Lee & I went on an ACTC ride which started in San Jose, went thru Monte Sereno and a bit up Route 9 and then up Peach Hill Rd and Canon Drive, which are very quiet, scenic and hilly side roads. Although it looked like we were going to luck out on the rain when we started out, the heavens opened up on us as we were about to do a moderately steep, windy descent - yee hah

Lee had some great luck - he had a puncture within a block of the finish and since it was a slow leak he was able to ride up to the car.

I keep forgetting how fun it is to ride in the rain - Pokey was sporting his fenders and I was wearing a new screaming yellow Gore Windstopper jacket (with removable sleeves, of course!) so when the rain started up I put the sleeves back on for the descent, and they really did the trick - the upper half of my body stayed warm and reasonably dry, and the parts that did get wet dried off pretty quickly when we returned the main roads and the rain subsided.

Once I get over the fact that I'm going to get wet, and so long as I'm not freezing to death, riding in the rain for me is kind of like stomping in puddles when I was a kid - messy fun. 'Twas a blast.

Our ride leader had a camera so I'll add the link if he posts photos.

- Jo. (....clean my bike?....)