The Super 7 Family MTB Team


 

2012 Team Photo

This is a picture of our members in 2012. We rode in the Southern Skies Relay Race. My wife and I are on the far left, and my son-in-law and daughter are on the far right. The younger ones are Joshua and Courtney. I decided to call this team Super 7 because I haven’t seen families compete like this. Three families became one bigger family for a weekend 24-hour race.

I am writing this now in 2026, twelve years after our first race. Recently, my mountain bike was stolen whilst I was away in Cape Town, where my son participated in the March Cycle Tour. About two weeks later, I got a new mountain bike and have already started riding it regularly. After the MTB bug hit me, I continued to ride intermittently but never stopped completely. Lately, I am riding every week.

The benefits to my health are important to me, and getting as fit as possible at 73 helps too. Who knows, maybe I will be able to ride in a competition again on my own. I say that because I don’t know of any other members of the Super 7 who still enjoy riding regularly.

Since my MTB was stolen, I have been using the STRAVA app on my mobile phone to record my activities. When I get more serious, I will consider keeping a written log of my progress, as I did when I started. The app's benefit is that I have a visual record of my ride, which is very nice.

I guess the days of joining the family for a 24-hour race are history now, since I haven't seen anything like that lately. It is just as well that I wrote about our participation in the past because I now at least have a record of it.


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