Rain.

(pic not me)
Had a great group ride last nite. The fast guys waited up and had a few newbies that did pretty good.
However this ride will go in the books as the hardest rain I have ever rode my bike in.
As we were rolling back home, maybe about 4 or 5 miles to go (out of 40) we saw the the storm rolling in and had thought we might miss it. Huge lightning strikes straight ahead of us. Very, very dark for 7pm.
We almost made it.
With about 3 miles to go the storm hit. Huge winds that grabbed my 65mm wheels and tried to throw me into the ditch.
Rain so hard you could not breath. My contacts were washed out of my eyes. Visibility was several feet but did not matter cuz you had to ride with your head down, looking at your front wheel.
I later heard it rained about 1.25 inches in 40 minutes. We rode in about 30 minutes of that. In hindsight, its stuff like this that makes rides memorable. I will remember this one for a long time.

I like it when I do stuff that I can remember.

DLD