Three similar stories...

The first time I did the 6-Gap ride here (gaps are our mountain passes), every slight hill on the way to the first gap I turned to anyone around me, "Is this a gap?" The other riders just shook their heads... the first gap is a six-mile climb - I had no clue...

On 3-State, 3-Mountain, on the road on a small hill someone has painted, "This is NOT a mountain!"

And on a brevet I did, someone had spraypainted "Baby Brasstown" on a climb. I wish they hadn't. It was dark and I had no clue how steep it was going to be and I wish I hadn't known how bad it was gonna get.

Oh -- and then there's "The Big Ugly"... at mile 98 on the One Love Century.