Nasty Steepness

Much building and carousing out on the Devil's Backbone course near Wintergreen over the weekend. If I could describe the course in one word, "Steep" would just about do it. I also might use "vomitous" or "narsty" or even "Shelmet." Basically, it's steep both up and down.

What's a shelmet, you might ask?

Good picture of a shellmet. It's less about the helmet and more the look of painful angst on his face. But yes, he's wearing a shelmet.

Back to the Backbone, it's not my picture, not taken at the Devils Backbone, not even directly related, but we're talking this kind of steepness:

Good strategy, holding the old girl by the front wheel and just yanking and plodding along.

Anyway, the preride is March 7th and the race is March 28th.

Linkage...

web: http://ors.cycleva.com/2009/dbc.htm

register: bikereg.com - which, interestingly, appears to have had a major hardware outage over the weekend and is currently down.

Anyway, come test your mettle on the good stuff.