Granted, if I did not have a baseball game to attend last night I likely would not have left work in a flash flood.  While my shoes were sloshing with water, it was thankfully not very cold out and was actually quite a refreshing ride.

I brought my modified Cyclocross bike with me which has a fender attached because the forecast looked to be ominous.  While disk brakes are now legal in the sport, my bike originally had cantilever style brakes on it.  Perfect for Cyclocross, these brakes shed mud, but don’t really stop you quickly.  After my fork was recalled by Felt, and a replacement back ordered, I decided to invest in a new disk brake compatible one.  I forgot that that meant I needed a new wheel too which set me back a bit of cash.  Needless to say, I was so happy with the disk brake and only wished I could have one on the back too.  Recently I replaced the rear brake with a V-Brake which has much better stopping power.  I needed to add a “travel agent,” cable pull doubler, to make the brake work with the road style brake levers, but am so much happier now.  In fact, I have to be careful that I don’t lock up the brake and skid, now that it actually works!…