Written by: John Zazzick
I really never rode my bicycle in rain before. I mean, on purpose.
Sure, I’ve been caught out in the rain on my bicycle, and considered the event an unfortunate accident. Something to learn from. Something not smart. Something sane people avoid.

So, I ask myself: is something wrong with me? Is something wrong with the other 30-some people doing the same thing? Willingly venturing forth into the rain – are we nuts?
The answer is no. No, we are not nuts. Twisted? Maybe…a little. Dysfunctional? I like to think we put the funk in dysfunctional. We are a different sort of people, to be sure. A breed of people who endure a hardship because there is a quiet satisfaction for having done so. We want to see new things. Sometimes, to see a thing you’ve never seen before, you have to do a thing you’ve never done before.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body. Just saying…