ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!! Day 2, and it’s Fromme for this one.
David get’s his ya ya’s out on the Sideshow drop. Who’s that guy under the lip?
Right….good job then. Wade get’s a pre-tour warm up before his big trip next week, and the boy gets a bit of a bonus early in the trip.
Then it was time for Barb to school the boys on Upper Oil Can.
Some good vantage points on Air Supply.
The Tominator gets “Pimped” on the Crippler.
…and yet another artsy fartsy blur, this time of “Skinny Man” Jan.
There’s been a lot of discussion about “how far we done clumb up” on Eagle. Well, have a map and figure it out for yourself. Not much by Tour de France standards, so far as I can tell.
It does sort of suck though.
Whatever, it’s all worth it. We did the first climb pretty quick, in around 45 minutes or so. Our guest bitc—-I mean superstar, Geoff Gulevich, led the pack all the way up.
We decided it would be in everyones best interest to try out Fat Bastard. It’s sort of like CBC without any of those pesky ealy lines around everything. Oh yeah, and it has a bunch of wicked airs in it, too.
Ed
More unbelievable woodwork here than you can shake an —uh– stick at..
Stouph
Pierre
Rollercoaster drops, what a swell idea.
Stouph (?)
That was the warmup, the second climbn is right after, and it really is easier than the first one. A bit over half as far, and bit over half as high. Check the map….
The summit is sure a welcome sight though.
I hada bit of revenge to take care of with Massage Therapy, as I broke my finger there with the Hicks last month. So I simply rode the hell out of it and didn’t take too many pics. That trail is the best, and so is Manhandler, the 3 Little Pigs, and Mistress. Again, it’s more core than the Shore, you just have to get there first.
Pierre
The biggest log ride I’ve ever done is on Mistress.
Panama and Barb
Plus another lakeside trail finish. Now if we only knew what happened to Gully later….
Ahhh yes. Harper Mtn. My faaaaaaaavourite. The best flow is here, and it’s a bonus when you camp half way up the mountian in that youget to ride out of camp first thing in the morning.
There’s a couple of new additions this year, mostly wood to wood moves.
Ed
They really make nice ladders around here.
Barb
Barb’s new pedals are working really well. She’s always smiling.
Barb’s shin
Some of the newer lines are multi use. Skinnies and hucks…..
Look out Mark! I think you made him angry.
Skip
Barb
Tysun (the Mini-Pig)
Sunset Roncil. What’s a Ron-Cil? Well, all I know is that it does exactly what it says on the tin, and Canada seems to have a lot of them.
Ed
With everyone riding Specialized on this tour, it was only fitting that we rode the spiral.
Pierre
Now, why couldn’t we run into these gnarly birds yesterday? Heartbreaker…..indeed.
Gnarly birds