Fun, games and drunk auctions

Gord Fraser is a cycling legend. He was celebrated in his hometown of Ottawa tonight in a revival of the biker bash. John Large organized it when he heard of Gord’s retirement this fall. John thought he deserved a good send-off, it was also a fitting forum the launch of the Echelon Project, a Capital region program to inspire young kids to race their bikes and hopefully uncover Ottawa’s next Gord Fraser.

If you were there you had fun, if you weren’t here are some links to help you imagine what the night was like:

• Party recap on Pedal Magazine - by Tim Lefebrve
• Recap post on Cyclingteam.info - has a geat video of a drunken Eon D’Ornelles paying $4500.00 for a Jersey offered during the evenings auction to raise funds for the Echelon Project
• Photos of Gord Fraser’s career - on this site

what’s 7thgroove’s connection? Kevin Field, the principal of 7tghroove, is a friend and former team mate of Gord Fraser. Dave Cathcart, the marketing director of the Saris Cycling Group is a friend of both Gord’s and Kevin’s and he’s a major personal sponsor of Floyd Landis. Dave, got the yellow jersey donated and signed by Floyd Landis. Floyd Landis is a friend and former team mate of Gord Fraser. David got the jersey to Kevin in California the weekend before the party. 7thgroove builds Floyd’s website. Now can you follow that?