1st ride of 2008!

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First ride of 2008 and Jon and I were joined by newby (well 3 years out) Martyn for a jaunt round Macc Forest this afternoon. Making the most of the afternoon by finishing at 2pm we resorted the 2007 old favourite route taking in Charity Lane and then the forest bridleway. Nice day for it, bit cold but good fun to be back out.

Jon and I were struggling a little with fitness, still quite impressed with myself though. Martyn's Rockhopper sports a 5" dual crown fork and a huge single ring up front making climbing out of the saddle his only option - that he didn't take up very often!

Charity Lane was rough and wet - good fun going sideways it'll take a few weeks to get back to the 07 pace but beyond that - well it's going to hurt put it that way!

Looking forward to the next ride - about a fortnight's time on the Wirral :)