Col de la Savine

July 7, 2010 in France ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

Col de la Savine is a high mountain pass some 990 meters in altitute - my first marked col. The decent was epic, passing along a roadway built into the mountainside and supported by stone arches.

I had to do the whole stop and let air out of the tyres (lest the heat from the brakes increase the tyre pressures to the point that they blow).Read more