Well, with my season pass for Mt. Hood Meadows in somebody’s drawer up at the resort, the snow season is over(at least here in Oregon), so it’s back on the bike. This is the rainy season here in the PacNW, so it’s only the hardcore riders that get off the couch and out the door. Until today, the offroad riding has been great, but with rain the past couple days, I’ve switched to the road bike for rainy rides in the hills around the ranch. I’ve always been a fan of European bike racing. Races like Milan-San Remo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Paris-Roubaix have always fascinated me; really tough men riding bikes. Whenever I ride in the rain and it is uncomfortable, I think I’m Eddy Merckx and I have to keep peddling so the peleton won’t pass me at the finish line.
Been working on MTB videos from the early 90’s; the glory days of NORBA mountain bike racing, should have them up on the website soon.
If you’re up there at Meadows and holding my season pass; at least scrape the ice off your windshield with it; get it out in the snow.
