Isn't it just NUTS?
They did a shorter ride than planned, about 35 miles and 2100 feet of climbing. He says he got precipitated on, in one form or another, probably a third of the time. Apparently having ice pellets blasting you while you're going downhill is really unpleasant. But he's home and warm and happy he went.
Yup. Sun. Blue sky. Thunder. More ice pellets. Goofy.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks