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Show Bike 'n tie races slated this summer The Utah Bike'n Tie Association announces the first annual Utah Bike Tie series. The kick-off-race is in Price, Utah on Saturday, May 16. Registration time 7:30 a.m. Race starts at 10 a.m. Pre registration fee is $35 team. On site registration fee is $45-team. What is Bike'n Tie? A race where a team consists of two people and one mountain bicycle (with fat tires for dirt trails). One team member starts the race on the bike and the other team member starts running. The bike rider gets ahead of the run- ner, leaves the bike (the "Tie") and starts running. The original runner catches up to the bike and rides it past his-her partner to a prearranged "Tie" spot on the course where the bike is left again. The partners trade back and forth during the race so that each runs and rides roughly half the course. Each team must "Tie"-off at least three times on the course. They may "Tie"-off as many or few times as they choose in between be-tween the three mandatory "Ties." This allows each team to formulate its own race strategy. The same bike must be ridden throughout the length of the course. The finish time recorded for each team will be that of the last team member to cross the finish line. The course must be a minimum of 24 miles long with 3,400 feet or more vertical rise throughout and at least 50 percent off-road. Due to the popularity of the Park City Bike'n Tie races held in 19851 and 1986, the Utah Bike'n Tiel Association was formed to orga-' nize a series of 12 local races in cities throughout the state of Utah. The series will culminate in a Utah State Championship Bike'N Tie Continued Nxt Pag Bike 'n tie races slated this summer From Previous Page race to be held in Park City on Sept. 5. The first annual National Open Invitational Bike'N Tie race will take place in Park City Saturday, Sept. 19 during the Autumn Aloft Hot Air Balloon Festival. There will be a special Bike'N Tie race in St. Geroge on Saturday, Oct. 24 to wrap-up the World Senior Olympics which run Oct. 12-22. 12-22. Plans are to organize the first International Bike'N Tie race to take place in Hawaii during February Febru-ary 1988. Prizes average $3,000 or more in value per race this year. Participants Partici-pants may enter in the following team categories: Men's, Women's, coed, or handicapped. Age divisions divi-sions are: kids (6-11); juniors (12-16); (12-16); open (17-35); masters (36-55): seniors (56 and up). Registration fee includes T-shirts, medals, trophies, food and refreshments, entry in the prize drawing and insurance. in-surance. For further information contact: The Utah Bike'N Tie Association, P.O. Box 1164, Park City, Utah 84060(801) 649-9513. |