I rushed home today after work to get back to learning to ride my Coker.
I threw on my 661's wristguards and helmet, grabbed my Coker and headed
to the streets. Notice I didn't say anything about elbowguards??
After about 3-4 attempts, I freemounted the beast and was sailing
along, quickly building speed. About a half mile later, feeling overly
confident, I tried to pass a couple of cars whose drivers decided to
stop in the middle of the street to visit. I only had a couple of feet
between one car and the curb and was not about to get off and have to
remount, so I tried to negotiate the small gap. As I got about halfway
past the stopped car, I got a little to close to the curb and as my tire
touched the curb, I was rapidly spit to the pavement.
I somehow landed on my feet. Unfortuneatly, I was going to fast to run
it out and fell on my hands and knees. This would have been fine except
that the wristguards did their job and slid along the pavement causing
my elbows to take the brunt of the impact.
I got up and had a few words with the idiots who decided to stop in
the middle of the road, as they drove away laughing.
I gathered my composure, remounted and proceeded on my usual short
ride to the local high school. I was pressed for time and barely got to
ride 3 miles, but what an experience!!!
I was amazed at how steady the Coker is once you get it rolling. I
felt much more stable riding it than my 24x3 MUni or my 28'r. With my
homemade air saddle and the huge diameter of that tire, it rode like a
Cadillac.
I live in a neighborhood full of small hills and was very impressed
with how easily the Coker climbed. I maxed out at 13.5 mph, but my
average speed really sucked (probably due to the fact that most of the
trip was uphill). Downhills were truly a rush.
The only real problem I encountered (not counting stupid drivers) was
that due to my 30" inseam, I had to stand on a curb to freemount the
Coker successfully (usually 2 out of 3 tries).
Tomorrow, I shall try again. Oh yeah, here's how the elbows ended up,
not too bad at least :p
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