'The scene was grim. My face was a mess and so were my hands. My helmet was cracked clear through in two different places.'
would have been a safer pandemic hobby, but it wasn’t mine. No, I took up cycling — the fast kind with a feather-light bike and clip-in pedals. I certainly wasn’t alone. Bikes were flying off shelves as people looked for ways to stay active outside. But this was about more than just looking for a way to exercise. With the world on lockdown, biking felt like a form of rebellion.infected everything.
I chose how long I rode, where I went and how fast I got there. The only limit was my own fitness and I could control that, too. I spent the first COVID summer in Connecticut and the riding just got better and better. My brother has been cycling for years and with him as my guide I cruised through beautiful country roads nearly every day. I was hooked. There was a fleeting moment when moving out of the city permanently felt like a good idea. Fleeting.
Overly eager that morning, I took off with the lead group. I had no business riding with them. By the time we hit eight miles, I was getting dropped. It was in that moment, tearing down a hill, looking at the riders up ahead and not paying attention to the road, that I hit it — a pothole grabbed the front wheel and threw the bike, with me on it, down hard. I slid along the pavement. My head hit and my face dragged.
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