I've pondered this after a few posts referencing thunder/lightning storms lately, and then 20 minutes ago the sky was sunny, and now it's black with heavy clouds....If my plans hadn't changed, I'd be thirty miles from home on my bike right now in a lightning storm!

So,it got me thinking... what should you do if you were stuck on your bike in the middle of nowhere in a thunderstorm?

http://www.redcross.org/services/dis...r.html#outside

Some of the tips were new to me - particularly:
- minimizing your contact with the ground by crouching on the balls of your feet
- not assuming that your tires/rubber shoes will insulate you

Be safe!