2004 Furnace Creek 508 Webcast

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Spider Monkey Chow

By Steven Barnes

What do you feed a spider monkey?  According to his crew, this Spider Monkey always asks for what they don’t have ready.  This time, the crew was sent scrambling for Coke.  Nelson Spider Monkey Snyder is pictured in his natural habitat at the FC508, devouring a quick meal of red potatoes and Coke after 185 miles. 

The sign is added in case Spider Monkey is missing his usual bike, which has knobby tires and suspension.  That’s right, an MTB.  Rumors that Spider monkey had never ridden a road bike are obviously not true judging by his speed and smoothness on the thin tires.  But it is his first ever road bike race.