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FAT BIKING
A Guide to Riding in Wydaho’s Fat Bike Fun Zone
By Gary Chrisman
A Guide to Fat Biking in the WYDAHO Region
Along the border of Wyoming and Idaho is an area rich in beauty and outdoor recreation. What usually comes to mind for many people when traveling to this area in winter is ski- ing and snow machining; but now it has also become a haven for winter
Fat Biking. Fat Biking is a fast growing genre
of cycling and for good reason. Riding over surfaces on tires ranging from 3.8 inches to 5 inches is a lot of fun and with incredible traction, sta- bility and flotation it’s hard not to get a big smile on your face while riding one of these ballooned tired bikes. Most of the larger bike manufactur- ers as well as a few of the smaller bike brands are making Fat Bikes which gives consumers numerous
options to choose from when buying or renting. The larger tires combined with modern frame geometry makes them very capable four-season bikes. While the big tires do provide some flotation they won’t carry riders over deep soft snow so it is necessary for riders to either ride on frozen firm snow or snow that has been groomed. Wydaho is fortunate to have approxi- mately 1,400 miles of groomed track that Fat Bikers can choose from. Yes that’s right, 1,400 miles!
Teton Valley Fat Biking On the Idaho side of the Teton
Mountain Range sits Teton Valley. The local non-profit grooming orga- nization is (TVTAP) Teton Valley Trails and Pathways. TVTAP grooms and maintains about 96 miles of Nordic and Fat Bike tracks in the val- ley and gives locals and visitors alike many options for their fat bike out- ings. Opportunities range from wide nearly flat terrain in out of a Teton Canyon to wide twisty-turny rides with small ups and downs on some of the Nordic ski areas. TVTAP has also purchased a snowmobile that tows a 30 inch-wide turf roller that makes what locals call the fat bike singletrack.
Located to the north east of the town of Driggs is about 2 miles of this fat bike singletrack. Riders fol- low the trail over flat terrain with amazing views of the mountains to their east. Down in the south end of the valley TVTAP, in cooperation with volunteers from Fitzgerald’s Bicycles, grooms about 5 miles of fat bike singletrack leaving right from the parking lot of the bike shop in Victor. The track follows some of the summer cyclo-cross course through Pioneer Park and offers rid- ers flat track as well as some small hills and twisty-turny corners with berms. The track actually goes right
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Riders near the start of the 200 mile Fat Pursuit in Island Park, Idaho. Photo by Jamye Chrisman
Riding near Hebgen Lake, Montana near the border of Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Jamye Chrisman
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CYCLING UTAH ANNUAL AWARDS
By Dave Iltis
For a state of only about 3 million people, Utah has incredible opportu-
nities to ride on dirt and on road, a huge proportion of cyclists, and thus a huge pool of talented cyclists of all types. Each year, Cycling Utah rec- ognizes the best of the best with our
Rider of the Year Awards. Mindy McCutcheon is the racer’s
racer. She competes across many dis- ciplines – road, cyclocross, mountain, and gravel – and wins races no mat- ter what kind of bike she is on. This year, she rode for Canyon Bicycles – Shimano, and later on for Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling. She started 2016 by winning the Masters 30-34 Cyclocross National Championship. Then onto the road bike, where she had 7 wins in races including East Canyon, a sweep of the Bikes for Kids Stage Race, and the Sugarhouse Crit; and a third place in the super tough Gila Monster stage at the Tour of the Gila. Next up, mountain. She won the ICup at Draper. In mid-season she was offered a pro contract with Utah-based Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling. She followed that up with a hard fought win at the Crusher in the Tushar, one of the toughest races around. In her first pro road race with Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling, the ASWB Boise Twilight Criterium,
she launched a last lap flier and was caught at the line, but finished second nonetheless. From there, it was off to Europe with the Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling team. In the fall, she tore up the local and regional cyclocross scene, with wins in several UTCX races as well as in the US Open of Cyclocross, and numerous other high placings. She has had an incred- ible season. Mindy McCutcheon is Cycling Utah’s Overall Rider of the Year.
Cortlan Brown (Canyon Bicycles – Shimano) had a great season rac- ing locally and regionally. The all- rounder won the UCA Season Points Series with wins in the Tour del Sol, Bear Lake Classic Road Race, Bikes for Kids Stage Race, Porcupine Hill Climb, and the Bountiful Criterium. He followed that up with a win in the Steamboat Stage Race. Cortlan
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Mindy McCutcheon is Cycling Utah’s 2016 Rider of the Year. Photo by Dave Iltis
BIKE ADVOCACY
What’s Happening in Weber County? An Interview with Marriott-Slaterville’s Bill Morris By Turner C. Bitton
Many readers are familiar and frustrated with the gridlock that exists at many levels of government but are often less familiar with the impressive actions being taken by municipal and county governments to provide recreational, commuter, and mountain biking infrastruc- ture and amenities. I sat down with Bill Morris, City Administrator of Marriott-Slaterville City in Weber County to talk about the city’s efforts to improve bicycle infrastructure and recreational opportunities. Marriott- Slaterville is a small community of just over 1,700 people located along the north bank of the Weber River between Ogden City and Plain City.
1.Can you explain the projects you are working? What led you to invest city resources in the project? What does Marriott-Slaterville City hope to accomplish through the proj- ect?
Our ambitious city has plans to extend the Centennial Trail along the Weber River from Ogden to Plain City. We have worked in cooperation
with county officials to support the interconnected trail system that is growing everyday throughout Weber County.
A portion of this trail has already been completed between Ogden City and State Road 126 (1900 West). The Centennial was constructed several years ago and the city is currently working to add amenities such as trail markers and bike racks. A new trailhead parking area was installed in 2014 on 1700 South and provides one of the only direct access points to access the trail from the road between 21st Street and 1900 West. A trail map, bench, markers, and a bike rack are the some of the ameni- ties that the city is looking to provide.
As a city in the heart of Weber County we hope to provide connec- tions between our neighboring cities to one another to tie communities together and to support commuter and recreational cyclists.
2.How have you financed the project? Why is it important to you that the city invest in bicycle infra- structure?
The city has financed its trail proj- ect with RAMP funds received from Weber County and from fees gener- ated by the city. The city also utilizes and is seeking donations to provide amenities listed above. It is important to invest in bicycle infrastructure to create a safe and usable alternative transportation system, and enhance the trail route. The scenic ride along the Weber River is one of the most popular recreational cycle routes in Northern Utah.
3.Have you learned any lessons during the project? Have any diffi- culties arisen?
Difficulties have arisen from transients who traffic the area and who are often disruptive. Three were arrested last month in the area after it was discovered they had felony warrants. The markers and bike racks will enhance safety and provide a greater level of recreation on the trail. More bikers will deter transient traffic and increased traffic will lead to greater community ownership of the trail.
4.What other bicycle infrastruc- ture has the city invested in? Do you
have plans for future infrastructure investments?
The city has many other plans to support bicycle infrastructure, including linking the river tail on 1700 South along 1200 West to the Weber County Fair Grounds a few miles to the north on 1200 West. This will provide a great bike route to this major recreation and event location and allow commuters from within Ogden City’s downtown to com- mute directly to the Weber County Fairgrounds. In addition, new bike racks are planned to be located at Marriott Park and the City Hall Park in Marriott-Slaterville.
5.Have you sought state or federal funding to assist with projects such as this? If so, what has been your experience?
Securing federal funds has proven difficult in an age of sequestration. There is not a significant amount of interest in bike funding when there is a constant battle over basic fed- eral funding such as the budget. State funding is nearly just as difficult. None of the trail projects has secured state or federal funding to date. The Republican-dominated legislature and governor have eliminated many
of the historical funding programs and critical land preservation pro- grams such as the LeRay McAllister Critical Lands Conservation Fund. As a result, many conservation proj- ects and trail projects have been left entirely to small municipalities to fund. Oftentimes, small cities such as Marriott-Slaterville are unable to fund the work that they would like to.
In contrast, county funding is much more attainable and as it is supported by local voters and elected officials who share a desire to extend the trail system and beautify the com- munity. The Weber County RAMP
program has been incredibly helpful in funding not only bicycle infra- structure but parks, theaters, muse- ums, and other recreational oppor- tunities.
Turner C. Bitton is an avid cyclist and serves on the Board of Directors of several organi- zations and in many volunteer leadership capacities. He lives in Ogden with his husband Chase and their two dogs Charley and Moose.
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The Centennial Trail along the Weber River is a key part of Marriott-Slaterville City’s bike plans. Photo by Turner Bitton
SPEAKING OF SPOKES
“Mercy Bears Richer Fruits Than Strict Justice” - Abraham Lincoln By David Ward
I learned of the hit cyclist on the MBAC (Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee) email list. A man posted a link to a Fox 13 news story on the incident. Included was a video of the accident which showed an SUV hitting the cyclist from behind. Occurring on 4800 South at approxi- mately 900 West in Taylorsville, Utah, it is clear the driver of the SUV did not see the cyclist. Remarkably, the cyclist, who first rolled up onto the hood and then fell back onto the read ahead, walked away from the accident with only minor injuries.
As it turns out, the driver was a 16 year old girl who had been distracted while driving. The story does not say what caused the distraction. Also as it turns out, the cyclist did not want charges to be pressed against the girl, and so, while given a stern warning, she was not cited.
The accident was disconcerting as it so vividly portrayed what can happen to a cyclist if a driver is inat- tentive and/or distracted. Such an accident would normally result in serious injury, and potentially death, for the cyclist. A person’s instinctive reaction in watching the video is that the driver needs to be punished, espe-
cially where she is so clearly at fault. But what was also disconcerting
to me was the stream of emails on the MBAC list reacting to the fact the girl was not cited. Almost without exception, they were incensed at this. I was, frankly, dismayed by the anger and sense of vengeance expressed toward this girl.
It brought to mind a piece I heard on NPR’s “This American Life” sev- eral years ago entitled, “Life After Death”. It was actually a collection of three stories, but the one that has stayed with me was about a high school senior, Darin Strauss, who, while driving, was coming up on a pair of girls cycling in the same direction he was headed. One of them suddenly swerved in front of him. Unable to react in time, he hit her and she was killed.
The focus of the story is on Darin, the driver of the car and the impact this accident had on him. He was not at fault, and could have done noth- ing to prevent the accident. Yet the pain and trauma he suffered, and the myriad personal issues he had to deal with, are sad and compelling. I have remembered how, when dating later, he always had this question nagging him, “When do I tell her what I did?” And he talked of how, had their roles been reversed, he would like this girl
to be spared the feeling of “traveling with a ghost’ which he had done in the two decades since he had hit and killed her.
So when there are accidents involving cyclists being hit by cars, and I hear or read the outrage of my fellow cyclists, I think of this piece from “This American Life”. With this particular accident last month, I can’t help but think of the emotional trauma that 16 year old girl is likely suffering. Unlike Darin, she has the good fortune that the cyclist was not seriously injured.
And interestingly, she may be spared much emotional trauma by virtue of the fact that she was clearly at fault. At the end of this NPR piece, there is a note about a “a psycholo- gist named Ed Hickling, who wrote a book about overcoming the trauma of a car accident. And he says that driv- ers who have done nothing wrong in an accident are actually at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder about the accident than people who were really at fault for an accident. Quote, ‘someone who falls asleep at the wheel knows what they can do to prevent future accidents. Innocent drivers,’ Hickling says, ‘realize they’re at the mercy of the universe.’”
So, by being at fault, this girl can actually reduce the trauma she might experience by recognizing that she needs to be alert and undistracted while driving, and, gratifyingly to me, to watch closely for cyclists. And after all, isn’t that what we want? Do we want her punished for the sake of vengeance, or is it that we want her to learn an important lesson, one that will increase the safety of herself and
others when she is driving? I recognize there are other issues
relating to the failure to cite drivers hitting cyclists. Is there a bias on the part of police against cyclists? Is there a perception that it is the cyclist who must somehow have been at fault? Do people need to be cited to help increase the awareness of cyclists on the part of drivers? These and other issues are legitimate and fair issues to be addressed.
But I don’t like sensing that many cyclists, when such incidents come to light, want punishment for the sake of punishment. I don’t think that is right. How many of us have done
things, either accidently or intention- ally, that we wish we could go back and undo? And for which that emo- tional trauma has been sufficient pun- ishment to learn an important lesson?
In this particular incident, in watching the video, it is clear the girl was traumatized by what hap- pened.. She immediately jumped out of her vehicle and ran to the cyclist. Based on the circumstances, and the desire of the cyclist, she was not cited. Hopefully, that is because the officer recognized the girl’s trauma was punishment enough, and that an important lesson was learned, thank- fully without serious injury.
Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee Fall 2016 News
To begin with, we would like to clarify the succession of committee chair announced in February’s update. It was reported that Kate Sturgeon
“stepped down as committee chair”, rather, she chose not to run for chair in a successive year and Betsy Byrne was thus elected acting chair by the committee for 2016. With this topic in cue, December’s meeting on the 14th will feature a delicious catered meal courtesy of the County Bicycle Committee as well as elections to determine the executive positions for 2017. We welcome the public to attend and enjoy the festivities!
The past year has been productive and seen unprecedented strides made not only by Salt Lake County, but the state of Utah as a whole; beginning with the awarding of a federal Tiger Grant to multiple cities along the Wasatch Front area and northern Utah. This funding will be applied during the next several years to improve infrastructure, increase resources and expand Active Transportation (biking and walking) routes for all of our citizens. Next, Bike Utah spearheaded the revival of the Salt Lake County Bicycle Ambassadors Program as well as initiated the first bicycle educa- tion program focused at youth throughout the state. Both programs are off to groundbreaking and encouraging starts and we are enthusiastically awaiting to see what the next year will bring. Finally, a program known as the Latina Bike Initiative was funded and implemented by the County with great success. Director, May Romo, met with the committee in July and elaborated on the program’s focus. As a result, SLCBAC agreed to assist the program with funding and hopes to continue forging relationships with programs such as these and more diverse demographics in our community.
There is only one meeting remaining in the 2016 year and we believe that this year has seen us continue to develop and improve our focus on our Mission and service to the Salt Lake County Mayor’s office. Moving forward, if you know of any groups or organizations that may benefit from partnership with the Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee, please consider attending one of our public meetings held the second Wednesday of each month, or contact us at bicycle@slco.org. With the colder winter months ahead, make sure to keep warm and display noticeable illumination at night should you choose to ride. We wish you a happy holiday season and look forward to another progressive year for cycling in 2017!
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Bike Utah Launches Free Bicycle Education Program for Schools Statewide
By Phil Sarnoff
Program to teach 3,000 kids annually bike riding skills and safety, helping them be more physically active
After two years in develop-
ment, Bike Utah has launched their Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program, a no-cost statewide effort to teach kids how to
safely and confidently get around by bicycle. The Youth BEST program officially started in September, and is held at schools as a 5-hour, hands-on program for 5th through 7th graders.
During the course of the program, kids learn the benefits of riding a bicycle, the rules of the road, how to adjust and wear a helmet, how to navigate intersections, how to avoid hazards, and how to make sure their bike is in safe working order.
Bike Utah secured several grants
to fund the program, so it’s free to any school or student wanting to par- ticipate. Bike Utah provides a trained instructor, bicycles, helmets, and all other necessary equipment to be used during the program. The program is mobile and has the capacity to be implemented at schools in all corners of the state.
“Fifty years ago, nearly 45 percent of students walked or rode a bicycle to school and only about 15 percent caught a ride in a family vehicle. Today’s numbers are virtually the exact opposite,” said Phil Sarnoff, executive director of Bike Utah. “As a state, we need to create an environ- ment where students can get to school under their own power. Through the Youth BEST Program, we hope to encourage schools, students, and families to recreate their communi- ties into places where everyone can be physically active.”
In addition to the student curricu- lum, the program works with schools to determine how they can make their surrounding environments bet- ter and safer for bicycling and walk- ing. Bike Utah is also interested in collaborating with parent groups such as PTAs that are interested in developing school-based transporta- tion solutions.
In just six weeks, the program reached more than 330 students and the results have been impressive. Based on initial assessments, stu- dents have increased their knowledge of safe bicycling by 80% and parents are indicating that their students are almost twice as likely to want to bike to school after participating in the program.
Bike Utah received support for the Youth BEST Program from Utah Department of Public Safety, Utah Department of Transportation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Utah Department of Health, George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Mavic, Trek Bikes, Salt Lake City Bicycle Company, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City Transportation Division, and Bike Utah members.
Anyone who is interested in inviting the Youth BEST pro- gram to a Utah school can con- tact Bike Utah’s Youth Education
Coordinator Jace Burbidge at
be found on bikeutah.org.
Students of Buffalo Point Elementary in Syracuse, Utah participating in Bike Utah’s Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program, Sept. 14th 2016, the first week of the program. Photo by Bike Utah
Students at Buffalo Point Elementary in Syracuse, Utah practicing their hand signals in Bike Utah’s Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program. Photo by Bike Utah
Students at Riley Elementary in Salt Lake City, Utah learn about safe bicy- cling strategies as part of Bike Utah’s Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program. Photo by Bike Utah
Students at Riley Elementary in Salt Lake City, Utah practicing safe bicy- cling as part of Bike Utah’s Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program. Photo by Bike Utah
Bike Utah’s Youth Bicycle Education and Safety Training (BEST) program is able to travel to schools all across the state. Photo by Bike Utah
By Dave Iltis
Cycling West: When and where was the company founded? Who are the main partners?
Why Cycles: Why Cycles was started just over a year ago in Ogden, UT by Adam Miller and Ben Craner. I (Adam) moved to Utah from Colorado Springs, Colorado where I started, and later sold another bike company (Borealis Bikes). A mutual friend and industry veteran, Jason Schiers, put Ben and I in touch. It’s fun because Ben and I have very dif- ferent backgrounds in cycling. Ben is a former downhill pro racer with an affinity for the gravity side of the sport. I on the other hand have a long history with road, XC, Tri and endurance. It’s given us a nice bal- ance. It wasn’t long before Ben and I started dreaming and sketching beau- tiful bikes, discussing better ways to construct them and eventually sell them to customers in a way that allows everyone to win. And with that, Why Cycles was born. After a year of development and hard work, we were ready to launch. We intro-
duced our brand and new products to the world at the Eurobike trade show in Germany this past August. We were overwhelmed by the encourag- ing words and positive response. The show was a huge success and things have been pretty hectic and busy since then!
CW: Brief Description of your company:
WC: We started Why Cycles con- fident that we could offer something new to the industry. In addition to current aggressive geometry, modern updated uses of materials like titani- um and a different perspective on dis- tribution, we believe our customers deserve the best customers service and the best high end, unique bikes out there. The truth is…we selfishly build bikes for ourselves. Bikes that we know will be fun to ride, explore and push our limits on. It just so happens that other people like them and we’re willing to share in the adventure. Our first three models are made out of high-grade titanium, but we’re not stopping there. We believe in building each bike for a specific purpose with the best materials for that application. For now that’s tita- nium. (But stay tuned, we’re cur- rently exploring a new approach on a full suspension bike in a different material.) We sell each bike directly to consumers on our website, and are working on setting up a network of local service center bike shops across the US. This partnership will give customers a chance to meet face to face with local shop partners for things like assembly, fit, and service of their Why products, while still giving them the ability to get a
unique high end bike at a better price. Oh yeah, and one more thing…We ship every bike in the best bike travel bag on the market- the Evoc Pro case. For free. We wanted to do things a bit differently.
CW: What types of bikes do you build? How and where are they built?
WC: We build bikes that are fun, bikes that allow you to push your limits on and off the beaten path. They’re unique and eclectic. Currently, we have a 27.5+ titani- um hardtail called the S7, a tita- nium gravel/cyclocross bike titled the R+, and a titanium dirt jumper aptly named the TF (Take Flight). While we made the TF because a few of us wanted a sweet, belt driven, ridiculously pimp DJ bike, it has actually been incredibly popular. The R+ gravel bike is a real quiver-killer. It’s arguably the most versatile road bike, and is incredibly comfortable and fun to ride. The S7 hardtail plus bike is built to climb well and be a killer fast, fun bike to ride. We’ve surprised even ourselves at what this aggressive hardtail can do. Each of our bikes are hand built in a small, extremely high end factory in Asia and we assemble all of the bikes here in Ogden, UT.
CW: Tell us about the philosophy of Why Cycles
WC: It’s pretty simple: bikes are fun. We want to offer the best prod- ucts made out of the best materials for each application, that are fun to ride. We put a modern twist on geom- etry, construction and traditional tita- nium. The performance of our bikes and resulting happy customers is reinforcing that that formula works. Of course, we aim to offer the best customer service and a distribution model that allows everyone the best of both worlds…So far our custom- ers have been thrilled.
CW: What’s the best thing about your bike, products, and/or company?
WC: They’re built for fun! Honestly, the best thing for us is to see people ride our bikes and come back with a huge grin on their face.
Titanium is magic. Hell, bikes are magic and we spent countless hours building prototypes, dialing in the best geometry and tube shapes pos- sible for these bikes. It’s rewarding to see people ride them and love how well they ride. It’s WHY we do this.
CW: Why did you choose to move or stay in Utah?
WC: I had lived in Colorado for 6 years, and had spent a lot of time visiting and riding in Utah. When I had the opportunity to come out here and start a new bike brand with Ben, I didn’t hesitate! The trails, riding community and people are incredible here. The access to mountains and different types of terrain for riding is truly the best I could imagine. The state of Utah and Ogden City are very friendly to new outdoor type businesses, and there is no shortage of awesome talent around to hire as we grow.
CW: Where can someone buy or
demo your bikes? WC: We offer demos to anyone
around Utah at our office headquar- ters in Ogden! Best to arrange ahead of time by calling 801-698-3678. All bikes can be purchased online at www.WhyCycles.com or by call- ing us.
CW: Is there anything else that you’d like to add?
WC: We’re thrilled to be push- ing the limits of what bikes can do here in Utah. The community here is fantastic, and the versatile mix of products we sell allows us to make excuses to show up to multiple dif- ferent bike events around Utah. So we hope to see you at races or at trailheads in the future- if you see us, stop and say hello and try out one of our bikes!
For more information, visit whycycles.com
For more information, visit whycycles.com
The Why Cycles Supple 7 in action. Photo by Rich Bragg Photography The Why Cycles R+ is a bike for road and dirt. Photo by Clayton Hansen, courtesy Why Cycles.
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By Lukas Brinkerhoff
As all good things go, it started as an idea. It was one that when it was in my head, I thought, this is one of those “good” ideas people always talk about. One that there was no possible way for us to fail. It would be easy. There was a good chance burritos would be involved and I couldn’t fathom a reason I would end up sleeping in a culvert hoping it didn’t flood. And to be honest, I was sheepish about this idea. I mean I’ve had lots of bad ideas that ended up being good ideas, but the problem with good ideas is that they come with the expectation that they will be good. You don’t have anything to fall back on if things do, for one reason or another, go south.
The crew gathered at Red Rock Bicycle at 5 pm, or at least most of the crew, ok 75% of the crew was there. The other was to be picked up en route to the burritos. We did the typical pre-trip double and triple checks, filled the flasks with the whiskey that was bought last minute, pulled on a few compression straps and started the pedal out of town.
The day was overcast with some ominous looking clouds hovering right over our destination. The fore- cast had called for scattered chances of thunder storms. We all had rain jackets and Joey Sparkles had at least 1/3 of his tent. Based on those two things, we didn’t see any reason to reconsider our choices and we headed toward a dark cloud and into the head wind.
If we back up to when this became
an idea in my head, we would end up in Morgan Hill, California. Joey and I were there for the Specialized product launch and had been invit- ed to participate in a “bikepacking” thing. Basically, the idea was to load the clothes we would need for the evening into a couple of bags that were on borrowed bikes and ride to a campground about 17 miles away where there would be burritos, fire- wood and stuff to sleep in waiting for us. It sounded pretty iffy on the fun scale, but in comparison to spending a night in a clean hotel, it sounded awesome. I have a pretty strong dislike for sleeping in hotels. They always make me feel cheap and dirty.
The ride over was a spirited ride with plenty of regroups, sprints into trails unknown on bikes not made for dirt, paceline speedbike riding, backroad let’s take this whole lane while we chat for a few soft pedaling, all followed by a steep climb up to the campground. The firewood, bur- ritos and sleeping stuff was there as
promised. A quick tent setup and we were left with nothing else to do but sit around the campfire eating bur- ritos while I lamented the state of the bicycle industry.
The next morning everything was done in reverse and as we ended up back at the Specialized Headquarters, I lamented that we didn’t have any campgrounds in Washington County that such a ride would be feasible because it was fun, easy and some- thing we could do almost every weekend. It took me about a week to realize that what I was lamenting was about the dumbest thing that had ever come out of my mouth. Ten miles from the shop is Snow Canyon State Park. A park that people from all over the world come to visit and it has camping. I never looked for bikepacking spots so close to home, but once I changed the parameters, my eyes were opened. There were easily a dozen such spots, all with world class views.
This good idea of mine was to
start checking those spots off the list and the first one was to hit the most obvious, Snow Canyon.
Our first objective was the burri- tos. We had two choices for said food items on our course and settled on the least sketchy one, La Cocina. Only Joey had eaten there, but assured us that the food was good and the salsa bar was not to be rivaled. We were happy he was right. The food was
Joey rockin’ out at the mouth of West Canyon. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
It definitely wasn’t the worst place I’ve awoke. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff Exploding rainbows. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
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fresh, didn’t have the typical greasy texture of inexpensive Mexican and the salsa bar was top shelf. We got the burritos to go and whilst stuffing them into our packs we felt the first rain drops start to fall. It was hard to say if these were drips signaling that
the rest of the storm was about to come down on us or if the storm was just edging past.
Undeterred, we continued toward the canyon.
The ride over is about 10 miles of flat. From Red Rock Bicycle, you
can get there entirely by bike lanes and paved bike paths. These all lead us straight toward that cloud I men- tioned. The head wind wasn’t bad enough to damp our spirits, but it was felt. The rain failed to ever come down. We would get sprinkled on for a few minutes, just long enough to start considering stopping to put on that rain jacket and then it would stop. By the time we hit the mouth of the canyon, we could tell the clouds were moving away from us.
A rainbow exploded out of the top of the cliffs just as we rolled into camp. We quickly set about devouring our burritos and high fiv- ing ourselves on having such a rad idea. The sky darkened just as our fire wood was lovingly delivered by Mrs. Sparkles. There was nothing else left to do other than enjoy the fading light, a few sips of whiskey, the warmth of the fire and the folks sitting around it.
We chose to start the next morn- ing with a 10-mile jaunt up West Canyon which is a dirt road accessed canyon off of the main route. In my opinion, it’s even more beautiful
than the main canyon and there’s lots less people. This turned into a photo shoot of epic proportions as the col- ors popped and our eyes feasted on our surroundings. And then we ped- aled up the canyon to make our ride home a little harder.
In total, we rode about 30 miles. Not what you would put down as an epic bikepacking trip. However, the quick overnighter was exactly what we all needed, a quick escape and a night under the stars. We finished the ride with high fives and vows to do it all again soon.
Nuts and Bolts Snow Canyon State Park is
locate just outside of St. George and offers hiking, cycling and camping. http://stateparks.utah. gov/parks/snow-canyon/
The campground fills up pretty much all year. Reser- vations can be made up to 6 months in advance. http://www. reserveamerica.com/camping/ snow-canyon-state-park/r/facili- tyDetails.do?contractCode=UT& parkId=345781
#s240 – Sub 24 Overnighter referring to quick bikepacking trips that are less than 24 hours long.
Lukas Brinkerhoff blogs about mountain biking and life at mooseknuckleralliance.org.
Blake “Blah-Kae” Mitchel and Joey Sparkles en route to Snow Canyon. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
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Joey Sparkles demonstrates proper salsa bar safety. Photo by Lukas Brinkerhoff
By Howard Shafer
“Howard, I can’t stop!” Jacquette had screamed, careening past me, her bicycle plunging down the mountain road and then disappearing around a curve. We had already pedaled 77 miles and climbed over 9200 feet. With the climbing behind us, we were supposed to be on the easy part, coasting down the far side of Kaiser Pass and looking forward to long, soothing soaks in Mono Hot Springs.
I tried to catch up to her. My bicy- cle pounded over the rough pave- ment. My heart hammered.
“Use your brakes!” I yelled at the empty road, knowing even then how stupid I sounded. A cyclist as experi- enced as my wife needed to be told about braking?
I tore after her, but I could not catch her until I flew around one last curve and found a hulking, black SUV blocking my path. Beyond it, she lay motionless, her bicycle crumpled, her panniers scattered. Let her be alive, I prayed, leaping from my bike and dropping to my knees beside her.
Her right leg bulged where there should be no bulge. One foot dangled at an ugly angle. Rivulets ran from beneath her deathly still body across the black asphalt and pooled at the
edge of the road. My brain could not wrap itself
around what my eyes were seeing. Had I lost forever the woman who had become the heart and center of my life?
That was Saturday, July 20, 2002. Long ago, doctors had straight-
ened and then fused most of her vertebrae together. In 1960, that’s how they treated the unnatural spinal curvature called scoliosis. When they wrapped her torso in that claustro- phobic cast, she had been a twelve- year-old girl. When they finally removed it almost a year later, she discovered, like a beautiful butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, that she had become a woman. Because of her rigid, newly-fused spine, she was never allowed to participate in sports, and until she discovered bicycling, she had just assumed she never could.
A Backroads sponsored bicycle tour through California wine country changed everything. She’d signed up because she wanted to meet new friends after she made the long move from West Virginia to California. Wouldn’t a SAG always be available if the bicycling proved too hard? But already on the very first day, she discovered how much she loved this new sensation of physical exertion as well as the exhilaration she experi- enced with the bike beneath her and
the miles disappearing behind her. She never used the SAG. When she returned home, she began bicycling the twenty miles round trip to work.
The first time we met, we were standing in the food line at a bicycle club Christmas potluck party. She smiled up at me and said I had to try the Chinese salad she’d brought, but when we reached the banquet table, others had already tried every bit of it, and there was none left for us. She claimed this meant she had to make more just for me. Our hon- eymoon was a 500-mile bike ride in the Canadian Rockies. Soon we were taking all our vacations on bicycles.
“I have to bicycle,” she told me. “How would I survive if I gave it up?”
In the hospital, my wife lay tan- gled in the sheets, her right arm trussed in a blue sling and her right leg hidden by a bulging brown cast. Spiked lines glided across a flicker- ing screen on the blue box behind her bed. Her eyelids fluttered, and she managed a weak smile. I could no longer control the tears clouding my vision. That’s when the doctor, frowning at the image of her fused spine on the x-ray before him mut- tered, “She should never have been on a bike in the first place.”
I could not stop the anguish in my heart. Had I not tried to surprise her on our seventh wedding anniver- sary with this foolish trip over the 9176-foot high Kaiser Pass with its narrow and steep roads, she would not now be lying so helplessly in that hospital bed.
Over and over, I relived the night- mare.
Yesterday we had been follow- ing delightful, undulating country roads that rolled uphill out of Fresno, first through cool orchards and then through hills warmed by summer. Our bicycles were loaded down with sleeping bags, clothes, stove, pots and pans, tent, and food, but our spirits soared.
Then everything changed. In the distance ahead, shimmering in the heat, we could see a long gash slic- ing upward across the mountain: the steep 8.5 mile long CA168 grade to Pine Ridge. We got ready for the
climb but were unprepared for the road construction that forced us to share the shoulder of the highway with big SUVs driven by tired and sullen vacationers. Monstrous dump trucks roared past. Giant paving machines spewed hot asphalt. Acrid fumes rose around us. Construction noise reverberated through our brains. The temperature climbed toward one hundred degrees.
Then a truck stopped, and the driver offered us a lift. We accepted gratefully and collapsed, exhaust- ed among a load of plastic cones. He dropped us off at the Buckeye
Heliport at the top of the construction zone, where we had a spectacular view of the city of Fresno far below us. We congratulated ourselves that the nightmare was now behind us. We did not know how prophetic his choice of drop-off site would be.
Later, when we watched the shim- mering gold and orange sunset from our tent on Shaver Lake, everything seemed worth it. We had bicycled fifty miles and climbed 5000 feet.
By mid-afternoon the next day, the temperature had passed one hun- dred degrees again. Pickup trucks pulling speedboats crowded us on the
Resting at the Kaiser Pass Summit. Photo by Howard Shafer
Starting down the far side of Kaiser Pass before the accident. Photo by Howard Shafer
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narrow highway. We reached Kaiser Pass about six in the evening on a steep, one lane road, exhausted again, but elated. We marveled at the view: to the west the rich Central Valley smoky with haze, to the east jagged peaks, below us a quiet lake in a lush meadow.
We took photographs and began the descent. After pausing near the lake, breathing in its stillness and marveling at the beauty of this per- fect bit of nature, we started down again. I was a little ahead.
Then it happened. She came streaking past me out of control. She might have reached fifty miles per hour before meeting the SUV and failing to pass between it and the roadside boulders. Later she insisted her brakes had failed, but the bike was new.
When I reached her, the world seemed to move in slow motion, somebody else’s world, not mine. This was only a dream. Or a night- mare. I unbuckled Jacquette’s shat- tered helmet with shaking hands. Her eyes flickered, and she moaned.
Vehicles began to stack up along the road. Spectators collect- ed. Someone phoned for help. She needed a helicopter, but no helicopter came. As the sun set over the moun- tains, Jacquette began to shiver, but the sleeping bag a good Samaritan donated helped a little. After endless waiting, an ambulance arrived and brought bad news. No helicopter was available that could land at 9000 feet.
So the ambulance carried us forty miles back over Kaiser Pass and down the other side of the mountain to the Buckeye Heliport. Twilight faded. Blackness leaned toward us from all sides. Loaded pickup trucks with blinding headlights whined toward us on the narrow road. We edged around them, teetering on the black edge of nothing.
At the heliport, a helicopter waited, its big rotors whooshing, its fuselage illuminated by the glow of Fresno city lights below us. The EMTs rushed Jacquette into the heli- copter, and with a loud thumping sound, it rose into the blackness and then slid downward toward Fresno.
Jacquette had broken the tibia and fibula above her right ankle and frac- tured her right elbow. She had broken ribs and wrenched her back with its fused vertebrae. But she was alive, and I was grateful. The many direc- tions of the abrasions on her helmet told me she had flipped and bounced more than once, but her head and neck were not injured, and the rivu- lets running down the road were only water from her Camelbak. The doctors pinned her leg together with a rod and screws and secured her elbow with a plate. Because her right side could not bear weight, she had to learn to maneuver a wheelchair using only her left hand and left foot. Unfortunately, little could be done for her wrenched back, and even today, when it does not receive atten- tion, it begins to spasm. Sometimes
she cannot stand up straight. I don’t know what I would do, if
I experienced such a horrific acci- dent, but now I know what Jacquette would do. I also know what she would not do. She would not give up bicycling.
Ten weeks after her accident, she got out of her wheelchair and began riding a stationary bicycle. The next week she hobbled up a trail on crutches to watch her son com- pete in a mountain bike race. Fifteen weeks to the day after her accident she demanded I accompany her on a twelve-mile bike ride. Soon she was bicycling to work again, a round trip that had grown to thirty miles. The next spring she rode the six-day, 480 mile Go Greenbelt! bicycle tour around San Francisco Bay. She rode it again two years later. In 2008 she persuaded me to bicycle 520 miles down the California coast from Los Gatos to San Clemente to visit her
dad. In 2012 we bicycled for a week through the North Cascades on a trip sponsored by Adventure Cycling. Our July wedding anniversary almost always includes a multi-day cycling trip to somewhere. Now, in 2016, she is still looking for new bike riding challenges.
We never learned why she couldn’t stop. A few hours before the accident, she had begun creeping numbly even on the downhills at not much more than five miles per hour. We realized she was exhausted, and we finally stopped for a nap at the side of the road. I’m sure the nap was not enough, and it’s possible exhaustion clouded her thinking. She thought she was braking, but she wasn’t. She refuses to accept this theory, but no one has a better one.
Perhaps the doctor was right. She should never have been on a bicycle in the first place, but she was, and to this day, she still is.
Returning from her son’s mountain bike race with her son, Corey Ward, beside her. Photo by Howard Shafer
Fully recovered, with Adventure Cycling at the top of Washington Pass (WA20 in North Cascades) in 2012. Photo by Howard Shafer
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through the front yard of Grand Teton Brewery (which is across the street from Pioneer Park) before it heads further south into the Teton Springs Golf Course Community. The track twists and turns its way through parts of the 18 hole golf course and fol- lows the hills and contours offering riders a really fun experience. Riding out and back from Fitzgerald’s pro- vides riders with 10 miles of fat bike singletrack! The weekly night rides from the bike shop are a blast and typically make a stop at the brewery to enjoy great beer and company.
Grand Targhee Fat Biking Grand Targhee Ski Resort is
located just across the border in Alta Wyoming and is the first ski resort in the United States to allow fat bikes on their Nordic trails. With 9 miles of Nordic trails and 4 miles of fat bike singletrack to choose from Fat Bikers won’t be disappointed with their rid- ing options at Grand Targhee. The Jolly Green Giant Trail has to be rid- den to be believed. Narrow and wind- ing with banked turns, climbs and descents this trail is what all groomed fat bike singletrack trails should be like. It will leave riders grinning from ear to ear. The Rick’s Basin Nordic Trail is wide and has numerous hill climbs and descents. A ticket for use of the Nordic trails must be pur- chased at the base area of the resort in the Activities Center. For trail infor- mation or lodging call 1-800-353- 2300 or go to GrandTarghee.com
Fat Biking Trail Etiquette It is important for Fat Bikers
to use proper etiquette while rid- ing these groomed trails, particu- larly when riding on trails used also by Nordic skiers. Yield to skiers as needed. Do not ride if conditions are to0 soft and you are leaving a rut. Make sure adjust tire pressure accordingly to reduce chances of leaving unnecessary ruts.
More Fat Biking in the Wydaho Region
Snow Machining is also a popular
winter activity in this region and this works great for Fat Bikers because the Skyliners Motor Club grooms 200 miles of trails in the Big Hole Mountains to the west of the valley. The terrain in the Big Holes is steep and takes riders into remote settings. Fat Bikers will want to wait for snow conditions to be firm or the riding will be very difficult. From high a top these mountains the views looking back across the valley to the east pro- vides unrivaled views of the Tetons.
About 20 minutes east of the town of Ashton, Idaho (about 45 minutes north of Driggs) is the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway. The road is not plowed in winter but is groomed for snow machines and allows fat bikers quick access to views of both the lower and upper Mesa Falls. What can be a crowded place for summer tourists is sure to be almost a private experience for fat bikers wanting to ride the 4 miles up from the south end parking lot to the falls. Starting a few miles further south from the Warm River Campground and following the snow machine tracked old rail road grade along the Warm River provides riders with a scenic pedal for about 3 miles before turning left and join- ing the Mesa Falls Byway directly at the winter parking lot. This should definitely be on you’re list if you are visiting the area.
Approximately one and a half hours to the north of Teton Valley lies Island Park and it’s hundreds of
miles of groomed snow mobile trails. This is the area that Salsa Cycles sponsored athlete Jay Petervary has chosen to put on his fat bike winter ultra-endurance race called the Fat Pursuit (see the Calendar of Events for Details). This should tell you something about how great the rid- ing in this area is. Jay has competed numerous times in both the Iditarod 350 and 1,000 mile in Alaska and the Arrowhead 135 in Minnesota. He has finished first in these events on more than one occasion. If he thinks that the riding in Island Park is good enough for him then it should be good enough for the rest of us. The scenery in this area is spectacular! Be sure to stop into the Ponds Lodge for a drink and meal while visiting this area. Cabin rentals are also available. Call 1-208-558-7221 or go online to The Ponds Lodge in Island Park.
Be Prepared Riders should be prepared when
heading out into the woods in these areas. Bring extra clothing, food, water (or possibly a small stove for melting water) and a bike repair kit in case of a mechanical mishap or a sudden change in the weather. Winter in these areas can be hostile to the unprepared rider. Unlike the groomed trails around Teton Valley and Grand Targhee, riding in the Big Hole mountains or in the Island Park area takes riders into the wilderness very quickly. When riding on snow machine trails riders should have both front and rear blinking lights on their bikes and should have them on both day and night for safety. Stay to the far right when riding on snowmobile trails, avoid using head phones in both ears so you can hear approaching snow machines. Snow machines move much faster than bikes and may not see fat bikers until it is to late to avoid a collision. Wearing brightly colored clothing is also encouraged.
Fat Biking in Harriman State Park
Fat bikers wanting to avoid rid- ing on snow machine trails should check out Harriman State Park locat- ed in Island Park. With 24 miles of groomed Nordic trails to ride on and no snow machines to worry about this State Park is a fat bikers play- ground. Situated along the Henry’s Fork River Harriman is a serene and beautiful place to ride and visitors to the Park can expect to see numerous species of bird life and very likely North America’s largest antlered mammal — the Moose. In addition to the $5 fee for vehicle entry, rid- ers are charged a $5 Winter Access fee which supports Harriman’s trail grooming program.
Fat Biking in the Jackson Hole Valley
Heading over to the Wyoming side of the Teton Range into the Jackson Hole valley gives riders even more options to choose from. The single- track trails in Cache Creek Canyon to the east of down town Jackson offer some of the most entertaining and challenging riding in the area. With so many people walking dogs, snowshoeing, cross country skiing and fat biking the trails in this canyon stay packed down almost all winter long. This is as close to true winter singletrack riding one will find in the region as the trails winter routes follow the same trails mountain bik-
ers enjoy in summer. Be sure to wear your helmet while riding these trails. Fat Bikers looking for a mellower experience can choose to ride along the Snake River on the levy. With great views of the Tetons the levy trail is flat and easy to ride on and offers people the chance to see bird life and maybe a moose along its banks and gravel bars. Riders have the option of heading upstream or downstream.
Fat Biking at Togwotee Pass Driving about an hour to the
north of Jackson is Togwotee Pass (pronounced Toga-tee). The pass sits on the Continental Divide and has
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Descending from Horse Butte near the border of Yellowstone National Park in Montana. Photo by Jamye Chrisman
Riding snowy single track in Cache Creek Canyon near Jackson, Wyoming. Photo by Gary Chrisman
Proper Fat Bike trail etiquette is a must. Photo by Gary Chrisman
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approximately 600 miles of groomed trails in the area. The “Togwotee Winter Classic” fat bike race is held here at the Togwotee Mountain Lodge. The riding in this area is extensive and challenging and offers amazing views of the Absaroka Mountains and the Teton Range to the west. Make sure to grab a map before heading out into this area as the trails are numerous and getting lost is a possibility. Only the most fit, experienced and prepared riders should attempt riding deep into this area. There are many hills, valleys and canyons to navigate and due to its higher elevation rapidly changing weather can be a threat. Beginner and intermediate riders should choose trails and loops that are closer to the lodge and highway. For lodging or trail information call 1-877-975-9094 or go online to Togwotee Mountain Lodge.
Fat Biking in Granite Canyon About 45 minutes south of the
town of Jackson is the entrance to Granite Canyon and at the end of this box canyon is Granite Hot Springs. In the summer months the 10 mile dirt road can be driven by car up to the hot springs but in the winter the road is groomed but not plowed and can only be accessed by over snow travel. To ride to the hot springs on a Fat Bike, soak and ride back out is not to be missed by any adventurous Fat Biker. The road in is a gradual uphill ride which means on the way out it is almost all downhill. Yeehaawww!!! Both snow machines and dog sled tours may be encountered while rid- ing in and out of Granite Canyon. For information about Granite Hot Springs call 1-307-690-6323 or go online.
With all of these different fat bike riding options it easy to see why Wydaho has become the Fat Bike Fun Zone. The winters in the region are the real deal and snow condi- tions can vary from firm and easy to ride on to soft and very challenging. Groomed doesn’t always mean firm and riders visiting this area should always look at the weather and the snow reports detailing recent snow accumulation. If it has snowed 3 feet in the past 3 days it may be better to break out your skis than your fat bike; but if the conditions are right and the snow is firm enough to ride on Wydaho is a fat bikers paradise!
The area is fortunate to have a couple of year round bike shops that specialize in Fat Bike sales, service, rentals and trail information. Fitzgerald’s Bicycles is the areas pre- mier Fat Bike shop and has locations both in Victor Idaho and a new loca- tion opening soon in Jackson Wyo. Call 208-787-2453 to chat with one
of their friendly knowledgeable staff or go online to Fitzgeraldsbicycles. com
Also, Hub Bicycles in Jackson, WY can be reached by calling 307- 200-6144.
Best Fat Bike Rides in Wydaho With so many options to choose
from it’s a little easy to get over whelmed with where and what to ride. The top few rides to choose from in no specific order are:
-Grand Targhee -The South Valley Victor Idaho
trails with a stop at Grand Teton Brewing
-Harriman State Park -Riding to Mesa Falls starting at
the Warm River Campground -Cache Creek Canyon east of
Jackson -Granite Canyon up to Granite
Hot Springs south of Jackson
Gary Chrisman at Upper Mesa Falls near Ashton, Idaho. Photo by Jamye Chrisman
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7 Chase Luettinger 75 8 Adam Seegmiller 71 9 Jack Hibl 59 10 Conner Lacey 50 High School JV Girls 1 Katelyn Williams 200 2 Taylor Perry 170 3 Hadley Peay 150 4 Maggie Ressa 105 5 Grace Jencks 85 6 Mary Barker 57 7 Megan Kitchens 50 8 Anna Castro 45 9 Kendyl Nelson 45 10 Skyler Perry 45 JH Boys 1 Parker Christensen 220 2 Brinsen Rackham 203 3 Luke Heinrich 152 4 Mitt Niederhuaser 139 5 Cade Galbraith 117 6 Andrew Draper 80
7 Colton Desmond 72 8 Connor Nelson 72 9 Henry Larson 70 10 Sam Gibby 56 JH Girls 1 Tess Theurer 77 2 Ali Jensen 50 3 Kylee Middaugh 50 4 Skyler Perry 50 5 Maggie Youngblood 50 6 Bree Burggraaf 45 7 Emalee Carroll 45 8 Siri Ahern 45 9 Brittany Lewis 40 10 Catherine Best 40
Intermountain Cup 2016 Endurance Cross Country Final Series Standings Place, Name, Total Points Elite Men 1 Chris Holley 154 2 Justin Desilets 100 3 Justin Lindine 100 4 Sam Sweetser 75 5 John Osguthorpe 72 6 Keegan Swenson 50 7 Drew Free 45 8 Eivind Roed 45 9 Rob Squire 45 10 Roger Arnell 42 Elite Women 1 KC Holley 190 2 Jen Hanks 95 3 Sofia Gomez Villafane 50 4 Jennifer Wolfrom 40 5 Marlee Dixon 40 6 Meghan Sheridan 40 7 Jackie Kabel 35 Expert Men 19-29 1 Eudoro Guizar 50 1 Parker DeGray 50 1 Preston Yardley 50 2 Hunter Ransom 45 3 Tyler Mullins 40 Expert Men 30-39 1 Michael Hawley 150 2 Robb Parson 50 3 Danny Christensen 45 4 Jared Millington 45 5 Michael Nunez 45 6 Zach Terry 45 7 Russ Sundbeck 40 8 Troy Gorman 40 9 tyler southard 35 10 Ammon Pate 30 Expert Men 40-49 1 John Gill 170 2 Bob Saffell 105 3 Matt Brown 95 4 mick harris 90 5 mark esplin 81 6 Richard Abbott 69 7 Jason Sparks 63 8 Christoph Heinrich 50 9 Scott Crabill 45 10 Lance Hamblin 45 Expert Men 50-59 1 Reed Topham 180 2 james rees 101 3 Gary Gardiner 100 4 steve briley 50 5 Mike Driver 45 6 Scott Stewart 40 7 Dave Smith 40 8 Elden Nelson 40 9 Paul LaStayo 35 10 Tom Eatwell 35 Expert Men 60+ 1 John Lauck 200 2 Lawrence Woolson 130 3 Craig Williams 115 4 Denny Tynan 75 5 Dick Newson 62 6 Joe Benson 48 7 Kevin Johansen 45 8 Rick Morris 24 9 Clyve Cousins 21 Expert Women 1 Kellie Oliver 85 2 Brindi Hansen 80 3 Lyna Saffell 58 4 Anika Heilweil 50 5 Nancy Russell 50 6 Lucy Jordan 50 7 Lisa Nelson 50 8 Amy Thornquist 45 9 Jessica Robinson 45 10 Shirley Leydsman 45 Full - Sport Men 19-39 1 nick peterson 50 2 Matt Wiscombe 50 3 Alex Whetman 50 4 Porter Trapp 45 5 Garrett Gross 45 6 Casey Holladay 40 7 Bridger Wilson 35 Full - Sport Men 40+ 1 Trent Donat 130 2 Mark Davies 57 3 Brian Bowling 50 4 Bren Blackham 50 5 Edward Prince 45 6 Greg Petersen 45 7 Darren Harris 40 8 Russ Jackson 40 9 Erick Araneda 40 10 Andrew Jordan 35 Sport Men 19-29 1 Alex Woolums 50 2 Tyler Harvey 50 3 Parker Williams 50 4 Trevor Smith 45 Sport Men 30-39 1 Jim Balderson 50 2 Ryan Keating 50 3 Stephen Willes 50 4 Ed Johnson 45 5 Taran Hansen 45 6 Jeff Goddard 45 7 Brianna Maxfield 40 8 Jason Ellis 40 9 Stencil Crumbell 40 10 Nate Smith 35 Sport Men 40-49 1 David Hadley 96 2 corey spencer 95 3 Daniel Bowen 75 4 Randy Bisson 65 5 Jack Gage 50 6 Rob Brasher 50 7 David Gengler 50 8 Brandon Pierce 45 9 Raymond Jones 45 10 Jeff Masse 45 Sport Men 50+ 1 David Hadley 96
2 corey spencer 95 3 Daniel Bowen 75 4 Randy Bisson 65 5 Jack Gage 50 6 Rob Brasher 50 7 David Gengler 50 8 Brandon Pierce 45 9 Raymond Jones 45 10 Jeff Masse 45 Sport Women 1 Kelly Scudder 75 2 Lyna Saffell 50 3 Morgan Smyth 50 4 Shirley Leydsman 50 5 Megan Hill 50 6 Jacqueline Concha non 45 7 Tanya Swenson 45 8 Kellie Oliver 40 9 Tina Feoli 40 10 Madalyn Allred 35 Clydesdale (220+ lbs) 1 John Twitchell 95 2 Kevin Perry 50 3 Tate Jensen 50 4 Michael Hertig 45 5 Jonathan Harman 40 6 Aaron Mullins 35 Jr. Boys (Grades 12 & Under) 1 Brinsen Rackham 90 1 Ethan Hadley 83 2 Connor Nelson 54 3 Kade Brasher 50 4 Mason Hansen 50 5 Cameron Larson 50 6 Eli Langeveld 45 7 Ethan Tyler 45 8 Ryder Jordin 45 9 Hayden Johnson 45 10 Ammon Horton 40 Jr. Girls (Grades 12 & Under) 1 Grace Jencks 50 2 Sophie Scothern 50 3 Hattie Ransom 45
LoToJa Classic Road Race, September 10, 2016, Logan, UT Place, Name, Team, Time Men Cat 3/4 1 RYAN OTTLEY LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:18:09.000 2 NATE PACK BRUTE FORCE 09:18:10.000 3 DEREK EDWARDS ZANCONATO RACING 09:18:10.497 4 NATHAN MANWARING TOTAL.CARE 09:18:10.621 5 JUSTIN WAGNER MOUNTAIN VIEW CYCLERY 09:18:10.631 Men Cat 4 1 ANDREW ROBINSON ZONE FIVE RACING 09:25:54.146 2 COLIN GUNN BOUNTIFUL MAZDA CYCLING TEAM 09:25:59.503 3 TONY PETERSON BOUNTIFUL MAZDA CYCLING TEAM 09:26:12.997 4 MATT SCOTT NEBO CYCLING 09:52:36.724 5 JASON BOND ENVE 09:59:25.224 Men Cat 5 – Flt 1 1 JED CHRISTENSEN RED ROCK BICYCLE 1 09:27:14.900 2 EDWARD PRINCE RED ROCK BICYCLE 1 09:27:15.112 3 CURTIS SPRAGG JR RED ROCK BICYCLE 1 09:27:15.873 4 DOUG ALMSTEDT NEBO CYCLING 09:27:16.126 5 RICHARD ANDERSON NEBO CYCLING 09:37:43.855 Men Cat 5 – Flt 2 1 ENOCH PITZER PORCUPINE CYCLING 09:31:39.407 2 JAMES ROBINSON 09:31:39.432 3 S. BRYCE HEINZ SIMPLICITY LASER 09:31:40.234 4 RYAN FOWERS ALCATRAZZ 09:31:40.689 5 MICHAEL PRICE ALCATRAZZ 09:31:43.680 Men Cat 5 – Flt 3 1 MARK SMITH LRC/WASATCH 09:35:04.901 2 CURTIS COLE 09:48:56.030 3 JEREMY DUSTIN LOGAN RACE CLUB B 09:48:57.610 4 ADAM WALTER BRO-STACHES 09:49:07.184 5 KEVIN TURNEY FFKR - CONTENDER RACING 09:56:56.982 Men Master 35+A 1 TOM BAIRD TEAM BILL’S BIKE AND RUN 09:07:15.852 2 THOMAS PITCHER PREMIER CREDIT 09:07:16.251 3 BRYAN REID RA RACING APPAREL REK RACING 09:07:17.265 4 DREW NEILSON LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:07:17.846 5 JEFF BEAUMONT MONSTER MEDIA RACING 09:07:28.793 Men Master 35+ B – Flt 1 1 MARSHALL STANCLIFT ZONE FIVE RACING GREEN 09:20:11.518 2 BILLY RAPPLEYE ZONE FIVE RACING GREEN 09:20:12.556 3 RYAN SMITH ZONE FIVE RACING GREEN 09:20:12.810 4 BRET CAMPBELL HEGLAR CREEK FARMS 09:20:13.386 5 NATHAN CAZIER RIDEBIKER ALLIANCE 09:20:14.919 Men Master 35+ B – Flt 2 1 DONALD LARSON TEAM REEL 09:13:56.499 2 MICHAEL TWOHIG LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:13:57.013 3 MICHAEL MCDONALD RED BURRO RACING 09:13:57.235 4 TOBY BINGHAM TEAM REEL 09:13:58.401 5 RICK MILLER INTERMOUNTAIN LIVE WELL P/B BOUNTIFUL BICYCLE 09:13:59.093 Men Master 35+ B – Flt 3 1 SHANE PETERSEN OLD MILL RACING 09:45:05.713 2 DAN MILLS OLD MILL RACING 09:45:05.774 3 STEVE HADLEY PORCUPINE CYCLING 09:45:06.510 4 DWIGHT RASMUSSEN OLD MILL RACING 09:45:19.497 5 DAREN CAMPBELL ZONE FIVE RACING BLUE 09:51:21.483 Men Master 45+ A 1 PHILL MAI TEAM FREMONT 09:16:49.397 2 MARK LARSEN TEAM REDROCK 09:16:50.396 3 ROB VAN KIRK CT VELO 09:33:32.106 4 JUSTIN SPARHAWK LOOK! SAVE A LIFE 09:33:33.899 5 JUSTIN GIBSON ROAD RESPECT 09:37:18.719 Men Master 45+ B – Flt 1 1 DREW VAN BOERUM TEAM TOSH 09:32:59.040 2 CURTIS MADSEN AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION / BIKERS EDGE 09:32:59.307 3 VERNON FITCH ORBITALATK 09:32:59.656 4 TIM HANSON ZONE FIVE RACING 09:33:06.556 5 MIKE JOHNSON TEAM TOSH 09:33:07.900 Men Master 45+ B – Flt 2 1 PETER MAZZILIANO WESTLAKE CYCLERY-TREK 09:50:14.897 2 DAVE HIGHAM TRES ABUELOS 09:50:15.487
3 JOSEPH CAMIRE LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:50:15.982 4 ANTHONY ANSTINE LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:50:16.400 5 LARS MORRIS A BLOC 09:50:16.536 Men Master 55+ 1 MARK SCHAEFER MAD DOG RACING 09:42:21.578 2 MIKE STENSRUD MINNEAPOLIS BICYCLING RACING CLUB ( MBRC) 09:56:03.390 3 FABIAN ESPOSITO LOGAN RACE CLUB 09:56:10.473 4 BRIAN DAVIS SPIDER BAIT CYCLING 09:56:11.603 5 C. JOE BUSBY 10:07:27.842 Men Master 60+ 1 LARRY PETERSON BOUNTIFUL MAZDA CYCLING TEAM 10:10:07.611 2 TOM BURRIDGE SCHELLER’S RACING TEAM 10:10:08.032 3 ELTON REID FFKR VELOSPORT RACING 10:10:08.120 4 KOLIN VANCE CARRIE DRIVE CYCLING 10:10:08.205 5 SCOTT KELLER KELLER 10:20:09.926 Men Pro, Cat 1/2/3 1 IRA SORENSEN CANYON BICYCLES / CANYON BICYCLES-SHIMANO-SPECIALIZED 08:55:59.892 2 CLINTON MORTLEY INTERMOUNTAIN LIVE WELL P/B BOUNTIFUL BICYCLE 08:56:00.567 3 ROGER ARNELL TEAM ENDURANCE 360 08:56:00.692 4 WILL HANSON SKI CITY CYCLING TEAM 08:56:01.008 5 DARREN GOFF LIVEWELL P/B HARRISTONE 08:56:01.410 Mens/Womens Open 1 DAVID COX HALF FAST 10:50:50.318 2 WENDY PABICH BLUE LOTUS FOUNDATION 11:00:39.876 3 HARRY BAJAKIAN SIMALFA 11:46:41.423 4 DARREN GILMORE SIMALFA 11:46:41.593 5 MONIKA GILMORE SIMALFA 11:46:57.205 Race Tandem 1 DWAINE ALLGIER ZANCONATO RACING 09:37:02.752 2 SHANE DANGERFIELD BOUNTIFUL MAZDA CYCLING TEAM 09:37:04.222 3 DON WILLIAMS BONNEVILLE CYCLING CLUB 12:35:03.695 Ride Men 15+ 1 EDWARD SMART MILLCREEK WARRIORS 09:45:37.204 2 HARRISON RYLANT PAPER ST. SOAP CO. 11:15:22.707 3 ETHAN HOJ HOJ 11:21:28.708 4 MATTHEW JENSON AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION / BIKERS EDGE 12:19:49.934 5 TYLER METTEN ARE WE THERE YET? 12:32:47.688 Ride Men 25+ - Flt 1 1 SEAN BEATY GOLDMAN SACHS 10:35:10.599 2 SIMON KELLY GOLDMAN SACHS 10:44:51.328 3 CHARLES SMART MILLCREEK WARRIORS 10:47:30.857 4 CHRIS HARMON MILLCREEK WARRIORS 10:47:30.871 5 MICHAEL ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 10:51:54.214 Ride Men 25+ - Flt 2 1 MARK ENGIBOUS 10:08:08.285 2 JEFF LOGAN SPARE TIRES 10:31:11.577 3 RYAN BROWN 12:01:03.783 4 JONATHAN TANNER SPARE TIRES 12:01:59.475 5 JD SUTTON SPARE TIRES 12:09:01.297 Ride Men 35+ - Flt 1 1 STEPHEN DORMAN MVP CYCLING 10:26:26.865 2 DEVIN LIMB YOUNIQUE 11:05:31.768 3 JOHN JONES SIERRA RACING 11:14:24.648 4 KRIS KAUFMAN INTERMOUNTAIN LIVE WELL P/B BOUNTIFUL BICYCLE - B 11:22:27.381 5 BRANDON GORDON TEAM KYANI - HHH 11:35:29.405 Ride Men 35+ - Flt 2 1 JAMES GREENBAUM 10:52:40.505 2 CHAD NELSON ONURLEFT 11:02:49.599 3 BRYAN EVENSEN K PHOTOGRAPHY 11:08:16.447 4 SPENCER LAW LAW BROTHERS INC 11:09:21.668 5 LEIF LAW LAW BROTHERS INC 11:09:29.342 Ride Men 35+ - Flt 3 1 JUSTIN PITCHER HAM N CHEESE 10:35:24.226 2 JOSH KENYON SPOKE AND WHEEL BIKE SHOP 10:53:33.012 3 ANDREW LILLIAN UTAHBICYCLELAWYERS.COM B 11:00:16.556 4 TOD CRANE UTAHBICYCLELAWYERS.COM B 11:00:16.616 5 CRAIG COLYAR PEOPLE’S INTERMOUNTAIN BANK 11:06:08.496 Ride Men 35+ - Flt 4 1 SPENCER WILLIAMS BRETT RASMUSSEN 10:35:57.551 2 NEIL MANVILLE 10:47:37.062 3 LAYNE CLARKE CRAMMERS 10:57:26.217 4 TODD BAIRD CRAMMERS 10:57:26.271 5 PAUL HADLOCK HUNTSMAN HOMETOWN HEROES 11:17:12.580 Ride Men 35+ - Flt 5 1 ANDREW ROBERTSON E-Z RIDERS 10:51:56.568 2 BRIAN HARRIS E-Z RIDERS 11:55:42.892 3 ANDREW PATTEN THIN AIR CYCLES 11:58:17.259 4 SVEN MILLER RIDERS ON THE STORM 12:05:03.560 5 JARVIS HOFHINES WASATCH CONTROLS 12:15:27.970 Ride Men 45+ - Flt 1 1 BRET WHITESIDES HARMONS 10:35:41.344 2 MICHAEL STONE WESTSIDE RACING 10:42:53.410 3 JAMES BONNY WESTSIDE RACING 10:47:59.504 4 MATTHEW BELL 2 POTATO 11:12:30.259 5 CURT LABELLE HUNTSMAN HOMETOWN HEROES 11:21:07.085 Ride Men 45+ - Flt 2 1 KENT GUNNELL SPUDMAN 10:40:01.505 2 PAUL BOWMAN MR. BIG BOOTY 11:06:49.378 3 STEVEN JOHNSON TEAM SR 11:29:25.023 4 RICHARD LUDLOW TEAM SR 11:29:25.047 5 PAUL MATHEWSON AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION / BIKERS EDGE 11:51:12.878 Ride Men 45+ - Flt 3 1 KEITH GREENWOOD GREENWOOD 10:29:59.225 2 RONALD GREENWOOD GREENWOOD 10:29:59.439 3 GEORGE FOLLIS 10:46:41.389 4 TYLER REES ZONE FIVE RACING 11:02:57.086 5 SEAN PETERS BOHEMIAN CYCLING TEAM 11:06:40.298 Ride Men 55+ 1 KENNY HULSE 10:26:34.262 2 JAMES GRIMM DTA4SIGHT 11:05:25.731 3 BRAD SHEPHERD BONNEVILLE BREWERY 11:06:59.518 4 LANCE SEMBA CTVELO/BOYDS WHEELS 11:26:19.406 5 DOUG BARTON HUNTSMAN HOMETOWN HEROES 11:26:19.682 Ride Men 60+ 1 PAUL ENGIBOUS 10:56:06.872 2 WALTER SARCLETTI HRDCORCNTY4 11:54:22.869 3 MARK LEWIS NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER 11:55:11.297 4 ROB BERMAN HUNTSMAN HOMETOWN HEROES 12:03:39.308 5 W. KENT EGGLESTON 12TH STREET PHARMACY 12:04:00.514 Ride Tandem 1 JOHN SIEVERTS SIEVERTS 7 11:55:43.739 2 LISA NEUBERT NEUBIE EXPRESS 12:23:50.384 3 JULIE GODDERIDGE GODDERIDGE 12:31:14.022 4 ADAM SUTTLEMYRE CITYWORKS 12:31:55.307 5 LAUREN BARROS VIINMOBA 12:38:34.631 Ride Women 25+ 1 KELSEY WEBB TEAM CYCOLOGY 12:46:54.535 2 SOPHIA CATTEN UINTAH BASIN MEDICAL CENTER 12:59:16.610 3 JESSYKA LARSON COLUMBIA HOOD 13:03:31.460 Ride Women 35+ 1 JOANNA WILLIAMS WILLIAMS 11:50:21.104 2 LAURA RIDLEY ENVE COMPOSITES 11:50:35.693 3 KRISTY STRATTON NEBO CYCLING 12:21:09.211
4 KATY HALL THE BIKE SHOPPE 12:21:26.429 5 KIM LABRUM UINTAH BASIN MEDICAL CENTER 12:59:16.985 Ride Women 45+ 1 VANESSA JAMIAS 11:01:39.899 2 KAREN WILLIAMS 11:50:53.440 3 LYNETTE SHUPE BENT CRANKS 11:59:01.355 4 BECKY HEATON THE BIKE SHOPPE 12:21:26.457 5 AMANDA WRIGHT WILLPOWER 12:29:26.685 Women Cat 4 1 SUMMER DUNN PORCUPINE CYCLING 10:08:12.622 2 JULIE SPEIRS SPEIRSX2 10:18:12.696 3 JEN KIMBALL 10:18:51.881 4 KRISTA SMITH PORCUPINE CYCLING 10:20:25.685 5 AMANDA ERICKSON 10:25:07.664 Women Master 35+ 1 SHELLY MAUGHAN STRONG WHEELED 10:18:52.508 2 ELLIE HIRSHBERG TEAM TOSH P/B HYPERTHREADS 10:25:02.321 3 CHELSEA WOOD TEAM TOSH P/B HYPERTHREADS 10:25:02.352 4 KIMBERLY LAWSON MAKAIYAND 11:20:20.605 5 BROOKE JEFFS FITZGERALDS RACE TEAM 11:22:29.600 Women Master 45+ 1 CELESTE LILJENQUIST BLOODBATHANDBEYOND 10:18:52.518 2 STEPHANIE LIDDLE EAGLE ROCK CYCLING 10:20:18.951 3 LOUISA LARSON UNATTACHED 10:31:47.751 4 LARA SPARHAWK GEORGE’S TWENTY16 10:35:51.273 5 STACEY BRICKSON BRICKO’S DRAFTERS 10:39:28.466 Women Pro, Cat 1/2/3 1 MARCI KIMBALL TEAM TOSH P/B HYPERTHREADS 10:08:10.284 2 MARY EMERSON TEAM TOSH P/B HYPERTHREADS 10:25:00.828
Harvest Moon Criterium, September 17, 2016, Ogden, UT Place, Name, Team, Time Cat 4 Women 1 Nina Wade Zanconato 26:47:00 2 Maria Oblad 26:49:00 3 Lorri Zenoni Project HERO Utah 26:49:00 4 Jeni Otterson 26:50:00 5 Bridget Towers Alcatrazz 27:51:00 6 Jamie Hollingsworth Team Cycle Progression 27:52:00 Pro 1/2/3 Women 1 Shanin Miller Canyon Bicycle Shimano 28:58:00 2 Ali Knutson Plan7 28:58:00 Cat 3 Men 1 Weston Woodward Intermountain LiveWell 44:41:00 2 Casey Nielsen Livewell 44:46:00 3 Liam ODonnell Cicada 44:46:00 4 Preston Weeks SBR 44:47:00 5 Andrew Love Zone 5 44:47:00 6 Zach Alta 44:47:00 7 Aaron Temple ActiveYards 44:47:00 8 Mark Otterson Zanconato 45:04:00 9 Mark Miller Canyon Bicycles Shimano 45:07:00 10 Connor Barrett Canyon Bicycles Shimano 45:07:00 Cat 4 Men 1 Justin Belliveau AFCU 34:20:00 2 Alex Whitney AFCU 34:20:00 3 Mike Oblad Porcupine 34:20:00 4 Chad Curtis 34:21:00 5 Lopez Xavier 34:21:00 6 Stephen Rogers Zone 5 34:22:00 7 Henry Cay 34:22:00 8 Ellis Perkins CT Velo 34:22:00 9 Scott Johnston Zone 5 34:22:00 10 TJ Stone A Bloc Cycling 34:22:00 Cat 5 Men 1 Alex Fuentes 27:43:00 2 Don Christensen AFCU 27:48:00 3 John Hughes Elko Velo 27:52:00 4 Mark Ellis Zone 5 27:52:00 5 Ross Weaver Bike Shoppe 27:52:00 6 Scott Hoffman 27:52:00 7 Curtis Cole Bikers Edge 27:52:00 8 Alan Madsen AFCU 27:53:00 9 Cagle Cole AFCU 27:53:00 10 Dean Zenoni Project HERO Utah 28:52:00 Pro 1/2/3 Men 1 Michael Wilcox Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:17:00 2 Ira Sorensen Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:18:00 3 Joe Water Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:18:00 4 Cortlan Brown Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:18:00 5 Steve Albrect Ski City 57:19:00 6 Bryce Olsen Intermountain LiveWell 57:19:00 7 Trevor Jackson Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:27:00 8 Nate Barnes Canyon Bicycles Shimano 57:55:00 9 Ian Skurnik Plan7 57:56:00 10 Justin Lindine Apex NBX Trek 57:57:00
Snowbird Hill Climb, September 24, 2016, Snowbird, UT Place, Overall Place, Name, Team, Time Men 15-18 1 16 Jefferies Ezra ffkr 54:33.8 2 31 Pellmann Julian 57:51.7 Men 20-29 1 1 Squire Rob 48:46.1 2 2 Rehm Trevor 50:21.9 3 3 Park Griffin Mad dog cycles 50:35.9 4 5 Bromley Josh Contender 51:35.2 5 42 Allgier Ian 1:00:46.5 6 47 Clapier Jess 1:01:33.2 7 54 Anderson Chris 1:03:40.4 8 71 Klepzig Jordan 1:11:32.2 9 78 Rogerson Taylor 1:16:15.1 Men 30-39 1 4 Gaudet Jesse 50:38.8 2 6 Hall Andrew Salt Lake Tri Club 51:45.6 3 7 Johnson Spencer Spider Bait 52:04.3 4 14 Catino Erme 53:40.2 5 19 Brooks Ben VCBO 54:49.6 6 26 Snyder Matt 56:31.2 7 32 Chenoweth Chad 58:12.4 8 35 Law Spencer LAW BROTHERS INC. 58:47.2 9 37 Erskine Dustin Na 59:45.2 10 41 Hawke Britt Hawke Inc. 1:00:37.4 11 44 Amirault Dave 1:01:01.3 12 46 Peterson Jacob 1:01:29.4 13 48 William Spencer Eternal Life 1:01:42.1 14 50 Bokinskie Jimmy 1:02:40.7 15 56 Stoddard Jonathan 1:03:49.8 16 65 Sackley Michael 1:08:01.1 17 75 Ethington JD 1:14:04.1 18 81 Brenenstall Jeff 1:22:11.6 Men 40-49 1 8 Allgjer Dwaine Zanconato Racing 52:13.7 2 9 Kirk Tyler 52:23.7 3 12 DalCanto Richard Canyon Bicycles 53:10.5 4 13 Clinger Shane 53:13.5 5 15 Phillips Jeff 54:00.1 6 17 DalCanto Albert Canyon Bicycles 54:37.1 7 18 Adams Tom BINGHAM CYCLERY PEAK FASTENERS 54:46.4 8 24 Thorne Tom Bingham’s 55:30.7 9 25 Nedelec Antoine 56:21.8 10 30 Marine Nate 57:47.4 11 33 Gee Bryan Plan7 DS Cycling Team 58:17.7 12 34 Bergen Stephen 58:20.6 13 43 Christian Gary 1:00:50.0 14 49 Smith Kevin 1:02:28.2 15 63 Vest John Team Pundar 1:06:09.5 16 74 Stoeger Joey 1:13:50.7 17 77 Clarke Sam Long Run Electrolytes 1:16:06.9 18 80 Ethington Jared 1:20:25.3 19 87 Law Jeff 1:28:19.7
Men 50-59 1 10 Chauner Edward Miduole 52:27.2 2 11 Wilson Brad Zone 5 Racing 53:09.8 3 20 Pellmann Todd 54:53.3 4 28 Fogarty Michael 57:06.1 5 29 Topham Reed Bingham Cyclery Peak Fasteners 57:35.4 6 38 Goodson Talley 59:50.1 7 39 OConnor Dennis CTS (Carmichael Training System 59:56.0 8 45 Winner Todd Bingham peak fasteners 1:01:25.4 9 51 Thomas Jamie 1:02:54.7 10 52 Jarrett Alan 1:03:14.2 11 53 Messick Mark 1:03:28.4 12 57 Bloomquist Bart 1:04:37.4 13 61 Kannapel John 1:05:50.9 14 64 Fisher Sam Cloverly Cranks 1:06:32.2 15 67 Adams Bart 1:10:04.2 16 72 Floden Magnus 1:11:46.8 17 83 Chapman Gregory Team C4C 1:23:53.2 18 85 Lyne John Logan Race Club 1:24:46.7 19 88 Hogg David 1:29:08.6 20 89 Heslop Fred 1:31:05.3 Men 60-69 1 27 Hillyard David 56:59.3 2 36 Handwerk Jeff Contender 59:13.7 3 58 Hansen Peter 1:04:47.2 4 60 Jacobs Russell 1:05:50.3 5 76 Crouse Irvin 1:14:48.2 6 86 Jellick Barry 1:25:21.3 7 90 Crawford Alfred 1:38:33.7 8 91 Goodman Karl 1:41:13.4 Men 70-74 1 59 Haney John 1:04:51.2 Men 75-80 1 93 Chambers Bill Summit Velo 1:57:49.7 Women 20-29 1 55 Hoffman Natasha 1:03:41.0 Women 30-39 1 22 Nalder Breanne Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling 55:04.4 2 40 Tittensor Nicole Jans/Scott/Reynolds 1:00:13.0 3 62 Coyle Brittany 1:06:08.4 4 70 Spencer Abbie 1:10:58.9 5 82 Yates Shannan 1:22:17.8 6 84 Law Rachel 1:24:32.0 Women 40-49 1 21 Perry Anne Canyon Bicycles-Shimano 54:59.2 2 23 DalCanto Pam 55:12.5 3 73 Wullner Carri 1:12:17.2 4 79 Estrada Lori 1:17:25.7 Women 50-59 1 66 Rogers Dawn 1:09:32.5 Women 60-69 1 68 Beacco Mary 1:10:21.3 Women 70+ 1 92 Berge Melinda Summit Velo 1:49:30.1 City Creek Bike Sprint, October 8, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT Place, Name, Time Men 10-14 1 Kayden Burton 59:47.9 Men 15-19 1 Marco Zanetti 34:26.0 Men 20-29 1 Dalton Bartholomew 30:01.8 2 John Muhs 33:24.9 3 Jake Edgington 35:43.3 4 Daniel King 41:09.9 5 ryan harris 59:48.7 Men 30-39 1 Bonn Turkington 22:27.0 2 shaun johnson 22:46.8 3 Andrew Hall 22:49.5 4 Zach Heuscher 23:43.2 5 Erme Catino 23:59.3 6 Morten Pedersen 24:13.9 7 Chad Chenoweth 25:35.4 8 Adam Alba 30:30.9 9 Solomon Brumbaugh 30:34.6 10 Randall King 32:06.6 11 Devon Barber 33:16.7 12 Heber Slabbert 39:46.2 13 Richard Ferguson 43:03.1 14 Jarod Hall 44:24.2 Men 40-49 1 Jeff Phillips 23:37.5 2 Antoine Nedelec 25:04.8 3 Tom Thorne 25:08.2 4 John Vest 28:53.4 5 Billy Tenhagen 30:04.0 6 Christian Pedersen 30:11.6 Men 50-59 1 Ian Skurnik 24:08.0 2 Mark Messick 26:42.6 3 Bob Zanetti 29:11.9 4 James Waljer 47:53.9 Men 60+ 1 David Hillyard 26:21.9 2 Paul Ericksen 37:13.4 3 alfred crawford 38:15.4 4 Bruce Birch 39:18.6 Women 20-29 1 Camila Esposito 32:13.1 22 Women 30-39 1 Beth Pedersen 39:25.3 2 Angel Lange 47:47.6 3 Kori Renwick 48:26.8 Women 40-49 1 Elizabeth Rooklidge 34:38.1 2 Julee Barrett 35:58.2 Women 50-59 1 Neva Lewis 44:20.3
Utah Cyclo-Cross Series Race 1, September 10, 2016, West Valley City, UT Place, Name, Team, Time Men B 1 Connor Barrett Canyon Bicycles Shimano 40:29.1 2 Weston Shirey Sponsor Me 41:09.9 3 Parker DeGray Go-Ride.com 41:13.0 4 Preston Weeks TurboSports 41:45.1 5 Kirk Campbell SaltCycle-Intelitechs 41:49.8 Masters 45+ 1 Mark Fisher KUHL 39:08.8 2 Michael Raemisch P-Town Cross/Bikers Edge 39:38.2 3 Scott Allen Canyon Bicycles 39:41.5 4 Jay Burke White Pine Touring/JAMS 39:42.0 5 David Wood KUHL 40:11.6 Masters 35+ B 1 Michael Rollins TOSH/Hyperthreads 41:22.8 2 Chris Peters Endurance Cycle Service 41:47.5 3 Zac Brown Go-Ride.com/Plan7 DS 41:48.5 4 Eric Bunce Endurance cycle service 41:55.7 5 Grant Crowell Rouleur Devo p/b DNA Cycling 43:17.4 Junior 15-18 1 Joseph Kresge 42:48.5 2 Nathan Eppley 46:04.8 3 Everett Peterson Cache Valley MTB 46:24.5 4 Dallin Barlett Velosport Racing UT FFKR 47:28.4 5 Joshua Gilbert 47:28.8 6 Jackson Telford P-Town Cross-Bikers Edge n-1Lap Women Singlespeed 1 Tiffany SCHWARTZ Elite Endurance 42:28:00 Women Masters 1 Jackie PETERSON Cache Valley HSMTB 51:54:00 Women C 1 Johanna WHITEHEAD 52:30:00 2 Lisa Fitzgerald 3 Caprise SATTERFIELD Infinite 4 Linda LASTAYO KUHL 5 Lara Fisher KUHL
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6 Steffany GRECO Women B 1 Nancy RUSSELL TOSH 45:52:00 2 Trista Winder Canyon cycles 47:43:00 3 Megan Archer Cycle-Smart Grassroots Team 49:11:00 4 Summer Perry 5 Monique SIMONE Bingham’s Cyclery 6 Angela HOWE Plan7 Juniors 11-14 1 Luke HEINRICH KUHL 42:24:00 2 Sage VENZ P-Town 43:33:00 3 Peter Stack Kuhl 45:08:00 4 Mitt Niederhauser P-Town/Biker’s Edge 48:20:00 5 Stewart Harris X-Men 48:28:00 Women A 1 Ali Knutson SaltAir Cross Fever 03:34.8 2 Amy Thornquist Kuhl 3 Jackie Baker Dose SLC 4 Meghan Sheridan Bingham Cyclery Men Singlespeed 1 Steve Wasmund Saturday Cycles 57:05:00 2 AJ Turner SK 58:14.9 3 Spencer Maughran SBR Cycles 01:29.2 4 T Telford P-Town Cross-Bikers Edge 01:30.8 5 David Haak Cutthroat Racing 02:22.2 Men A 1 Mark FLIS Squadra Flying Tigers 57:43.4 2 Kevin Day Endurance360 57:43.8 3 Josh WHITNEY Evol Racing 58:07.4 4 Jeff Bender Kuhl Bender Bros Cycling 58:10.4 5 Thomas Bender KUHL Clothing/Bender 58:11.2 Masters 35+ A 1 Kevin Nelson P-Town/Bikers Edge 2 Seth Bradley DNA Cycling 3 Paul Solomon LPI 4 Ryan Clayton 5 Jason Olsen P-Town Bikers Edge Mens 55+ 1 Barry Makarewicz Ski Utah 42:31.0 2 Jeff Flick KUHL 43:03.1 3 Miguel Payan P-Town Biker’s Edge 45:49.7 4 Asa E Kelley Contender 46:39.8 5 Jay Boniface RMCC 47:39.5 Men C 1 Michael Szczesny 44:41.3 2 Elliott Bueler SaltCycle-Intelitechs 45:59.7 3 Micah Foster 47:47.3 4 Nicholas Francis 47:58.7 5 Joel Sehloff White Pine Touring 48:18.7 Men 35C 1 Patrick Batten White Pine Racing p/b JANS. com 46:02.9 2 Dayne Hassett 46:54.6 3 Brad Sparlin Stay Park City 47:21.4 4 Joseph Albano 47:58.8 5 Jeff Wootton Rooster Biker’s Edge 48:38.9 Clydesdale 1 Pat Hurley 47:57.7 2 Alex Whitney P-Town/Bikers Edge 49:48.4 3 Calvin Cahoon CarbSport 55:52.4 4 Bryan Cooper utahmountianbiking.com 48:11.1
Utah Cyclo-Cross Series Race 2, September 24,