I biked behind this really hot chick for about a mile, who was zooming on blades down Lexington from about 45th street to 23d last night. She was going much faster than me. (Admittedly I wasn't trying to pass her, I wanted to look at her from behind.) She did it with such style though, she made it look so effortless. I was all nerded up on my bike with helmet and goggles, lights and shit, she was just wearing shorts, tank top and had a handbag.
I don' agree with her skating against traffic.I cover some of the same strecth of turf as she does on my commute by bike from Staten Island (ia SI Ferry)--I pass the Waterside Plaza complex, go over the same narrow path parallel to the FDR as she does and have to go on 1st Ave by the heliport. I've been musing about whether I am ready to make the leap from bike to rollerblades.