was in Orem, fairlynorth and fairly east, and there wasa terrific mountain biking trail thatyou could do right during lunch hour.They started doing that and convincedme to buy a mountain bike and jointhem. Fifteen years later, those arethe guys that I ride with.CU: How big of a group do youhave?EN: It fluctuates and none of usworks at Word Perfect any more. Acouple of us have moved to differentplaces and we don’t ride togethereveryday any more. But the group isabout a half dozen, what we call theCore Team, and the level of what welike to ride and where we like to rideis pretty similar. We’re well matched.We make sure we get out to Moab atleast a couple of times each year toregroup.CU: Tell me about your family.EN: Well, as of earlier this week, I’vebeen married for twenty years to mywife, Susan.CU: Congratulations.EN: Thanks. It doesn’t seem liketwenty years. That’s a pretty goodchunk of time, but it doesn’t feel allthat long. We have four kids, reallygreat kids, two boys ages fourteen 14and 12, and twin girls, identical twingirls, and they are 6. All four of mykids are great kids in their own way.The 14-year old is a very talentedprogrammer and mathematician. Heis already writing fun games thatappear on my website from time totime and the 12-year old is a greatall-around student and deep thinker . .. does a lot of reading. And the twinsare just crazy little girls. Always upfor an adventure. They are the reallyoutdoorsy ones. My wife, Susan, sheis a talented craft person, I would say.She makes beautiful jewelry and alsois hard at work on her first novel. Shecurrently is fighting metastatic breastcancer which has invaded most ofher body. She just started chemo forthe third time and has had operationsand so forth. She’s being tough, butit’s definitely the defining battle ofour lives.CU: My daughter mentioned to me,because she has followed your blogfor a couple of years, that she knewyour wife had had cancer and that ithad gone in remission and come back.She told me she read that and cried.EN: That has been one of the thingsabout the blog . . . real supportivepeople like your daughter who don’treally know us but have commenteda lot and have said some incrediblynice things in the comment sectionand in emails. About a year ago, oneof the people who reads my blogs frequentlyand lives locally set up a postoffice box. My wife didn’t know thatit existed. Readers sent in cards anda few people sent in gifts like stockingcaps and things like that for whenher hair came out. We were reallyoverwhelmed by not just dozens buthundreds of cards from all over theworld. People have shown us thereis a real strength in the cycling community.Everyone who rides a bike Ithink pulls for each other. The blogstopped being something that peopleread and then go on their way a longtime ago. People are now a lot morelike a rather large, extended family.Which is a pretty nice place to be. Ifeel like I stopped being the guy whowrites the blog. It happens to be mewho does this, but I’m definitely nolonger the star of the show. I’m theguy who kind of sets the topic of discussioneach day and then I get to sitback and watch it flow.CU: I’ve noticed that too. I think thecycling community is a tight-knitcommunity in the sense that youshare a bond because you cycle.EN: Sure. We’ve got a pretty importantaspect of our lives that we allshare in common. And there is adefensive aspect to it, too. We allshare common dangers and we allworry about a lot of the same things.And I think, at least for a big chunkof the cycling world, it’s not likemost sports where you are going topeak and drop off pretty sharply. Ifyou love football, for example, aftera pretty early age in your life you’rerelegated to being a spectator. You seethe same thing with most of the bigcontact sports. For things like cycling,and I think running and other similartypes of sports, you can do them wellinto and through your adulthood. Forexample, at the Leadville 100 lastweek they had progressing ages ofpeople standup who were doing it,and there were two men who were70+ doing this 100-mile mountainbike race at 10,000 feet. And I’mcertain both of them completed it.You can do this well into your seventies.I’m barely started in my cyclingcareer. At least I hope. It’s somethingthat does not necessarily end whenyou turn 40, when you turn 50 or turn60 or 70. We all still have somethingin common regardless of what ourages are.CU: Let’s get to your blog. When didyou start it and what motivated itsbeginning?EN: Sure. I started it in April 2005,I believe. At that time I was aMicrosoft employee. I started it onthe advice of a friend who said tome, “Hey, Elden, everyone’s doingblogs, you should start a blog”. I justdidn’t know what it would be about.But then I was with some friends ridingaround the White Rim on a littlevacation, and I was just so horriblyout of shape and just feeling overweightand slow and terrible. And as Iwas pushing up Shafer Trail, which isa very steep, rocky section at the endof the ride, I was thinking how yearsago I had been able to ride that trailand thinking I need to do somethingabout that. That’s when it occurredto me, I would blog about being a fatcyclist and trying to get myself back.I was around 190 pounds, which formy frame, I’m about 5'6" or 5'7",is probably about forty pounds toomuch if you really want to ride andclimb well. And climbing is what Ilove to do. And that’s how it started.At the beginning, I was mostly doingpostings, “Here is my weight today,here is how much I am trying to loseby the end of the week”, and so forth.It doesn’t make for very interestingreading. One thing that I guess I amis vain, and I wanted and do stillwant people to read what I write.So, I started writing funny stories,recollections, fake news, anything tomake my blog more compelling andentertaining than a simple recountingof what my weight is. From there,after a year or two, and shortly afterI moved from Washington back toUtah, I got my own domain and setup the blog and now it is www.fatcyclist.com.It makes it so that I canhave ads and support my biking habita little more. And it’ll help pay for thecancer stuff.CU: When you first started that, whodid you expect to read it and howwould you get the word out?EN: When I first started writing it, Iknew exactly who was reading it. Itwas the Core Team, the half dozenfriends I have had for years and years.They were the ones I was writing itfor. To tell you the truth, even now,when I write it, in my mind I ampicturing those six guys. I’m still justwriting it for those six guys and theother eight or ten thousand peoplewho also read it. Basically, they’reself-selecting. They must be in someway like my half dozen friends thatI write for because they are all stillenjoying it. But I still think of thishalf dozen friends and my sistersand parents. I’m writing for them.How did I get the word out? That Inever even tried to do. That happenedorganically without me doing anything.I still don’t try to get the wordout. The way the word did get out,though, happened by accident. It wasduring one of the Tours de Francewhen Lance was racing. I noticedthat a sentence did not go by thatPhil Liggett or Paul Sherwen did notmention Lance Armstrong. So I wrotea fake press release saying that PhilLiggett had been fired because he hadmissed his contractual obligation tomention Lance Armstrong twice perminute. People picked up on that andthey started emailing it to friends. Ithit people in the funny bone and theyliked it. People started emailing thataround to each other and overnight Inoticed my readership went from tenor fifteen hits a day to sixty, seventy,a hundred, three hundred. It kindof grew from there. Because of thatpost, someone must have emailedone of the editors at cyclingnews.com and they emailed me, actually Ithink they left a comment in my blog,saying, “Would you be interested inwriting for us from time to time?”I said absolutely. Can it just be thissilly fake news stuff ?” And they said,“That’s what we expect.” So I wrotesilly fake news for cyclingnews.com for a while. After a while, theykind of lost interest in me. There wasnever a formal agreement. I think Ijust ran out of ideas for them. ThenI started winning some popularitycontest-type things, the Bloggies andthings like that, and you just pick upreaders like that. I haven’t tried towin readers, but once you have thesnowball rolling, it just tends to rolltill something stops it.CU: I was not even aware of contestsfor bloggers. But just like everything,I suppose they have them.EN: Sure. There are awards given forblogs in different categories. Thereis a sports blog category and mineactually won that in the 2008 edition,beating out a number of professionallystaffed blogs. It doesn’t go so muchto show that I have a really greatblog as that I have really awesomelydedicated readers that voted for me.Because it is won by the number ofvotes. A blog like Deadspin probablyhas a factor of 20 more readers thanI have. The readers that I have caremore about my blog and they voted.Thanks to them I have a Bloggie.CU: Interesting.EN: But to tell the truth, it’s mostlyI think cyclists emailing othercyclists or cyclists posting commentsin forums and things like that.Fatcyclist.com is a silly soundingname and so when you hear it in agroup ride or something, you’re likelyenough to remember it and go checkit out afterwards.CU: Plus, I think there is a goodnumber of us that can identify withthe concept of a fat cyclist. Battling aweight problem.EN: Any of us who are at 40 orabove and have had our metabolismslow down a little bit, we all know wewould be a faster cyclist if we coulddrop 15 pounds. I think it speaks to apretty universal feeling.CU: How many followers do youthink you have now?EN: My blog will get on averageon a weekday between 14,000 and20,000 page views per day. It dropsoff to just a couple thousand over theweekend. I think, like myself, most ofmy readers get out and away from thecomputer during the weekend. I don’twrite during the weekend. Visitors areusually about half that. Most visitorswill look at a couple of pages per day.Between 7,000 and 10,000 visitorsper day and between 14,000 to 20,000page views per day, depending uponthe day of the week and whether whatI wrote is interesting. There is definitelya direct correlation to how wellI wrote something to how many pageviews I get.CU: You mentioned earlier thatyou’ve heard from people around theworld. Is there anyway to tell wherethese hits are coming from?EN: Yeah. The U.S. by far is first,and then Australia. And that makespretty good sense when you considermy first real big break came fromcyclingnews.com which at the timewas based in Australia. And thenthe UK and the English speakingEuropean countries. That’s reallywhere most of my readership comesfrom, although when I sell jerseys,I have a partnership with Twin Six,a jersey design and manufacturingcompany, we sold jerseys to countriesthat I had not even heard ofbefore. I remember sending a jerseyto Malta. There is someone in Maltariding with a Fat Cyclist jersey. It’skind of cool to think about. There areseveral Fat Cyclist jerseys in Japan,lots in Australia, quite a few in theUK, a number of them in France andGermany, and most of the states. Theinteresting thing is there are reallyvery few of them here in Utah. Theblog I write is definitely not Utah specific.It is more about cyclists. I thinkUtahns will naturally relate to it morebecause when I talk about a trail or aroad there is a greater likelihood thatthey too have ridden it. I talk aboutMoab a lot. I talk about riding theAlpine Loop a lot or the terrific trailswe have in Draper a lot. So Utahnsare going to have a better idea whatI am talking about. But it is reallymore about the cycling experience asopposed to Utah specific cycling.CU: You mentioned your jerseys. Didyou start selling those as a way toraise funds to help with your wife’scancer costs?EN: No, that came later. The firstedition of the Fat Cyclist jersey wasjust for fun. The blog had reached athreshold where I thought perhapsI could make a little money with it,and considering all the work I did,I didn’t feel any compunction aboutthat. I thought if people would likea Fat Cyclist jersey, and a lot ofpeople had indicated they would,I’m going to go ahead and do that.It was shortly after that first jerseycame out, it was an orange and blackjersey, that my wife’s cancer cameback. I was stunned into not reallydoing anything for a while and TwinSix actually contacted me and said,like a lot of my readers, “We want todo something to help. What can wedo?” I didn’t have any idea. “Whatif we made a special pink edition ofthe Fat Cyclist jersey?” That soundedgood to me. They actually kept noprofits at all for themselves from thatand we instead split the profit, halffor the Lance Armstrong Foundationand half for going towards the medicalbills as well as the ancillary thingsthat come around because of cancer.Things like a stairlift for our house orthe pile of co-pays that you get whenyou have to do MRIs every otherweek. Since then, the jerseys havealways been about doing somethingto support Susan as well to make alittle extra money to help offset someof the costs of the cancer battle. Thesupport part, I think actually, is themost important part. Everyone who iswearing a Fat Cyclist jersey I believeis thinking about doing something tomake a statement like “cancer sucks”and “Win Susan”. “Win Susan” is acatchphrase that caught fire with myreaders. Every time I see a strangerwearing one of those jerseys, I get alump in my throat. It is really verytouching.CU: That’s cool. How is your wifedoing now?EN: Things are pretty hard for herright now. She is just this week startinga new round of chemo and it’stactical in nature. There is no expectationthat it will be able to rid thecancer from her body. We are justtrying to manage the tumor, to keepit from growing further and hopefullyshrink it. She is having a lot of radiation.The cancer is taking hold in herbones more than anywhere else andit has been very hard for her. It hastaken root in her spinal column andso forth and it is hard for her to walk.She had to have a hip replacementlast November (2007) because one ofthe tumors had grown so much thatit essentially smashed the ball partof the hip. She’s being really toughabout it but it’s not an easy battle andit’s not a battle that ever ends. Thatwears you down. It really wears youdown.CU: I’m sure it does. That’s hard todeal with. My wife’s mother diedfrom cancer.EN: Anyone I talk with either hashad cancer or knows somebody thathas had cancer. If there is a morecommon overarching tragedy, I don’tknow what it is. It touches everyone.Everyone is either going to get itor someone in their family is goingto get it. If there is a more worthybattle, I don’t know what it is. Thatis one of the things I really like aboutLance Armstrong. He has taken his

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 11celebrity as a cyclist and has turned itinto a mission. The Lance ArmstrongFoundation has been really helpful toour family and to other families I’vemet who have been touched by cancer.It’s a foundation with real teeththat doesn’t feel like one of thoseglossy celebrity foundations that ismostly done to make a celebrity feelgood about himself. This is a fightthat Armstrong took very, very seriously.CU: You have had pretty closecontact with the Lance ArmstrongFoundation. Have you had any contactwith Lance himself?EN: No, I haven’t. Although he didsend a photograph with him holdinga picture saying “Win Susan”which was very nice of him to do.It was a really real surprise. I havehad lots of interactions with othersin the Lance Armstrong Foundation.I donated a quarter of my ad spaceto the Lance Armstrong Foundationto help them get the word out abouttheir events and I have lots of conversationswith them just about waysthat I can help them with their cause.They are fantastic people on a reallyimportant mission. Just last month,the blog and the readers in my blograised $37,500.00 by raffling off abrand new Ibis road bicycle, an IbisSilk SL, a super, super dream bike.It’s worth well more than $4,000.00,probably over $5,000.00. I never sawwhat the retail would be on it but justDura-Ace all the way across and thenew Dura-Ace tubeless wheels. Theyjust donated that. We were able toraise a good chunk of change for theLance Armstrong Foundation.CU: You mentioned that the LanceArmstrong Foundation is one thatreally does help. In what ways didthey give assistance to you and yourwife?EN: For us it has been mostly in theform of information. When Susan’scancer first came back, there werea lot of things I wanted to know. Itwas all possibly findable if I wantedto spend hours and hours but I wasreally shocked and not functioningvery well. I filled out a form on theirsite saying that I was interested inthis and this and this, and in findingout about clinical trials and if thereis help available for prescriptions. Ithought I would get a brochure or apacket in the mail a couple of weekslater. But the next business day, lessthan twelve hours later, I got a phonecall from someone who spent maybethree hours on the phone with me. Itwasn’t just someone who was boredand walking through the job. Whileshe had never met me, she passionatelycared about making sure thatwe had everything that we needed.It really is a patient-advocacy group.Finding out what you need and findingout how you can get it. You canfocus on fighting your cancer insteadof focusing on finding informationor doing paper work and stuff likethat. You can work on taking careof yourself or taking care of yourloved one. With that said, I am notat all a spokesperson for the LanceArmstrong Foundation. It’s just thatwe have had really good success withthem.CU: Let me shift gears. I noticed acouple of times that you have hadcontests on your blog. In fact, I thinkit has been fairly frequent. Tell meabout those.EN: Yeah, uh, I do a contest whenI can’t think of anything to write. Iget a fair amount of free stuff fromcompanies now. I don’t really needmost of the things that come my way,the t-shirts and things like that, andI do like to give it away. Usuallythey’re fairly silly contests, althoughonce in a while we do somethingpretty major. Last year, we did a contestcalled the B7 which I think wassomething like the Banjo BrothersBig Bulkie Biker Body Challenge.There may have been some otherwords with Bs in there, I don’tremember all of them. Banjo Brotherswas the company that sponsored that.They make bike bags, messengerbags and things like that. Anyway,it was basically an eight month longweight loss contest where everybodywas trying to see if they could lose agreater percentage of weight plus doa faster percentage-wise time trial atthe end of the eight months than theydid at the beginning. We had a complexalgorithm to find out who coulddo it. Anyone who did better thanI did, I would give them one of myjerseys, but everyone had to bet mesomething, too. So, I had people whobet me handlebars. I had people whobet me their own club jerseys. I hadpeople bet me fresh wild salmon. Itwas all kinds of crazy stuff. If it wasinteresting or something I wanted, Isaid let’s do it. Everyone was bettingagainst me and I think in the end Ibeat all but ten or twenty people. Ihad a lot of skin in that game. Thosetwenty people I [lost to], I had to givethem my jerseys which, while I getthem at a discount, I don’t get themfor free. It definitely cost me. I thinkthere were more than one hundred ofus who did this. That was a lot of fun.A lot of comradery.CU: My daughter also mentionedthat she read that you were having anevent, or a ride, a month or two ago.EN: The Fatty’s Triathalon. I put the“a” in there because it’s not a real triathlon.You always hear people callingtriathlons a “triathalon”. I wentahead and put the extra “a” in therefor fun. The events were a mountainbike ride followed by going downthe sliding rock in Alpine, a naturallyoccurring water slide. The third eventwas bratwurst eating. Obviously, itwas just an excuse to have a party. Ithought a whole bunch of us oughtto get together and have a lot of fun.That’s what it was. I am lucky enoughto have a big backyard and plenty ofroom, and bratwurst is cheap.CU: In looking at your blog the lastcouple of days, I have been interestedto follow the Elden/Louis saga.Briefly summarize what that was and,now that it is past, your thoughts onthat.EN: Originally what I wrote wasabout how angry I was that at thebeginning of the Leadville 100, someonesurged from behind me in a veryspecifically neutral start area, hookedmy handle bars and crashed me to theground. It was a reckless move and anillegal move and I was just furious atwhat had been done. After I posted it,my readers ganged up on the guy aswell. Like I said, a very dedicated andprotective group of readers. It actuallyleft me feeling bad. His punishmentwas probably beyond the scope ofthe crime. The next day, I just postedand said “Hey, I was speaking in theheat of the moment and I apologizeand I shouldn’t have done this publicly.”I sometimes forget that I’m notjust writing this blog as my personaljournal anymore, that when I writesomething thousands of people readit. Like I said, when I write stuff,I’m still writing to this group of sixpeople. And that was maybe somethingI should have just sent to thatgroup of six people instead of puttingit up there for the public. And thatessentially is what I said in the secondpost. And then this morning, theguy who crashed me, he commentedin my blog and I thought, “Well, youknow, I better give him equal time”and so I went ahead and put that upand told him that if would send mehis address, I would send him a FatCyclist jersey, basically the equivalentof an olive branch. Hopefully that isdone and the lesson I have learnedis to keep the angry emails and theflames off the blog.CU: It looks to me like your blogmust take a fair amount of time. Doyou ever tire of it?EN: That’s actually one of my biggestfears, not that I will get tired of itbut that I will run out of things to say.I think, somehow, I will always havean idea for the next three or so posts.I always know what my next threeor so things are going to be. Andsometimes, what is number three willbecome number four because somethingelse will intervene. I have threeideas for my next three posts, andthen I crash and separate my shoulder.Well, obviously that is going tobe the thing I write about tomorrowmorning, right? I worry about the daywhen I write a post and say, “Well, Idon’t know what I’m going to writeabout tomorrow.” And I guess thatwhen that happens, I will have apretty good idea that maybe it’s timefor me to shut it down or take a twoweek vacation or do something likethat. As is, I always have something Iwant to write about it. There’s alwaysfun to be had.CU: What do you like most aboutdoing the blog and, looking back overthe past three and a half years, whatare the highlights and the lowlights?EN: I love comments in my blog.After I post something, I love thehour afterward. An hour after I post,there will usually be ten or fifteencomments. As the day goes on, Ilove reading what my readers have tosay. Every single time there will besomething. Someone will have a jokeor an observation that surprises andjust cracks me up. And I love that. Ialso like that there are thousands ofpeople who don’t comment at all butstill enjoy it enough to come back.And occasionally I will get an emailfrom someone who says, “Hey, Idon’t comment on your blog becauseI don’t do that kind of thing but Ido enjoy what you write.” I like thata lot. I love that there are so manypeople supporting my wife. That hasbeen incredibly important to me andmy wife in the last couple of years aswe try to navigate this whole cancerordeal. There are hundreds of peoplewho have let us know that, accordingto their own philosophies, religionsor however they think, they are doingtheir part for us. That matters a lotto me.CU: What is your favorite post?EN: My favorite post . . . I thinkthe Phil Liggett post was one of myfavorites. That one, the ideas sprangfully formed. I didn’t have to doanything. The idea came to me and Iknew exactly how it ought to be written.That was a pleasure just becauseI was able to hammer it out so fast. Iwrote it and it was done and a lot ofpeople immediately caught it. Anotherfavorite was actually based on anangry comment a reader had postedonce. I had done “open letters” aspart of my blogging. They’re alwaystongue and cheek. But I had donean open letter to Assos talking abouthow silly their ads are. Someone senta reply that was just scathingly angryand just outraged. I took that commentand made it my post the nextday with my own comments insertedand asking follow up questions to thisperson. He never replied but that’sokay. I think that would probably beacknowledged to be my most popularpost ever. A lot of people enjoyed myreview of Dave Zabriski’s new chamoislubricant product, DZNuts, whichI did just a couple days ago,. I did atongue and cheek review and a lota people liked that. I think probablymy favorite non-fake, non-satire post,was about Tibble Fork Reservoir. Itwas called “The Best Place In TheWorld” and it was me just talkingabout the mountain bike trail startingat Tibble Fork Reservoir, the TibbleFork trail, and why I consider it tobe the best mountain bike trail in theworld. I talked about experiences I’vehad on it, what the trail is like andso forth. It’s not every day that yousay exactly what you mean and reallypinpoint what you love about cycling.But that time I got it. That was agood post, a really good post. Of myreal “about biking” instead of talkingabout biking culture.Lowlights. That’s harder to dobecause the honest lowlight onesare ones I have forgotten. I wrotesomething and I wasn’t really feelingit that day and I posted it and neverthought about it again. There areprobably dozens of those. Ones whereI wrote something and later thought,“Oh, I shouldn’t have written that.”.Probably this one I just did this week,the Elden/Louis thing. If I had that todo over again, I probably would’vemade it a paragraph in another postabout the whole Leadville 100 experienceinstead of shining the spotlighton it. In terms of advertising, it wasa huge success. My page views weremuch, much higher that day thanmost days. I know that if I wantedto make more money I should writemore inflammatory articles. Then Icould definitely increase my pageviews. But that’s not what I want. Forone of the first times ever there werepeople saying, “I thought you were anice guy and you’re not.” And whileI don’t think that there is anybodywho’s not angry from time to time,in this post you might see me as thisfoaming at the mouth, ranting kindof guy.CU: Where do you see this goingfrom here? Do you have any definiteplans for the future?EN: I’ve talked with a couple of literaryagents who are interested in abook and I’m working on a proposalfor a Fat Cyclist book. But, a proposalto an agent is a long way froma book in the hand. I would like towrite a book. I don’t know if it willbe a book that reads like my blog,as if it were a 300 blog essays, or ifit would be something completelydifferent. It would have somethingto do about bicycles, that’s for certain.Beyond that, if I had the time, Iwould love to write for cycling sitesand cycling magazines. But, I don’treally have the time to make this goany further than it’s going right now.I’ve got my wife to take care of, I’vegot my kids to take care of and I havea full time job and I want to ride mybike. So, the ninety minutes or so thatI’m spending each day with the blog,that’s about as much time as I havefor projects like that.CU: One final question. Cycling forme fills important roles in a numberof ways. Fitness. Keeping my weightdown. Sometimes I come home andI’ll be hassled and my wife tells meto go for a bike ride. It just makes mefeel better. So for you, what role doescycling fill in your life?EN: Cycling is like a big reset buttonfor me. It will take the pressuresof the day, whether job or family, orconcerns about medical stuff, and letme put them into prospective. It’smore than that, though. It’s a socialthing, it’s how I stay current with mygood friends. It’s a thinking thing.I have had lots of job-related goodideas on the bike, maybe more goodjob-related ideas on the bike than Ihave anywhere else. It give a chanceto be clear. And more than anythingelse, it’s just fun. It’s such a rare thingfor me to come back at the end of abike ride and think “That wasn’t verymuch fun.” There is always a highlightout there. Whether it’s seeingsome deer on the side of the road orseeing a fox or badger out on the trail.You see stuff, you do stuff and you’rewith people you like. You’re exercisingand, really, there is just nothingthat compares.Editor's note: You can find linksto fatcyclist.com and other Utahcycling blogs at cyclingutah.com.

12 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008HEALTHThe Goodness of CyclocrossBy Erik Moen PT, CSCSOnce again, it is cyclocross season.The West has a rich cyclocrosshistory. Cyclocross was started asa means of winter training for theroad cyclist. The cyclocross seasonin the United States typically runsfrom September through December.World Championships are typicallythe first week of February.Preparation for cyclocross requiresdifferent training strategies thantraining for road and mountainriding. Attention to these demanddifferences are often times the differencebetween staying healthy andhaving reasonable results.Reasons to believe cyclocross isgood•Races last an hour or under.•Not all cyclocross races are absolutemud-baths or snow fests.•Cyclocross challenges your balanceand coordination better than roadcycling.Challenges are made particularlyto the foot, knee, hip, and torso asa result of interacting with variedsurfaces via feet to ground and feetto pedals.•Cyclocross is a great weight bearingactivity.Weight bearing activities promotebone density. Road cyclingitself does not promote bone densityimprovements/maintenance.•No 5-6 hour road rides required.Cyclocross is a shorter, moreintense race than the typical stagerace or long road race.Reasons to believe that cyclocrossis good but challenging for theroad cyclist•Cyclocross has risk of injuries.Sprains, strains, lacerations/abrasions and contusions are themost common cyclocross injuries.Frequently sprained/strained areasinclude the ankle and the Achillestendon.•Cyclocross requires good bike handlingin all situations.Environmental challenges mayinclude thick mud, loose rock/gravel, sand pits, roots, wet grassand snow to name a few. Cyclocrosstires are typically 32-35mm wide.Not your average stable mountainbike tire.•Cyclocross eats bicycle equipment.Cyclocross exists in a prettyharsh climate for metal and movingparts: mud. Good maintenanceand upkeep of your bicycle isrequired. Plan to make friends witha mechanic.Tips to improve and promote ahealthy cyclocross seasonStretch! The demands of roadcycling on the legs are different thanthat of cyclocross riders. Cyclocrossriders have much higher demand(range of motion and strength) onhip flexors, hamstrings and Achilles.Coordinate! Jumping off the bikeat 20mph onto wet, slippery andunstable stuff requires a high levelof coordination. The typical roadcyclist is not all that coordinated offCyclocross previewCyclocross: Something for EveryoneBy Dayna DeuterAs I write this, the mercury herein the heart of Salt Lake City dippedbelow 65 degrees for the first timeThis is thePlace forCyclocross!GreatSelectionAvailable!in months… it’s time.Maybe you’ve heard the mediabuzz about cyclocross—‘It’s puresweet hell!’, ‘The toughest hour incycling’, ‘Mud, sweat, and tears’—Redline CXDemo Bikesavailable forJuniors!762 E. 12300 S. Draper, UTcanyonbicyclesdraper.com801-576-8844 • M-F 10 - 7:30 • Sat. 10-7Cervélo atDraper locationonly.of the bicycle. Plyometric trainingis a great start to improving yourcyclocross fitness.Strengthen! Trunk musculature isimportant for the cyclocross athlete.Back muscles of the road cyclist arenot used to hauling objects uphillon their feet. Plan to hear somecomplaining of back pain around thecool down area of most cyclocrossraces. Jumping rope is a reliablemeans of making quick improvementsof calf strength as it relates tocyclocross.Run! Most chronic swimmersand bicyclists look funny when theytry to run. Their muscles and jointsare not well prepared for their feet tohit the ground with such force. Easeinto running. Running for the purposesof cyclocross training shouldstart as late as July. Endurance runningshould occur approximatelytwice a week with an endurancesession (road/track) and an off-road/trail run.Coordinate your bike! Participatein at least one specific cyclocrosspractice session per week. Specificsof a practice session should include;mounts/dismounts, barricades,shouldering, and run-ups.Practice dirt! Focus should bemade on the practice of stayingupright on all surfaces and the abilityto maintain momentum throughvaried media (rocks, sand, mud, treeroots, etc).Endurance! Your weekly trainingshould include an endurance ride of2-4 hours depending on your skill/race level and seasonal variation (areyou a road cyclist currently in an“off-season”?).Cyclocross is a great sport as itcombines elements of coordination,weight bearing for the lower extremitiesand spine, aerobic training,and fun in the mud and snow. Thereare a lot of reasons why a bicyclistbut what is it? Cyclocross is aunique discipline of cycling that canbest be described as a cross betweenroad cycling, mountain biking, andsteeplechase. Races take place ona closed circuit and last 45 minutesto 1 hour. The terrain includespaved, grass, and off-road surfacesand a series of obstacles—includingbarriers, steep hills, or stairs—thatrequire dismounting, shoulderingor carrying the bike, then remounting.Competitors use primarilycyclocross bikes, which use slightlymodified road geometry to allow forknobby tires and better clearancewhen passing over obstacles.Like no other segment of bikeracing, ‘cross brings together adiverse group of bike racers; theroadie and mountain biking communitiescombine for a short andintense season and the primary purposeis fun. It’s the multi-facetedaspect of ‘cross that offers somethingfor everyone:•Mud and grass for the powerriders? Check!•Corning that rewards those whocan find and ride a fast line? Check!•Fast hard pack and paved sections?Check!•Bike handling skills? (Just TRYnot to fall down when there’s 6” ofsnow on the course!) Check!•Transitions and accelerations?Cross is above all an event oftransitions, primarily surroundingdismounting, remounting, and acceleratingout of corners. Check!•And… hard efforts? Yeah, lots!Check, Check!Mud and Snow last season at Ft. Buenaventura in the Utah CyclocrossSeries race #10. FInd your photo at zazoosh.com.Photo: Dave Iltisshould try cyclocross. Cyclocross isa great social outlet in addition toa great training outlet. Go watch arace if you don’t plan to try one outfor yourself. A little bit of preparationwill go a long ways in your survivabilityof the cyclocross season.The many variables allowscyclocross to appeal to a broad audiencealso makes it tough to master.In any given race—or lap for thatmatter—there are a hundred thingsto try to get right, and consequentlya hundred things that can go wrong.Perhaps herein lies some of themystique that surrounds cyclocross;despite years of practice and effort,there is always something more tolearn. As a result, ‘cross generatesits own loyal followers that keepcoming back for more.But really, words can’t adequatelycapture the cycling side show,the red-headed step child of bikeracing that is cyclocross. You haveto experience it to know it. We arefortunate to have a vibrant Utah‘cross community and a packed racecalendar.Check out the complete Utahand Idaho Cyclocross schedule onpage 8.More information can also befound at utahcyclocross.com.Ridley Cyclocross SkillsClinicThe Ridley Factory Team, anationwide elite and grassroots racingteam, is proud to present the 2ndannual Cyclocross Skills Clinic, takingplace September 13, 2008 in SaltLake City. The clinic will focus oncyclocross basics during the morningsession (9 am -12 pm), includingmounting, dismounting, and cornering.The afternoon session (2-5 pm)will cover more advanced techniqueErik Moen PT, CSCS is a nationallyknow expert on bicyclinginjury treatment and bicycle fit.Erik practices physical therapyin the greater Puget Sound area.Erik may be reached through hiswebsite, www.bikept.comand race strategy.The clinic will feature handsoninstruction with local talent AliGoulet (Ridley Factory Team), BartGillespie (Cannondale-MonaVie),and Kathy Sherwin (Sobe-Cannondale). This elite-level bikeracing trio offers a wealth of cyclocrossknowledge and experience, apassion for the sport, and a desire topass it all on to clinic participants.Riders of all ability levels arewelcome, as are mountain bikes.Cost is $50 for the whole day or$30 per session. Add $5 for day-ofregistration. Preregister at www.sportsbaseonline.comDon’t let a deficit in technicalskills prevent you from applying allyour hard-earned summer fitness tothe fastest-growing segment of bikeracing!Free CX Demo Bikesfor KidsCanyon Bicycles- Draper willonce again be offering free demosfor Junior riders. With a $5.00entry fee for Juniors in the UtahCyclocross Series, this will be agreat opportunity to get the familyout to try cyclocross. Sizes willrange from 24" wheel to size 52.Questions about the demo can beanswered by Canyon Bicycles inDraper 576-8844.Cyclist Dies in Summit County AccidentA cyclist died on July 26th on the Brown’s Canyon road in SummitCounty. According to Summit County Sheriff’s Office, JoAnn Krajeskiappeared to have gone over the handlebars and hit her head. It did notappear that any automobiles were involved in the accident.

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 13Cycling PersonalitiesGetting to Know Terry McGinnisTerry McGinnis at this year's Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.Photo: Dave IltisBy Tyler ServossAs the banners come down andthe riders and team personnel rush tocatch planes back home, one man’sattention is brought back to the taskahead. There is little time to celebratethe successful completion ofhis first venture into high level racepromotion. It is time to face anotherround of chemotherapy.Few of us know what TerryMcGinnis has experienced. At timesbike racing has a way of turning thecompetitor into an object and leavingout the humanity. It is easy toget upset over a bad line through acorner or a crash causing mistake,but not so easy to see the strugglesoccurring behind the glasses andunder the helmet. Terry’s life providesan opportunity to take a stepback and look at our fellow ridersthrough a different lens.I have known and respectedTerry for the better part of fifteenyears. I started out with an idea toprofile the man behind this year’ssuccessful Tour of Utah, and endedup with a new appreciation for life.Cycling BeginningsTerry was a stand out Motocrossracer in Utah and through out thewest. In the early eighties he pickedup his first mountain bike to helpwith his Motocross racing fitness,and to recover from a knee blownout due to racing. After a shortwhile, riding was not enough andhis competitive side took over. Heentered several MTB races and washooked. Soon after, a number of hisMotocross friends got into road ridingand Terry joined them.Those who have been aroundfor a while will remember theweekly training races at the SaltLake International Center. Terryexperienced his first criterium at thisvenue. Terry said “My first race outthere, I rode around with them. Itseemed so easy the whole time, andI just thought well, I’ll just wait forthe sprint. These guys will wait forthe last lap and they’ll sprint. Sowe came around and they rang thebell. I sprinted. I made it around theturn and to the railroad tracks, probablya good 400 meters or so andof course ran out of gas and they allcaught me, passed me and droppedme like a rock. And I thought ok Iguess I went a little too soon. Thegreat thing about these weekly racesis that they are practice; you can goout and fix your mistakes. And sureenough within four weeks I wentout and won my first InternationalCenter.”Terry joined the second yearclub Mi Duole and enjoyed suchteammates as former professionalMarty Jemison and current pro LeviLeipheimer. Terry continued toimprove and competed well enough,both nationally and locally, to earnhis Category 1 designation. He isa fixture in the Salt Lake racingcommunity and has mentored andcoached many other cyclists.Tour of UtahIn 2006 Terry served as the radiocommentator for the Larry H. MillerTour of Utah. He enjoyed this roleso much he was asked to reprise itfor the 2007 edition. The foundationwas laid for Terry’s future role withthe race during a trip to the 2007Tour of California. A good friend,coaching client, and Tour of Utahboard member Bill Cutting invitedTerry to join the Tour of Utah committee’sresearch trip to California.During this trip Terry got to know anumber of the committee membersand their ideas. Terry disagreedwith the decision to cancel the 2007race, and was very vocal about hisopinions. He felt cancelling the raceall together was not the best choiceand would be a greater set back thanrunning a scaled back version of theevent. Terry said “Enough funds hadbeen raised to do a race, just not inthe style that they wanted to.”Bill took Terry’s comments andfeedback to heart and when GregMiller created an exploratory committeefor the 2008 race, Terry wasinvited to join. Greg Miller hasbecome the driving force behindthe Tour of Utah. Terry says “GregMiller is a staunch supporter ofthis race. He is a huge enthusiastand he more than anybody wants tomake sure this race goes on forever.He feels like it should be part ofthe landscape like the 24th of JulyParade. He feels that strongly aboutit.”At the first meeting, Terry cameloaded with notes and was readyto tell Greg Miller exactly what hethought. Greg was impressed to theextent that he offered Terry the positionof Executive Director.Despite having only promoted afew local criteriums, Terry’s cyclingknowledge, and ability to surroundhimself with a group of people experiencedwith large scale events, werea recipe for success in 2008. Movinginto the future Terry would like tocontinue the incremental growth ofthe race, creating a long term, stableevent. Along these lines plans areunder way to mix up the courses andvenues to showcase more of Utah.This may include new courses inDowntown Salt Lake, Ogden, andperhaps Cache Valley for 2009.Fight Against CancerIn 2007, Terry’s season beganwith a hard block of training withlocal pro’s Burke Swindlehurst andJeff Louder. As the racing seasonbegan Terry’s performance did notmatch up with the intense traininghe had been doing. Things were badenough that Terry sought medicalhelp.For over 16 years Terry hasmanaged the symptoms of an illnesscalled Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s isa disease of the digestive system.With proper attention to diet andother factors the symptoms can bemanaged. Terry suspected a connectionto Crohn’s, so he returned to thedoctor who had treated his diseaseand began a series of tests.After numerous studies Terry wasdiagnosed with Mucinic Carcinoma,a type of cancer. Cancerous tumorswhere found in his abdomen.Because of the location of thetumors neither surgery nor radiationtherapy were options. The situationwas dire enough that chemotherapywas begun immediately. With in 5months the cancer was in remission.Unfortunately the disease wasnot gone and returned with a vengeancein April of 2008. Terry said“I realized that I was not supermanand that I could not just bike racethrough this.” The chemotherapy hascontinued since May and is likely tocontinue off and on for the foreseeablefuture. The cancer is inoperableand the chemotherapy is necessaryto limit the growth of the tumors.Incredibly Terry’s accomplishmentswith the Tour of Utah have occurredwhile under a course of chemotherapy,taking a brief break for the actualrace week.This type of prognosis could becrushing, but Terry has an amazingperspective on the situation andplans for the future. Terry is blessedwith a very supportive family andcommunity, and an incredible attitudethat will be key in his fightagainst what may be the greatestchallenge of his life.Call us TodayFULL TEAM CUSTOM APPARELGET YOUR CUSTOM TEAM OR CLUB GEAR TODAY!Get Started now for the 2009 seasoncontact us today www.blackbottoms.com - info@blackbottoms.com866-566-8285OFFICIAL JERSEY PROVIDER OFNational Mountain Bike Series,Southern California State ChampionshipUniversity of Utah cycling teamA Utah company

14 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008tour of utah CoverageUtah's Louder Triumphs in Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Over Top National and International FieldStage 2 Winner Blake Caldwell leads stage animator DarrenLill at the top of Big Mountain. Caldwell was also raceleader after stages 2-4.Photo: Dave IltisIn front of big downtown Salt Lake crowds, Garmin-Chipotle controlled the action in thecriterium to protect race leader Blake Caldwell.Photo: Dave IltisBy Bruce BilodeauThe Larry H. Miller 2008 Tourof Utah was billed as “America’sToughest Stage Race.” It certainly didnot disappoint. Held from Wednesday,August 13th, through Sunday, August17th, it consisted of 5 stages covering336 miles and a whooping 30,000vertical feet of climbing. Elevationwould play a factor also since most“flat land riders” have trouble withthe oxygen level at elevations above5,500 feet, which a good portion ofthe race exceeded. The race coveredvarying terrains from flat, to hillyto outright steep — the Snowbird“Queen Stage” had two HC (out ofcategory) climbs.Eighteen teams and 126 riderswere invited. They included thepowerful Garmin-Chipotle team withpodium stage results in both the 2008Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France,international teams BMC and Bissell,as well as top domestic teams inHealth Net, Jittery Joe’s, Rock Racing(with 4 Tour de France veterans),Successful Living, Symmetrics, TeamType 1 and Toyota United. The fieldalso contained local teams AmericanR.A.D.D. and the Canyon BicyclesUtah All Stars.Roughly one-quarter of the riderswere from 12 foreign countries,adding an international flavor tothe race. Impressively, the race wascomprised of 10 previous GrandTour (Giro D’Italia, Tour de France,Vuelta de España) riders, of which7 have reached the podium at leastonce. Many riders were past nationalchampions and Olympians in theirrespective countries including MoisesAldape from Mexico, who flew

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 15immediately back from Beijing tocompete.Several local riders were consideredfront runners for the generalclassification including localsJeff Louder (BMC) and BurkeSwindlehurst (Bissell) who were 3rdand 4th overall in the 2006 Tour ofUtah. Also, recent transplant DarrenLill (BMC) of South Africa wason form with the terrain suiting hisstrengths. With 5 of the top 6 GCcontenders from the 2006 editionback to compete, this edition was themost competitive to date.The race would close with a technicaltime trial at the Larry H. MillerMotorsports Park providing the icingon the cake. Would the GC be clearby stage 2? Stage 4? Or Stage 5?Stage One the Sports CommissionRoad Race 8/13/08The 102-mile stage started inNephi, circled San Pete County, andthen returned back to Nephi. At firstglance, despite 4850 feet of climbingand many rollers, it looked to be theperfect sprinters stage, with the 3 hotspot sprints spread evenly throughoutthe course, and only one minor category3 KOM offered. The finish wasperfect for strong sprinters teams,being that it was quite straight wherebreakaways could not hide. The last10 miles covered a fast downhill, aright hand turn, and then 400 metersto the line. The area is also notoriousfor stiff headwinds, as well as crosswinds.This course would lend itselfwell to teams like Toyota-United andSuccessful Living, who brought acontingency of riders to support theirsprinters, and also for Rock Racing’s“Fast Freddie” Rodriguez, and RudolfNapalitano, as well as local riderswho might be able to sneak in behindone of the team trains storming forthe line.Some of the local Utah andregional teams made it interesting onthe first riser, just after passing theentrance to the Nephi loop at aboutthe 4-mile mark. The peloton wasconsistently contorting from longstrung out lines to a packed bunchwith true accordion-like flair.Finally, Jesse Gordon (CanyonBicycles Utah All Stars) made thebreak with Successful Living’s BradWhite, Garmin-Chipotle’s JasonDonald and The Fan CompositeTeam’s Sheldon Deeny (EmpireRacing, NY). Their lead grew to 7minutes over the peloton and 3 ½minutes over a chase group comprisedof local rider and OlympianBilly Demong (American R.A.D.D.),time trialist Sam Johnson (HagensBerman) and the ever-punchy RobCampbell (Bob’s). The chase grouprode hard and quite well together butto no avail, eventually getting caughtby the peloton in Spring City with 60miles left.Up the road, local Jesse Gordon(Canyon Bicycles, Utah All Stars),took the first sprint and was theleader for the green jersey competition.Unfortunately, at mile 45 thebreakaway group of 4 was directed inthe wrong direction and had to pulla U-turn while they still had a 2:40gap to the main field. The pelotonended up on the correct course, aheadof the original 4 in the front group.Race officials quickly neutralized thefield, allowed the original front groupto soft pedal past the main group,thus recreating the 2:40 gap, and thenresumed the race.The lead group was firing on allcylinders, and with Jason Donalddoing the majority of the work, theyquickly built the lead to 3:20 at mile52. Donald then took the KOM withease ensuring him the day’s polkadottedclimber’s jersey.Brad White fought off SheldonDeeny for the next sprint points atmile 72, causing Jesse Gordon tobe dropped off the back. The groupwas now on long, straight sectionsof road, but somehow held off thechasing peloton to the top of the lastclimb before the 10-mile descent.They only had a one minute lead with10 kilometers to go, so it looked sus-Continued on page 16

16 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008Tour of Utah -Continued from page 15pect as to whether they could hold offthe entire peloton on the fast 40mphdescent into town, especially afterbeing on the break since mile 8.With an exciting ending, they heldthe main peloton off for a three-mansprint to the line, with strong manJason Donald giving Garmin-Chipotletheir first Tour of Utah win. BradWhite mentioned that, “Jason didnot contest the intermediate sprinthot spots, but he was the drivingforce of the break all day, spendingmore time in the wind and keepingus all motivated. In the end, thestrongest rider won.” SuccessfulLiving’s Argentinean Express,Ricardo Escuela, won the field sprintjust ahead of Jonnie Clark (Toyota-United) and “the Badger” Frank Pipp(Health Net), thus causing SuccessfulLiving’s race director Steve Hegg towonder if, “I should have had Bradnot contribute to the break in thelast 10k, because we had the fastestsprinter in the field with Ricardo,”which proved to be prophetic later on.Bryson Perry of AmericanR.A.D.D was 6th in the field sprintand 9th overall to don the FirstEndurance Red Jersey in the Utah’sbest rider competition.Results1. Jason Donald - Garmin-Chipotle2. Sheldon Deeny - The FanComposite Team / Empire Cycling3. Brad White - Successful Living.*With the field @20 secondsJersey CompetitionsJason Donald – Zions Bank YellowJersey (leader), Zions Bank Polka-Dot Jersey (KOM)Brad White – Sinclair Green Jersey(sprinter)Bryson Perry (American R.A.D.D)- First Endurance Red Jersey (bestUtah rider)Ryan Anderson (Land Rover) -Vitamin Water Blue Jersey (bestyoung rider)Left: Utah All Star/Canyon Bicycles' Rider Nate Page tookhome the award for best Utah rider. Page is picturedhere on Tanner's Flat in stage 4. Photo: Dave IltisStage 2 – University Health CareRoad Race 8/14/08Stage 2 started in Ogden and finishedat the U of U’s research park.The stage had 3 major climbs —North Ogden Pass, Trapper’s Loopand Big Mountain — each offeringKOM points, as well as two sprint hotspots at miles 25 (Huntsville) and 45(Morgan). It covered 85 miles and awhopping 10,600 vertical feet, finishingwith a fast 45mph descent downEmigration Canyon and then a hardright hand turn to the finishing sprintin Research Park.This was a hard stage to predictfor the cyclists and team directors.They were not sure if it would breakapart on the first brutal climb upNorth Odgen pass, and then comeback together in the flats, or bedecided at Big Mountain, the lastmajor climb of the day. Scott Nydam(BMC), KOM winner of the Tour ofCalifornia, thought a select group ofthe GC contenders would split afterthe first climb. Local favorite and2006 3rd place finisher Jeff Louder(BMC) felt like, “Big Mountainwould create the split for the GCcontenders, but ultimately it wouldcome down to Stage 4’s last climbup Little Cottonwood.” All in all thiswas a brilliant addition to the race byrace director Terry McGinnis, sinceit forced everyone to pay close attention.Garmin-Chipotle’s WillFrischkorn (stage 3 Tour de France2nd place finisher) got things goingoff the gun with a hard attack. Thissplintered the field into a long lineof chasers, which in turn createda hectic pace up the hills of NorthOgden all the way up North OgdenPass. Another local rider, GardieJackson (American R.A.D.D.) statedthat “I was toward the front up theclimb. Everyone there was breathinghard and hanging on for dear life. …I spent a lot of bullets right off thebat.” The first KOM had Garmin-Chipotle setting the pace with BlakeCaldwell and the young Peter Stetinagoing over first and second followedby Scott Nydam (BMC) for third withBrad White (Successful Living) surprisinglygetting eighth over the top,despite being in the previous day’s 94mile successful breakaway.After the first descent, the leadgroup would dwindle down to 20riders, followed by a pack of 30 ridersthat finally caught on at mile15 going into Huntsville. Garmin-Chipotle, BMC and Rock Racing hadthe most riders represented in the leadgroup with Garmin-Chipotle settingthe pace. Unfortunately, Scott Nydamof BMC “touched a teammate’swheel and went down hard around acorner,” thereby sending him to thehospital with a broken collarbone.Through Huntsville the pace wasblistering fast averaging 30 to 35miles per hour on the flat sections,with Rudolf Napolitano launchingmultiple attacks for Rock Racing.Once the second sprint arrived,Sheldon Deeny (Fan CompositeTeam) looked like he would take ituntil hard man Brad White went flyingby to take the points. White thenpaced himself up Trapper’s Looptoward the KOM, yet wasn’t caughtby the select group of 20 for wellover a mile. Brent Bookwalter (BMC)set the pace to finally catch him priorto the KOM.For the next 18 miles, the attackscontinued through the rollers, spreadingthe lead group into a strung outpace line 50 deep. At this point, awhopping 41 racers were in dangerof not making the time cut per raceradio. Eventually, a breakaway groupformed in Morgan which had representationfrom every major team.

18 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008The peloton in stage 2 at East Canyon Reservoir.Photo: Rusty Healey PhotographyTour of Utah -Continued from page 17super fast and technical descent downAmerican Fork Canyon saw riderspassing officials’ cars and dozens ofharried parked cars. Finally, on theclimb to Traverse Ridge, MichaelCreed was caught about halfway up.Attacks continued sparingly to thestart of the finishing climb up LittleCottonwood Canyon, with the leadpack dwindling to less than 20 riders.BMC, Garmin-Chipotle and RockRacing were well represented in thegroup which included favorites BurkeSwindlehurst, Chris Baldwin and thepolka-dotted Glen Chadwick (TeamType 1).Oscar Sevilla got things startedfirst at the base of Little Cottonwood,gaining a 15 second lead, withDanielson and Caldwell trying tobridge, and Louder and Lill chasing.BMC eventually brought it back asGrajales, Lill (after he bridged toLouder) and Stetina were shelled. Thefireworks kept on going as Chadwickcaught Sevilla then cruised rightpast at tempo, building a 20 secondlead quickly. At this point, only 4remained in the chase group, heavyhitters Swindlehurst, Louder, Baldwinand Caldwell.Caldwell bridged to Chadwickand then pulled a page from hisopponent’s playbook, riding tempoto open up a 15 second gap. Thiswas a serious threat consideringCaldwell’s climbing prowess, andhe maintained up to a 25 secondlead for several miles. Just behindon the steepest sections of the climbbefore Tanner’s Flat, Swindlehurstwas sparring with Baldwin, causingLouder to get dropped only to fightback on no less than eight times.Baldwin fell victim for a moment toone of Swindlehurst’s attacks. ThenLouder recovered and got strongeronce the gradient fell to 8% or lessat Tanner’s Flat. He caught Baldwinand Swindlehurst. After droppingthe pair on the ‘flats’, he caught andpassed Chadwick and then finallyreeled in Caldwell with 1k to go.Louder immediately set a fast tempoat the front, losing Caldwell, and thenburied himself to take the win by 13seconds.After the race, Caldwell stated,“I felt great. I just wish I would havebeen more patient and not gone sosoon.” Jeff Louder’s dad, Ken, waselated, stating emphatically, “Jeff isnot a pure climber like the others, Hejust needed to keep it close, and whenthe climb flattened out a bit, it reallytipped the advantage to him. Then hejust powered by everyone.” And theyounger Louder in yellow had this toadd, “You know, I learned somethingriding this in training with DarrenLill. He hurt me on the last sectionsof this climb and I used that strategytoday to my advantage.”In the local rider competition,Nate Page became the second CanyonBicycles Utah All Star to wear theRed Jersey after a rough day in thesaddle for all of the riders.Stage Results1. Jeff Louder (BMC) 4:15:182. Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle)@ 13 seconds3. Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) @25 seconds4. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) @44 seconds5. Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) @1:016. Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 1:147. Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) @1:418. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Chipotle) @2:099. Darren Lill (BMC) @ 2:1110. Phil Zajicek (Health Net) @ 2:55Overall GC1. Blake Caldwell (Garmin-Chipotle)2. Jeff Louder (BMC) @ 7 seconds3. Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) @42 seconds4. Burke Swindlehurst (Bissell) @1:075. Chris Baldwin (Toyota-United) @1:22Jersey CompetitionsYellow (overall GC) - Blake Caldwell(Garmin-Chipotle)Polka Dot (climber) - Glen Chadwick(Team Type 1)Green (sprinter) - Brad White(Successful Living)Blue (best young rider) - Peter Stetina(Garmin-Chipotle)Red (best Utah Rider) - Nate Page(Canyon Bicycles Utah All Stars)Stage 5 KJZZ Time TrialCool venue: The Larry H. MillerMotorsports Park in good old Tooele.Cool vision by Terry McGinnis tocreate a TT course on a racetrack inview of the open deck and closed VIPseating which occupied the secondand third tiers of the grandstand. Thisway you could see the riders snakethrough the winding section out fora mile, and then again when theycame back in. Much better than justa straightaway where you see dudesflying by at 35mph for 4 seconds.Also, the teams were stationed in thelarge covered pit areas with cable TV.Sweet! And the weather was greattoo.The course was 7.5 miles long,left the complex, then proceeded toGrantsville and back, with winding,fast technical corners within the complex,and long straight sections for theGrantsville section.Going into the race, the potentialwinner looked to be Jeff Louder(BMC) who was only 7 secondsbehind race leader Blake Caldwell(Garmin-Chipotle). Also, the riderswho filled 3rd place to 6th placein the overall were separated byless than a minute: They were GlenChadwick (Team Type 1) who is theformer New Zealand TT champion at42 seconds back; Burke Swindlehurst(Bissell) at 1:07; Chris Baldwin(Toyota-United, and 2nd place 2006US Pro TT Championships) at 1:22;and Brent Bookwalter (BMC, and the2006 U-23 National TT champion) at1:35. It would be tough to make uptime on the top three riders, but if anyof the top 6 had an outstanding TT,and a front-runner faltered, it couldpotentially jumble the final G.C.Jeff Louder “felt pretty good”(with a grin) prior to the race, and ifall went well, could take the overallwin in his “hometown” race.In the end, Tom Zirbel (Bissell)won in a time of 13:50 to top thetime trial in his “biggest stage win todate.” Brent Bookwalter (BMC), whoproved to be a climbing phenomenonin stages 2 and 4, had enough left tocome in second at 13:59. Jeff Louderwas third at 13:59, and by putting 16seconds into Blake Caldwell, Louderwon his first major National RacingCalendar stage race in grand fashion.Tom Danielson (Garmin-Chipotle)at 14:11 and Ian McKissick (BMC)at 14:12 rounded out the top 5. Ofnote, McKissick crashed around acorner hard. His race director, GavinChilcott, felt like, “The crash costhim at least 25 seconds,” making his14:12 truly an outstanding ride.For the overall G.C., Chadwickmaintained 3rd behind Caldwell.Local rider and climbing sensationBurke Swindlehurst (Bissell) rodea phenomenal time trial in 14:18 toJeff Louder (BMC) trumped Blake Caldwell in the final timetrial at Miller Motorsports Park by 16 seconds to take theoverall win by 9 seconds.Photo: Dave Iltismaintain his 4th place G.C. ChrisBaldwin (Toyota-United) took fifthoverall.After the race, an elated JeffLouder was gracious in his commentsabout his win. “This was trulya team effort. I could not have doneit without the team. They were great,and there were a lot of times myface didn’t hit the wind.” When toldthat he had to finish the race off inthe end, his reply was again humble,“Because of the team I had justenough to pull it off, and felt goodtoday.” Yes, Jeff Louder is a greatrider no doubt, but even a better person.His team director Gavin Chilcottcertainly agreed, “Jeff has certainlybecome a great team leader, provingthat he can handle the pressure andsucceed.” In the end, BMC also tookthe overall team G.C.When riding with the team beforethe race started, I heard Louder makethe comment, “No worries” in avery calming fashion to his team. Iasked Mr. Chilcott if he heard that,“Certainly, it’s an Aussie term I heardsailors use that has kind of stuck withthe team.” It certainly did, with clearsailing to the end.Final GC1. Jeff Louder, BMC Pro CyclingTeam in 10:57.702. Blake Caldwell, Garmin/ChipotlePresented By H3o in 11:06.803. Glen Chadwick, Team Type 1 in11:44.304. Burke Swindlehurst, Bissell ProCycling Team in 12:10.705. Brent Bookwalter, Bmc ProCycling Team in 12:19.306. Chris Baldwin, Toyota-United in12:29.207. Oscar Sevilla Rivera, Rock Racingin 13:01.008. Peter Stetina*, Garmin/ChipotlePresented By H3o in 13:32.809. Darren Lill, Bmc Pro CyclingTeam in 14:05.6010. Phil Zajicek, Team Health NetPresented By Maxxis in 14:28.90And48. Nate Page#, Canyon BicyclesUtah All-Stars in 43:56.4062. Eric Pardyjak#, Canyon BicyclesUtah All-Stars in 58:57.4065. David Harward#, CanyonBicycles Utah All-Stars in 00:58.0067. Bryson Perry#, AmericanR.A.D.D. Presented By Agel in02:25.7068. Todd Hageman#, CanyonBicycles Utah All-Stars in 02:39.6074. Billy Demong#, AmericanR.A.D.D. Presented By Agel in07:58.9081. Jesse Gordon#, Canyon BicyclesUtah All-Stars in 17:42.60Jersey CompetitionsYellow (overall GC) - Jeff Louder(BMC)Polka Dot (climber) - Glen Chadwick(Team Type 1)Green (sprinter) - Brad White(Successful Living)Blue (best rider under 23) - PeterStetina (Garmin-Chipotle)Red (best Utah Rider) - Nate Page(Canyon Bicycles Utah All Stars)For more complete results, see page22.Bruce Bilodeau is a local mastersracer known for his long trainingdays in the canyons, and passionateloyalty to the Utah race scene.He also is an announcer for localcyclocross races and criteriums.His newfound goal is to help Tourof Utah Director extraordinaireTerry McGinnis build “America’stoughest stage race” into thepremier NRC event in the UnitedStates.Editor's Note: Look for more coverageon Utah's riders in our Fall/Winter issue.

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 19Cyclist is Hit, Run Off the Road on TrainingRideAn infuriated motorist allegedly intentionally used his vehicle to hit acyclist training at the same time that the Tour de Park City was held onSaturday, August 2.Shane Dunleavy was riding with a team of cyclists on the Mirror LakeHighway near Kamas when the incident occurred. According to witnesses,Alexander Jason Barto angrily swerved his truck into Dunleavy knockinghim from his bike. Witnesses also stated that Dunleavy barely escapedbeing run over by pushing his bike away as Barto’s truck rumbled over it.Dunleavy said just before the accident he was riding next to anothercyclist and the two were riding tight to the shoulder of the highway.Dunleavy also said that Barto, who allegedly swerved into other ridersbefore he reached Dunleavy, yelled at the bikers to get off the road.“I yelled back that I had a right to be on the road,” said Dunleavy.Dunleavy said Barto’s door hit his knee and he pushed away fromthe truck and broke off his mirror. He said that Barto became even moreirate as he increased his speed hitting Dunleavy with his front wheel andfender, dragging him off the road into the dirt.“The moment seemed surreal. I thought, is this really happening?”Dunleavy survived the incident with only minor injuries, but his bikewas twisted and mangled beyond repair. Summit County District Attorneyoffice said Barto is being charged with two counts of aggravated assaultand seven misdemeanors. An initial hearing is set for September 15th inSummit County Third District Court.Despite being involved in this frightening accident Dunleavy wasback out on the road riding two days later. He said there needs to be anincreased awareness from both drivers and cyclists. “It’s so frustrating forcyclists, sometimes we just can’t get over far enough,” said Dunleavy.“What scared me the most about this accident is reading the commentson line that people wrote after reading about my accident,” said Dunleavy.“There were so many anti-cyclist comments; people actually said thatcyclists deserved it.”-Jennifer Barth24 Hours of Moab is the Burning Man ofBicyclingOn Columbus Day weekend, October 11th and 12th, Behind-the-Rocks, Moab will be transformed into something extra-terrestrial whenthe world's top mountain bike ultra-endurance racers gather to determinewho is the fastest of them all.Pro riders will be racing for the single largest cash purse in the sport,expected to be upwards of $20,000. Amateur Teams will be racing for theprestige, the fun of it, and a prize table worth more than $15,000.A sci-fi theme is unavoidable: racers are encouraged to bring theirindividuality, sense of humor, phasers and communicators in this strangelandscape that was the back-drop for so many Star Trek episodes.Think about the theme for your campsite and spend a few extradays riding the Slick Rock trail or other routes, in one of cycling's mostextraordinary destinations.The inventiveness of campsites and variations on the theme of cyclingmake the Suzuki 24 Hours of Moab the Burning Man of bicycling.4,000 mountain biker racers, support crew and fans will populate the"mountain bike city" that springs up in the desert grazelands that host theevent. 400 teams will journey through space on the epic 15-mile track thatwinds through the foreboding and beautiful high-desert terrain.Whether a solo-racing machine pushing his/her body to the outerlimits, a bike-jousting mechanic attending just for fun, or a parent showingtheir kids a truly memorable weekend full of cycling excitement, 24Hours of Moab delivers.Space invader or not, this event is a cosmic combination of professionalultra-endurance racing, and a weekend of revelry in the fun, fitness,environment, and inventiveness of mountain biking.Event information and registration visit grannygear.com.School Reading Program Gives Bikes to KidsSALT LAKE CITY, August 21 - The Ken Garff Automotive Grouprecently completed the kick-off for the second year of its “Road toSuccess” program, a literacy initiative supported by Utah Governor JonHuntsman.The "Road to Success" Program started last year (2007-08) with50 pilot elementary schools, and this year (2008-09) it has expanded toinclude 13 districts, 220 schools, 150,000 students, 10,000 faculty membersand has the goal of reaching 1 billion minutes read.Wal-Mart is donating at total of 880 bikes (four bikes for each participatingschool) for a random drawing to be conducted at the end of theyear at each participating school. Also, a total of 1.5 million prizes will berewarded to the students during their progression through the school year.The program challenges students to read at least 20 minutes a dayduring the entire school year. For each 100 minutes read, the student canenter their name into the drawing to win one of the bikes donated to theirschool. Two bikes will be given away to a boy and girl in grades K-3 andtwo more will be given to a boy and girl in grades 4-6.The Road to Success Program is also sponsored by Ken Garff, ZionsBank, American Family Insurance, KSL 5, KSL Radio, FM 100, Arrow103.5, Utah Scholars, Utah Educational Savings Plan, and the Utah Blaze.TRAIL OF THE MONTHBryce Canyon is for Hikers,Red Canyon is for BikersDancing with the hoodoos on Thunder Mountain Trail.Photo: Gregg BromkaBy Gregg BromkaNo doubt you've seen photosin the big-name bike magazines ofmountain bikers riding past redrockhoodoos like those that hallmarkBryce Canyon National Park. Buttry biking any trail within the parkand you'll quickly find yourselfcounting bricks inside the townpokey because, as we all know, it'sillegal! So are those images of bikersmingling with mystical formationssimply digital "trick-ography?"Hardly. Bikers and camera buffs canride through scenery that is positively"arresting" without assuming therisk of being busted by going onlyas far as Red Canyon-gateway toBryce Canyon. Even if you were tocrop-out the scenery, the trails themselveswould be well worth the trip.Losee, Casto and Cassidy Trailson the north side of Red Canyon areworth exploring, but if time is short,stay to the south side of highway 12and ride Thunder Mountain Trail.This non-motorized trail exploresRed Canyon's hinterlands beyondthe steady stream of "take-a-photoand-run"tourists who are making abeeline for Bryce Canyon NationalPark. Little do they know that tranquilityabounds just a stone's throwfrom the highway, and that photosworthy of display on the cover ofthe park's brochure are easy to snap.On Thunder Mountain Trail you cangorge on scenic delicacies and ridethrough them, too.Notes on the trail:Thunder Mountain Trail followsa machine-cut singletrack acrossundulating hillsides populated withdispersed pines. In an effort to makethe trail user friendly, the first fewmiles undulate at the 8,000-footlevel. Even so, you'll work yourgears constantly, perfect your shortradiusturns, and pump out a dozeninterval-like climbs as the routeangles in and out of sharp hollowsthat crease the hillsides. Sceneryis lackluster initially; then it growsquickly to intriguing and even dazzlingabout three miles out wherethe trail crosses a prominent ridgeand affords a provocative view ofThunder Mountain with its tieredlimestone columns. (Ironically, thereis no "Thunder Mountain" on anymaps. It's just a name the PowellRanger District conjured up for thetrail. But if there was a ThunderMountain, this prominent butte,wrapped in a shawl of glowing limestone,would be it.)A half-mile farther, the trailclimbs Thunder Mountain's southflank to the route's high point, bothin elevation and scenery. The paththen clips the rim of a horseshoeshapedbowl adorned with ornateand delicate erosional featurescarved from the cream- and salmoncoloredPink Cliffs-the same rocksthat have brought Bryce CanyonNational Park its fame. The paththen coils and plunges down theslope through audacious switchbacksthat might perplex even intrepidbikers. The trail's precarious routingtakes you through the heart ofthe bowl you peered into earlierand out along a barren ridge, whererust-colored formations fill deep,craggy canyons on both sides. Withthe Sunset Cliffs rapidly approachingfrom the west, the trail is forcedoff the divide into a chasm drenchedin fiery hues. Upon breaching thecliffs' base, the trail turns north,rises briefly through scattered pines,and then descends gradually alonga sandy wash to the highway at thebeginning of Red Canyon.No car shuttle? No problem.Ride Thunder Mountain Trail as a15-mile loop by linking to the RedCanyon Bike Trail. You'll add onabout 5 miles of gentle climbingbut take in an hour or so of nationalpark-caliber scenery. And sinceyou're off the highway, you're safefrom rubbernecking tourists in theirlumbering RVs.DetailsLength: 8 miles one-way, or 15miles as a loop.Tread: All singletrack (paved biketrail if you ride the loop)Physical Difficulty: Intermediate.The numerous intermittent climbsrequire short bursts of power.Technical Difficulty: Moderate. Thetrail twists through many hollowsthat require short radius turns andrapid shifting. The trail can be roughat times, especially if horses get to itwhen it's wet. Brief but precipitousswitchbacks off Thunder Mountainmight require periodic dismounts.Elevation Gain: Although the onewayride has a net elevation loss ofabout 1,200 feet, you'll gain about1,000 feet along the way because ofincremental climbs. Tack on an additional1,200 feet of vertical if youride the loop for a total gain of about2,200 feet.Trailhead Access: From Panguitch,take US 89 south 7 miles; thenturn left/east onto UT 12 forBryce Canyon National Park andEscalante. Thunder Mountain's western(lower) trailhead is at the mouthof Red Canyon at the Dixie NationalForest boundary. To reach the eastern(upper) trailhead, drive 5 milesthrough Red Canyon. Turn right onForest Road 113, signed "FremontATV/Great Western Trail and locatedjust east of milepost 7. 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SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 21commuter ColumnAssist, Enhance, Enjoy —Jessica Galaviz and her electic-assist bicycleBy Lou MeliniThis months commuter columnfeatures Dr. Jessica ComstockGalaviz, an Iowa native who hasbeen in Utah since 2004 to completeher Pathology residency and fellowship.She is currently a PathologyFellow at Primary ChildrensMedical Center. She is married, withchildren. She has recently added aBionx battery pack to her bike.Cycling Utah: Jessica, youre a busyResident in medicine, you have afamily, so why is riding a bike towork important given your life?How much are you able to ride?Jessica Galaviz: I just like to ride.I like to ride through the neighborhoodsand see the houses and yards.Im always trying new things forexercise (having 2 toddlers at homeI dont get to the gym as often as Idlike.) I feel energized when I get towork, and it saves nearly a gallon ofgas each day. As a result of family,residency and the relative slownessof a bike, I rode perhaps oncea week prior to getting my Bionx.Pulling up the hills towards theUniversity, bad weather, and inevitableerrands after work also keptme from commuting as much as Iwould like.C.U.: So then you put an electricallycharged battery on your bike toassist your commute? How did thathappen and what changed in yourcommuting?J.G.: I got the idea of a motor froman acquaintance that I bowl with. HeAn Electric-Assist Bicycle Commutementioned a friend that had a littlegas motor on his bicycle. I didnt likethe idea of a gas motor, so I lookedinto electric ones. When I found theBionx, I knew that was the one forme.C.U.: How did you arrive at thatchoice? What features did you consider?J.G.: I really wanted to keep mybike a bike. With the Bionx I stillneed to pedal, and going uphill Istill pedal pretty hard, it just takesless time to get to the top. I like howI can choose the assistance level Iwant, and can even recharge the batterywhile going downhill. Its easyto switch between levels, or turn themotor on/off, as there is a little computeron the handlebars. I purchasedthe cheapest battery, though it isthe heaviest (9#) and lowest watts(250). The furthest Ive ridden is 15miles on one charge, which includessome downhill-recharge time andsome time in the lowest assist mode.It takes about 3-4 hours to fullyrecharge when empty. The companyclaims 500 charges. Overall it iseasy to use. The monitor has littlebuttons for that change the assistancelevel. I basically do not needto change gears anymore, I use theassistance level now as my gears.C.U.: So you went from commutingonce a week before Bionx to??J.G: I now ride two, sometimes 3,days a week. In addition I get to seemy kids in the morning after theyawaken (very important), pay lessto the nanny for coming early, runCyclingutah.com for trails,eventlinks, photos, back issues, links, andmore!a few errands if necessary on theway home from work, and not beas sweaty and in need of a showerwhen I arrive at work. In addition tocommuting, I now use my bike withthe Bionx for going to the store orother little errands. By riding more,I have more energy to get throughmorning conference in my residencyand the ride home helps me unwind.Overall I am a happier person.C.U: Riding your bike to work andexercise is obviously important toyou. As an M.D., can you discussthe benefits of exercising regularlyon longevity and quality of life?J.G.: I did a search of the medicalliterature and found hundreds ofarticles. There is a huge fountain ofevidence that regular exercise helpsa person live longer, keeps bonesstrong, and helps prevent diabetes,high blood pressure and obesity (aswell as the pathologies associatedwith obesity). This is important inall stages of life, toddlers to elderly.C.U.: Can these same benefits beapplied specifically to bicycling towork on a regular basis? Can bicyclingcounter some of the effects ofaging (muscle mass loss, balancebone density, cognitive effects,heart disease, arthritis) for us babyboomers?J. G.: There are a few studies outthere that look specifically at bicycling,but one interesting one studiedthe use of bicycle training to helpregain balance after a stroke. As youmight imagine the outcomes weregood. Another study looked at activecommuters and found a reductionin the risk of having cardiovasculardisease, especially in women.There are many studies looking atweight training exercise to counterthe effects of aging. These haveshown that regular weight trainingcan build muscle mass, strengthenbones, and improve gait (walking)in the elderly with a significant loweringof mortality. Bicycling can bemore easily tolerated by those witharthritis, and may provide a way toget at least some exercise, especiallyafter joint replacement.C.U.: Now that you have a motor toassist you, do you look and feel likeLance Armstrong going up the hillswith a super charged VO2 max ?J.G.: Well, I dont know if I look likeLance, but the hills are much lesschallenging! It has been kind of funto pass people going uphill!! Theonly time I shift out of high gearis if I have to stop at a light goinguphill-the motor doesnt kick in untilIve made a full pedal stroke usually,so getting going is still hard sometimes.The acceleration is awesomeonce the motor kicks in! Now that Iam riding more, my VO2 max mayhave increased a little, though a lotless than supercharged!Boise’s Armstrong Wins TT Gold in Beijing,Leipheimer Captures BronzeBeijing, China (August 13, 2008)-With a victory in the individual timetrial on Wednesday, Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) became just the secondwoman in American cycling history to win Olympic gold while compatriotLevi Leipheimer (formerly of Salt Lake City) continued a streak ofbronze medals for U.S. men in the race against the clock.Armstrong joined 1984 Olympic gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney in the exclusive club on Wednesday when she finished the24-kilometer race in 34 minutes, 51.72 seconds, besting silver medalistEmma Pooley of Great Britain by 24 seconds. As Olympic champion,Armstrong became the third American woman to medal in the event, joiningsilver medalists Mari Holden (2000) and Dede Barry (2004)."It's the most amazing day of my life," Armstrong said. "I've beenworking for this for the last eight years, especially the last four, and totime everything right on one day is an accomplishment of its own. Themoment I had today, it's one of those dreams you have as a child inAmerica."Armstrong's accomplishment was the result of impeccable preparationand focus ever since realizing her potential as an Olympic champion uponwinning her first of three career world championship medals in Madridthree years ago.Starting two hours after Armstrong received her gold medal and theStar Spangled Banner rung out, Leipheimer was given a boost of inspiration."To see her win definitely gave me morale," Leipheimer said. "It wasgreat to see. I know how hard she's worked."Finishing 1 minute, 9.68 seconds back from gold medalist FabianCancellara of Switzerland and 36 seconds off the pace of Norway'sGustav Erik Larsson, Leipheimer added a bronze to the U.S. medal countfor the third consecutive Olympic Games. His effort in the 48-kilometertime test matched those of fellow bronze medalists Lance Armstrong(2000) and Bobby Julich (2004).The United States' other entry in the men's time trial, David Zabriskie(Salt Lake City, Utah) finished 12th, 3:06.36 behind Cancellara."I've got to say, it's fantastic to get a medal for the United States," saidLeipheimer. "It's a lifelong dream just to be an Olympian. And to win amedal, it's just indescribable. I can't tell you how proud I am. You workyour whole life, you sacrifice so much and then you have these fleetingmoments of glory. I've worked my whole life for this."2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, August 8-24Women's Individual Time Trial1. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) 34:51.722. Emma Pooley (GBR) +24.293. Karen Thurig (SUI) +59.27Men's Individual Time Trial1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 1:02:11.432. Gustav Erik Larsson (NOR) +33.363. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif.) +1:09.6812. David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah) +3:06.39Support Your Local BikeShop!If you have a suggestion for acommuter profile, have a commuterquestion you wish me toaddress, or other comments,please send them to lou@cyclingutah.com.

22 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008cycling utahRACE RESULTSMountainBikeRacingPomerelle Pounder, 2 DH, UtahDH Series, Burley, Idaho, August2-3, 2008SaturdayBeginner Men 13-181. Taylor Judd; Park’s Sportsman 0:04:20.852. Damon Jr Kirchmeier; Fezzari.com 0:05:06.853. Remington Kaeul; Remington Racing0:05:21.444. Kendall Parrish; Duke 0:05:34.76Beginner Men 19-391. Ron Carrasquel 0:03:38.132. Jeff Dahl 0:03:54.323. Ben Houston 0:03:57.624. Chris Tanovich 0:04:36.53Beginner Women 19+1. Jenny Litus 0:04:53.11Expert Men 13-181. Nic Hadley; Go-Ride 0:02:41.102. Jack Bowen; Brother’s Bikes 0:02:56.513. Casey Swenson; Bikers Edge 0:03:00.134. Chris Geaslin; Adventure Haus 0:03:02.86Expert Men 19-291. Chris Hadley; Go-Ride 0:02:44.082. Nathan Avery; Duke 0:02:46.353. Riley Barlow; Go-Ride.com 0:02:48.184. Bradley Pastir; ME 0:02:49.845. Travis Elquist; Duke 0:02:52.656. Tyson Henrie; Park’s Sportsman 0:02:53.407. Riley Tucker 0:02:57.74Expert Men 30-391. David Clark 0:02:57.452. Anthony Sams; Flyin’ Fossils 0:03:02.003. Brent Maschmann; Bike2Boards 0:03:02.414. James Runner; Bikes2Boards/Powerecordz0:03:05.145. Scott Neison; Peaked sports/Canfield0:03:09.116. Anthony French; Duke 0:03:47.36Expert Men 40-491. Mike Holder; Park’s Sportsman 0:02:54.852. Dave Barclay; Bikes2Boards 0:03:02.643. Scott Crabill; Go-Ride.com 0:03:10.494. Steve Parrish; Duke 0:03:23.00Pro Men1. Ben Craner; Café Rio/Canfield 0:02:32.352. David Beeson; Fezzari.com 0:02:33.813. Aaron Butler; Park’s Sportsman 0:02:37.254. Carl Marcum 0:02:39.685. Andrew Maxwell 0:02:40.226. Lee McGuffey 0:02:42.897. Corey Bellinger 0:02:44.628. Philip Vega; Reed Cycle 0:02:49.699. Chad Bryce; Mongoose/Sky/Hayes 0:02:50.9310. Art Widmar 0:02:54.0711. Damon Kirchmeier; Fezzari.com/Maxxis/Brothers Bikes 0:02:56.0512. Darren Lightfield 0:02:58.98Sport Men 13-181. John Lemich 0:03:06.962. Panos Panayiotou; Team Tang 0:03:08.553. Hayden Smith 0:03:12.744. Cody Butler; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:14.395. Alex LeBlanc 0:03:33.636. Max Dolar 0:03:44.677. Morgan Judd; Park’s Sportsman 0:04:03.95Sport Men 19-291. Erik Bachmann; Sunrise Cyclery 0:02:57.862. Colton Lee; Azonic 0:03:10.233. Paul Boyle 0:03:15.434. Justin Nelson; Bingham Cyclery 0:03:17.355. Mike Hurst 0:03:24.596. Brian Curren; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:37.537. Allen Weston; Urban Downfall 0:04:09.098. Skyler Holder 0:05:21.55Sport Men 30-391. Ian McPherson 0:03:06.382. Robert Maynard; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:35.383. Brandon Barber; Millenium Forex 0:03:41.99Sport Men 40-491. Torey Jackson; Flyin’ Fossils 0:03:07.182. Randy Earle; Flyin’ Fossils/Reedcycle 0:03:19.253. Wayne Belles; Desha Racing 0:03:19.954. Clint Bullock; Flyin’ Fossils 0:03:24.455. Rocky Geaslin 0:03:24.656. Kent Woodfield 0:03:34.897. Douglas Cheney 0:03:42.578. Brad Seggar 0:03:43.669. Danny Kelly; Peaked Sports 0:04:15.60SundayBeginner Men 13-181. Taylor Judd; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:59.402. Damon Jr Kirchmeier; Fezzari.com 0:04:48.843. Remington Kaeul; Remington Racing0:05:11.944. Kendall Parrish; Duke 0:05:20.02Beginner Men 19-391. Ryan Braun 0:03:38.432. Ron Carrasquel 0:03:39.833. Chris Tanovich 0:03:41.714. Ben Houston 0:03:49.715. Jeff Dahl 0:03:51.33Beginner Women 19+1. Jenny Litus 0:05:51.89Expert Men 13-181. Nic Hadley; Go-Ride 0:03:05.312. Casey Swenson; Bikers Edge 0:03:05.783. Chris Geaslin; Adventure Haus 0:03:12.004. Jack Bowen; Brother’s Bikes 0:03:16.29Expert Men 19-291. Chris Hadley; Go-Ride 0:02:59.062. Nathan Avery; Duke 0:03:04.863. Bradley Pastir; ME 0:03:06.334. Travis Elquist; Duke 0:03:08.105. Tyson Henrie; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:08.556. Riley Tucker 0:03:12.837. Riley Barlow; Go-Ride.com 0:03:17.35Expert Men 30-391. Brent Maschmann; Bike2Boards 0:03:09.862. James Runner; Bikes2Boards/Powerecordz0:03:12.883. David Clark 0:03:14.564. Scott Neison; Peaked sports/Canfield0:03:27.665. Anthony French; Duke 0:03:29.97Expert Men 40-491. Scott Crabill; Go-Ride.com 0:03:02.532. Mike Holder; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:06.263. Dave Barclay; Bikes2Boards 0:03:28.374. Steve Parrish; Duke 0:03:29.09Pro Men1. David Beeson; Fezzari.com 0:02:49.532. Ben Craner; Café Rio/Canfield 0:02:49.643. Aaron Butler; Park’s Sportsman 0:02:50.494. Carl Marcum 0:02:52.285. Andrew Maxwell 0:02:53.416. Corey Bellinger 0:02:55.127. Art Widmar 0:02:55.518. Philip Vega; Reed Cycle 0:02:55.999. Lee McGuffey 0:03:03.1510. Damon Kirchmeier; Fezzari.com/Maxxis/Brothers Bikes 0:03:05.4011. Darren Lightfield; Wild Rockies 0:03:06.5512. Von Williams; Go-Ride.com 0:03:06.6813. Chad Bryce; Mongoose/Sky/Hayes 0:03:09.92Sport Men 13-181. John Lemich 0:03:16.212. Alex LeBlanc 0:03:22.863. Cody Butler; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:22.884. Hayden Smith 0:03:28.255. Max Dolar 0:03:42.596. Morgan Judd; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:56.48Sport Men 19-291. Erik Bachmann; Sunrise Cyclery 0:03:10.152. Skyler Holder 0:03:16.193. Justin Nelson; Bingham Cyclery 0:03:22.614. Brian Curren; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:32.64Keep in ShapeNo Matter the Season 5445 South 900 East Salt Lake City, UT 841175. Colton Lee; Azonic 0:03:52.976. Mike Hurst 0:03:57.14Sport Men 30-391. Ian McPherson 0:03:19.962. Brandon Barber; Millenium Forex 0:03:22.923. Robert Maynard; Park’s Sportsman 0:03:50.10Sport Men 40-491. Torey Jackson; Flyin’ Fossils 0:03:24.942. Clint Bullock; Flyin’ Fossils 0:03:27.113. Kent Woodfield 0:03:30.384. Brad Seggar 0:03:31.035. Randy Earle; Flyin’ Fossils/Reedcycle 0:03:31.966. Wayne Belles; Desha Racing 0:03:32.467. Rocky Geaslin 0:03:33.128. Douglas Cheney 0:03:41.369. Danny Kelly; Peaked Sports 0:03:53.57Intermountain Cup MountainBike Racing Series, Grand FinaleEvent, 15th Annual WolverineRidge XC Race, Evanston,Wyoming, August 9, 200812 & Under1. Griffin S. Park 0:26:082. Brent Blackwell; Red Rock 0:29:493. Zachary Peterson; UtahMountainBiking.com0:32:284. Brayden Nielsen; UtahMountainBiking.com0:32:325. Drew Palmer-Leger; Young Riders 0:33:409 & Under1. Cameron Larson; Revolution/Peak Fasteners0:12:052. Shawn Nielson; UtahMountainBiking.com 0:12:153. Joshua Peterson; UtahMountainBiking.com0:14:054. Jonny Vizmeg; Mad Dog Cycles 0:14:085. Nash Batten; Hammer 0:15:29Beg Men 19-291. Mike Anthony; NorEast Cycling 1:31:572. Dean Cummings 1:45:143. Andrew Youngkin; UtahMountainBiking.com2:04:56Beg Men 30-391. Dave Dean; Mad Dog Cycles 1:36:532. Ryan Nielsen; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:43:303. Dale Hutchings; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:47:294. Nathan J. Thayer; UtahMountainBiking.com2:00:245. Karl Parkinson; Utah Mt Biking.com 2:42:15Beg Men 40+1. Mike Nielsen 1:27:222. Jason Sparks; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:33:223. Scott VanWagoner; UtahMountainBiking.com1:39:254. Philip Benson; Team Walk 1:47:335. David Gordone 1:58:17Beginner 13-151. Kyle Jackson; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:38:012. Destrey Enders; Autoliv 1:44:443. Jake VanWagoner; UtahMountainBiking.com2:11:34Beginner 16-181. Dylan Tanner; Utah Mountain Biking 1:30:012. Jared Muir; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:36:153. David Sneed 1:41:174. Eric Moon; UtahMountainBiking.com 2:15:40Beginner Women1. Leiha Kunz; Cyclesmith 2:52:27Clydesdale1. Greg Johnson; Mad Dog Cycles 2:12:422. Lug Viarra 2:16:043. Aaron Mullins; Racers Cycle Service 2:37:27Exp Men 19-291. Keegan Swenson; Young Riders 2:09:562. Brandon Cross; Guthries 2:15:283. Kurt Wolfgang 2:17:184. Alex Gordon; Young Riders 2:33:055. Dan Weller 2:35:14Exp Men 30-391.RyanCALL TODAYFOR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION801-261-3426 Ashbridge; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 2:13:382. Tim G. Hodnett; Mad Dog Cycles 2:19:053. Bryan Gillespie; Monavie Cannondale 2:21:104. Scott Billings; Mad Dog 2:21:435. Richard Heckmann 2:22:22Exp Men 40+1. Bob (10) Saffell; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 2:19:402. Karl Vizmeg; Mad Dog Cycles 2:20:193. Fred Porter 2:20:564. Daren Cottle; Porcupine/Specialized Racing 2:24:045. Karl Redel 2:37:30Expert Women1. Michelle Hollingsed; Porcupine/SpecializedRacing 1:53:112. Lisa R. White; KUHL/Scott USA 1:59:583. Jenelle Kremer; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 2:06:024. Monique Simone; Revolution/Peak Fasteners2:10:19Men 50+1. Dana Harrison; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:48:252. Bruce Lyman; Mad Dog Cycles 1:49:043. Mark Enders; Autoliv 1:51:424. Roger Gillespie; Monavie Cannondale 1:51:435. John VanWagoner; UtahMountainBiking.com1:58:01Men 57+1. Dwight Hibdon; Mad Dog Cycles 1:27:232. Bill Dark; Mad Dog Cycles 1:32:023. Bruce R.(14) Argyle; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:38:264. Gene Poncelet 1:46:515. Steve Holcomb 2:31:51Pro Men1. Alex Grant; Rocky Mtn Bicycles 2:04:152. Rob Squire; Devo/Binghams 2:05:003. Bart Gillespie; Monavie Cannondale 2:05:444. Blake Zumbrunnen; Revolution/Peak Fasteners2:10:395. Chad Harris; Racers Cycle Service 2:13:02Pro Women1. Heather Holmes; Kendal/Titus/Hayes 2:31:362. Roxanne Toly; Jans Sport 2:38:133. Erika (24) Powers; Revolution/Peak Fasteners2:38:49Single-Speed1. Von Edwards; Cutthroat Racing 1:46:332. Spike Huismann; Triple “T” Heating and Cooling1:49:213. Tyler Riedesel; Cyclesmith 1:58:484. Paul Moote; Mad Dog Cycles 2:04:345. Stryka Chord; White Pine Touring 2:09:09Sport Women1. Lucy Jordan; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 2:06:542. Cat Reay; UtahMountainBiking.com 2:10:423. Kelsy Bingham; Roaster’s Brewing 2:12:314. Dot Verbrugge; Mad Dog Cycles 2:13:165. Jennie Wade; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 2:22:30Sport/Expert 13-151. Justin Griffin; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:46:332. Conner Smith; Autoliv 1:56:493. Merrick Taylor; Color Country Cycling 2:43:004. Erich Kolan; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 3:38:35Sport/Expert 16-181. Daniel VanWagoner; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:44:052. Zane Enders; Autoliv 1:48:453. Nick Hendrickson 1:50:054. Logan Phippin; Kuhl Scott 1:50:495. Joshua Elston; Autoliv 1:52:37Spt Men 19-291. Eric Ellis; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:45:062. Tim Nelson 1:46:343. Ryan VanWagoner; UtahMountainBiking.com1:51:184. Bob Johnson; Cole Sport 1:51:275. Rick Washburn; Mad Dog Cycles 1:52:59Spt Men 30-341. Jesse Sorensen; Mad Dog Cycles 1:47:272. Corey Larrabee; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:47:283. Derek Ransom; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:48:224. Jared N. Richards 1:50:275. Jack Gage; Lovelands Cycle 1:51:34Spt Men 35-391. Greg Larson; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:47:172. Stephen L. Hales; Revolution/Peak Fasteners1:47:503. Thomas Hatch; Wimmers 1:52:364. Darren Harris; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:54:475. Ken Costa 1:55:14Spt Men 40+1. Jim Harper; Peak Fasteners/Revolution 1:48:482. Todd Lindemann; White Pine Touring 1:50:513. Jay Griffin; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:50:524. Brad Sneed; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:51:045. Stan Kanarowski; Jans Sport 1:51:10Women 35+1. Jolene Nosack; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:47:382. Jennifer Curry; Mad Dog Cycles 1:53:273. Theresa Carr; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:54:274. Heather Hales; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 1:56:425. Kendra S. Clark; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:58:57Flyin’ Brian Downhill Race, DHand Super-D, Utah DH Series,Brian Head, Utah, August 16 - 17,2008Super D ResultsBeginner 19-391. Andrew Gilbert; Go-Ride 0:12:21.952. Jacob Johnson 0:12:31.88Expert Men 19-291. Tyson Henrie; Park’s Sportsman 0:09:15.62Expert Men 30-391. Ryan Simmons; Maxxis/Turner/661 0:09:23.812. Joshua Wright 0:09:53.90Expert Men 40-491. Mike Holder; Park’s Sportsman 0:08:41.622. Craig Skinner 0:09:16.483. Tim Morris 0:09:52.20Pro Men1. Von Williams; Go-Ride 0:08:51.25Pro Women1. Linden Kimmerer; Soul Craft 0:12:15.97Sport Men 13-181. Gaylen Carter; Go-Ride 0:11:47.88Sport Men 19-291. Louie Jones; Shuntavi Bikes 0:08:49.932. Curtis Olsen 0:09:31.15Sport Men 40-491. Jay Migliore 0:13:17.19Sport Women 19+1. Kaylee Fisher; Park’s Sportsman 0:11:56.362. Angela Earle 0:13:17.683. Claudia Jackson; Flyin’ Fossils 0:14:02.234. Melanie Bullock; Flyin’ Fossils 0:16:08.21Downhill ResultsBeginner Men 13-181. Heidenreich, Kenny; Pizanos 04:46.22. Swainston, Gavin 04:55.73. Creighton, Christopher 05:01.14. Fausett, Kyle 05:03.95. Hottinger, Jeremy 05:10.46. Kennelly, Dylan 05:41.97. Ellis, Evan 05:58.58. Nelson, Tanner 06:18.09. Olshewski, Houston 06:22.6Beginner Men 19-391. Carrasquel, Ron 04:39.42. Karren, Eli 04:55.83. Dewey, Jason 05:32.0Beginner Women 19+1. Jones, Kate 07:57.7Expert Men 13-181. Hadley, Nic; Go-Ride.com 03:37.62. Mendoza, Aaron; Shuntavi Bikes 03:53.23. Sneed, David; E13/ODI 04:05.74. Bowen, Jack; Brothers Bikes 04:06.1Expert Men 19-291. Hadley, Chris; Go-Ride.com 03:44.22. Pastir, Bradley; ME 03:51.53. Mcmurray, Adam 03:56.34. Bamgartner, Robbie 03:57.35. Barlow, Riley; Go-Ride.com 03:58.36. Mahowald, Michael 04:05.77. Henrie, Tyson; Parks Sportsman 04:09.58. Stenson, Robert 04:12.59. Theisen, Brandon 04:15.610. Johnson, Scott; KHS bicycles 04:18.911. Tucker, Riley; Fox/Iron Horse/Parks 04:28.0Expert Men 30-391. Clark, David 04:02.42. Jones, Jody 04:15.93. Demill, Clint; C.O.G. 04:18.54. Sams, Tony; Flyin’ Fossils 04:18.65. Eller, David; C.O.G./Royal/Utopia 04:22.86. Taylor , Michael; Black Beatty 04:55.2Expert Men 40-491. Holder, Mike; Parks Sportsman 04:15.32. Skinner, Craig 04:22.83. Van Cleve, Craig; Mountain Cycle 04:25.24. Meyer, Kirk; Parks Sportsman 04:43.35. Dasta, David; KHS bicycles 06:02.7Open Men 50+1. Bondurant, Bobby 04:58.8Pro Men1. Oien, Brad; ODI/Southridge/Turner/Oakley03:27.82. Binggeli, Logan; KHS bicycles 03:33.83. Mott, Keith 03:34.44. Craner, Ben; Café Rio/Canfield Bros 03:35.15. Spaulding, Quinton; KHS bicycles 03:35.26. Butler, Aaron; Parks Sportsman 03:36.97. Cadle, Hank; AMP’D Racing 03:38.58. Beeson, David; Fezzari.com 03:39.49. Odom, Ian 03:40.410. Richins, Sean; Bountiful Bicycle Center 03:41.411. Wright, Chance 03:50.112. Twitchell, Bryce; Shuntavi Bikes 03:53.413. Williams, von; Go-Ride.com 03:53.514. Willson, Tyler 03:53.715. Mcguffey, Lee 03:56.816. Kirchmeier, Damon; Fezzari/Brothers Bikes03:58.917. Potter, Aaron; AMP’D Racing/ Intense Cycles03:59.918. Lane, Andrew 04:08.4Pro Women1. Kimmerer, Linden; Soul Craft 04:58.0Sport Men 13-181. Sparks, Taylor; Georg’s Ski shop 04:07.22. Lemich, John; Urban Downfall 04:14.53. Rucker, Mitchell 04:22.54. Butler, Cody 04:29.35. Smith, Hayden 04:32.46. Carter, Galen; Go-Ride.com 04:44.97. Leblanc, Alex 04:52.3Sport Men 19-291. Jones, Louie; Shuntavi Bikes 03:59.32. Salisbury, Kade 04:02.83. Olson, Curtis 04:13.74. Nelson, Justin; Bingham Cyclery 04:15.65. Jensen, Josh 04:17.46. Holder, Skyler 04:18.17. Denna, Marty; Bingham Cyclery 04:23.38. Boyle, Paul 05:01.09. Tanovich, Chris 05:06.310. Weston, Allen; Cycle Smith/Urban Downfall05:26.8Sport Men 30-391. Bondurant, James 04:14.62. Joy, Braly 04:24.23. Barber, Brandon 04:30.84. Mcpherson, Ian 04:34.15. Brinkley, Brendon; Z Team 05:01.7Sport Men 40-491. Jackson, Torey; Flyin’ Fossils 04:29.52. Belles, Wayne; Desha Racing 04:38.23. Migliore, Jay 04:41.04. Bullock, Clint; Flyin’ Fossils 04:45.45. Woodfield, Kent 04:51.26. Earle, Randy; Flyin’ Fossils/Reed Cycles 05:00.4Sport Women 19+1. Sather, Joy 05:30.8Ultra Widowmaker Hill Climb,Snowbird Resort, August 16,2008, Snowbird Hillclimb followedby the climb to HiddenPeak.Male1. Rob Squire 1:49:432. Pete Kuennemann 1:52:373. Aaron Phillips 1:55:564. Zeppelin Tittensor 1:57:515. Nate Pack 1:59:236. Dennis Barrett 2:02:137. Travis Mickelson 2:01:128. Samuel Moore 2:05:519. Rider Unknown 2:09:0910. Tim White 2:09:1611. Mathew Peterson 2:12:3012. Marc Tubay 2:10:5913. Christian Niederhauser 2:15:3214. Cristiano Pereira 2:18:0415. Tyler Knudsen 2:17:1516. Steve Maisch 2:21:5817. Matthew Mcgee 2:24:1218. Jason Bultman 2:29:2319. Frank Sutera 2:30:4820. Josh Griffin 2:31:2721. Wayne Niederhauser 2:34:2822. Chris Pond 2:34:3323. Alan Jarrett 2:36:2724. Matt Davis 2:39:1925. Jared Keate 2:42:1026. Jamie Kent 2:40:5627. George Follis 2:42:3828. Stacy Williams 2:44:2829. John Kimball 2:51:4830. Patrick Mcknight 2:51:5031. Kelly Clark 3:01:0932. Joseph Finlayson 3:06:2333. Rich Keel 3:13:0034. Chad Lewis 3:13:5735. Martin Frey 3:13:57Female1. Inge Travis 2:08:202. Ellen Guthrie2:21:31Proud printer of Cycling Utah Since 1993RoadRacingUtah Tour de Donut, 21 mile58 North Main • P.O. Box 390 • Tooele, Utah 84074-0390435-882-0050 • Salt Lake 801-355-6525 • Toll Free 866-721-9992Fax 435-882-6123 • www.tbpublishing.comcircuit race and donut eating,American Fork, Utah, July 12,2008Time in Minutes; Donuts; Time Bonus; OverallTime1. Regan Fackrell; 71.22; 25; 75; -3.782. Jared Chapman; 59.36; 10; 30; 29.363. Allen Macbean; 64.08; 10; 30; 34.084. Kendall Hill; 56.51; 7; 21; 35.515. Kelly Paasch; 58.06; 7; 21; 37.066. Spike Huismann; 53.37; 5; 15; 38.377. Mike Daghtery; 57.11; 6; 18; 39.118. Kelly Stevens; 57.4; 6; 18; 39.49. Jeremy Smith; 61.03; 7; 21; 40.0310. Colby Wells; 70.24; 10; 30; 40.2411. Val Gibson; 49.14; 2; 6; 43.1412. Patrick Marley; 49.15; 2; 6; 43.1513. Conrad Johnson; 64.27; 7; 21; 43.2714. Ryan Owsichek; 56.48; 4; 12; 44.4815. Stephanie Jones; 65.11; 6; 18; 47.1116. Andy Christensen; 68.12; 7; 21; 47.1217. Crystelle Hansen; 65.12; 6; 18; 47.1218. Greg Jackson; 56.22; 3; 9; 47.2219. Bib #151; 53.27; 2; 6; 47.2720. Todd Berrett; 66.37; 6; 18; 48.3721. Andrew Stewart; 63.51; 5; 15; 48.5122. Adam Jones; 49.16; 0; 0; 49.1623. Wayne Baxter; 65.12; 5; 15; 50.1224. Kevin Brooks; 65.16; 5; 15; 50.1625. Matthew Kreich; 62.18; 4; 12; 50.1826. Jared Clegg; 68.26; 6; 18; 50.2627. Samuel Christensen; 59.31; 3; 9; 50.3128. Ken Meads; 53.38; 1; 3; 50.3829. Steve Bowen; 53.38; 1; 3; 50.3830. Daniel Dreiske; 59.58; 3; 9; 50.5831. M G; 57.16; 2; 6; 51.1632. Warren Fiscus; 63.24; 4; 12; 51.2433. Doug Warner; 60.28; 3; 9; 51.2834. Kimberly Casper; 70.06; 6; 18; 52.0635. Greg Roth; 58.14; 2; 6; 52.1436. Kristina Klingler; 70.26; 6; 18; 52.2637. Cameron Kramer; 59.28; 2; 6; 53.2838. Kristian King; 56.48; 1; 3; 53.4839. Tregaron Bayly; 56.5; 1; 3; 53.540. Clark Pederson; 59.51; 2; 6; 53.5141. Ben Pike; 65.52; 4; 12; 53.5242. Ryan Hecox; 60; 2; 6; 5443. Jodi Rood; 69.32; 5; 15; 54.3244. Chris DeGrey; 63.38; 3; 9; 54.3845. Tim Ma; 63.57; 3; 9; 54.5746. Chris Stepheonson; 69.59; 5; 15; 54.5947. Todd Hanna; 70.06; 5; 15; 55.0648. Brad Rowberry; 61.18; 2; 6; 55.1849. Paul Peterson; 67.26; 4; 12; 55.2650. Dominique Echeverria; 56.18; 0; 0; 56.18Felt Tour De Park City, 170 MileRace from Park City, Utah toEvanston, Wyoming and Back,August 2, 2008Women 1-2-31. Heather Albert 08:51:37.7122. Inge Travis 09:00:39.1163. Kristi Mcllmoil 10:01:53.679Women Cat 4 & 35+1. Ellen Guthrie 09:33:54.7122. Mary Wilcox 10:27:44.9203. Elaina Lindberg 10:41:11.7064. Heather Fisher 10:46:44.3585. Paige Bell 10:59:58.244Cat 1-2-3 Men1. Jeremy Smith 08:05:33.6672. Mark Sheffer 08:09:32.7973. Spencer Debry 08:09:32.9444. Courtney Larsen 08:18:46.0125. Bryan Bitter 08:18:46.407Cat 4 Men1. Justin Wilson 08:24:40.3682. Jason Smith 08:24:40.8663. Alex Obbard 08:24:43.0694. Matt Bradley 08:24:48.1795. David Cole 08:27:54.797Cat 5 Men1. Douglas Wren 08:22:12.7112. Dwaine Allgier 08:35:21.1663. Scott Kiser 08:40:53.9894. Ben Lewis 08:41:46.0425. Mark Esplin 08:42:47.844Masters Men 35 plus1. Alfred Thresher 08:09:05.5652. Steven Fellows 08:09:05.6643. Bruce Bilodeau 08:15:39.0084. Jack Dainton 08:22:16.2955. Gary Gardner 08:26:39.572Masters Men 45 plus1. Chris Williams 08:35:03.0392. Mark Zimbelman 08:35:06.9193. Steve Tueller 08:51:43.4124. Gary Porter 08:51:44.0445. Jerold Hunsaker 08:51:44.347Men Cat 5: 18-241. Taylor Foss 09:53:19.193Cyclingutah.comfor trails,eventlinks, photos, backissues, links, andmore!

SEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 232. Steven Clark 10:06:44.394Men Cat 5: 25+1. Jd Byerly 09:05:26.6862. Rex Hardy 11:10:54.152Men Cat 5: 35+1. Craig Willis 09:10:47.6792. Kevin Johansen 09:16:28.9753. John Butler 09:31:38.2064. Bret Yeargin 09:31:39.1025. Philip Boyack 10:08:49.000Men Cat 5: 45+1. Darrell Byerly 08:55:26.5972. Eric Woolsey 10:06:10.4113. Mark Gaylord 10:10:46.2274. Ken Johnson 10:26:50.2935. Tom Eckstein 10:38:48.251Men Cat 5: 55+1. Val Ludlow 09:00:21.2872. Edward Brown 10:08:14.0513. Michael Shaw 10:10:47.5364. Chris Reveley 10:17:23.9675. John Hernandez 10:56:05.526Men Cat 5: 60+1. Stuart Wilson 08:18:54.111Relay 2 Person Team1. Team Hobler 09:06:34.0772. Sonia Maxfield 09:55:39.0903. Team Caramadrid 10:24:25.313Relay 3-5 Person Team1. Steven Cook 08:58:13.9042. Jensen Goould et al 10:03:23.4703. Newson et al 10:09:52.8032008 Larry H. Miller Tour of UtahPresented by Zions Bank, August13-17, 2008Stage 1, Utah Sports CommissionRoad Race, 101 miles, 4851’ ofclimbing, Nephi1. Jason Donald; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 04:06:592. Sheldon Deeny; The Fan Sports Network 04:07:043. Bradley White; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 04:07:074. Ricardo Escuela; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 04:07:295. Jonnie Clarke; Toyota-United 04:07:296. Frank Pipp; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 04:07:297. Ryan ANDERSON; Land Rover -ORBEA 04:07:298. Alessandro Bazzana; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 04:07:299. Bryson Perry; American R.A.D.D. presented byAgel 04:07:2910. Michael Grabinger; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 04:07:2911. Cesar Grajales; Rock Racing 04:07:2912. Fabio Calabria; Australia Team Type 1 04:07:2913. Garrett PELTONEN; Bissell Pro Cycling Team04:07:2914. Fred Rodriguez; Rock Racing 04:07:2915. Jared Barrilleaux; Jittery Joe’s Pro CyclingTeam 04:07:2916. Brent Brookwalter; BMC Pro Cycling Team04:07:2917. Matt Wilson; Australia Team Type 1 04:07:2918. Will Frischkorn; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 04:07:2919. Calvin Allan; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 04:07:2920. Kiel Reijnen; RIDECLEAN /PatentIt.com 04:07:2930. Todd Hageman#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 4:07:2936. Luis Alejandro Zamudio; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 4:07:2945. Erik Slack; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 4:07:2958. Ryan Barrett#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:07:2963. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 4:07:2967. Eric Pardyjak#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:07:2970. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:07:2978. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 4:07:2979. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:07:2980. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro Cycling Team4:07:29103. Gardie Jackson#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 4:07:29105. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 4:10:59109. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 4:15:33Stage 2, University Health CareRoad Race, 85 miles, 10,585’ ofclimbing, Ogden to ResearchPark in Salt Lake City1. Blake Caldwell; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 03:30:212. Darren Lill; BMC Pro Cycling Team 03:30:213. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 03:30:394. Chris Baldwin; Toyota-United 03:30:395. Oscar Sevilla Rivera; Spain Rock Racing 03:30:396. Cesar Grajales; Rock Racing 03:30:397. Brent Brookwalter; BMC Pro Cycling Team03:30:398. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro Cycling Team03:30:399. Peter Stetina; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 03:30:3910. Tyler Hamilton; Rock Racing 03:30:3911. Glen Chadwick; Team Type 1 03:30:3912. Phil Zajicek; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 03:30:3913. Jason Donald; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 03:30:5914. Jared Barrilleaux; Jittery Joe’s Pro CyclingTeam 03:31:5815. Aaron Olson; Bissell Pro Cycling Team 03:31:5816. Scott Stewart; American R.A.D.D. presented byAgel 03:31:5817. Jonathan Garcia; BMC Pro Cycling Team 03:31:5818. Kiel Reijnen; RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com 03:31:5819. Jesse Moore; California Giant/Specialized03:31:5820. Justin England; Toyota-United 03:31:5835. Erik Slack* ; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 3:35:4845. Calvin Allan ; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 3:38:3851. Eric Pardyjak# ; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars3:44:3661. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars3:47:0164. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 3:47:0170. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 3:52:1871. Luis Alejandro Zamudio*; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 3:52:1872. Bryson Perry#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 3:52:1873. David Harward#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 3:53:3776. Todd Hageman#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 3:53:3781. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 3:55:1782. Cameron Hoffman#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 3:55:1783. Alex Rock#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars3:55:1785. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars3:55:17Stage 3, Toyota DealersAssociation Downtown Criterium,1 hour, Salt Lake City1. Ricardo Escuela; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 1:03:402. Fred Rodriguez; Rock Racing 1:03:403. Jonnie Clarke; Toyota-United 1:03:404. Blake Caldwell; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 1:03:405. Oscar Sevilla Rivera; Rock Racing 1:03:406. Jared Barrilleaux; Jittery Joe’s Pro CyclingTeam 1:03:407. Jason Donald; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 1:03:408. Tom Peterson*; Garmin-Chipotle presented byH3O 1:03:409. Matt Wilson; Team Type 1 1:03:4010. Cesar Grajales; Rock Racing 1:03:4011. Cody O’Reilly; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 1:03:4012. Thomas Danielson; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 1:03:4013. Darren Lill; BMC Pro Cycling Team 1:03:4014. Sheldon Deeny; The Fan Sports Network 1:03:4015. Frank Pipp; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 1:03:4016. Michael Creed; Rock Racing 1:03:4017. Peter Stetina*; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 1:03:4018. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 1:03:4019. Kiel Reijnen*; RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com 1:03:4020. Chris Wherry; Toyota-United 1:03:4026. David Harward#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 1:03:4037. Bryson Perry#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 1:03:4039. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro Cycling Team1:03:4052. Cameron Hoffman#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 1:03:4054. Luis Alejandro Zamudio*; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 1:03:4065. Todd Hageman#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 1:03:4066. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 1:03:4069. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars1:03:5770. Eric Pardyjak#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars1:03:5773. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 1:03:5774. Erik Slack*; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 1:03:5779. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars1:04:1788. Alex Rock#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars1:05:0096. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 1:08:13Stage 4, Snowbird Road Race, 99miles, 14,778’ of climbing, ParkCity to Sundance to Snowbird1. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:15:182. Blake Caldwell; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 4:15:313. Glen Chadwick; Team Type 1 4:15:434. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro Cycling Team4:16:045. Chris Baldwin; Toyota-United 4:16:196. Brent Bookwalter; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:16:327. Oscar Sevilla Rivera; Rock Racing 4:16:598. Peter Stetina*; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 4:17:279. Darren Lill; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:17:2910. Phil Zajicek; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 4:18:1311. Anthony Colby; The Fan Sports Network 4:18:1512. Valeriy Kobzarenko; Team Type 1 4:18:3413. Jonathan Garcia; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:18:5114. Matt Wilson; Team Type 1 4:19:3015. Thomas Danielson; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 4:19:3516. Max Jenkins*; California Giant/ Specialized4:19:3917. Cesar Grajales; Rock Racing 4:19:5518. Tom Peterson*; Garmin-Chipotle presentedby H3O 4:19:5919. Ian McKissick; BMC Pro Cycling Team 4:20:2120. Ian MacGregor; Team Type 1 4:20:5140. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:30:1541. Erik Slack*; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 4:30:3860. Luis Alejandro Zamudio*; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 4:41:3562. Todd Hageman#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 4:42:0365. Calvin Allan; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 4:43:0967. Bryson Perry#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 4:43:5171. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 4:45:1372. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 4:45:3074. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 4:45:5379. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:46:4482. Eric Pardyjak#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars4:47:20Stage 5, KJZZ Time Trial, 7.5miles, Miller Motorsports Park,Tooele1. Tom Zirbel; Bissell Pro Cycling Team 13:50.02. Brent Bookwalter; BMC Pro Cycling Team13:59.33. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 14:05.74. Thomas Danielson; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 14:11.65. Ian McKissick; BMC Pro Cycling Team 14:12.36. Chris Wherry; Toyota-United 0:14:137. Oscar Sevilla Rivera; Rock Racing 14:14.08. Glen Chadwick; Team Type 1 14:17.39. Peter Stetina*; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 14:17.810. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro CyclingTeam 14:18.811. Jason Donald; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 14:19.412. Ben Day; Toyota-United 14:19.613. Justin England; Toyota-United 14:20.214. Blake Caldwell; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 14:21.815. Chris Baldwin; Toyota-United 14:22.216. Valeriy Kobzarenko; Team Type 1 14:24.017. Tyler Hamilton; Rock Racing 14:27.118. Phil Zajicek; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 14:27.919. Chris Lieto; California Giant/ Specialized14:30.020. Michael Creed; Rock Racing 14:31.743. Bryson Perry#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 15:07.745. Calvin Allan; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 15:09.846. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 15:10.252. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars15:14.459. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presentedby Agel 15:22.966. Eric Pardyjak#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 15:35.467. David Harward#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 15:36.068. Luis Alejandro Zamudio*; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 15:36.169. Erik Slack*; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 15:36.171. Todd Hageman#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 15:50.672. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars 15:51.682. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 17:12.4Larry H. Miller Tour of UtahPresented by Zions Bank OverallGeneral Classification1. Jeffry Louder; BMC Pro Cycling Team 13:10:582. Blake Caldwell; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 13:11:073. Glen Chadwick; Team Type 1 13:11:444. Burke Swindlehurst; Bissell Pro Cycling Team13:12:115. Brent Bookwalter; BMC Pro Cycling Team 13:12:196. Chris Baldwin; Toyota-United 13:12:297. Oscar Sevilla Rivera; Rock Racing 13:13:018. Peter Stetina*; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 13:13:339. Darren Lill; BMC Pro Cycling Team 13:14:0610. Phil Zajicek; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 13:14:2911. Valeriy Kobzarenko; Team Type 1 13:16:0512. Anthony Colby; The Fan Sports Network 13:16:0913. Cesar Grajales; Rock Racing 13:16:1914. Jason Donald; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 13:17:3115. Matt Wilson; Team Type 1 13:17:3616. Tom Peterson*; Garmin-Chipotle presented byH3O 13:17:3817. Jonathan Garcia; BMC Pro Cycling Team 13:17:5318. Bradley White; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 13:19:3119. Thomas Danielson; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 13:20:4420. Justin England; Toyota-United 13:21:2235. Erik Slack*; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 13:33:2848. Nate Page#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars13:43:5652. Calvin Allan; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 13:48:0662. Eric Pardyjak#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars13:58:5764. Luis Alejandro Zamudio*; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 14:00:3870. Chris Stuart; Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com 14:05:5273. Sam Johnson; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 14:06:5374. Billy Demong#; American R.A.D.D. presented byAgel 14:07:5981. Jesse Gordon#; Canyon Bicycles Utah All-Stars14:17:432008 Tour of Utah, Sprint Competition presentedby Sinclair1. Bradley WHITE; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 342. Sheldon DEENY; The Fan Sports Network 223. Jason DONALD; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 164. Blake CALDWELL; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 145. Ricardo ESCUELA; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 146. Ben DAY; Toyota‐United 137. Darren LILL; BMC Pro Cycling Team 88. Jonnie CLARK; Toyota‐United 89. Fred RODRIGUEZ; Rock Racing 810. Jeffry LOUDER; BMC Pro Cycling Team 611. Ian MACGREGOR; Team Type 612. Ian MCKISSICK; BMC Pro Cycling Team 513. Thomas DANIELSON; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 314. Edward K ING; Bissell Pro Cycling Team 315. Chris BALDWIN; Toyota‐United 216. Oscar SEVILLA; RIVERA Rock Racing 217. Jesse GORDON; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars 118. Omer KEM; Bissell Pro Cycling Team 119. Danny PATE; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 120. Will FRISCHKORN; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 121. Michael CREED; Rock Racing 122. Heath BLACKGROVE; Toyota‐United 12008 Tour of Utah, King of the Mountainspresented by Zion’s Bank1. Glen CHADWICK; Team Type 452. Blake CALDWELL; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 253. Chris BALDWIN; Toyota‐United 184. Brent BOOKWALTER; BMC Pro Cycling Team 165. Jeffry LOUDER; BMC Pro Cycling Team 156. Michael CREED; Rock Racing 157. Burke SWINDLEHURST; Bissell Pro Cycling Team108. Matt WILSON; Team Type 109. Thomas DANIELSON; Garmin/Chipotle presentedby H3O 1010. Darren LILL; BMC Pro Cycling Team 1011. Peter STETINA; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 912. Ian MCKISSICK; BMC Pro Cycling Team 813. Cesar GRAJALES; Rock Racing 814. Jason DONALD; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 515. Corey COLLIER; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 516. Sheldon DEENY; The Fan Sports Network 417. Matt COOKE; Team Health Net presented byMaxxis 418. Anthony COLBY; The Fan Sports Network 419. Tom PETERSON; Garmin/Chipotle presented byH3O 320. Bradley WHITE; Successful Living.com P/BParkpre 321. Jesse GORDON; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars 222. Oscar SEVILLA; RIVERA Rock Racing 223. Rudolph NAPOLITANO; Rock Racing 12008 Tour of Utah, Best Utah Rider presentedby 1st Endurance1. PAGE Nate; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars13:43:562. PARDYAK Eric; Canyon Bicycles Utah All Stars13:58:573. HARWARD Dave; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars13:59:384. PERRY Bryson; American R.A.D.D. P/B Agel14:02:255. HAGEMAN Todd; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars14:02:396. DEMONG Billy; American R.A.D.D. P/B Agel14:07:587. GORDON Jesse; Canyon Bicycles Utah All‐Stars14:17:422008 Tour of Utah, Best Young Rider presentedby Vitamin Water1. STETINA Peter; Garmin‐Chipotle presented byH30 13:13:322. PETERSON Tom; Garmin‐Chipotle presented byH30 13:17:373. STEWART Scott; American R.A.D.D. presented byAgel 13:25:574. REIJNEN Kiel; RIDECLEAN / PatentIt.com 13:32:165. SLACK Erik; Team Bobs‐Bicycles 13:33:286. JENKINS Max; California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 13:46:087. MILLER Carson; Land Rover ‐ ORBEA 13:52:398. VUKETS Dave; Land Rover ‐ ORBEA 13:53:239. ZAMUDIO Luis Alejandro; American R.A.D.D.presented by Agel 14:00:3810. MACARTHUR Jake; Hagens Berman LLP CyclingTeam 14:11:5330th Annual Snowbird Hill Climb,August 16, 2008Cat1/2/3 Female1. Alisha Welsh; Kuhl/Scott 50:26:002. Inge Travis; JANS 51:05:003. Alison Frye; Ski Utah Cycling Team 53:43:004. Laura Howat; Ski Utah Cycling Team 53:46:005. Ellen Guthrie 57:32:006. Breanne Nalder; Ski Utah Cycling Team 58:01:007. Chantel Thackeray; PCIM 59:12:00Pro/1/2 Male1. Mitchell Peterson; Mona Vie/Cannondale 43:43:002. Norman Bryner; Canyon Bicycles of SLC 44:47:003. Pete Kuennemann 45:30:004. John Mcdaniel; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah46:03:005. David Francis; Red Burro Racing 46:59:006. Aaron Olsen; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah 47:03:007. Connor O’leary; Velosport Racing 47:14:008. Aaron Torres 49:12:009. Trenton Higley; Bikers Edge-Destination Homes52:42:0010. Brian Boudreau; Pacific Sunset Velo/Pac SunVe 55:13:00Master Male 55-991. Robert Hatch; Logan Race Club 47:37:002. James King; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour Of Utah 53:48:003. Bradley Rich 57:22:004. Dwight Hibdon; Park City Cycle Club 59:36:005. Alan Stockland 1:04:316. Don Evans; Brumbys 1:05:02Master Male 45-541. Mark Zimbelman; Bountiful Mazda 46:20:002. Cris Williams; American RADD 47:10:003. Tony Chesrow; White Pine Touring 48:55:004. Scott Markewitz 50:49:005. Michael Profsky; Canyon Bicycles Draper 50:55:006. Jeff Clawson; Canyon Bicycles-Draper 50:58:007. Louis Riel; Canyon Bicycles - Draper 52:49:008. Eric Rubie; Rubie Power 53:04:009. Thomas Milligan; Canyon Bicycles - Draper53:19:0010. Scott Toly 54:20:0011. Walter Blanco; University of Utah Cycling 54:26:0012. Mark Seltenrich 56:06:0013. Sam Wolfe; Canyon Bicycles - Draper 57:57:0014. Paul Lastayo 1:00:5415. Dave Iltis 1:01:43Master Male 35-441. Robert Chapman; Wheatland 48:20:002. Peter Beland; Boston Mountain Cyclists 48:35:003. Cory Mcneely 49:15:004. John Iltis; COLE SPORT 50:23:005. Eric Martin 51:22:006. Scott Martin; Jan’s Mountain Outfitters 51:53:007. Mike Hanseen 52:07:008. Steven Fellows; Red Burro Racing 52:40:009. Matthew Peterson 54:13:0010. Todd Holsten; Bountiful Mazda 58:39:0011. Shawn Haran 58:48:0012. Jimmy Ludlow 1:03:0813. Tyler Dickman; Simply Mac 1:07:33Junior Male 10-161. Mitch Taylor; Cyclesmith 54:53:002. Andrew Hale 1:03:023. Ryan Westermann 1:13:42Citizen Male 60-991. Don Hall 58:03:002. Richard Rahme; UC Jackson Hole 58:40:003. David Douglass 1:00:494. Clarke Summers 1:07:195. Phil Baldwin 1:08:276. Carlton Fish 1:12:027. Frank Steffey 1:16:068. Randy Macdonald 1:20:399. Dick Arner 1:24:1210. Bob Steffey 1:32:2711. James Piani 1:47:3512. Red Oelrich 2:18:45Citizen Male 50-591. Ron Cushing 48:09:002. Van Edgette 52:11:003. Bruce Lyman; Maddog 52:53:004. Steve Simms 53:20:005. Todd Troxell 53:37:006. Scott Kafesjian 53:42:007. David Hillyard 54:48:008. Tim Martin 55:41:009. Joe Busby 56:45:0010. Kerry Robbin 57:14:0011. Earl Xaiz 57:30:0012. Tim Henney 58:00:0013. Joe Brubakra 58:21:0014. John Webster 58:31:0015. Elroy Vogler 58:58:00Citizen Female 50-591. Lonnie Burton 1:02:422. Beverly Ronnow; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah1:04:383. Mary Beacco 1:08:224. Tracy Emsley 1:11:345. Brenda Bass 1:12:276. Jennifer Lawton 1:13:147. Karen Hansen 1:24:478. Mary Troxell 1:26:379. Carma Wheeler 1:40:54Citizen Male 40-491. Tim White 51:29:002. Rob Lang 52:51:003. Brad Shelburne 53:39:004. Shawn Smart 54:03:005. Todd Hutchison 55:57:006. James Yee 56:34:007. Scott Russell; Cutthroat Racing 56:41:008. Bill Hendrickson 56:56:009. Higinio Gonzalez 58:17:0010. Bill Townsend 58:24:0011. Rich Keel; Cole Sport 58:35:0012. Wayne Niederhauser 58:47:0013. Eric Simon 58:51:0014. Robert Stephen 59:32:0015. Jim Hilding 59:58:00Citizen Female 40-491. Erika Lloyd; Canyon Bicycles of Salt Lake C 56:31:002. Sheri Dunleavy; Ski Utah Cycling Team 1:01:383. Connie Sliwinski 1:10:054. Rhona Chambers 1:14:305. Rhonda Maylett 1:14:406. Paige Beals 1:15:457. Kerrie Shodle 1:16:51Citizen Male 30-391. Chuck Gibson 47:55:002. Brad Pilling; Revolution/Peak Fasteners 48:56:003. Brad Gilson 49:24:004. Joel Trachtenberg 51:26:005. Moses Fernandez 51:33:006. Travis Mickelson 51:54:007. Adam Jones; SBR Sports 52:05:00Quick Shot by Chad Nikolz8. Bert Granberg; Marietta 52:57:009. Marc Tubay 53:38:0010. Steve Bloch 54:06:0011. Lance Bateman 54:49:0012. John Coulter 54:56:0013. Steve Maisch 55:58:0014. Ryan Merkley; Racers Cycle Service 56:10:0015. Unknown Rider 56:42:00Citizen Female 30-391. Heather King 59:25:002. Katherine Smith 1:03:353. Monique Simone; Revolution / Peak Fasteners1:04:454. Melanie White 1:10:56Citizen Male 19-291. Bryson Garbett; Garbetthomes.com 46:13:002. Samuel Dearden 47:48:003. Billy Mccolloch 48:59:004. Patrick Marley 53:47:005. Val Gibson; SBR SPORTS 54:14:006. John Bishoff 54:35:007. Mason Law 56:10:008. Ronald Peterson 56:30:009. Paul Mueller 57:29:0010. Corey Barbato 58:48:0011. Ryan Tanner 58:51:0012. Robby Milne 59:20:0013. Mike Sackley 59:36:0014. Matt Riding 1:00:1515. Brian Northrop 1:03:13Citizen Female 19-291. Stephanie Skoreyko 54:13:002. Jenny Moser 1:11:513. Anne Dorsey 1:22:134. Rachel Benson 1:24:365. Hilary Arens 1:28:33Citizen Male 0-181. Peter Johnson 1:02:192. Keaton Shoell 1:04:21Citizen Female 0-181. Courtney Troxell 1:24:15Cat4/5 Male1. Rob Squire; Devo 45:28:002. Nathan Cisney 45:57:003. Nate Pack 46:13:004. John Burton; Joyride Bikes/EK EKcessories 46:21:005. Tyler Kirk; American RADD 48:08:006. Bonn Turkington; Canyon Bicycles 48:11:007. Shane Powell; Powell Ophthalmology 48:47:008. Seth Gunderson; Salt Sea Pirates 48:57:009. Tanner Cottle; Porcupine / Specialized Racing49:19:0010. Aaron Phillips 49:22:0011. Cristiano Pereira; animal liberation 50:06:0012. Rich Caramadre 50:11:0013. Unknown Rider 50:31:0014. Matt Wride 50:50:0015. Richard Mularski 51:16:00Cat 4 Female1. Michelle Hollingsed 52:51:002. Jillian Gardner; PCIM 59:44:003. Kandice Lund 1:01:224. Cori Richards; Carl Richards 1:01:515. Jennifer Cherland; Jennifer Cherland 1:03:586. Lisa Fitzgerald 1:04:317. Dona Crowne 1:06:278. Leah Ronnow; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah 1:14:44Cat 3 Male1. Ken Webster; Spin Racing 47:17:002. David Welsh; Kuhl/Scott 47:45:003. Ali Goulet; FFKR Architects/SBO 48:25:004. Chris Peterson 49:09:005. Tyler Wall; Ski Utah Cycling Team 49:18:006. Cody Wignall; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah 50:01:007. Samuel Moore; Porcupine Cycling 51:21:008. William Hilsman; Westwood Velo 52:39:009. Scott Lefler; Procon / 1st National Bank of 52:46:0010. Douglas Sligting; The Fan Cycling 53:27:0011. Brent Frank 54:38:0012. Carl Arriola; George’s 59:07:00Jeff Rogers Memorial SanpeteClassic Road Race, UCA Series,Spring City, Utah, August 23,2008Cat 4 and Master 35+ Female1. Beverly Ronnow; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah2. Margaret DOUGLASS; Ski Utah Cycling Team3. Dayna Deuter; Hammer Nutrition4. Lisa MILKAVICH; Intermountain Financial/JRSmit5. Melanie Helm; JR Smith Coaching/IntermountaiPro Cat 1-2-3 Female1. Laura PATTEN; Ski Utah Cycling Team2. Jen WARD; JR Smith Coaching/Intermountai3. Kirsten Kotval; PCIM4. Nisie Antacle; PCIM5. chantel thackeray; PCIMPro Cat 1-2 Male1. Ryan BARRETT2. Anthony JOHNSON; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of Utah3. Billy Demong; American R.A.D.D. presented by4. YARDEN GAZIT5. Luis Alejandro Zamudio; American R.A.D.D.presented byCat 3 Male1. Kurt Wolfgang2. Joshua Udall; Team Dialog3. Cameron CANDELARIA; Ski Utah Cycling Team4. Nicholas EKDAHL; Rocky Mountain Cycling Club5. Curtis Doman; InertiaCat 4 Male1. Justin WILSON2. Cameron Patch; Ski Utah Cycling3. Colby Tanner; Spin Cycle Racing4. Shane DUNLEAVY; Ski Utah Cycling Team5. Adam Catmull; InertiaCat 5 Male1. David Brockbank2. Alex Whitney; Porcupine Cycling3. Jonathan Thackeray; Specalized4. Adam Taylor; bcc5. Michael KRACHTMaster 35+ Male1. Andre GONZALEZ2. Peter Beland; Boston Mountain Cyclists3. Jack Dainton; X-Men/Northwave4. Mike Hanseen; Canyon Bicycles SLC5. Andrew LOCK; Canyon Bicycles of SLCMaster 45+ Male1. John MCKONE; X-Men Team Northwave2. Mark Schaefer; PaulTracy.com3. Mark Zimbelman; Bountiful Mazda4. Gary PORTER; Bountiful Mazda Cycling Team5. Lorin Ronnow; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour of UtahMaster 55+ Male1. James King; FFKR/SBO P/B Tour Of Utah2. Dwight HIBDON; Park City Cycle Club3. gary simmons; Bountiful Mazda4. Shannon Storrud; Porcupine Cycling5. Henry Ebell; Canyon Bicycles of Salt LakeJunior 17 & Under Male1. Zack BroadheadJunior 17 & Under Female1. Krystal Taylor; Bcc

24 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008mountain bike racingGrant and Holmes Victorious at Wolverine RidgePro Men riders pedal around a curve early in the Wolverine Ridge XCMountain Bike Race Aug. 9. Rob Squire (727) of Team Devo/Binghamsfinished second in the Evanston race, while Alex Grant (725) of RockyMountain Bicycles won the race and also claimed first place in theIntermountain Cup Series.Story and Photos by SteveKodadEVANSTON, Wyo. - Alex Grant didall the pre-race calculations priorto the Aug. 9 Wolverine Ridge XCMountain Bike Race.Grant, 28, racing for RockyMountain Bicycles, led the Pro Menstandings in the Intermountain CupSeries entering the 12th and finalevent of the season. Alex figured hecould finish no worse than one spotbehind Bart Gillespie to claim the2008 series crown.Grant made all that pre-racefiguring a mute point, as he wonthe 28-mile Pro Men test at the 15thannual Wolverine Ridge event.The series finale was held on arugged, rocky course in the UintaMountains in northern Utah. TheWolverine Ridge layout is locatedabout 25 miles south of Evanston,Wyo. on the Mirror Lake ScenicByway (Highway 150).The Aug. 9 series finale was adouble points race, making the finalrace that much more important."I was in first but not by muchover Bart," Grant said about hispre-race strategy. "So I think I didthe math down to if Bart beat me byonly one place, I could still take theseries. So that's what I was hopingfor."This one was double points, soit was extra important, a lot ridingon this."Grant won the Pro Men racewith a time of 2 hours, 4 minutesand 15 seconds. Alex finished 45seconds ahead of Rob Squires ofTeam Devo/Binghams, and about 90seconds ahead of Gillespie, who wasthird in 2:05.44 riding for Monavie/Cannondale.The Cup Series final standingsin the Pro Men division found Grantin first with 1,433 points. Gillespiefinished second with 1,324 points.David Welsh of Team Kuhl/Scottwas a distant third at 814.At the annual post-race awardsceremony at Depot Square inEvanston, Grant talked about thetough Wolverine Ridge course. Thestart/finish line is 8,300 feet in elevation.The race bible lists the highestpoint on the course, WolverineTrailhead, at 9,371 feet."It's definitely challenging," Alexsaid. "I think it starts at 9,000 feetor so. All courses above 9,000 feetare definitely tough. The climbs aredeceptive. It doesn't seem steep, butit is, and it's pretty bumpy, too."Most of the course is two-laneATV and cross-country ski trailslittered with an abundance of rocksand tree roots.Grant said most of the other venuesin the Cup Series aren't nearly asrocky and rugged as the WolverineRidge course."Definitely not," he said. "Eventhough it's mostly double track, it'sdefinitely rougher that most othercourses. The challenges are just tryingto stay smooth the whole time,and save energy a little bit."There's that one steep climbcoming up the back, that's a beast(Wolverine Trailhead). You comeoff a dirt road and you take a left,and you go up, and it's just grannyring. After that it's all kind of down(hill), but you don't get a lot of restbecause it's rough and you've got topeddle, too."'BEE'-FALLENHeather Holmes of Team Kenda/Titus/Hayes survived a pre-racecrash to win the Pro Women 28-mileevent at Wolverine Ridge.Pro Women winner Heather Holmes (710) of Team Kenda/titus/Hayescruises along the Wolverine Ridge race course. Holmes finished nearlyseven minutes ahead of runnerup Roxanne Toly.Steve Holcomb (819) of Kamas, Utah, likely agreed with the signs as hefinished a rugged, final climb at the Wolverine Ridge race. The 61-yearoldHolcomb was fifth in the Men's 57-Plus division.Holmes finished the two-lapcircuit in 2 hours, 31 minutes and36 seconds. Roxanne Toly of TeamJans Sport was runner-up in 2:38.13.Erica Powers (Revolution) finishedthird, about 40 seconds behind Toly.Powers claimed the Pro WomenCup Series championship with 1,211points. KC Holley of Mad DogCycles was second in the series with1,116 points. Holmes finished thirdwith 803 points and Toly fourth at689.At the post-race awards festivities,Holmes was experiencing apainful, swollen hand and wrist thatshe injured in the pre-race mishap."I hurt really bad - I think it hurtsworst now because I stopped (riding),"Heather said.Holmes said she battled with abee in her pre-race warm-up, and thebee apparently came out ahead."What I like to do for warm-upis, I actually try and go ride part ofthe loop, part of the racecourse,"Heather said. "So I rode the smalllap, and probably five minutes fromthe end I was coming down a hilland a bee flew into my glasses. Iwas trying to swat it and I fell."Heather said the fall happenedabout 10 minutes before the ProWomen were called to the startingline. She took off her glove, andher wrist didn't appear to be veryswollen, so she decided to stay inthe race.Despite the injury, Holmes saidshe had a great ride over a toughcourse."I actually really liked thecourse," she said. "It's definitely different,because at the national racesright now, we're racing between anhour-15 (minutes) to an hour-45.Today was around 2 1/2 hours or so,so it was definitely a little longerthan I am used to. Sometimes thoseare really nice, you get a good, longride in."Aspen trees were beautifultoday, I loved it. You know what,when you show up and the course isbeautiful, it makes it easier to race,because you're excited about beingthere and going through everythingand seeing all the landscape."Holmes pulled away fromPowers late in the Pro Women race,thanks to Erica's struggles with tireissues."I think (Erica) was pretty closeto me for awhile, and then she hadsome tire problems," Holmes said."And then after that, I was ridingwith a lot of the expert men."Powers survived the tire woes towin the Pro Women series title."I had to stop and put air in mytire three times," Erica said. "I lostmaybe four minutes. It was a slowleak."Powers said she was in secondplace in the series standings enteringthe final event. She competed in 11of 12 series events in 2008, missingonly the Snowbird race. KC Holleydid not compete at Wolverine Ridge.Powers enjoyed racing theWolverine Ridge layout."It's a good course, I like it,"Erica said. "It's tough, and thedownhill's fun. I like it."SERIES TEAM STANDINGSThe UtahMountainBiking.comteam, based in Alpine, Utah, ranaway with the team title in the 2008Intermountain Cup Series.The Utah team had high-pointtotals in 10 of the 12 races for a totalof 1,527 points. Revolution PeakFasteners of Salt Lake City was secondwith 1,260 points, and Mad DogCycle's Race Team of Orem, Utah,finished third with 1,009 points.See results on page 22.Share The Road License PlateFundraiserHelp create a Share The Road decal and slogan on UtahLicense Plates. Goal: 2500 plates. Unmet Need: $18,000.Send contributions to: Utah Bicycle CoalitionPO Box: 58504PO Box: 581531Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-0504Salt Lake City, Utah 885158-1521Make Checks Payable to: Utah Bicycle CoalitionSupport YourLocal BikeShop!UtahSHARE THE ROAD087Utah1234567Plates will be available to Utah vehicle owners on a first comefirst serve basis for additional annual fee of $25/plate/yearFor more information: www.utahbikes.org or KJLiveToBike@gmail.com

spin cycle ad revised.indd 17/22/08 3:13:50 PMSEPTEMBER 2008 cycling utah.com 25road racingPeterson and Welsh CaptureSnowbird Hill Climb HonorsAbove: Women's winner Alisha Welsh. Photo: Carolyn EslingerRight: Norm Bryner leads men's winner Mitchell Peterson.Photo: Joaquim Hailer. Find your photos at Zazoosh.com.By Jennifer BarthOn Saturday, August 16th at8 am under clear skies, over 400cyclists ascended the 10- mile,3,500- foot vertical climb up LittleCottonwood Canyon in Snowbird’s30th annual Bicycle Hill Climb.Traditionally, the race hasstarted at 2000 East and 9400 S.and then followed 9400 S. to LittleCottonwood Canyon on the way upto Entry 2 at Snowbird. Due to constructionon 9400 South, this year’scourse instead began at the SwampLot on Wasatch Boulevard and followedWasatch to the mouth of thecanyon, which left riders with oneless hill to climb. The ride attractedcyclists of all levels to test theirendurance on one of the toughesthill climbs in the nation.Mitchell Peterson (Mona Vie/Cannondale) won the men’s overall,coming in at 43:43:00. Norm Bryner(Canyon Bicycles/SLC) took secondat 44:47:00. Alisha Welsh (Kuhl/Scott) took the women’s numberSnowbird story contestWinner of the Snowbird Hill Climb Essay ContestGrand Prize WinnerAllez, Allez!Call it the x-factor, mojo, or theluck of the Irish, my best Hill Climbwas my first.Twenty-two years ago, during asunny week in May, I moved herefrom Ohio. I drove across the countryin a Toyota Corolla with a ‘78Centurion mounted on the back. Thebike was deep purple with a creakyderailleur, a tank used to haul meacross Ohio State’s campus while Iearned a useless degree in French.When I settled in Utah, my boyfriend,Jim, who lived close to thecanyons, dragged me up to StormMountain one day. I was dumbfoundedat the grade of the hill andinsistent that no one could make itup the “whole canyon” on a bike-- Iwas in decent shape, after all, frommy Jazzercise classes and frequentFrisbee playing back in Ohio. Jimlaughed as I gasped for breath at thewater treatment plant and watchedme turn around, riding home mad.A few days later I oiled the chainon the Centurion and tried again;this time Little Cottonwood Canyondished me some humble pie- I gotoff the bike and walked it five or sixtimes before turning around at StickRock, again calling Jim names as Ispun home and took a nap. Thankgoodness I had a stubborn streak— I inched my way farther andfarther up those canyons as the summerwaned, each time Jim leaningagainst his bike ahead, waiting forme and acting as if I were made ofheavy metal. I wanted to assassinatehim and his shimmering summermuscles.By August, Jim had asked ifI’d like to try a little race calledthe Snowbird Hill Climb. In myinnocence, I agreed. I rolled intoa packed Smith’s parking lot thatwas buzzing with wiry, nervouslookingpeople on wind trainers.Feeling slightly self-conscious withmy heavy Centurion and my roughhewncycling wear- a cotton OSUtee shirt and clunky tennis shoes- Iwas calm but ill prepared. I had notwarmed up or stretched, I had nospecial drinks or energy bars, noteam logo. “L’idiote”, they’d havecalled me in French….The race started. Jim was gonein thirty seconds. Bikes squeezedaround me. Praying mantis-shapedriders flew by me in a colored blur.I was just getting adjusted…. it wasoddly quiet, then the sucking soundof grunting , heavier riders comingfrom behind, ready to swallow meup… “God help me,” I thought. Thesteep incline of the canyon pulled atmy wheel… I committed to the race.I forced a rhythm in the creakingbike, staring stubbornly at the roadahead. Climbing, climbing, alwaysclimbing-- toward the unreachableski area high in the sky. Getting serious,I passed groups of mellow typesand office workers, flat tire fixersand old timers. I zigzagged throughthe Seven Sisters and then cussedmy way through Tanner’s Flat. Icursed the hill, the asphalt, the lackof flat spots, Jim. The bike wasdoing me proud. Finally, I clearedthe Maybird stretch. A stunned Jimwaited at Entry Two as I pushedover the finish line in a fury… I wasa mere three minutes behind him!“That means you’ve been slackingall this time,” he quipped. I gatheredmy wits and tied my shoes, feelingvindicated that I was no slob fromOhio, too elated to do him harm. Wewaited for our times to be posted.Still energetic, I waved my bibnumber to Ed Chauner who wastossing prizes. He looked over at meand called out my number— flippingme a water bottle and socksalong with a wink. As fate wouldhave it, I placed fourth in my agegroup (if memory serves, my timewas 1hr 6 minutes and I won agift certificate to a jewelry store).We rode back down the canyon,the wind whipping the sides of mygiddy face. I was addicted to bikesfrom that day forward.In spite of sleek new bikes (fromJim, who I married), clip-in shoes,fancy jerseys, heart rate monitors,one spot crossing the finish line at50:26:00 followed by Inga Travis at51:26:00.Peterson, 21, also won the hillclimb last year. “I love it because it’ssteep and long,” he said. Petersonsaid he started the first hill in thelead, but then sat back with the leadpack on the first flat portion. AsPeterson kept pace with the otherriders, Bryner rode up and closed inon Peterson, preparing. About halfwaythrough the race Peterson andBryner broke away from the otherriders as they battled for the numberone position.“About three miles from the finishI pulled away to the front,” saidPeterson.Peterson, who just returnedfrom the World Cup in Europe, is aCategory 2 rider. He has been racingsince he was 16, and trains on theSnowbird ascent often.Welsh, 25, pulled into the leadfor the women’s Category 1-2-3after the second mile. The numerouscyclists in the race made it tough tomaneuver. “It was kind of crazy atfirst,” said Welsh. This was her firsttime competing in this race, but sheis no stranger to hill climbs. Sherecently won the women’s Category1-2-3 at the Sundance Hill Climb.ipods, and a better racing strategy,I’ve never been as fast, or as satisfied,as I was on that first HillClimb. I attribute the magic of thatclimb to a combination of desperationand charm, fear and blessings,the wind at my back as I wound anold Centurion up Little Cottonwood“I live for the hill climb,” saidWelsh.Ultra-WidomakerFor a select bunch of goats,a mountain bike climb up to thetop of the Tram followed the roadrace. The Ultra-Widowmaker raceadded another 3,000 feet climbto Snowbird’s Hidden Peak ontop of the brutal climb up LittleCottonwood. Riders were placedby the combined times from thetwo climbs. Only 37 riders from theSnowbird Hill Climb competed inthe Ultra-Widowmaker.Rob Squire (Devo), 18, tookfirst place in the Ultra-Widowmakerwith a time of 1:49:42. Squire, whowon the Junior Nationals last yearin Vermont, said he was cautiousfor the first part of the race. He saidhe did not know where to go andwas not familiar with the course.Squire said he saw Pete Kuennenanncoming up from behind and tried tomaintain a gap. When he reached theswitch backs he realized he had lostthe other riders. “At this point I wasalone, and I knew I would win,” saidSquire.A few riders exhausted from theprevious race said they could noteven imagine jumping on a mountainbike to start another hill climb.Jenny Moser, a citizen participantin the Snowbird Hill Climb said,“I might have entered the Ultra-Widowmaker, but I’m not a goodmountain biker.”Riders in the Ultra-Widowmakershowed their hardcore determinationand training could carry them to thetop.“This race was really tough. Idon’t think someone could do itunless they had been training reallyhard. You can’t just do this on awhim,” said Squire.See results on page 22.Canyon. And so it is that every year,I raise my water bottle to the rookieSnowbird Hill climber and hail,“bon chance, allez!”-- good luck,ride on!, and hope that the x-factorgraces them.-Connie Sliwinski

26 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008touringTouring in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National ParksAbove: Ashley Patterson stopping for a quick glance at the Tetons toweringover her.By Tom DiegelNational Parks in the US are havealways been represented a strangeanachronism; the crowds, the regulations,the overdevelopment and overcommercializationjuxtaposed againstwhat even the most grizzled outdoorveterans grudgingly admit is not onlysome of the most beautiful terrain inthe world but also some of the highestlevel and quality of serious outdoorpursuits, including cycling. Utahhas more than its share of incrediblenational parks that offer world-classdesert recreation, so it’s sometimeseasy to forget about the parks to thenorth that are almost the same distancefrom Salt Lake; Grand Tetonand – the granddaddy of them all –Yellowstone as cycling destinations.Jackson and Bozeman locals arewell-aware of the three weeks in thespring when both parks have beenplowed clear of snow but are not yetopen to vehicles, which offers anincredible opportunity to see the parksunencumbered by cars and crowds.After Memorial Day, however, thereputations of both parks being fulltilttraffic jams of Winnebago’s andrented mini-vans likely keeps prospectivecyclists out of these incredibleareas. However, since we had a familyreunion in Big Timber, Montanaand wanted to arrive ready to turnthe volume down low for a coupleof days, and since the only logicalroute was through the two parks andup and over the Beartooth Highway,we decided to ride there and take ourchances with the legendary trafficover the 4th of July weekend.Although the views of the Tetonsare practically a cliché due to theproliferation of Ansel Adams printsout there, the truth is that riding yourbikes along the base of the Tetons isstill a pretty amazing experience. Asthe Tetons give way to the more rollinggreen hills of Yellowstone, thenatural beauty changes from verticalrelief to amazing views of the hugeYellowstone lake, incredible thermalzones, and of course – Yellowstone’sprimary draw – the wildlife. Yes, yes;you may say, of course that’s whatTeton and Yellowstone are like; we’veall been there on the mandatory familyvacation in the family truckster orhave fond memories of Yogi Bear andBooboo. But how’s the riding? In aword – it’s great. It’s true that a) thereare very few roads, and b) the trafficgets concentrated onto those roads,but what we realized is that peopleon vacation typically drive prettyslowly, the speed limit in the parks islow, most of the time there’s a prettyhealthy shoulder with good pavementand none of the urban detritus thatflats tires around here, and there areno trucks. Huge motorhomes, yes,but no big delivery trucks speedingto get to their next stop, and most ofthe time the motorhomes are goingpretty slowly. And – contrary to thevery volatile weather of April – thesummer weather is pretty stable anddramatically cooler than the searingheat of Salt Lake and the parks to thesouth.One of the great aspects of longrides is the ability to see the landunfold in front of you, and this pointis emphasized in national parks asyou realize that car occupants feelcompelled to stop and get out at thescenic overlooks, but as a cyclist –being high and on the right side ofthe road – the whole route is one longscenic overlook. That said, there area few highlights, such as YellowstoneFalls and the Grand Canyon overlooksthat require some serious co-minglingwith our fellow tourists. On one handthe crowds and types of people thatmake up these crowds are somewhatappalling, but – if taken with the rightattitude – it can also be a fascinatinglook at our society. We typically don’tseem to do much with what we wouldconsider to be “Mainstream America”,and if there is ever a magnet for MA,it’s Jellystone. It’s not something thatshould ever take up much of yourtime, but the brief glimpse you canAbove: Rolling up the Lamar valley, keeping an eye out for grizzlies andwolves.Below: In the foothills of Montana's Beartooths, "Big Sky" meets bigplains.get in the parks is unforgettable.One great aspect of the nationalparks is that they are required to keepcampground spots open for hikers andcyclists. Camping “wild” near roadsin the park is illegal and – consideringwe didn’t bring any bear-proofcontainers and forgot cord to stringour food up – ill-advised, so daily wewould roll up to a campground thathad a “full” sign on it and get thechoicest spot there - usually somewhatseparated from the rest of the cars/RV’s - and have it to ourselves, for thevery-reasonable price of $5. And thecampgrounds are usually situated nearsome pretty amazing sites that – aftera long day in the saddle – are a shortand nice walk.We had been advised to wake uppre-dawn and get the bulk of our ridingdown in the morning, before thetouron-ghouls uncoupled their RV’sfrom their campsites, but realisticallywe were on vacation like everyoneelse and didn’t feel like busting out ofbed in the dark, so we didn’t bother,and it was fine. The other traffic“issue” is bear/buffalo/wolf “jams”;any time any wildlife gets near theroad, traffic comes to a virtual stop,which – again – keeps the rushingcars to a minimum (the only wolfjamwe saw was due to a canine thatlooked suspiciously like a coyote, butanything to slow traffic…).As we progressed north and east,there are fewer formal roadside attractionsand therefore fewer cars as well.The Lamar Valley is an extraordinarilybeautiful valley that is hometo hundreds of wolves and bears,and because the NE corner of thepark exits into the hamlet of CookeCity which itself is in the middleof nowhere, the car count droppedto one every few minutes. The NEentrance is also the gateway to theextraordinary Beartooth Highway,which climbs at a mild 4-5% gradefor 25-30 miles, tops out at 11,000feet with breathtaking views, andthen plunges down even further toRed Lodge. From there, with a goodmap and good sense, it’s easy to findincredible roads that undulate acrossrolling wheat fields and ultimatelylead to a very palatable frontage roadadjacent to I-90 to complete a loopback towards Bozeman.If you are looking to bust out ofSalt Lake’s summer heat and see someof America’s most incredible terrainand don’t mind a little traffic and afew humorous glimpses into what therest of America does for Vacation,heading north for a bike tour of theparks is a worthy jaunt.If you go...From Jackson WY, throughthe park, and out the NE cornerto Cooke City is 165 miles andhas generally well-spaced campgroundsand park grocery storesto resupply. Cooke City to RedLodge is 65 miles, with one shortand one very long but mellow(and gorgeous) climb to 11,000feet over Beartooth Pass, andthere are virtually no amenities inthat stretch. We finished our tourby traversing back West towardBig Timber, MT (another 90+miles) and did so on a variety ofquiet and beautiful country roads;some paved and some gravel.There are opportunities to dobig loops. From Big Timber, thenext valley to the west is the aptlynamed Paradise Valley - betweenthe stunning Absaroka Mountainsand the Bridgers – you can goback up the Yellowstone riverto the park’s north entrance, orBeartooth Pass can be bypassedand the equally stunning DeadIndian Pass – to Cody – can beused to loop back around to thesouth. There are shuttles to/fromSLC to Jackson, and also fromJackson to West Yellowstone (wehitched a ride from Big Timberto Idaho Falls, where we caught ashuttle back to SLC).

28 cycling utah.com SEPTEMBER 2008Mechanic's CornerPain in the Gears: Repairing a Bent Derailleur on the TrailBy Tom JowLast month while on theMcKenzie River Trail in Oregon, mywife and I bashed a big rock withthe rear derailleur on our tandem.True to Tom Jow form, I just yankedthe derailleur out of the spokes andwe continued on our way. An houror so later, as we shifted going upa hill, the chain went over the bigcog and into the spokes. Way intothe spokes. In fact, in order to getthe chain out I was forced to removethe wheel and chain, kicking andscreaming all the way. And then lastweek on the Mid-Mountain trail,guess what, the chain went into thespokes again.bend the hanger until it is as closeto parallel with the centerline of thebike as possible. Sometimes, butrarely, this can be done by hand.What? Don’t have a spare hangeror the proper tools in your bag? Inthis case we need to keep the chainand derailleur out of the spokes.This can be done by adjusting thelow stop screw (marked with an ‘L’)with a screwdriver. (You do havea screwdriver, don’t you?) Startby placing the chain and derailleurunder the lowest gear possiblewithout the derailleur contacting thespokes. Then, turn the screw clockwisegently until it stops. This willlimit the movement in the directionof the spokes, hopefully avoidingfurther complications during the restof the ride.In the unlucky event of a derailleurmishap, one of these techniquesshould get you back home or tothe car. Having a spare derailleurhanger and the proper tools makesthis just slightly more inconvenientthan having a flat. Me? I am goingto start carrying cassette tools on thetandem.A big thanks to Michael Dropkinfor showing me that SRAM chainsare easily disassembled with zerotools.Got a bike question? EmailTom at 1tomjow@gmail.com. Heis a graduate of Barnett BicycleInstitute and a USAC Category 1mechanic with more than 25 yearsin the bike industry.Letter to the EditorI just wanted to thank youfor posting Cycling Utah onlineas PDF's. I'm in Germany rightnow, and it was so cool to readthe race report from my studentHeather Holmes and to hear thatmy colleague Eric Pardyjak isracing the Tour of Utah!-Richard PetersonAbove: A typical rear derailleurhanger with two bolts.Below: A well-aligned hangerwith rear derailleur adjustingscrews. The low stop screwon bottom.Upon further investigation (athome), I discovered the derailleurhanger had been bent inwards duringthat encounter with the rock. Butwhen the chain goes into the spokes,the force of the chain also can bend,or even break the hanger. Whenthis occurs on the trail, what can bedone?Nearly all modern bicycles havea replaceable derailleur hanger. Thistab, which holds the derailleur, isdesigned to bend or break in theevent of a crash, rocks or some otherdebris. Doing so protects the frameand rear derailleur. By removing oneor two bolts, the derailleur hangercan be changed, the derailleur can beremounted and riding can continue.Some bikes, however, do nothave replaceable hangers. Or maybeyou don’t have a spare in your bag.What to do then? In some cases (noton aluminum frames), a steel or softaluminum replaceable hanger can berealigned with an adjustable wrenchor pliers (or at the bike shop withan alignment tool). Remove the rearwheel and with the rear derailleurstill attached, place the wrench orpliers over the hanger and derailleurmountingbolt. Gently but firmly