Jonez World

TT1 sent two riders and a mechanic, (vaLarry, me, and Doug) down to preview stages 5&6 of next week’s Tour of Georgia. We rode stage 5, the tour’s longest, today after summiting Brasstown yesterday. Both stages would be tough on their own, but stacked back to back they are going to hurt. Yes Brasstown is as steep as the rumors you hear and stories you read say it is. The cat. 1 prior to ascending B-town will start the fun, the cat 2 will keep the lactate flowing, and Brasstown will suck any remaining life out of our legs. Expect to see quite a few TT1 jerseys in the final selections on these stages gunning for the stage win. While the riding up here in northern GA. is awesome and reminds me of nor-cal, the people are a little…different. At the local coffee shop this morning we overheard a lady explaining to the entire coffee shop how two horses escaped her ranch yesterday. By the time she found her four legged friends the cops had aprehended them. Yes, the cops arrested/ impounded the horses and charged the lady with five different citations for each horse. Outraged the lady proclaimed to her friends that it is time they tool a stand against such injustice. We just sat there speechless. Then this afternoon I saw this in a laundry mat window: