i had a huge review written up about bicycle that got erased when my tab suddenly reloaded, but on second look i dont think theres that much to say about this level. it's very silly, is my current hardest on both pc and mobile, and has lots of history behind it, being a 1.3-ish era unconventional gameplay "hard demon" (8 on gddl) that maintained 0 likes for a long while before starting to go into the positives. the limited deco actually lends itself well to the unconventional gameplay by making it so lots of this level's sort of memory-ish gameplay is entirely on you if you mess up instead of an artificial obscuring effect or other design decision. the unconventional gameplay itself is difficult and weird to learn, but fair overall. everything gets consistent, even certain strange parts such as the upside down ship flying into a blind triple spike, and the yellow orb click at around 50. even while i was going for this as a new hardest and ended up choking at 52 like ten times and dying in the 90s seven times i was able to keep pushing forward, which i credit this level's fair design to. if it was just a chokepoint that felt rng or unfair i probably wouldnt be writing this review. in fact, it was mostly just a matter of practice, evidenced by me rebeating this level in 7 attempts on mobile like an hour ago for a new mobile hardest.

my first legitimate long going-from-zero grind was with a friend who i introduced this level to on globed. she beat it in one session in like 600 attempts and hated it at the time, but since then has gone on to rebeat it on mobile and also call it fun. despite my many deaths late into this level, and my mentality at the time being "oh my god please just let it be over," i have to say... it is indeed quite fun and i am very fond of it. if i didnt have as much of a skill issue, or perhaps if i was playing this randomly off a whim with an insane demon hardest, i would not have entered that mentality. this is an excellent level through and through

never judge a book by its cover. take a bicycle trip with me