...you prepare your bike the night before a big race, pack your kit, make-up your water bottles, prepare yourself mentally for the race, just to wake up the next morning to find it raining so hard you can barely hear yourself think?
Funny. Yeah they should have bikes like those cars that you get paid to drive in. Advertisements on the side of them. You could wear the gear to advertise or something like this. Get paid to ride or workout.
...you prepare your bike the night before a big race, pack your kit, make-up your water bottles, prepare yourself mentally for the race, just to wake up the next morning to find it raining so hard you can barely hear yourself think?
Couldn't agree with you more. I've experienced similar situations on more than one occasion. While I don't partake in big races, this usually occurs when I'm preparing for a weekend trip. Getting ready to take a break from the city with the family and escape to the big outdoors. Only to be confronted by thunder showers, completely ruining something that was planned months ahead.