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Cycling West and Cycling Utah’s April 2018 Issue is Now Available!

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By Cycling Utah on April 22, 2018 Comments

Wheels of Justice – A New Utah Bike Club – Rides to Prevent Child Abuse

By Gregory N. Hoole Wheels of Justice Rides to Make a Difference Even the most serious of problems can be addressed…

By Cycling Utah on April 14, 2018 Comments

UDOT Open House for Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah 4-10-18 – Cyclists Encouraged to Comment

April 9, 2018 – Cyclists are encouraged to participate in the planning process for an update to the Little Cottonwood Canyon…

By Cycling Utah on April 9, 2018 Comments

Report: Bike Lanes Reduce Injuries

An idea for reducing health care costs that largely gets left out of the Affordable Care Act debate: build bike lanes.…

By Cycling Utah on April 6, 2018 Comments

Keegan Swenson is Cycling Utah’s 2017 Rider of the Year

Cycling Utah recognizes the best riders, events, and clubs in Utah with our year end awards. Cycling in Utah is booming, with more people participating, more bike trails and pathways, and more excitement than ever before.…

By Dave Iltis on April 4, 2018 Comments

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Editorials

UPDATED: Call to Action: Idaho Stop Bill to Full Utah Senate, Cyclist Action Needed Soon

Cyclist Action Needed – Call or Email the Utah Senate…

By Cycling Utah on February 28, 2018 Comments

Essays

Featured

Bike Mechanic: Tales from the Road and the Workshop is an Homage to the Craft

Soigneurs with spare wheels are spread all along the race. Extreme events like Paris-Roubaix can mean up to 20 extra mechanics and team helpers out on the course.…

By Cycling Utah on April 9, 2017 Comments

Video: Mitch Ropelato Rips the Streets of Salt Lake City

March 27, 2017 – Check out this video of local ripper Mitch Ropelato on the streets of Salt Lake City, Utah. Film by burst-media.com …

By Cycling Utah on March 28, 2017 Comments

A Trip to the 2015 Tour of California

With yesterday's conclusion of the 2015 Tour de France, and with the Tour of Utah just weeks away, here's one spectator's take from the 2015 Tour of California. #TOC2015 #TOU #TDF #TOC…

By Cycling Utah on July 27, 2015 Comments

Gooseberry Mesa Yurt Life

By Cimarron Chacon I have been riding Gooseberry Mesa for years. When I say years, I mean since before hordes of other people knew it was the place…

By Cycling Utah on June 1, 2015 Comments

Mechanic’s Corner

Do-It-Yourself 1 x 10 Drivetrain: A Review

In this article I review the eThirteen 42t rear cog and a RaceFace 30t narrow-wide chainring I installed on my bike last month.…

By Cycling Utah on April 18, 2018 Comments

What’s in Your Bicycle Tool Kit?

Last week while we were out riding out new mountain bike tandem. I heard a jingling sound coming from the rear of the bike.…

By Cycling Utah on March 21, 2018 Comments

A Guide to Tire Pressure for Mountain Bikes

It is not uncommon to find 120 lb high school mountain bike racers showing up with 45 psi in their tires.…

By Cycling Utah on March 14, 2018 Comments

Preparing Your Bike for Winter

By Tom Jow It’s a good idea to prepare your bike for winter. All good things must come…

By Cycling Utah on January 31, 2018 Comments

Setting Up a Home Bike Repair Workshop

bike repair requires an Allen wrench set, screwdrivers, and a tire pump ... older bikes or kids bikes requires wrenches for hubs, headsets and wheel axles.…

By Cycling Utah on November 29, 2016 Comments

MTB Trails

Wasatch Front Fat Bike Trails

By Dave Iltis, Jackie Baker, Mark Deterline, and Mike Rossberg [Editor's Note, January 17, 2017 – In this low snow year, we are not…

By Cycling Utah on January 17, 2018 Comments

Blue Diamond, Nevada’s Trail System May Have Been Built by Aliens

Blue Diamond, just outside Las Vegas, is home to the Cottonwood Trails system which consists of about 125 miles of trail. These are desert trails that you can ride fast. They are more or less smooth with the only real obstacle being that the gravel is a little loose.…

By Cycling Utah on December 26, 2017 Comments

Wydaho – Epic Riding Possibilities in Teton Counties

Wydaho is area along the state lines of Wyoming and Idaho in Teton Counties of both states. The area is quickly becoming known as a mountain biking mecca…

By Cycling Utah on September 27, 2016 Comments

Deer Valley Plans New Trails

Deer Valley Resort, home of great mountain biking and skiing, will be adding new mountain biking trails this summer. Gravity Logic, a bike resort…

By Cycling Utah on June 18, 2015 Comments

The Cedar Mountains Offers Great Riding and Solitude

The Cedar Mountain Wilderness is about 52 miles or 45 minutes west of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The northern part of the range is easily accessed from I-80…

By Cycling Utah on May 23, 2015 Comments

High School Cycling Leagues

The Flying Monkeys – High School Mountain Biking takes Southern Utah by Storm

By Cimarron Chacon Imagine a High School team sport where there is no school rivalry, no try outs, no gender specifics, and no experience or equipment necessary. The…

By Cycling Utah on March 21, 2016 Comments

P-Town Cross Donates to West Granite Composite High School Mountain Biking Team

Utah High School Cycling League Closes Third Season in St. George

New High School MTB Leagues for Idaho and Nevada

Utah High School Cycling League will hold Cyclefest Annual Fundraiser on March 14, 2014

Utah High School Mountain Bike League Takes off in Year Two

Road Racing

Tour of Utah Announces First 9 Pro Teams for 2018 Race

Seven Countries Represented by Nine Teams Accepting Early Invitations to Race at Tour of Utah Five WorldTour Teams…

By Cycling Utah on March 27, 2018

Fitness

Push, But Not Too Hard

Earlier this year I traveled to Boulder, Colorado to attend a coaching summit as well as compete in the Ironman Boulder 70.3 event.…

By Cycling Utah on March 21, 2018

Advocacy

UDOT Open House for Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah 4-10-18 – Cyclists Encouraged to Comment

April 9, 2018 – Cyclists are encouraged to participate in the planning process for an update to the…

By Cycling Utah on April 9, 2018

Commuting

Troy Adair Mixes Public Transit and Biking to Get to Work and to the Trail

To incorporate more physical activity into my daily life and routine, I decided I wanted to incorporate some bicycle commuting into my daily life.…

By Cycling Utah on April 5, 2018

Tech

Book Review: You & A Bike & A Road

Eleanor Davis is an illustrator and cartoonist. She illustrated and wrote most of the book during a 2016 bike tour from her birth and childhood home in Tucson, Arizona to her current residence in Athens, Georgia.…

By Cycling Utah on April 17, 2018

Rides and Trails

Riding in the Mojave: Cibola Roll-a

Any bike ride in the Mojave Desert must be mercifully short, mainly because of the potential for extreme temperatures. This 50.65-mile ride begins and ends in Cibola, Arizona…

By Cycling Utah on February 18, 2018