@consularrider 55122 wrote:
4 pm and I can’t see Key Bridge from my 9th floor at Wilson/Lynn. Sheets of heavy rain and strong wind. Think I stay inside for a little while longer.
Had you been able to, you would have seen me. Ok, not on the Key Bridge, but on the TR Bridge.
Unlike this morning, I had THE WORST timing. Thinking that it was either going north of my route, or was going to hold off a little longer, I ventured our around 4-ish. Got to the TR Bridge no problem. When I was over the actual island (still on the bridge sidepath), the wind picked up. As in: “stop the bike and turn around because there’s a wall of dirt flying at you at high speed” picked up. Wind died down and somehow I dropped my chain when starting up again. The rain started while I was fixing it. Luckily, it was just lots of big drops of rain, so I rode the brakes down to the TR parking lot. Stopped under a tree to tell a guy that maybe we should get away from the lowest part of the ride. By the time I was on the bridge over the GW Pkwy, the rain had slowed. By the time I got to Lee & Lynn, the rain had stopped. Saw a handful of other very wet riders who were caught out with me.
So I got VERY WET. Lesson: you may luck out with Mother Nature once a day, but don’t push your luck.
