Originally Posted by
gear
If riding in the rain at night, you won't be able to tell how deep water is. It could be a little 1/2" stream running along the road and right where you cross that stream it goes over a 1 foot deep pot hole, but you can't tell because any light reflects off the top of the water.
+1. My most unpleasant rain experience was walking the last 1/2 mile home (thank goodness I was that close) because I blew my front tube on a crater that I never saw because it was full of water, and at night besides. The kind of wet night where your lights just seem to get lost in all the other road glare.