Course is Rippin'

I finally got to ride the course in its full glory and it will be terrific. The new addition of singletrack will NOT let you recover as you make your way to the bottom of Eagle Valley. When you turn left up the gravel you will soon realize this isn't the highway speed slalom down EV like last year.

No, it's a mild sap-sucking gravel ascent to a 3/4 mile singletrack climb that is both beautiful and soul-crushing. It will appear to be innocent enough but after two or three laps it will begin to show its true face.

Don't fall off the edge, ok?

The course is in fine shape. All reports of equestrian damage are exaggerated and are probably coming from the riders who visit Greensfelder just to train for this race.

It seems to be as fast as last year.

please use your energy to remove fallen limbs, trees, rollercoaster riders from 6 Flags and move them off the trail. Leave roots alone. They are ALIVE, they add soul!

But let's not make it that fast!!!!!!

There are enough EASY parks to ride in St. Louis. Please DO NOT REMOVE THE PIECES OF AWESOME THAT MAKE UP THIS PARK'S SOUL.

Someone appears to have been grinding a chainsaw, saw, chainring, ginzu knife on this classic 15+ year old feature on the trail approaching the monkey heads (ahem, and THOSE have been stolen in the past year).

It looks like someone want a notch to run their tires past so they can go faster and win all the while hoping that all the rest of the racers will magically not know what to do with said notch. Probably ride around it?

Again, course is rippin' but PLEASE don't rip the course. This is a 'technical' park for the people. Leave it and Chubb alone. That's the purpose of Creve Couer, Bangert, etc.

Get out there and ride!