Starting tour ride in rain

[Tri Girl]

I feel for you. I hope it wasn't as bad today as you thought it might be.
Stop often if you need to, stay warm, and try to have fun. On my tour in June, I stopped on the second day because of torrential rain. I kept singing "Singing in the Rain" then changed all the words to fit my biking in the rain. It worked until I stopped for lunch and got too cold to go on.

Have a fun time regardless of the weather!

[maillotpois]

Solvang double century 2006 - probably 160 of 200 miles in the rain, beginning about mile 20. Davis 400k last year - most of it in the rain, let's just leave it at that. (The only really nice weather was the first part of the return where V joined me.) 600k in 2006 had only 15 miles in the middle in the rain, but so hard I thought I wouldn't be able to breathe.

It's definitely harder to start in the rain or when you know rain is imminent than to keep going if it starts raining in the middle.

[Grog]

I'll work on blowing the clouds the other way.

Wishing you a good ride. Be safe.