David and Robin's excellent adventure in the Transrockies 2009 epic mountain bicycle event. As you will see it was very rainy, cold and windy.

1. Team Derailleur Noir at TransRockies 2009 Riders: Robin Willard, David Sudbury Chief Steward: Lynn Willard Steward’s Assistant: Sarah Chapman Technical Support: Les Chapman Created and edited by David Sudbury Most photos by Les Chapman A few photos by others TransRockies logo, map and route profiles used in this slide show are copyrighted 2008 by TransRockies Inc. They are used with permission.

2. The Route

4. Day 0 Victoria to Panorama

13. Day 1 Panorama to K2 Ranch Distance: 45.3 km Climbing: 2267 m Descending: 2513 m

20. Day 2 K2 Ranch to Nipika Distance: 72.2 km Climbing: 2835 m Descending: 2650 m

37. Day 3 Nipika to Nipika Distance: 44.1 km Climbing: 1129 m Descending: 1129 m

58. Day 4 Nipika to Whiteswan Distance: 107 km Climbing: 1980 m Descending: 1951 m

72. Day 5 Whiteswan to Elkford Distance: 87.5 km Climbing: 2254 m Descending: 2115 m

80. Day 6 Elkford to Crowsnest Pass Distance: 101 km Climbing: 2467 m Descending: 2419 m

99. Day 7 Crowsnest Pass to Fernie Distance: 74.8 km Climbing: 1293 m Descending: 1633 m

120. Awards Night

141. Day 8 Fernie to Victoria