John is the big 4x10 today. He's been a bud to me for 1/2 his life now and more than 1/2 of mine. (SAT question: How much older than Griffo is JohnO? Hint - A lot, in mosquito years.) We've had many a good adventure together thanks to a mutual addiction to adrenalin and good vibes, combined or separate.Here's to JohnnyO, aka Johnny Oarsmen, Johnny GoFast, Johnny Gold, Mondo, Mad Dog. A good friend, good father, good person, good brother (to me in the proverbial slap-me-some-skin sense, and to his brothers), good wingman... you get the picture. Happy B-day, pass it on if you see him.
Picture is of the Napa World Cup, circa 2001, unknown photog credit. It was the last time Johnny beat me at anything, so I thought it would be good to rehash today, eh?
Now there was a cool race through Domain Chandon estate. It was actually a pretty good techie course with ample single track, as well as being scenic. The best was seeing the likes of Cadel Evans, Little Mig and the euro-MTB-pros duke it out with Tinker, Brown, and other North-Ams right here in Podunk city. I learned pros ride hills in the their big ring. Oh, that's why they're so fast.
I'd say the last UCI World Cup in Cali marked the end of the halcyon mountain biking era in NorCal, but some of us, like JohnnyO, keep trucking along with cyclocross, road and occasional dirt race.
2 comments:
that course rocked big time
whishin' they'd bring it back - somethin' like 1k of climbing in 4 miles
check out da 00 results and not 01 though - chunky monkey in 01
Mondo wears pink bathing suits... that's strange. OMG, it's worse than I thought,
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