Ha!
I started riding again after almost 20 years when my office moved and was only 7 miles from my house. I commuted a lot. Once I got caught out there with a storm rolling in. I was commuting down Bellaire south of 183 (if you know where that is), and the storm blew in from the west. It was apparently a strong low pressure system because it was sucking all the air into it; i.e., in trying to ride away from it I had to ride into a stiff headwind. I was pretty panicked because it was mighty dark out west, and then the thunder started to roll. I went up the Oakmonster (Oakmont from Bellaire to Bryant Irvin), fighting the wind, fighting the hill, and trying to get home ASAP. Then it happened: POP! I broke a spoke. I kept pushing though because I didn't want to get caught in storm. A couple miles later.... POP! Another spoke! Now my rear wheel had a bad wobble. I made it into my driveway just as the downpour started. That was an amazing ride.
If you wanted to try out your jacket, you could do it right now; it's raining pretty good out there.
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