Congrats and glad it was (sounds) successful
Cycling is just easier on the legs & muscles and everything else.
After being attacked by a pack of dogs and left needing over 100 stitches to a leg wound I was able to cycle again within 4 weeks... walking took me 5 months just to get off crutches. Recently I managed a 100 mile bike ride, yet even now, 2 1/2 years on I can still only walk around 3 miles a day before I end up in pain (I was a very serious mountaineer and long distance footpath walker/hiker).