After pledging to sharpen up and improve our fitness, and it wasn’t even New Year, my good friend Val and I had rushed off and bought nice shiny bright red Mountain Bikes from an enthusiastic bike shop owner in the small lake side town of Cromwell, in Central Otago, New Zealand. The owner operator was so caught up in our excitement and long term planning, solid gold watch<
, that he threw in water bottles, helmets and a free check up (on the bikes) in the next 4 weeks.
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