Jono Jones talks about why he never quit his day job as a financial analyst to focus 100% on riding bikes…
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No we did a good job do you watch YouTube it um I watch ones about wind farms what else have I been watching recently why do you watch ones about wind farms because of uh i’ look at that at work now I want to learn more about wind farms why do you
Need to learn about uh wind farms at work um because my job’s like to help Finance Wind Farm or solar or renewable energy projects so that’s very that’s very clever but then your job is also jumping doing the jump yeah yeah can you explain that
Um what do you think of you know like if you’re if you’re researching wind farms and you’re talking about financing these huge projects what do you think of the mountain bike side of your job do you think of it as like a remnant of your childhood do you know what I
Mean the thing I’m hanging on to no well I don’t think you’re hanging on to doing good job I just mean like what you mean I don’t know it just seems very different yeah yeah that’s great I wouldn’t have it any other way they really they compliment each other
To me personally because they’re so extremely different yeah I definitely did just do biking at one point and wanted to and then I did just do work at one point actually or at least studying and University but to do them both is great yeah one without the other would be
Strange now a lot of people say that like why don’t you just do biking and YouTube and things like that um but I did for a couple of years not YouTube but did just race yeah and it was brilliant some of the best years of my life but it was
Um just a lot of the time you look around there’s a lot of people that were a few years older that were still really trying and this is probably a pessimistic out out look we’ve spoke about this before haven’t we but I didn’t want to keep trying try and trying to make it
To well ultimately to be really good at World Cup racing um and then miss other opportunities if it didn’t work out yeah yeah it’s not pessimistic is it but it’s like no it’s not there’s probably a there could have been other opportunities if I didn’t do that but
The position I’m in now I wouldn’t change it anything from the outside still get to do yeah it seems good from the outside yeah really lucky now yeah does it we made you do your first race this year didn’t we not first race but for so long yeah first race for which we
Tricked you into yeah yeah pretty sure fastest time of the day I can’t remember oh we didn’t stay till the end in case we found out the times if you want to see more just uh click here is it yeah it’s up there it should be up
There about there yeah and then there’s um other ones here other ones there that you might like we’re looking after each other and that’s Christmasy and that’s the ride companion
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Respect Jono! ✊
Get some sleep Jono!
The reason I never turned100% Pro is because my parents never wanted to drive me to any trails, or get me a bike, or clothes, + When I came out as a mountain biker they just made fun of me and wondered if I was gonna wear a fanny pack.
Iv'e never took it off since.
I never became pro cause im shit
Love Jono, so much. So down to earth. He's a realist, but I'd have love to have seen him go pro, his enthusiasm and attitude is so infectious. Bit like the rest of the lads; Bren, Oli, Deaks, and BerK.
The best of both worlds Jono! I think that's realistic not pessimistic! You have a good balance, would love to see more Youtube vids from you though, always fun to watch!
It's okay to have many aspects of your life and do them to a great level, really good to see this
This hit home. Trying to explain what I do on the weekend – dig holes and pile/shape mud into jumps, is probably the hardest part of my week.
Jono seems like a real man, thats realistic about life. The overwhelming majority of people that mtb need to have a plan b. Huge respect to him!
The fact Jono holds down a full time job, plus his riding makes you realize how hard he pushes the riding side of things, along with YouTube, and subsequently the pure passion for it. Big ups Jono!! X
If you asked most of the WC winners or even the top 10 guys, I bet there was no plan B because there's no room for self-doubt. You have to dedicate yourself to be part of that 0.001%, it's where luck, ability and genetics converge.
As a combat veteran mtb saved my life and truly is my passion
its a very smart move have a good job