Pedrojosé Oliveira (El Muchacho Mascarado) wallride WESTFIXED 2
After lunch, it was still not out of my head and I called Max to ask him what he thought of the idea... “I’m in” was his answer. Now there was no turning back. We asked some more friends and at the end we were six riders. Max, Gerard, Basti and I wrote on a Fixed Gear bike, Florian on a Cyclocross Single Speed and Leander on a Road bike. We met on Saturday (Aug, 18th) at 11:30pm at Alexanderplatz, which is in the centre of Berlin and headed off to the Baltic Sea at midnight. No one ever rode this route before. Only Florian knew some sections. The route which I planned on the previous afternoon led us mostly along the BerlinUsedom cycle path... which turned out to be more suitable for touring bikes. Cobblestones and narrow forest roads were not perfect conditions for a Night Ride. Nevertheless, the scenery was stunning itself… The silence and the starry skies are simply indescribable. Initially, we have moved forward quite quickly, and made only a few short breaks to fill our jersey pockets with food. But after around 60 miles we started to feel the first noticeable signs of fatigue. It was four in the night, completely dark and our bodies showed us that they were exhausted. The only thing I concentrated on was the rear wheel of the person in front. Once in front it was even more tiring, because you had to find the right lane for the whole group, considering that they are just starring at your rear wheel now… Our lamps were playing shadow games and I started to fell partly into a kind of trance. My brain did not work 100% anymore and my body was focused on the essentials... Left foot, right foot, left food, right food. Then I got into a flow, which I had not yet attained so far. I was exhausted but happy at the same time. All the other passengers had a similar feeling, and we just kept on going... our speed was still at around 19 mph average and there was still good pressure on our pedals. STOKED ON FIXED BIKES