First Rev

Click, shudder, spark! My internal gear clicked tight, and my whole frame jolted mid-flight. I was dropping fast between two towering, gridded grey walls. No time to pause—momentum calls! I kicked my chain guide forward, snagging the tip against the ledge of a concrete window frame. A crisp scrape echoed down the narrow alley, arresting my plunge. I hung right there, humming with fresh vibration, ready to carve a straight line forward.