So far, so good. If yesterday's ride was smoother and faster than I anticipated, today's ride made me feel as if I had a smoother pedal stroke than Jacques Anquetil.
I had ridden Tosca, my fixed-gear Mercian, only twice since my accident, and each time for no more than a few kilometers. So I wondered whether not being able to coast would allow me to ride pain-free for a second consecutive day.
Pain? What pain? I felt myself spinning faster and more fluidly with each kilometer I rode, up through Astoria and Harlem and Washington Heights and down the New Jersey Palisades to Jersey City and Bayonne, then along the North Shore of Staten Island to the ferry.
Once I got off the boat in Manhattan, I just flew, without effort. Granted, a light wind blew at my back, but I was passing everything on two wheels that wasn't named Harley. Really, I'm not exaggerating. I even flew by those young guys in lycra on carbon bikes.
What does that say about me--or Mercian bikes?
I had ridden Tosca, my fixed-gear Mercian, only twice since my accident, and each time for no more than a few kilometers. So I wondered whether not being able to coast would allow me to ride pain-free for a second consecutive day.
Pain? What pain? I felt myself spinning faster and more fluidly with each kilometer I rode, up through Astoria and Harlem and Washington Heights and down the New Jersey Palisades to Jersey City and Bayonne, then along the North Shore of Staten Island to the ferry.
Once I got off the boat in Manhattan, I just flew, without effort. Granted, a light wind blew at my back, but I was passing everything on two wheels that wasn't named Harley. Really, I'm not exaggerating. I even flew by those young guys in lycra on carbon bikes.
What does that say about me--or Mercian bikes?
