Originally Posted by
Tundra_Man
Officially we got a little over 5" of rain in those 3 hours. Unofficially, there were parts of the city with much more than that in their rain gauges. At 5 PM when I left work there was still lots of flooded areas. I found many places on the MUP that were impassable due to flood waters, so I had to backtrack and take different routes around the water. For one stretch I had to travel down a couple major arteries for about a mile because there was no other practical route other than the MUP. I made it, but my normal 1/2 hour 8 mile commute took nearly an hour and turned into 11 miles.
Jesus. That's a lot of rain in in a few hours. Makes me riding in a few inches of rain water the last heavey rain here seem like a cakewalk. Good on you for persevering.
My car is still in the shop since last Thursday. I hope to pick it up after work today. Will see. So I have been riding from home yesterday and today. Felt a bit knackered on the Ft Lee Rd hill this morning. Will have to gear down and take it easy for the ride home. I rode the Orbea yesterday and the Octalink crank bolts were coming loose. Also could not tighten the bolts too much since they feel like they could strip the threads. Good lord. I still have an FSA K-force crankset lying around. So will happily replace the Octlink with the K-force when I get the chance. I like everything about Shimano 9 speed (Ultegra 6500) except the crankset and BB. What a design mistake those were.