I better mention the Super 8
that had been built up for the Morzine trip.
This bike is a brute, 1999 Santa Cruz Super
8, from the era when DH bikes where built heavy and bomb proof. Darrel had built him up using spare parts
from where he’d upgraded in the past, and second hand parts from good old
e-bay.
The Super 8, recovered from my parents barn
Even with the Yeti’s arrival we had decided
that I should take the Super 8 to Morzine, as he really was the bike for job
there. Now I’m not one of those people
that can just jump on a bike and ride it, I need time to get used to the
handling. But I was having too much fun
on the Yeti, so after my DH success with only 4 weeks remaining till our trip I
started riding the Super 8 to my parents farm in the evening. The route is uphill all the way there and
downhill all the way back with part of it on a cycle track, and the rest on the
road. Not really a ride to push the limits of the bike, but it did push my
limits trying to climb on an 8” travel bike...
but I felt happy and confident on him and after all I had my Yeti so he
was in essence my ‘Spare bike’. And time
was running out, it was the 1st of July our wedding anniversary and
4 days until we started the long drive to the Alps.
All built up and ready to role
All the gear, just needed to get to the mountain
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