In my quest to ride my bike as much as I can, I biked in to work today in the pouring rain (actually, "pouring" is a little bit of an understatement today...) rather than having to be crammed onto a streetcar with other wet people and their wet umbrellas for 25 minutes.

You could look at this as my version of Darren's famous "How To Always Smell Fresh" post, except that instead of a shower before and after my ride, I had one during. I dried off and changed right away, and now I'm warm and cozy at my desk, thinking about grabbing an umbrella to make a Tim Hortons run.

The best part of my rainy ride is that I really enjoyed it. Summer rains are always refreshing, and by the time I had been out 5 minutes with rain coming down on me (and up towards me from my tires), I was totally soaked and I equated it with a waterpark ride.

I'm sure the few co-workers who saw me come up from the parking garage soaking wet think I'm a bit crazy, but when you bike with car traffic every day, some rain is not really something to be afraid of.

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