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2019 EVENT AND RACE CALENDAR
organized RIDES, RACES and CELEBRATIONS of riding BICYCLES across the united states.
Find A Ride, Find Your People +
gear patrol
ask the coach
legal cycling
in search of dirt
asphalt, please
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05 ask the coach
Ways to Avoid Getting 'Doored' Tips and Advice from the Bike Coach Rick Schultz
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08 Legal Cycling
Bicyclists Rights Against Entities Government Immunity and Liability Richard L. Duquette
10 Gear Patrol
Summer Refresh New Gear On Our Radar, Across our Desk Kelley O'Toole
11 Asphalt, Please Tour de Palm Springs success of charity cycling rides John Woodson
12 BAT Build #001
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A Vintage Modern Build taking the best of both worlds Chris Reynolds (Photos Curtis Chen)
14 In Search of Dirt Yurts and Mesas in Gooseberry, UT Getting In Sync with Mesa Time James Murren
23 Last Page
Common Toxic Plants in California Know before you go, look but don't touch The BAT
Regulars 03 Prologue
Photo courtesy of BICYCLIST archives
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05 Analog/Digital 16 2019 Event/race Calendar
Cover
Photo by Curtis Chen
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The mix of vintage Italian steel in the form of a late 20th century Colnago Master frame and the pinnacle of designed affordability and performance, the modern Shimano groupo come together to form a future-forward mix of Old-World and New School.
Photo by James Murren
BICYCLIST Magazine
Br oad Inve s tiga tion o f Challeng ing Your s el f, C ycling L i f e s t y le and In s pir ing S u s t ainable Tran s por t a tion
Prologue
Late Summer 2019
S MAGAZINE EDITORIAL
Chris Reynolds | Managing Director chris@bicyclist.xyz
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Kelley O’Toole | Managing Editor kelley@bicyclist.xyz
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COLUMN CONTRIBUTORS
James Murren | james@bicyclist.xyz Rick Schultz | coach@bicyclist.xyz John Woodson | john@bicyclist.xyz
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Bob Becker, Curtis Chen, Richard Duquette, Stacy Herzing, Marc Olivier Jodoin, Anna Mos, John Shafer
ILLUSTRATIONS & DESIGN Christopher Massaad
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BICYCLIST Magazine publishes stories of experience explicated by the handle, an acronym, BICYCLIST: Broad Investigation of Challenging Yourself, 'Cycling Lifestyle' and Inspiring (or Independently) Sustainable Transportation.1 The magazine serves as an inspirational guide, championing the community of organized rides, events, races, and culture of a life traveled outside the confines of singly-occupied vehicles. BICYCLIST Magazine has been published as a print edition since 1994, provided to select locations throughout the western US, and made available free to the public. In 2014, the BICYCLIST Adventure Team (BAT) was organized, a not-for-profit collective dedicated to preserving the legacy of the BICYCLIST institution: a freely available publication chronicling, guiding, and independently documenting the culture of organized rides, events, races, and congregations of people traveling by any number of independently sustainable transportation options. The first effort of the BAT was adapting a digital edition of the magazine, and a repository for documented content, currently available at www.BICYCLIST.xyz.
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SCan the qr codedevice with acamera modern smart to get toported auto-magically the BICYCLIST homepage. Wow! 1|independently sustainable transportation, the IST of BICYCL-IST, is inclusive of bicycles of all types and stripes (e.g. road, mountain, gravel, adventure, city, cross, folding, electric, recumbent, trikes, folders, beaters, rain etc.). The bike may be different, but the bicyclist spirit is the same. Go forth and pedal!
ummer is here, and the roads and trails are calling. The BICYCLIST Event Calendar is bumping into 2020, including a range of events and races to challenge, entertain and reward. More information starting on page 16 for some of the best events celebrating and motivating the turning of pedals. For the latest installment of 'Ask the Coach', Rick Schulz looks at the dreaded car door and surrounding safety issues bicyclists will encounter, especially in beach cities. With more drivers distracted by technology, it can be the 'Wild West' out there and the more you know, the better you'll fare. A long the same lines of 'knowledge is power' we detail a web project that serves to help bicyclists catalog dangerous conditions along the road. For the amount of time we all spend in the saddle, the Hawkeye Road Hazards app acts as a virtual compendium of reported potholes, unmarked ditches and dangers that go unfixed by city governments. Not on ly does it provide the benef it s to the community. It also aggregates the existing resources that cities have implemented to do a similar task. Learn more about the initiative on page 7. I n our A sphalt, Please and In Search of Dir t columns, we adventure through some exciting portions of the western United States. John Woodson takes us through a classic ride, the Tour de Palm Springs, one of the fan-favorite philanthropic rides taking place next in February 2020. Learning more about the good work done by the event organization can bring the efforts of lonely training miles to a place of devoted purpose. That may be just what your ride is missing. For ISOD, James Murren takes us on his Mesa experience with a trip just outside Zion National Park, to Gooseberry Mesa in Utah. The circumventing adventure avoids the crowds and tourists while taking the plunge directly into the desert landscape. Nestled amongst the desert scrub, a sturdy yurt acts as shelter and home base for the exploration. Learn more about his trip on page 14 and be inspired on your own search for dirt. Taking a trip to the VELO Sports Center in Carson, a western city in Los Angeles County, photographer Stacy Herzing draws her focus on the riders of the USA Cycling Junior and Elite Track Nationals earlier this month. We selected some favorites for your consideration in this issue's Wandering Photographer on page 6. Lastly, if you enjoy this magazine, or if you would be disappointed to find out it was no longer available in print, please pledge your support on Patreon. Support rewarded accordingly, including delivery of the print edition of this magazine. V isit w w w.BIC YCLIST.team to learn more and pledge your suppor t of independent and free media dedicated to guiding and promoting a life traveled by independently sustainable transportation1 . See you on the route. Stay safe. Peace,
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