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Spring is in the air andcyclists are back on the streets.For months now, our 15 inchesoff to the side of the road havebeen snowed, iced and plowedin. But, April showers bringMay flowers – and flashes ofcolor from passing cyclist's jer-seys.

Spring also brings the oppor-tunity to recruit one more full-time automobile driver to theincredible world of the bike: astransportation, speed machine,and off-road vehicle. To supportthis effort in Salt Lake City wehave BIKE WEEK! Theseevents are for all abilties andages from commuters to kids toweekend warriors to racingjunkies.

Cycle Salt Lake Week is May11 – 18, 2002. The week kicksoff with the UTA Bike Bonanzaand the RMCC Pioneer ParkCriterium. Both events takeplace May 11th at Pioneer Parkfrom 1:00 – 6:00 pm. TheCriterium will have race classesfor men, women, and children ofall abilities. The UTA BikeBonanza is family oriented andincludes bicycle demos, safetyclinics, relay races, helmet give-aways and free food. New thisyear is the CYCLE ART BicycleSculpture Contest. All aspiringartists are invited to use thebicycle medium to create silly,thoughtful, awe-inspiring, orcompletely abstract sculptures tobe judged and displayed at theUTA Bike Bonanza.

On May 13th join theBonneville Bicycle Touring Clubon a Historic Bicycle Tour ofDowntown Salt Lake City. Thegroup meets in Memory Groveat 6 pm for an all abilities ridethrough downtown. Plan dinneraround this trip and you’ll beappropriately located to samplethe best of Salt Lake City’srestaurants and social halls.

The annual Mayor’s Bike toWork Day will be Thursday,May 16th. Meet on theNortheast Corner of LibertyPark at 7:30 am to ride to workwith Mayor Rocky Anderson. Ifyou can’t make the park, youcan join the police escortedcommuters on their way or justmeet at the City and CountyBuilding. Plan on an 8:00 ambreakfast, prize raffle, and achance to chat with RockyAnderson before finishing yourbicycle commute to work.Whether or not you plan on rid-ing with the Mayor, ride to workthis day and you’ll see how fastand easy a bike can make your

By Thomas Cooke

I realize that not everyonewho picks up a copy of CyclingUtah is a bicycle racer (yet). Sofor all you folks who think usracers are crazy for zippingaround at 30 mph in largegroups, sometimes inches awayfrom each other and a few feetaway from the hard and dirtyreality of the pavement, thisstory is not meant to scare youaway. This story is intended todraw you in. The honest truth isbike racing is dangerous. If youare an avid road racer, at somepoint you will fall, get road rashand break stuff on your bike.Expensive stuff, unfortunately.The cheap stuff lasts forever.The most amazing thing is youget back up and you can’t waitto get out there again as if itnever happened. There areexceptions, of course.Sometimes it’s not so easy to getup.

Last summer, in the BoiseTwilight Criterium, a race thathas the reputation of being anannual blood bath of sorts, localcategory 1 roadie RyanLittlefield and myself were merepawns in a crash that took downat least 20 riders. It is hard todescribe what it is like whenyou are leaning your bike overin a corner at 35 mph and some-one somewhere not even thatclose to you loses his wheel. Iremember feeling like a wavewas coming at me. A wave ofbodies and bikes and all I couldthink to do was lean into thewave to try to resist. I rememberseeing sparks as bikes scrapedalong the pavement. When Istood up, there were a few guys

on the ground rolled up like bee-tles. I think my bike was about100 yards away from where Iwas looking for it. Some specta-tor was holding my front wheelbetween his knees for leverage,trying to straighten my handle-bars, as if I might grab it and tryto get back in the race, which Idid, only to find out a half laplater that my fork was broken.

Ryan and I were standing onthe side of the course as the racewent on. I don’t know what hewas thinking, but the calculatorin my head was adding up thedamage; his Campy carbon shiftlever was ground down toalmost nothing. My fork wasbroken, as well as a pedal thatsnapped off right at the axle.And those were only the things Icould see in the dark. It tookabout 3 hrs and a few pitchers ofbeer before the adrenalin woreoff. Just about the time I wasready to start whining about howuncomfortable the road rashwould be for the next few days(peeling yourself away from thesheets the first morning after acrash is like going through thecrash all over again except ithappens in slow motion), itdawned on me that both Ryanand myself walked away fromthat crash. There were a dozenguys who couldn’t walk away.Some of them were carried.

A few Tuesday nights ago,there was a big crash out at ourweekly Rocky MountainRaceways training race. We allsaw two comrades go down alittle harder than the others, andtheir injuries were much moreserious than the ones suffered byRyan and I at last year’s BoiseTwilight. They didn’t get up and

walk away. Two experiencedmembers of our racing commu-nity took the long expensive rideto the hospital. I am not going topreach about the many factorsthat contributed to that unfortu-nate crash. The proverbial deadhorse has been beaten silly to apulp and as a result, some majorchanges have been implementedto ensure that racing remains assafe as it can be out there on therace track. In my mind, it’s likethe first bit of snow we get everyyear; not really a big storm interms of Utah weather, but youalways see the worst accidentson those days. People forget.Well folks, it’s not the beginningof the season anymore. The cob-webs should be cleared andrusty bike handling skills shouldnow be honed and polished. Toall the rookies out there, eventu-ally it will happen to you. Youwill crash and experience whatwe all have experienced at onetime or another; picking bits ofgravel and sand from that openwound on your hip, or having anurse at the Emergency Roomput the wire brush and Betadineto your forearm. Just hope whenit happens to you, that’s all it is.To Mark and Mike, we’ll seeyou both out there in a fewweeks, I hope!

Editor’s note: Thomas is acategory 1 road racer andsales rep. in the bike industry.

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By Ron Georg

Although no one has actuallycounted the bicycles strapped toSUV roofs tooling into Moab anygiven season, it's safe to say thenumber is in the six-figure range.And Moab's bike shops enjoygood relations, but actual sales arebusiness secrets--still, we knowbicycling is a multi-million dollarindustry in this small town.

So, it would seem safe toassume that the bike communitywields political clout in GrandCounty. You would figure thatMoab is on the cutting edge ofadvocacy, that cyclists‚ rightswould flow forth like proclama-tions from Delphi. You wouldhope that you could come to town,park your car, and feel right athome with your funny shorts andtap shoes.

Unfortunately, none of that istrue. Cyclists weren't invited toMoab- we invaded. A large portionof the population uses the word"sprockethead" as a pejorative. Alocal four-wheeler sports thephrase "Sprocket Terror" on itsbug guard.

Take a ride downtown, onMoab's historic Main Street, forproof. Bicycles are banned fromthe sidewalks. The ample shoul-ders on Main Street are used forparking; car doors open into theright lane of traffic. Main Street isalso Highway 191, a major north-south shipping route. Instead oftrying to discourage that use, theUtah Department ofTransportation does everything itcan to accommodate eighteen-wheelers, including timing Moab'straffic lights so that local cross-

traffic, pedestrians, and cyclists alllose out to keep commerce rolling.

Of course, Moab's known asMountain Bike Mecca, not a com-muter haven. The next assumption,that local cyclists focus their advo-cacy energy on trails, would alsobe wrong. The only InternationalMountain Bicycle Association(IMBA) affiliated club in Moab isthe Moab Bike Patrol, which iscomposed mostly of visitors. It'shard to find an IMBA memberturning wrenches or guidingtourists.

It's not that Moab riders areapathetic about cycling. In fact, it'squite the opposite; Moab is sur-rounded by public land that's lit-tered with technical, difficult jeeproads. There are few access issues,and cyclists, whether riding ormaintaining trails, have little effectcompared to motorized users. SoMoab cyclists have enjoyed thefreedom to just ride, without muchconcern for the politics of bicy-cling. Even the traffic issue is easyto ignore if you stay off MainStreet.

However, as more areas aroundthe state and the country are devel-oping mountain bike trail systems,Moab may be losing its luster. Thebike industry seems to be asstrong as ever in the area, butthere is concern that Moab is start-ing to look like an ungracious hostto its two-wheeled guests, that alack of groomed, well-markedtrails, compounded by a bikeunfriendly downtown, may turnpeople away.

Fortunately, bicycling hasmatured in Moab to the pointwhere the City and CountyCouncils both have avid cyclists as

members. City Council memberKirsten Peterson is an owner ofRim Tours, a mountain bike outfit-ter, and County Council memberKimberly Schappert owns a localcampground popular with riders.Both have long-term connectionsto the cycling industry, as well aspersonal and professional interestsin its continued success.

Both are also members--Schappert is chair--of Trail Mix,the Grand County TrailCommittee. Sanctioned by theCounty about a year and a halfago, Trail Mix was formed toidentify and address trail needs. Itwas a broad mandate, and thecommittee has taken on a range ofprojects. With the cooperation oflocal, state, and federal depart-ments and agencies, Trail Mix hasbeen crafting a comprehensiveplan for non-motorized travel.

The committee initially focusedon a grand scheme which wouldconnect Moab to both local andnational trails, including theAmerican Discovery Trail,Kokopelli's Trail, the SpanishTrail, Gemini Bridges, PorcupineRim and more. With both modernand historic significance, the net-work will help Moab celebrate thehuman-powered side of the west-ern spirit. Our most noted explor-ers and philosophers, after all,weren‚t looking through wind-shields.

With a hub at Lion's Park,where Highway 191 crosses theColorado River, the system hasearned a top spot in GovernorLeavitt's trail program. While thestate doesn't actually have anymoney for the program, the gover-nor did give trails fleeting atten-

tion in his State of the Stateaddress. That moral support couldbe just enough to tip the scales inMoab‚s favor when it comes timeto play the whack-a-gopher gameof applying for grant money.

With this master plan in place,Trail Mix has been addressingother projects in recent months.The committee's equestrian seg-ment has been busy staking outtrails on the eastern side ofSpanish Valley. With developmentencroaching and four-wheelersexploring, this area is prime forreclamation for low-impact recre-ational open space.

Meanwhile, Trail Mix cyclingadvocates have been scrambling tobuild the foundation for theirSingletrack Initiative. The idea hasbeen part of the committee's plansince its inception, but the initia-tive got a jump start when theInternational Mountain BicycleAssociation (IMBA) announcedthey'd hold their 2002 Summit, aconference on trail access andadvocacy, in Moab.

Not only will the IMBASummit provide an invaluable net-working opportunity, it will drawthe attention of the national bicy-cle press. With that in mind, TrailMix formed a singletrack sub-committee, which has met withBureau of Land Management andForest Service officials to look atthe viability of new-trail construc-tion. The Forest Service meetingshave been most encouraging, espe-cially since riding opportunities inthe upper elevations of the La Salmountains, which are managed bythe Forest Service, help extendMoab's riding season through thehot desert summer.

About a year and a half sincethe inception of Trail Mix, advoca-cy is still in its infancy in Moab.However, it is off to a healthystart. Sanctioned by the county,supported by federal agencies, andwith membership ranging frombike mechanics to bureaucrats,Trail Mix is proving to be aneffective voice for non-motorizedadvocacy.

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By Bill Harris

The racing season has begun. Get out there and give it a try. Hereare the steps to becoming a bike racer.

1. Start with time trails. Anyone that can ride in a straight line andturn around a cone in the road can do a time trial. These races arejust you against the clock. No pack riding skills needed. Nobody tocrash into. No special equipment needed. Just go as fast as you canfor the distance, have fun and meet some new people.2. Join a local club. Most bikes shops sponsor a local club. The peo-ple you meet at the TT can suggest a good club. These clubs willoffer weekly group rides where you can learn pack riding skills frommore experienced cyclists. These pack riding skills are essential tomake your first road racing experience a safe and successful one.3. Start your first road race or criterium in the citizen’s class. Thesegroups will be small and you will be racing against those at a similarskill level. 4. Get yourself licensed. Join the United States Cycling Federation.You will get your racing license which allows you to race in all theraces and gives you many benefits, most importantly insurance incase of an accident during a race. The USCF designates 5 racing cat-egories. Cat 5 being entry-level and Cat 1 being the best of the best.You move up through the categories based on experience and raceresults. Only people of similar categories race each other. This keepsit fair, safe and fun.5. Enter as many races as you can. Experience is the fastest way toimprove. Here in Utah you can race up to 3 or 4 times perweek….oouch6. Ride with people that are stronger and more experienced thanyou, don’t be intimidated.7. Don’t get discouraged. Bike racing is hard in lots of ways, give itsome time. It takes several years to reach your potential. It does nothappen in one season. Spend your first season learning pack ridingand safety skills while racing. The second season, focus on gainingfitness and learning race tactics. Third season practice race tactics,learning from your mistakes. By the fourth season you will really beready to play the game of bike racing. 8. Get informed: for information on racing in Utah go to www.utah-cycling.com and for information on the USCF and licensing go towww.usacycling.org9. Have fun…..

Bill Harris has coached regional, national, Olympic and WorldChampions in three different sports. To contact Bill about his cyclingcoaching services send e-mail to [email protected] or check outhis website at www.yellowjersey.com

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Porcupine Pub will be support-ing a new men's and women’steam in the Salt Lake area.Team organizers Chris McGilland Jason Long didn’t initiallyhave plans for a women’s team.However, "women kept comingin and asking about a group tojoin," said Long. Withoutsearching, Bicycle Center hadsix women committed and readyto train.

Owner Phillip Blomquist isexcited to sponsor a team again.

"The response has been tremen-dous, we had fifty come outafter anticipating only seven oreight men," said Blomquist. Infact, Bicycle Center had to startturning down men because ofthe overwhelming reaction andlack of enough uniforms.

The women's team lineupincludes Jen Ward, CynthiaMartin, Katherine Hensleigh,Tracy Markle, Holly Schmalz,and Nichole Wangsgard. Riderswill be racing both on and off-road.

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by Tommy Murphy

In years past there have beensmall collegiate cycling clubs herein Utah. University of Utah had asmall group of guys back whenJohnny Ousguthorpe was enrolledat the University of Utah. BYUhas a small club of students thathave been around competing atlocal Utah events for the past fewyears.

As in years past, Dirk Cowleyand the UCA has started the 2002season here in Utah with theRocky Mountain RacewayCriteriums. But the RMRCriteriums have started somethingnew this season. Utah StateUniversity is hosting collegiatecategories in conjunction with theUtah Cycling Association’s RMRCrits. On March 2, 2002, UtahState University, Weber StateUniversity, Brigham YoungUniversity, and University of Utahlined up on the start line at theRocky Mountain Raceway forUtah’s first collegiate event.

This year, Utah StateUniversity, Weber StateUniversity, Brigham YoungUniversity, and University of Utahall have teams enlisted in theNational Collegiate CyclingAssociation and will race in theRocky Mountain CollegiateCycling Conference of the NCCA.Collegiate cycling is new to Utah,and after much struggle and hardwork, the teams are ready to com-pete.

Collegiate cycling is a uniquesport at the university level. How

many college sports do you knowallow all levels of ability to com-pete? Not many! Just like in regu-lar USCF and NORBA events,there are categories organized forthe different levels of abilities incollegiate cycling. In order tocompete at the collegiate level,cyclists must be registered at aschool that has a registered NCCAclub or team, and must meet theuniversity’s requirements for ath-lete participation. For example,Utah State University requires thatundergraduate students must beregistered for a minimum of 9credits and graduate students mustbe enrolled for 6 credits or more.Students must also maintain a 2.0GPA and fulfill any other require-ments set by the university or bythe cycling club. Collegiate teamsdo not just compete in road eventsin the spring, but also have fullmountain bike schedules in thefall (during the fall semester), acyclo-cross schedule in the earlywinter (end of the fall semester),and a track schedule in the earlysummer (start of the summersemester). At the end of each sea-son, collegiate nationals are held.Teams must qualify completeteams in order to compete atnationals or individuals may quali-fy based off of individual pointsand results. Unfortunately, the col-legiate teams of Utah are not var-sity level programs like many ofthe teams back East and inColorado, but hopefully in timethe teams will grow and evolveinto big programs like those.Don’t let this fool you though,because both Brigham YoungUniversity and Utah StateUniversity have qualified teamsand individuals for nationals andhave been able to place individu-als in the top ten at these events.

Collegiate cycling is slowlygrowing in Utah and has a lot ofpotential. Hopefully, it will contin-ue to grow like cycling has inUtah over these past few years.


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Collegiate Cyclingby Charles Pekow

The 21st Century remains inits infancy yet the TransportationEquity Act for the 21st Centuryis heading toward the geriatricstage. The five-year programwhose many purposes includedimproving bicycle conditions inthe U.S.A. built on its five-yearpredecessor, the IntermodalSurface Transportation EquityAct.

Though the program runsthrough 2003, Congress hasalready started looking at a lawto replace and improve it, withhearings underway in both hous-es. And bicycle advocates fromaround the country aren’t wast-ing any time either. They arealready forming America Bikes,a Washington, DC-based lobbyto try to get bicyclists betteraccommodated in national sur-face transportation policy,specifically by pushing for abicycle-friendly reauthorization.

The new law hasn’t even gota name yet, though parties areunofficially calling it TEA 3.Likewise, America Bikes hasn’tformed its platform yet. Majornational biking groups includingthe International MountainBicycling Association, Leagueof American Bicyclists (LAB),Thunderhead Alliance, NationalCenter for Bicycling & Walking,Adventure Cycling, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, BikesBelong Coalition, etc. foundedthe lobby.

The Bikes Belong Coalitiongranted $500,000 to fund theorganization, which other advo-cates have pledged to match dol-lar for dollar value with in-kindcontributions – mainly lobbying.America Bikes also pledged toraise $250,000 through fundrais-ing. It hired Martha Roskowskias director. Roskowski, execu-

tive director of BicycleColorado, is working part timefor the effort now and plans tomove to Washington to spear-head the drive fulltime May 1.America Bikes will rent officespace from LAB.

TEA 3 also became the focusof the National Bike SummitLAB convened in Washington,DC in March. Mary Peters,administrator of the FederalHighway Administration(FHWA), told the assembly thatthe administration is alreadyworking on a draft of what itwants to see in reauthorizationand hopes to submit it toCongress early next year.Legislators may introduce legis-lation this fall to get ideas on thetable, but the final decisions willrest on the new Congress swornin next January. It will probablytake most of next year to get thebills through the arduous legisla-tive process of fusing a billthrough subcommittees, commit-tees, the House and Senatefloors, a conference to resolvedifferences, back to the floors,and the president’s signature.

On the advocacy front, theWashington-based SurfaceTransportation Policy Project(STPP) conducted regionalmeetings with interest groups tojoin its Alliance for a NewTransportation Charter. "We arereaching out to groups that havenot been involved in transporta-tion and don’t know anythingabout transportation," STPPPresident David Burwell said.He said he got the interest of theAssociation of CommunityOrganizations for Reform Now(ACORN) and the AmericanPublic Health Association.

These and other groups seethe need for sound transportationpolicy to further their aims ofbuilding communities, protecting

the environment, expanding eco-nomic opportunity and promot-ing public health, Burwell said."You cannot have a first classcity without first class transit, somany business groups supporttransportation."

Several national and regionalbicycling groups have endorsedthe New Transportation Charter,though it doesn’t specificallymention bicycling. Signersinclude the Future MovesCoalition of Salt Lake City andIdaho Smart Growth of Boise.

The alliance will hear fromstate transportation departmentsand other groups, then breakdown into task forces, includingone on bicycling, Burwellpromised. He warned bicycleadvocates "don’t just think ofbicycle interests."

STPP staffer AndreaBroaddus added "we had alengthy field process that wentinto this document (seewww.transact.org). It gives you away to reach out to new groupsof people who are affected byshortcomings in our transporta-tion system but are not involvedin the debate. Once we mentionthat there will be billions of dol-lars and many people are alreadyworking on it, we find they actu-ally have a ear and would beable to become more involved in(the) effort." Look at publichealth advocates, housing offi-cials and local governments aspotential allies.

Check www.tea3.org forupdates. The site plans toinclude information on creatinglocal campaigns.

One advocate who hasalready formed a local coalitionwith STPP help also spoke at theconference. Sue Knaup ofPrescott AlternativeTransportation, Prescott, AZsought out all sorts of allies,

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ranging from the disabled whoneed accessible transit tomotorists --yes, motorists."Truck drivers don’t drive onweekends. That is the last thingthe want to do on the weekends.They want to ride (a bike) or goto parks" after spending all weekbehind a wheel," Knaup noted.

"Hook up with all these peo-ple and get them thinking aboutbikes. TEA-3 will give us money

but the money will not go intobikes if the state and local folksdon’t get into it," Knaup warned.The biggest sources of fundingfor bicycling projects from trans-portation legislation up to nowhave been the TransportationEnhancements and theRecreational Trails funding. Thepossible trouble with reautho-rization is that many states areway behind in spending

Enhancements money, with $32million unspent a year ago inUtah and Idaho (see theOctober/November 2000 issue).And fiscal conservatives andmotorists angling for moremoney for roads may questionwhy bicyclists should get moremoney when they can’t spendwhat they’ve got.

"Today, we need to try toconvince state departments of

transportation and governors tospend money on Enhancementson behalf of bicyclists. We needto understand the bureaucraticimpediments," LAB ExecutiveDirector Elissa Margolin said."It is not because there were notprojects in the pipeline….We aredialoging with local and stateadvocacy organizations and our450 membership clubs aboutwhat is going on at the commu-nity level."

And evidence has shown thatwhile grantees are usingenhancements and RecreationalTrails money for trail construc-tion and maintenance, they’veinvested little of it in safety pro-grams. Peters said she thinks thereason why relatively fewRecreational Trails Program pro-jects have gone for safety is thatpeople just don’t know they canuse the money for trail safetyclasses and developing literature.FHWA official John Fegan

added that FHWA plans to seekhelp from its sister component ofthe U.S. Department ofTransportation, the NationalHighway Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA) on theissue because NHTSA does con-siderable safety education work.

One hopeful sign: While theHouse has long had a BikeCaucus of representatives wholike to ride or support bicyclecauses, the Senate just startedone at the urging of summitattendees. Sen. Kay BaileyHutchison (R-TX) and RichardDurbin (D-IL) signed on ascochairs. Fifteen senators signedup almost immediately.


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By Thomas Cooke

During the off season, theeditors of Cycling Utahapproached me about doingsome race reporting, partlybecause I had complained aboutwhat I thought was a lack ofrace coverage last year. It’s adirty job, so naturally I jumpedat the chance to do it. We decid-ed to go for a "Bird’s Eye" viewof what transpires out there onthe road in the Pro/1/2 field.Sometimes bike racing is a lotmore complicated than the sim-ple facts of who crosses the fin-ish line and in what order.Sometimes there is even a littleteamwork out there, but youwouldn’t know it from lookingat a list of finishers.

Unfortunately for me, the"Bird’s Eye" report will have towait for a race where I am in thethick of the action. It’s hard tosee what is going on up the roadwhen you are mired in the sec-ond group with a bunch of guyswho, with a few exceptions, onlycare about "getting some miles"and smiling while they are doingit, even though the real action islong gone. I showed up atAntelope Island to race, not toenjoy the company of others ona training ride, cause for a littledisappointment and the need tobe creative with the race report.But I am getting ahead ofmyself.

The real story of the day wasthe size of the category 4/5event. Official counts had the

field at 140 riders. That had tohave been the largest field I haveever seen in Utah road racing,especially for the first UCAevent of the year. It was quite asite to drive to the end of theAntelope Island causeway andsee a filed of that size rollingacross the hillside. To me, it ismore encouraging to see hugenumbers at this level of road rac-ing. These are the guys who arejust starting out, and many willprogress to higher levels in thesport within the course of theyear. I think all who witnessedthis giant peloton of fired upnewcomers would agree it is agood sign that our sport is gain-ing popularity in Utah, eventhough other regions in thecountry are suffering a decline inrider numbers.

This caused a slight delay inthe schedule, and gave me someprecious extra warm-up time aswell as a chance to catch up withUtah pro rider BurkeSwindlehurst. Burke justreturned from a spring tour inEurope with the Navigators proteam, the only AmericanDivision 2 team registered withthe UCI. Burke raced and fin-ished a stage race in Italy withthe likes of FrancescoCasagrande (the eventual win-ner), and was there to supporthis team’s efforts to make animpression on the Giro d’Italiaselection committee. Needlessto say, Burke had some miles inhis legs and was a pretty safe betin terms of being the wheel youneeded to follow later in therace.

The Pro/1/2 field was 50strong at the start, drawing morethan a few riders from out ofstate. When there are more thanjust the usual suspects, it tendsto make the race a little moreinteresting and a lot less nega-tive. There were plenty of cus-tomary early suicide breaks,doomed to fail because they didnot have the right combinationfrom the different teams. Therewas some stiff pace making

from the George’s team whoseriders made the big drive fromBoise. The Antelope loop isonly four miles long, but thecombination of the ever-presentwind and a few power climbscontribute to the difficulty of therace. At about the halfway pointin the 60-mile race, the decisivebreak rolled away. At this time,it was all or nothing for the rid-ers left behind. Either hump itand bridge across, or spend therest of the day with me in thesecond group. It is at this pointin the report that we need toswitch from "Bird’s Eye" to"Burke’s Eye".

"It seems like every time Ishow up at a local race, I have abunch of guys sitting on mywheel waiting for me to dosomething", said Burke. "I was-n’t feeling very good, havingbeen at sea level for so long, so Idecided to hang in the back ofthe break and let the others havetheir fun". According to Burke,strong team riding by theGeorge’s squad brought back thefew attacks that were launchedfrom the break. But somethingunexpected happened. Burkestarted to bonk! While he wasdangling in the back of the 15 or16 riders who made up the break"trying to bum some food fromsomeone", Calvin Allan, a solorider from Boise slipped awayoff the front. Burke eventuallyrecovered from his adventure inlow blood sugar land andlaunched an attack on the lastlap that only pro mountain bikerider Eric Jones could try to gowith. Burke would hold on andfinish solo, raising his arms invictory, only to find out that hehad in fact finished second toAllan. Eric Jones finished third,ahead of a hard charging field, toround out the podium spots.

Editor’s Note: See results onpage 16

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Ah, the spring restlessness isin the air. Friends and neighborscomment to me that they areseeing so many cyclists out rid-ing. Well, of course. After along, cold winter and little out-door riding time, cyclists get thatitch when the weather warms,and they start poking out like thecrocuses in my front yard.

I understand this completely.I feel it myself. Especially thisyear. Over the winter, I partici-pated in the G.I.G. (Get In Gear)Cycling Camp at the SportsMall. (More on that this fall asnext winter approaches.) As aresult, I spent November throughthe middle of March in a darkroom listening to music that wastoo loud and pedaling a station-ary bike. So, springtime has in avery literal sense been a comingout for me.

By the end of the camp, I wasreally feeling the itch to be out-side on a bike. Since then, Ihave been able to enjoy the tan-talizing of my senses by thefreshness of spring and the colorof emerging life as I pedal.

Springtime is a wonderful timeto be alive, outside and on one’sbike.

Just last Saturday, my wife,Karma, and I went out on ourtandem. Lacking my daring intraffic and lust for damned fastdownhills, a tandem is about theonly way Karma gets out onbicycle. But this year, I havetalked her into doing the STP(Seattle to Portland) with me onour tandem. So, training beganlast Saturday.

We had circled around by theSouth Mountain development inthe south end of the Salt Lakevalley, and were dragging our-selves up a short hill beforestopping for lunch. As weground the pedals in slow cir-cles, three lean and colorfulcyclists glided effortlessly by us,with the friendly, “How are youdoing?” greeting that all speed-

sters spit out as they zip byspeed-challenged cyclists.Karma could not restrain a com-ment about how long and steepthe hill was, but they werealready too far ahead to hear.

Later, I was telling Karma Icould remember a time, whichseems so long ago now, whenthat was me. Lean, mean andwhipping up hills past other rid-ers, calling out “How are youdoing?” as I sped by.

I no longer have the speed,nor am I quite so lean. But thismakes no difference to the sen-suous experience of being onand one with a bicycle in thesplendid spring season. Karmaand I had a great ride and a goodtime. Our day was better for it.

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EventsCritical Mass — Last Friday of

every month, 5:30 pm, meetat the Gallivan Center, 200 S.and State Street, SLC. Formore info, if you have a biketo lend, etc.: email [email protected]

April 23 — Governor’sProclamation signing for Mayis Bike Month, CapitolBuilding, 2:30 p.m at theCapitol Rotunda. (801) 363-0304

May 4 — G.O.T.S Bike andGear Swap, Wild Rose, (801)533-8671

May 16 — Mayor's Bike to WorkDay presented by Salt LakeCity Mayor's Office andMBAC, a mellow ride withMayor Rocky Andersonunder police escort fromLiberty Park to theCity/County Bldg, then freebreakfast and raffle for allparticipants, Cost: free, 7:30am, Liberty Park, LisaRomney, 535-7939, [email protected] and DennisGuy-Sell - [email protected],Meet at the northeast cornerof Liberty Park

June 1 — National Trails Day, 9AM: Dedication of the LittleMountain Rail Trail, at theHarold Crane Trailhead, 2700North 6700 West, in WeberCounty. This 10-mile long trailis Utah’s second rails-to-trailsproject and is suited to moun-tain biking use. Events willinclude a 5 K fun run preced-ing the ceremony. For moreinformation, contact WeberPathways at (801) 393-2304 orwww.weberpathways.org

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Utah RacesApril 20-21 — Tour of

Canyonlands,DH,XC, Moab,UT, (303) 432-1519

April 27 — Buffalo Challenge,mountain bike race orbiathalon, Antelope Island,801-626-7967

May 4 — Aardvark'sShowdown at Five Mile Pass,Intermountain Cup #3, Lehi,UT, XC - Ed Chauner, 801-942-3498

May 25-26 — BordertownChallenge, Wild RockiesSeries#3, Oasis, NV, (208) 342-3910

May 25 — Cache Valley∂sJoyride, Intermountain Cup#4, Wellsville/Logan/SardineCanyon, UT, (435) 245-6950

June 8 — Pedalfest XC,Intermountain Cup #5, DeerValley, UT - Ed Chauner, 801-942-3498

June 15 — Utah SummerGames,Intermountain Cup#6, Cedar City, (435)865-8421, (800)FOR-UTAH, (435)586-2770

June 29 — Snowbird MountainBout,Intermountain Cup #7,15th Annual, Snowbird, (801) 942-3498

July 6 — Brian Header,Intermountain Cup #8, BrianHead, UT, XC, Clark Krause,(435) 586-2770

July 7 — King of the WasatchDownhill, Park City Mtn.Resort, (801) 375-3231

July 13 — Canyon to CanyonPedal Cup, 7 am, EastCanyon Resort, (801)583-6281

July 13 — Chris AllaireMemorial, Intermountain Cup#9, Solitude, UT, XC - EdChauner, 801-942-3498

July 20 — Brianhead Epic 100,qualifier for the 2002 WorldSolo Championships, BrianHead, (909) 866-4565

July 13 — Blue Mountain BikeChase, 25 mile race,Monticello City Recreation,Monticello, UT, (435) 587-2029

July 27 — Pedal Powder,Intermountain Cup #10,Powder Mountain, EdDilbeck, (801) 479-5015

August 11 — Widowmaker HillClimb 10 AM, SnowbirdResort, (801)583-6281

August 24 — Wolverine RidgeXC Race, Intermountain Cup#12, Evanston, WY - PaulKnopf, (307) 783-6470

September 21 — Tour des Suds,Park City, (435) 649-6839

October 12-13 — 24 Hours ofMoab, (304) 259-5533

October 15-17 — HuntsmanWorld Senior Games. Must be50 years or older. Four events:hill climb, time trial, criteriumand road race. 800-562-1268or [email protected]

October 20 — Moab RimDownhill, (801) 375-3231

Regional RacesApril 14 — Barking Spider,Wild

Rockies Series #1, Nampa, ID,(208) 342-3910

April 27 — The Vegetarian MTBRace, Spirit of the RockiesMountain Bike Race Series #1,Fruita, CO, (970) 858-7220

May 9-12 — NORBA NCS #1,Snow Summit MountainResort; (909) 866-4565

May 11 — Lava Rama,WildRockies Series #2, Lava HotSprings, ID (208) 342-3910

May 25-26 — BordertownChallenge, Wild RockiesSeries#3, Oasis, NV, (208) 342-3910

May 25-27 — Iron HorseBicycle Classic, Road andMountain Events, Durango,CO,(970)259-4621

June 1 — Revenge of theSingletrack, Wild RockiesSeries #4, Twin Falls, ID, (208)342-3910

June 22-23 — Idaho CityExcellent Adventure, WildRockies Series #5, Idaho City,ID, (208) 342-3910

July 6 — Pomerelle Peaks, WildRockies Series #6, Albion, ID,(208) 342-3910

July 13-14 — World CupDH/4X5: Telluride, CO, (719)578-4581

July 20-21 — Bogus Bomber,Wild Rockies Series #7, Boise,ID, (208) 342-3910

August 1-4 — NORBA NCS #4,Durango, Colo.; (970) 259-4621

August 3 — White KnobChallenge, Mackay, ID, (208)854-1801

August 10 — Taming theTetons, Intermountain Cup#10, Jackson Hole Mtn.Resort, WY, XC - Ed Chauner,(801) 942-3498

August 17-18 — Claim JumpersDownhill and Cross Country,XC, DH, Great races in themiddle of Nevada on Hwy 50,Austin, NV, (775) 964-1212

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September 28-29 — FirstAnnual Elko Rocks, WildRockies #9, (208) 342-3910

October — Red Bull RampageFree Ride Contest, 2ndAnnual, Virgin, UT (435) 772-BIKE

Wed evening ride — Women’sJoyride, 5:30 p.m., meet atJoyride Bikes, 37 1/2 CenterSt., Logan, (435) 753-7175

April 27 — Antelope IslandBuffalo Bike Tour, (801) 942-5293

April 25-28 — Fruita Fat TireFestival, Fruita, CO, (800) 873-3068

May 17-19 — San Rafael SwellMountain Bike Festival, 15thAnnual, Emery County, (435)637-0086

August ? — Brian Head BashColor Country Fat TireFestival, Group Rides andmore, (435) 586-2770

August 8-11 — Dinotrax Fat TireFestival, Rides, Pasta Feed,Bluegrass Music, FlamingGorge, (435) 781-2595

October ? — Chet Peach Rideand B-B-Q, Fruita, CO, (800)873-3068

October 16-20 — CanyonlandsFat Tire Festival. Group rides,

bicycle DemoExpo, fun com-petitions, evening entertain-ment. Moab City Park. (801)375-3231

November ? — 6th Annual BlueDiamond to Jean MountainBike Benefit. 33 mile non-competitve ride. BlueDiamond, NV, (702) 228-4076or (775) 727-5284.

General InfoUtah Road Racing - USCF, Utah

Cycling Association - DirkCowley, (801) 944-8488

USA Cycling, Mountain RegionRoad Racing (UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD), Rogene Killen, (970)587-4447.

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Weekend Group Rides —Saturday and Sunday, 10 ammeet at 9th and 9th in SaltLake City.

Utah Road Races

April 23,30 — RMR Crit Series,Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

April 24 — DMV Crit Series,Every Wednesday, Salt Lake,(801) 944-8488

April 20 — Earth Day PedalCup, 10:00 AM, City CreekCanyon, (801)583-6281

April 20-21 — 11th AnnualChums Classic, 3 stages, 2days, Hurricane, UT, (801) 392-4019

April 27 — Up and Over TimeTrial, 10 miles of fun!, (801)278-6820

May 7,14,21,28 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, 944-8488

May 1,8,15,22,29 — DMV CritSeries, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, 944-8488

May 2,16,30 — Salt Air TT Series,Every other Thurs, 944-8488

May 4 — East Canyon RoadRace, 11 AM, East CanyonResort, (801)583-6281

May 11 — RMCC RhodesCriterium, Salt Lake City, (801)313-1239

May 18 — The Pro PoliceCriterium, Weber State,(801)944-2456

May 19 — 5 Man Team TimeTrial, (801) 944-8488

May 25-26 — Snake RiverStage Race, (208) 465-6491

May 25-27 — Cache ClassicStage Race, Logan, UT, (435)752-5131

June 4,11,18,25 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

June 5,12,19,26 — DMV CritSeries, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, (801) 944-8488

June 13,27 — Salt Air TT Series,Every other Thurs, (801) 944-8488

June 8 — Big CottonwoodCanyon Hillclimb,13+ miles,(801) 583-6281

June 8 — Utah State RoadRace Championships, (801)944-8488

June 15-16 — High UintasClassic Stage Race, Kamas,UT to Evanston, WY, 307-783-6458 or 800-328-9708

June 21-23 — Utah SummerGames, Cedar City, (435)865-8421, (800)FOR-UTAH

July 2,9,16,23,30 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

July 3,10,17,24,31 — DMV CritSeries, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, (801) 944-8488

July 11,25 — Salt Air TT Series,Every other Thurs, (801) 944-8488

July 13 — Sugarhouse Crit July 14 — UVSC Circuit Race,

Utah County, (435) 649-4641 July 6-7 — Gate City Grind

Stage Race, (208) 282-2503 or(208) 652-3532

July 16-21 — Utah Six Pac

July 28 — Utah State Time TrialChampionships, (801) 944-8488

August 6,13,20,27 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

August 7,15,22,29 — DMV CritSeries, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, (801) 944-8488

August 8,22 — Salt Air TT Series,Every other Thurs, (801) 944-8488

August 3 — Snowbasin EarlMiller Hillclimb, 7:30 AM, 11miles from Huntsville toSnowbasin, Huntsville, UT,(801) 620-1048

August 4 — Davis Crit (RustyShoemaker Memorial), DavisCounty Technical Center,(801) 944-8488

August 10 — Snowbird HillClimb, 7:30 AM, 10.2 Milesfrom Shopko on 9400 S. 2000E. to Snowbird, (801) 583-6281

August 11 — 2 Man Team TimeTrial, (801) 944-8488

September 3,10,17,24 — RMRCrit Series, Salt Lake, (801)944-8488

September 4,11,18,25 — DMVCrit Series, Every Wednesday,Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

September 5,19 — Salt Air TTSeries, Every other Thurs, (801)944-8488

September 2 — Eureka RR,great road race through theTintic Mining District, Eureka,UT (801) 553-1065

September 15 — LOTOJA, 203miles from Logan, UT toJackson, WY, (801)627-6200or (800) 497-7335

October 8-12 — HuntsmanWorld Senior Games. Must be50 years or older. Four events:hill climb, time trial, criteriumand road race. 800-562-1268or [email protected]

October 12 — City Creek BikeSprint. 5 1/2 mile climb upCity Creek Canyon in SaltLake City. For road or moun-tain bikes, UCA Points SeriesEvent. (801) 583-6281.

Regional RacesMay 4 — Emmett-Roubaix

Road Race, Boise, ID, (208)343-3782

May 19 — Eagle Hills CircuitRace, Boise, ID, (208) 343-9130

May 21 — Idaho CyclingEnthusiasts Criterium Series,Pocatello, ID, Rob Van Kirk at208-282-2503 [email protected]

May 25-26 — Snake RiverOmnium, Nampa, ID, (208)465-6491

May 25-27 — Iron HorseBicycle Classic, Road andMountain Events, Durango,CO, (970)259-4621

May 25-27 — Ecology CenterClassic, 4 stages, $10,000prize list, Missoula, MT, (406)728-5733

May 25-27 — Platte BridgeStation Stage Race, 4 stages,Casper, WY, (307) 234-5330

June 2 — Lyle PearsonClassic/Roubaix Road Race -75+ mi Boise,ID, (208) 343-3782

June ? — Five Peaks, Ketchum,ID, (208) 726-7693

June 4 — Idaho CyclingEnthusiasts Criterium Series,Pocatello, ID, Rob Van Kirk at208-282-2503 [email protected]

June 7-9 — Elkhorn ClassicStage Race, Baker City, OR,(503) 652-3763

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going.Lupcho's shop, Altitude

Cycle, soon became the place forlocal riders to hang out and "talkshop." With the combination ofLupcho's shop and Etchberger'strail building success, mountainbiking started to pick up steamin Vernal. It was a nearly perfectsituation: an untapped market,great riding conditions and ter-rain, and a quality shop thatbrought energy for the sport and

the trails system they were build-ing.

Maybe energy is the wrongword; these guys border on neu-rotic when it comes to buildingand caring for trails. They strate-gically place rocks, cactus andsage brush on corners to keepriders on the main trails; theyconsistently remind riders to"replace their divots" if they'vebreached the 15-inch wideswath; and they've begun teach-ing mountain biking classes atthe USU Uintah Basin Extensionto recruit riders and teach themabout good trail ethics and advo-cacy.

And the community hasresponded. "We used to haveonly five riders on ourWednesday night rides,"Etchberger says. "Now we aver-age 20. There are a lot morepeople involved in mountain bik-ing now that we have trails and agood shop, and the public knowswhat we're doing."

In short, Vernal has done

what some other bike townshave not. They built trailsbecause they love to ride, not tobring tourists. The folks inVernal live to ride. This is a wayof life for them and they're will-ing to share it - on their terms.

"We obviously want to shareour trails, but we don't want todo that without educating peopleand making sure we don't growout of control," Etchberger says."The growth curve in places likeMoab was not necessarily con-sistent with the education ofgood biking habits and we don'twant to get stuck in that posi-

tion.""We're really just going with

whatever growth we get,"Lupcho says. "There is no endgoal in mind. There has to beenough interest to keep a shopopen, but regardless of ourgrowth rate we want to makesure we continue to build andcare for the trails here."

Trail names you can trustEtchberger, along with

Lupcho and others, has spenthundreds of hours convertingcow paths and maintaining exist-ing trails; the area now boastsalmost 200 miles of butterysmooth singletrack.

The trails have names like"Squat Drop," "Can You Moo?,""Retail Sale" (in honor of all thebusiness this trail bringsLupcho's shop), "Blood Donor,""Three Amigos" and many oth-ers. And every trail has a namefor a reason. For example,Etchberger was reading a Dr.

Seuss book entitled, Mr. BrownCan Moo, Can You? to hisdaughter around the same timehe was busy transforming a cowtrack into a trail, so he ended upnaming the route, "Can YouMoo?."

Trails are marked with olddiscarded bikes and rims, andare often lined with various trin-kets found during the buildingprocess: animal bones, glass bot-tles, bike parts. According toEtchberger, they not only helpkeep riders on the trail, but folksget a kick out of it as well.

One section of trail even hasfour discarded elk legs, hair stillintact, buried next to the route,two on each side, with the hoofspointing skyward. Resourceful?Yes. Gruesome? Perhaps.Entertaining? Absolutely.

Vernal still faces the chal-lenges of a small rural Utahtown though - getting a relative-ly new sport to take off mayrequire some time. But the areachamber of commerce is recep-tive to the sports' new-found suc-cess here - the DinotraxMountain Bike Festival, heldevery August at Flaming GorgeReservoir, is in its fourth yearand going strong.

And you can't beat it fordiversity. The mountains aroundVernal, which hover at 8,000feet, provide a noticeable sum-mer reprieve from the scorchingdesert below. In the spring, win-ter and fall the lowlands providestellar riding conditions almostyear-round. It's also closer thanMoab or St. George and a lotless crowded...for now anyway.

Get lucky - discover theunknown

Weaving through the "BoneYard," a section of "Can YouMoo?" lined with various sun-bleached animal bones, I startedthinking about the all the greattrails in Utah. Mostly the onesno one knows about. LikeVernal's trails. You could driveright through town and neverknow they were there.

So why should I be the onlylucky guy who gets to discovernew biking areas and barf upmaple bars. Well, I shouldn't.You can be lucky too, and noteven have to take notes and writea story about it.

We're all lucky there are guyslike Lupcho (whose red Fordtruck is plastered with his shoplogo) and Etchberger (whose

dedication to the sport is spelledout on his license plate,SNGLTRC) who have broughtbiking to various unknownhavens. With places like Vernalnearby, there are no excuses forsticking to the old standbysevery weekend.

I'm not going to tell youwhere to ride. You'll have to findout for yourself. Call AltitudeCycle or stop by and pick up oneof their self-published trailguides.

If you build it, they willcome. Maybe that's the new tagline for Vernal. I know I'll begoing back for more. Maybenext time I'll be luckier, I'll actu-ally finish the days' ride with mylunch intact.

If you go: Contact AltitudeCycle for trail and lodging infor-mation. Visit their web site atwww.altitudecycle.com or callthem at (877) 781-2460 or (435)781-2595.

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Bike FestIntermountain Cup #2, St.George, March 23, 2002

9 & Under1. Capati, Andrew; 15:422. Thatcher, Micah; 16:193. Grundie, James; 16:314. Jensen, Amanda; 21:545. Harr, Chandler; 23:316. Jensen, Andrew; 27:44

12 & Under1. Ware, Carsen; 22:502. Harr, Jed; 23:223. Payne, Mitchell; 26:384. Denton, Corey; 27:195. Winter, Landry; 29:436. Nostrant, Anna; 34:107. Jensen, Samantha; 34:398. Harr, Liesi; 48:299. Vigil, Ryan; DNF10. Miller, Jed; Arrived after race

Women 13-181. Wright, Hilary; 48:39:152. Rajamaki, Blair; 50:36:183. Perry, Melanie; 53:49:204. Forsythe, Erin; 55:24:855. Owen, Lindsay; 56:34:426. Saxe, Michelle; 1:14:23:09

Beg Women 19+1. Lormer, Kathy; 43:49:412. Johnson, Christine; 48:16:063. Johnson, Christie; 50:22:644. Fleck, Susan; 51:05:715. Sherrod, Amanda; 54:12:306. Hatfield, Amber; 56:33:767. Shinsky, Brooke; 58:28:308. Nielson, Heather; 1:03:44:099. Koyle, Jana; 1:12:01:5210. Clark, Holly; Registered/DNS

Beg Men 13-151. Neville, Kevin; 46:46:832. Harrison, Ryan; 48:06:543. Peterson, Chris; 48:16:054. Thatcher, Jacob; 48:19:755. Moote, Justin; 49:46:976. Cole, James; 49:50:347. Perry, Kevin; 52:16:778. Urasky, Kevin; 53:03:459. Johnson, Paul; 53:38:1510. Downing, Matt; 54:52:3011. Kirkland, James; 1:00:50:4912. Jandra, Josh; 1:02:49:5213. Jaramillo, James; No Results

Beg Men 16-181. Smith, Cody; 57:23:622. Eddie, Randall; DNF

Beg Men 19-291. Christensen, Ryan; 48:33:392. Knudsen, Tyler; 49:16:923. Larson, Aaron; 49:55:654. Curtis, Rob; 51:20:965. Marcroft, Robert; 54:15:996. Mullins, Sam; 54:24:797. Reynolds, Quintin; 55:12:908. Roth, Justin; 57:19:709. DeHeer, Ronald; 57:28:8910. Smeal, Roy; 58:58:4411. Weber, Mike; 59:31:9612. Kump.Ryan; 1:00:34:7113. Urasky, Jason; 1:01:09:6714. Howard, David; 1:03:31:1515. Pugh, Nathaniel; 1:07:02:6616. Burkhart, Rory; 1:11:55:4717. Roelofs, Timothy; 1:12:51:6418. Bartholomew, Shane;1:13:57:9819. Larsen, Michael; No Results20. Pittman, John; No Results

Beg Men 30-391. MacFarlane, Mike; 50:07:412. Payne, Keith; 52:49:123. Bush, Bradley; 52:57:364. Denton, Jon; 54:14:595. Payne, Charles; 57:00:806. Christensen, Todd; 1:00:03:257. Worsley, Warren; 1:07:41:598. Vigil,Eddie; 1:09:57:429. Healey, Rusty; 1:20:25:0510. Jones, Randy; DNF

Beg Men 40+1. Ware, Darren; 53:03:452. Sullivan, Kendall; 56:17:403. Lambert, Corey; 56:27:574. Moore, Barry; 57:03:115. Starkey, Alan; 59:34:426. Longson, Greg; 1:03:10:607. Moote, Paul; 1:07:53:348. Romano, Dennis; 1:22:07:37

Spt Women 19+1. Hansen, Cindi; 1:34:19:942. Kendall, Lara; 1:37:43:793. Timpson, Misti; 1:45:08:874. Payne, Sharon; 1:47:14:995. Gillespie, Brittany; 1:47:17:246. Zumbrunnen, Liz; 1:47:55:287. Ryburn, Debbie; 1:51:27:898. Thompson, Kary; 1:52:47:929. Cummings, Susannah;2:01:54:7410. Saffell, Lyna; 2:06:15:6511. Walsh, Jennifer; 2:13:13:6812. Budziszewski, Loren; 2:16:32:20

Spt/Exp Men 13-151. Peterson, Mitchell; 1:32:09:892. Downing, Andrew; 1:36:10:303. Peterson, Spencer; 1:37:58:144. Nestoryak, Jason; 2:07:23:68

Spt Men 16-181. Ruff, Casey; 1:25:45:382. Gaines, Nate; 1:29:06:523. Washburn. Rick; 1:29:38:544. Stokes, David; 1:30:48:825. Wright, James; 1:34:12:506. Washburn, Ryan; 1:46:44:877. Brumder, James; DNF

Spt Men 19-291. Hansen, Ty; 1:14:36:802. Christiansen, Shawn; 1:16:36:303. Lisonbee, Adam; 1:17:03:944. Wakefield, Alan; 1:18:38:025. Deschamps, David; 1:19:37:006. West, David; 1:20:24:087. Carter, Derek; 1:20:46:878. Bruin, Rich; 1:21:10:579. Cody, Ryan; 1:21:36:0410. Peters, Chris; 1:22:19:7311. Campbell, Jared; 1:25:47:2812. Pace, Adam; 1:25:49:1013. Dern, Adam; 1:28:54:8414. Usher, Brian; 1:29:02:7915. Laga, David; 1:29:59:7316. Crompton, Jason; 1:30:17:1017. Rippstein, Jacob; 1:31:19:9518. Sherrod, Jeff; 1:34:23:7719. Cottis, Chris; 1:40:04:4220. Halverson, Josiah; 1:42:33:6421. Sherry, Brent; 1:50:15:1822. Holland, Chris; Registered/DNS

Spt Men 30-391. Derby, John; 1:13:59:812. Stack, Jim; 1:17:36:223. Wassmer, Chad; 1:18:12:154. Crouch, Jim; 1:18:43:595. Mosher, Bill; 1:20:13:976. Schmitt, Barry; 1:20:18:337. Newby, Brad; 1:20:19:548. Bakowski, Ron; 1:20:21:119. McArthur, Tim; 1:20:59:4710. Searle, Blair; 1:21:10:0211. Hemperley, Jeff; 1:23:10:3412. Thomson, Chris; 1:24:26:90

13. Salter, Jay; 1:24:34:9414. McConnell, Patrick; 1:26:25:2015. Saffell, Bob; 1:27:07:3016. Kunstadt, Chris; 1:28:27:5417. Rogers, Michael; 1:29:44:7018. Cordova, John; 1:30:00:4219. Gonzales, Tony; 1:30:25:6720. Cummins, Robert; 1:32:35:3421. Wiegele, John; 1:33:43:6622. Pratt, Bryce; 1:35:32:7423. McCann, Bob; 1:35:52:1924. Grove, Jay; 1:36:07:3425. Aitken, Jonathan; 1:36:31:0126. Green, Brian; 1:44:26:4627. Jensen, Rich; 1:50:58:9228. Crosby, Mark; 2:04:38:4529. Laney, Doug; DNF30. Micali, Joey; No Results31. Safarik, Bryan; Registered/DNS

Spt Men 40+1. Sheeran, Marty; 1:19:22:062. Kutcher, Todd; 1:20:16:983. Wilcox, Steve; 1:25:17:364. Altland, Thomas; 1:25:39:875. Hall, Kevin; 1:25:40:006. Hollinsed, Tim; 1:26:17:437. Owen, Robert; 1:27:07:308. Dawson, Bob; 1:28:57:699. Roth, Dave; 1:30:00:0010. Pitkin, Jim; 1:34:28:1911. Washburn, Stephen; 1:37:05:6612. Moss, Steve; 1:40:33:2913. Johnson, Clark; 1:45:44:2714. Ryburn, Frank; 1:49:49:2815. Meldrum, Mike; No Results

Exp Men 16-181. Torre, Marcelo; 1:55:05:832. Wynne, Dustin; 2:19:45:103. Karz, Clayton; DNFExp Men 19-291. Becker, Collin; 1:36:37:782. Lynch, Ryan; 1:39:49:243. Gillespie, Kyle; 1:41:17:244. Gibson, Gregy; 1:44:19:645. Gibson, Jared; 1:44:56:696. Baxter, Robert; 1:45:24:267. Clark, Paul; 1:47:19:178. Rasmussen, Eric; 1:47:31:729. Kam, Danny; 1:52:40:5310. Hughes, Travis; 1:56:20:6311. Prue, Ron; 2:00:05:2012. Montgomery, Jason; 2:05:13:3613. Hardy, Zac; 2:12:33:2814. Sutton, Matt; DNF15. Tucker, Zac; DNF16. Zumbrunnen, Blake; DNF

Exp Men 30-391. Jeppson, Brian; 1:40:35:352. Harvey, Ian; 1:44:48:773. Czop, Joseph; 1:49:10:464. Hileman, Mike; 1:49:54:105. Driessen, Doug; 1:50:37:286. Snow, Phil; 1:51:22:357. Kunz, Robert; 1:51:33:008. Patton, Nik; 1:52:59:719. Davis, Joel; 1:54:02:6510. Topol, Paul; 1:54:10:5411. Potter, Dennis; 1:54:17:9612. Martino, Jeff; 1:56:34:8913. Gallagher, Jon; 1:59:04:3514. Smith, Todd; 2:01:46:1715. Ruzicka, Don; DNF

Exp Men 40+1. Smith, Clinton; 1:51:47:182. Corwin, Blayn; 1:52:17:833. Kueffner, Pete; 1:55:20:244. Strabala, Gary; 1:58:39:635. Perry, Tom; 2:02:53:596. McCormick, Dennis; 2:06:40:147. Dilbeck, Ed; 2:07:23:698. Rogers, Jim; DNF9. Egerton, Craig; DNF

Women 35+1. Lighty, Bernita; 57:03:702. Clark, Barbara; 1:00:52:393. Brewster, Charlene; 1:04:20:713. Garcia, Patricia; 1:04:20:71

Men 50+1. Gillespie, Roger; 1:28:37:622. Peterson, Bill; 1:29:01:703. Mojeske, Craig; 1:31:19:954. Dark, Bill; 1:32:50:395. Simmons, Jerry; 1:33:42:316. Crosby, Jay; 1:39:40:007. Sullivan, Dave; 1:44:38:217. Boyd, Mike; 1:44:38:218. Downing, Galen; 1:45:35:479. Christiansen, Allen; 1:48:35:56

10. Shanks, Dick; 1:54:05:39

Women Exp/Pro1. Keller, Michelle; 2:00:48:872. Morisette D.J.; 2:03:00:863. Hanlon, Pamela; 2:03:37:994. Jeppson, Chanda; 2:04:21:22

Men Pro/Semi1. Swindlehurst, Burke; 2:01:51:772. Perry, Bryson; 2:04:39:123. Clark, J.J.; 2:13:26:004. Phillips, Aaron; 2:14:07:245. Tittensor, Zeppelin; 2:19:50:716. Sjoblom, Brandon; 2:27:49:967. Souza, Benjamin; DNF8. Bates,Jeff; DNF9. Jung, Chris; No ResultsClydesdale1. Miller, John; 1:36:31:012. Mullins, Aaron; 1:50:23:353. White, Justin; 2:02:34:644. Dave Barnett; Registered/DNS5. Deeter, Tom; No ResultsPolice1. Smith, Franklin; 1:31:08:682. Nelson, Craig; 1:33:56:323. Hartman, Joseph; 1:41:00:934. McCracken, Gordon; 1:44:24:005. Palmer, Heidi; 1:52

Antelope Island Road Race,Davis County, UT, April 13, 2002

Cat 1-21. Calvin Allan2. Burke Swindlehurst3. Eric Jones4. Bart Gillespie5. Bryson Perry6. Bill Harris7. Allan Butler8. Steven Tibbits9. John Osguthorpe10. Jason Travis11. Shawn Mitchell12. Eric Rumps13. Christian Johnson14. Rodney Mena15. Gardie Jackson

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Story and Photos by Greg Overton

“That guy is not normal,mentally or physically”, myfriend Rich said to me. I quicklypushed aside all rules and opin-ions on what exactly IS normal,and I looked at my friend andsmiled. Then we both lookedacross the parking lot as DavidMichael Anthony rode away andonto the street, riding a moun-tain bike, pulling a twelve footlong “cart” that contains every-thing from food and clothing toan automotive floor jack, hun-dreds of pounds of tools andspare parts, and extra gear foranyone who may need it. Thecart weighs about a thousandpounds.

You may have seen Davidaround Salt Lake City for thepast month or so. If you had thepleasure of meeting him, youremember him. He has enoughpositive energy to make TonyRobbins seem lethargic anddreary. Some people take a side-ways look and think he’s a kook,others can’t believe that hisexperiences over the past four

years can possibly be true, andstill others simply don’t knowwhat to think of him. Most peo-ple find him fascinating in oneway or another. I think he’sabout the most interesting personI’ve met. In case you haven’t hadthe pleasure of meeting him, letme tell you a little about him.

David Michael Anthony hasridden his bike over 42,000miles during the past four years,covering the US from NewportBeach, California, to Key West,Florida, to Portland, Maine, onto Seattle, to Anchorage, Alaska,and back to Newport Beach,then back to Key West again.That was one ride. That was oneride pulling anywhere from 100to 1500 pounds of gear behindhis bike. He is now on his wayback to Newport Beach fromKey West.

Anthony’s reasons for thisepic bicycle lifestyle are two,three, four, maybe as many asten-fold. We could talk about themore than $16 million he hasraised for hunger and homelessshelters across the country (hegets none of the money raised,usually never sees it, and doesn’twant it).

We could talk about an acci-dent, not bicycle related, that lefthim paralyzed from the waistdown, and the deal he made withGod to help people if given theability to walk again. We couldalso talk about the prestigious,almost prodigious, engineeringcareer that began when he was inthe ninth grade, and ended withthat injury. Then there is thebicycle racing, and the world ona string surfer lifestyle that allended with that same injury.

In April 1995, David MichaelAnthony was living the good lifein Newport Beach, California - asurfer, a strong category 2 roadand track racer, and a 28 yearold well paid engineer who haddesigned a hydrazine fueling cartfor NASA, a two-stage fireextinguisher for the M-1 tankwhich is also now used on theBoeing 777 jetliner, and a fuel-ing valve for Honda’s FormulaOne auto racing effort, alongwith a boost pressure valve forthe CART series auto racing.

At about 5am on April 5,1995, David was startled fromsleep by the piercing sound andcold water of the fire alarm sys-tem in his residence. Half awake,

while running through the darkhouse, his foot was caught on aportion of wet carpeting that hadbeen raised off the floor by thewater that had accumulatedinside the building causing himto fall.

A split second eternity later,he lay on his back motionless,atop a broken glass-topped table,bleeding from several seriouslacerations, being showered bythe fire system sprinklers, andunable to feel his lower body. Hewas still unaware that the firealarm was triggered by a faultysystem, and not an actual fire.But the frightening inability tomove his legs while the sirenand spraying water continued,and wondering when the fire that

he thought was in the housemight reach him, was, as hesays, “the scariest thing I’ve everhad to deal with”.

His next real memories are ofa hospital bed, and eighteenmonths of paralysis, as doctorsconsidered and recommendedsurgery procedures to fuse his L-2,3,and 4 vertebrae that had suf-fered compression fractures, andwere as much as 90 degrees mis-aligned. He would talk to him-self, encouraging his body tomove. Sometimes even his armswould take several minutes ofconcentrated effort and verbalencouragement to move from hisside. The prognosis was a proce-dure that would allow him tohold his body upright, presum-

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ably for sitting in a wheelchairfor the rest of his life.

But this was David Anthony,and a wheelchair would not do.He spent six months educatinghimself on the possible optionsfor healing his spine. Finally, hechose to try dynamic inversiontherapy and spinal manipulationby a physical therapist as analternative to surgery. After sixmonths, it began to work, andthe fractures not only healed, butthe process of hanging upsidedown was causing the spinal col-umn to realign. “I knew I wascoming back when I felt tinglingin my groin area one day, andthat just motivated me to contin-ue - for small goals, like gettingrid of the catheter that I had touse for nearly two years.” Heproposed a deal to God.

I asked if he remembered thisdeal he made with God, and heblurted it immediately as thoughit’s something he replays in hishead constantly: “If you let mewalk again, I will make a differ-ence where I see a need. Ifsomeone needs help, I will neverturn my back on them”.

David Michael Anthony wasrelearning how to walk unassist-ed a few months later. Afternearly two years of lying on hisback, he was upright again, andhe was a different person asmuch on the inside as his weak-ened body, now some sixtypounds lighter, seemed on theoutside. In a short time, hebegan riding his bike to regainstrength and rebuild his lowerbody.

It was on one of these rides, atypical loop that he rode insouthern California, that hisdirection for helping othersbecame clear. On this particulartwenty mile ride, David begancounting the homeless people,and the scribbled “will work forfood” signs that he saw. Hecounted twenty eight. “I said tomyself, ‘This is terrible, thesemust be the people that I need tohelp.” He started by convincinga friend of his, who owned acompany in the area, to hiresome of these people, but thatonly helped the few that hiscompany had room to employ.

Next came the first fund rais-ing bike ride, pulling a Burleytrailer from San Diego to LosAngeles. This was a success, andraised some money for a localfood bank. Now David knewhow he could help. So hearranged a few sponsors todonate money on a per-milebasis, put some of his ownmoney in a bank account tocover costs, convinced his familythat he really was sane and thathe knew exactly what he wasdoing, “I think”, and set out forMiami, pulling the Burley trailerwith about one hundred poundsof gear and food packed insideand on top of it.

He arrived in Miami 23 dayslater, 17 of which he rode in therain, having raised over $55,000for local food banks and home-less shelters along the way. He

also attracted, begged, leveragedor otherwise obtained additionalsponsors on that ride, includingmajor corporations Wal Mart,Pepsico, McDonald’s, SprintPCS and several motel chains.He also had a new cart, a bigone, constructed and donated byBFE in Jacksonville, Florida.This cart would allow him tocarry up to 1600 pounds, alongwith his racing bikes and a spare“puller”. (He has broken 19bikes so far pulling the cart).

David now approached hissponsors to donate a per-mileamount for his ride back toCalifornia, pulling this monsterof a cart behind him. Theyagreed, and he set out for thewest coast. But this is DavidMichael Anthony, and therewould be no shortest distancebetween two points theory. So hearrived on the west coast alright- in Seattle, after riding fromFlorida to Maine, and across theUS.

In Seattle, he drew the atten-tion of REI, and OutdoorResearch, and the two compa-nies donated cold weather gearfor a ride detour to Anchorageand back - in January! In thesnow! On a bike! Pulling over1000 pounds! Camping almosteach night, because “there is alot of open space on that trip”.From Anchorage, he rode backdown the coast to arrive inNewport Beach. Then he headedeast again.

Finally, David arrived back inKey West, three years after leav-ing. He had now raised over $9million for causes of need inmore towns than he can remem-ber. He had been on nationalnews shows Dateline NBC, andGood Morning America, localstations in pretty much everytown he passed through, as wellas the Tonight Show with JayLeno (who first used a photo ofDavid riding in the snow inAlaska as a prop for a joke, theninvited him to be on the showafter finding out about his ride).David sees these as opportunitiesto ask for donations to a localhunger or homeless charity, and

his requests are heard. During this trip, he had

shared lunch with Bill Clintonat the White House, happenedacross moonshiners in Virginia,met everyone in between, beeninterviewed by hundreds ofnewspapers, and built a medialog several pages thick. Surelythis would square things withGod, and David could get backto a normal life.

But we’re talking about DavidAnthony. He left Key West againon his bike, riding towardSouthern California. This timehe is on a crossing route thatwill take him to as many statesas possible in the interior USbefore ending the ride with asecond visit to the Tonight Showwith Jay Leno. In Tennessee,while being filmed and inter-viewed on the move by a localtelevision crew, he was hit by adrink bottle thrown at him froma passing car, causing him tocrash. The thrower was arrestedand sentenced to juvenile prison- this is a felony offense - but thejuvenile detention center neededa new roof to hold its over-crowded population. DavidAnthony parked his cart outsidethe local McDonald’s restaurant,set up his trainer (yes he carriesa trainer in the cart) and rode hisbike on it for thirty hoursstraight, raising the $5000 need-ed for the new roof. He has rid-den his trainer at the entrances toWal Mart stores in several states,raising thousands of dollars forlocal food banks.

In Colorado, David pulled hiscart to the top of every pass thatclimbs to 10,000 feet or higher,some that aren’t even paved, toraise donations for the FoodBank of the Rockies. Heclimbed 11,000 footIndependence Pass near Aspenseveral times to raise local dona-tions. He pulled the cart upMount Evans, the highest pavedroad in the US, climbing to 14,450 feet. That climb took himfour days to complete, and hedescended with his cart tied tothe front bumper of a ColoradoDepartment of Transportation

truck following behind him tolimit his speed and save himfrom finding the express route tothe bottom. His bike is equippedwith both V-brakes and discbrakes, but all are short lived inthe mountains on this bike.

Riding to Salt Lake City, thisJANUARY!, David’s cart blew atire on the descent into Scipio,and he found himself bruisedand battered and spilled out atthe bottom of a 100 foot ravine,sitting under a tarp that hestretched from his overturnedcart, waiting for someone to findhim and help get the cart backup the hill to the road. The cartweighed 722 pounds empty -getting it back up to the roadwas not going to be a one manjob- especially when that manhad a badly injured shoulder as aresult of providing the interfacebetween cart and earth on theslide down the ravine. It took atruck winch to rescue the cartback to the road. David had thecart repaired and rode on with aTinker Toy contraption of barends constructed atop his han-dlebar to relieve his shoulder theburden of supporting his body.

After arriving in Salt LakeCity, Anthony arranged a dona-tion of $5000 from Pepsico to afood bank if he would pull hiscart from the city to the top ofParley’s Canyon during theOlympics. Pepsico said yes,David Michael Anthony climbed(and descended) Parley’s Canyonten times with his cart. That’ll bea $50,000 donation, thank you.While here he also had a newcart donated by United PrecisionMachine in West Valley. Thisnew cart is larger, but about 500pounds lighter when empty.“Dude, it’s like I’m pulling noth-ing!” he says about his new rig,which weighs about 1000pounds when loaded. This isexemplary of the boundless ener-gy and positive attitude that isalways present when David ispresent.

Anthony carries a spare sleep-ing bag and tent, donated bysponsor Wal Mart, that he givesout to homeless, needy or hitch

hikers that he encounters on theroad. At the next Wal Mart, hegets replacements for the lastones. He tries to need replace-ments at each Wal Mart store hecomes to. Of the more than $16million he has raised, he hasreceived none of it. He does nothave his own charity that col-lects donations, but insteadinsists that donations be madelocally, in his name if you wish,but no portion of the donationscome to him. If your organiza-tion wishes to be a sponsor, or abenefactor, he will insist that allmoneys donated go to the chari-ty, with none kept for adminis-tration costs or salaries.

I asked David how long hewould keep doing this. Hereplied, “As long as my bodywill let me, Dude, there’s a lot ofpeople I haven’t helped yet.”What are his goals? “To keep mydeal with God, and I still want torace in the Olympics’ [I know,he’s thirty five, but don’t sellhim short, he trains nearly everyday before taking off with thecart, and has 40k time trials inthe 47 to 48 minute range] ‘and Iwant to be President. I want tomake a difference.” Do you everget down or lonely? “Bro, whatreason do I have to get downabout? I mean, I have bad days,sure, but on the worst day, evenif my cart gets stolen, I canWALK for help.”

David called me from Provoon the morning he left theWasatch front to head south. Inhis typical, you-can-tell-he’s-smiling-right-now surfer style,said, “Dude, I gotta have awaterproof storage bag, sleepingbag and tent sent out to me onthe road.” “What happened toyours?”, I asked. “Oh, Bro, Igave ‘em to a guy I met downhere, Dude, he needed the gear,he’s got along way to go. I’vegot to have some sent out. Callme on the road”.

I hung up the phone, sat atmy desk, and remembered theday Rich and I watched himleave our parking lot. I remem-bered my response to Rich hav-ing said, “That guy’s not normal,mentally or physically.” AfterDavid left our sight that day,down the road, I replied to myfriend, “You’re right, he’s notnormal. He’s better than nor-mal.”

You can find David atdavidmichaelanthony.comAnd please find a way to donateto your local food bank or shel-ter, in David’s name or not, justfind time for a donation forthose he is committed to help-ing.


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by Brooks Stevenson

Some say I'm lucky, orblessed, as others would say, togo biking, write a story about itand earn a little extra scratch onthe side. They think all I do isride around on some great trailsand then "just write about it."Mostly it's my friends who don'treally know that taking a trip isonly 10 percent of it; the other90 percent, well it's work. I sitand work at my computer, writ-ing and re-writing a piece until Iam satisfied.

But some days it takes awhilefor that feeling of being lucky tosink in. Like my last trip toVernal to find out what theruckus is about with their moun-tain bike trail system. My luckstarted at 4 a.m. when I beganthe drive to Vernal and ended ina doubled-over dry-heave 12hours later in a Jubilee grocerystore parking lot in Roosevelt.Some luck.The fact is luck had nothing todo with me, Vernal, and chirpingmy chips. There is nothing luckyabout the way biking and thesmall Uintah Basin town famousfor its dinosaur museums cametogether. But it is an interestingstory.

Bovine trailblazersIn 1995, Rich Etchberger

moved to Vernal with his wife,Lianna, to teach wildlife and nat-ural resource classes at the UtahState University Uintah BasinExtension. And they were moun-tain bikers - the hard-core kindwho want only for the sound ofgravel and dirt on the tread of

their tires. Unfortunately, therejust weren't that many greatplaces to ride. Plenty of double-track dirt road, sure, but no realsingletrack trails to speak of inthe area.

To mountain bikers, single-track is the equivalent ofuntracked powder to a skier. Ora big dark slough to a fly fisher-man. It's just heaven. SoEtchberger started wonderingabout the possibilities of othertrails. He knew there were otherriders, albeit few, in Vernal, butfor some reason the trails justweren't there.

Then on a trip to FlamingGorge in '98, Etchberger hap-pened to notice what looked likea singletrack trail near Red FleetReservoir. He stopped to check itout and was struck with anepiphany of sorts. Although thetrack was just an old cow path,he realized it could easily begroomed into a great singletrack.And so the work began.

Etchberger took his gardenhoe and spent his Sundays toil-ing over the trail. He had nearlyfive miles whipped into shapewhen he started to make it aloop and ran right into KevinChristopherson, another localbiker, who'd been doing thesame thing - building bike trailout of cow path. The two quick-ly joined forces, connected theirrespective routes and gave theinaugural trail a name: JazzChromoly. (Christopherson's dogwas named Jazz andEtchberger's daughter wasnamed Molly.)

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stop there. Etchberger used hisPh.D. background in wildlifeecology and a little investigativework to discover the secret togreat trails.

"We learned that if we foundcow tanks (manmade drinkers)then we'd also find the besttrails, already in progress thanksto the cows," Etchberger says."We've never built a single trailfrom scratch; we just followedthe patterns made by the cowsand refined them."

He began stepping up hisefforts by searching the Internetfor aerial Bureau of LandManagement maps and scanningthem for drinkers. He built a trailcalled "Can You Moo?" fromcow trails and hasn't looked backsince. But the story doesn't endhere.

Building a lifestyleIn 1995 Troy Lupcho, a for-

mer world champion BMXcyclist, was intent on opening agood bike shop - maybe inMontana or Colorado, hethought. It was his childhooddream to own a shop and he wasat that point where he was readyto take the leap. While visitinghis parents in Vernal, where he'dattended high school a few yearsearlier, he stumbled across a lit-tle place for rent. The wheelsstarted turning and he decided tocapitalize on the lack of compe-tition (Basin Saw and Cycle, theonly bike shop in town wasn'texactly selling and servicing"real" mountain bikes) and theopportunity to get a trail system


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Troy Lupcho, owner of Altitude Cyle, cruising through theBone Yard on "Can You Moo?" Photo: Chris Watkins

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