[Black rubber slips]

[billy]

hi buck, at first i thought it was about river rapids. i'd suggest to make ambigous but not enough so the reader takes the wrong ride. keep your eye on the enjambment,

Clingy clothes slap,
air currents abuse
each flexing branch,

Clingy clothes slap air;
currents abuse each flexing branch,

just a suggestion of how end jambs can be flexible

Black rubber slips,
riding the torrent,
a bastion of power:
snapping trees,
inviting trepidation. the last 3 lines feel to poetic, try an use an image the reader can relate to. ( if fear didn't glue my arse to the saddle i'd shit my pants) i went wacky so you wouldn't use it, just suggesting how it might be improved.

Clingy clothes slap,
air currents abuse
each flexing branch,
coarsely chastising
tenacious leaves.

Creaky bicycle never
expected the madness;
forest shows no mercy
until the storm abates.

Tempest recedes
and, for a brief,
fabric can breathe.
Drops fall from
flying chrome pedals.