Shaun Rimmer
July 3rd 03, 09:28 AM
Technician > wrote in message
. ..
> Great day out today. weather predicts chance of showers, but the sky is
> clear, and the sun is bright. so i head out for a ride.
>
> Everything performs excellent, including myself. i am in top form today,
> everything just comes naturally. ahh, but this can't be right, it is too
> perfect. i ride on anyway.
>
> 3 miles out, i notice a bit of moisture falling. ahh, but this is not
> bad; just a light sprinkle. i ride on, taking in the cool air from the
> light rain. and then it happens, the rain suddenly goes from a light
> rain, to a downpour with visibility cut to about 6 feet with the mud and
> rain splashing up onto my glasses. in a matter of moments, i am
> completely soaked. so i decide to call it quits. i turn around and head
> back. at this moment, the rain doubles. not only am i getting splatter
> off the wheels, but from the rain bouncing off the road itself.
> suddenly, i notice a scratchy feeling down below, and it occurs to me
> that my rain soaked shirt has worked it's way up my back and under my
> CamelBak, so the splatter from the rear wheel is now hitting my back,
> and running down under the band of my shorts and down the crack of my
> arse. if this wasn't bad enough, i am being attacked from the front with
> wheel splatter going up the legs of my shorts and attacking the nether
> region. on top of this, i am still about 2.75 miles from my car.
>
> But, then i focus on my riding only, and tune out the scratchy pain, and
> the fact i can't see very far past my front wheel. i eventually make it
> back to my car with the realization that most of what i rode was done in
> the big ring simply because at that point i didn't care, i just rode.
>
> So i don't know what i did to offend the bike gods, but they really
> didn't like me today.
> --
> ~Travis
Rode 7.5 miles in weather like that on the last club ride, after riding 10
miles of mostly uphill before hand. With a heavy hangover. And a chest
recovering from the previous night's tobacco abuse. The rain was coming down
so hard, we couldn't see more than a bike length in front of us. I thought
about going slower on some of the rocky, muddy, extremely slippery descents,
but decided to increase the speed of my reactions instead.
Shaun aRe don't see what all the fuss is about.
. ..
> Great day out today. weather predicts chance of showers, but the sky is
> clear, and the sun is bright. so i head out for a ride.
>
> Everything performs excellent, including myself. i am in top form today,
> everything just comes naturally. ahh, but this can't be right, it is too
> perfect. i ride on anyway.
>
> 3 miles out, i notice a bit of moisture falling. ahh, but this is not
> bad; just a light sprinkle. i ride on, taking in the cool air from the
> light rain. and then it happens, the rain suddenly goes from a light
> rain, to a downpour with visibility cut to about 6 feet with the mud and
> rain splashing up onto my glasses. in a matter of moments, i am
> completely soaked. so i decide to call it quits. i turn around and head
> back. at this moment, the rain doubles. not only am i getting splatter
> off the wheels, but from the rain bouncing off the road itself.
> suddenly, i notice a scratchy feeling down below, and it occurs to me
> that my rain soaked shirt has worked it's way up my back and under my
> CamelBak, so the splatter from the rear wheel is now hitting my back,
> and running down under the band of my shorts and down the crack of my
> arse. if this wasn't bad enough, i am being attacked from the front with
> wheel splatter going up the legs of my shorts and attacking the nether
> region. on top of this, i am still about 2.75 miles from my car.
>
> But, then i focus on my riding only, and tune out the scratchy pain, and
> the fact i can't see very far past my front wheel. i eventually make it
> back to my car with the realization that most of what i rode was done in
> the big ring simply because at that point i didn't care, i just rode.
>
> So i don't know what i did to offend the bike gods, but they really
> didn't like me today.
> --
> ~Travis
Rode 7.5 miles in weather like that on the last club ride, after riding 10
miles of mostly uphill before hand. With a heavy hangover. And a chest
recovering from the previous night's tobacco abuse. The rain was coming down
so hard, we couldn't see more than a bike length in front of us. I thought
about going slower on some of the rocky, muddy, extremely slippery descents,
but decided to increase the speed of my reactions instead.
Shaun aRe don't see what all the fuss is about.