T
Technician
Guest
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 ****. 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.
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~Travis
http://www.megalink.net/~farmers/
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 ****. 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
http://www.megalink.net/~farmers/
