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Tacking into the wind

A weather forecast for Berkeley, CA, saying 'tons of rain,' '18mph winds,' and 'I hate you, Coda.'

I hate you too, Weather.

My ride home from work today had the following thematic elements:

  1. Torrential rain.
  2. Being totally soaked within the first 30 seconds.
  3. Insane traffic.
  4. 20mph+ cross-winds.
  5. Thunder.
  6. Lightning.
  7. The sound of limbs breaking in the trees lining the street.
  8. An inch of water on the road.
  9. Rain coming in almost parallel to the ground.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go do laundry, because my clothes aren’t wet enough.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 27th, 2006 at 9:57pm and is filed under Bicycles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

27th Feb 2006 9:57pm Bicycles
 

One Response to “Tacking into the wind”

  1. chris_m Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 2:56am

    Sounds like bicycling here in Hue, Vietnam. The only differences are the rain is wamer and one has to duck moto[cycles] and women on bicycles who pull out without looking in any direction.

    When the monsoon hits, the streets flood so much that one is happy to be riding a mountain bike because the low gear helps one “plow” through the 1-2.5 feet of water on the roads. I’ve passed boats.

    For an amazing bicycle experience, consider bicycling in Vietnam and/or SE Asia. I’ve found it much more interesting than bicycling in the Bay area or Portland, OR. I welcome all questions concerning above comments or take a gander at http://vietnamzen.com