# Mario and I go for a wet bike ride.

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Wet Clothing Forum - Beach Club ] [ FAQ ]

Posted by Jeff on July 09, 2020 at 11:49:24

Yesterday afternoon it started raining really heavily and looked to be set in for the day so I texted Mario and asked if he fancied going for a cycle around the town until we were soaked through. I got a simple message back within seconds - "YES - 10 mins, yours."

I was waiting in the front porch with my bike getting wet at the bottom of the steps as he rode up. He was wearing black jeans, a grey hoodie with a white tee underneath and his black canvas shoes. He was already looking a bit damp as the rain hammered down on him and he was grinning widely.

"I thought you'd be out in it already, not being a wimp in the dry....." he called as I came down the steps.

"Bloody cheek...." I replied as I got on my bike and felt the water on the saddle soaking into my jeans.

The rain was really heavy and we had ridden no more than a few hundred yards before I could feel it soaking through the back and shoulders of my sweatshirt, dripping down my face from my wet hair and see the colour of my blue jeans getting darker on my legs as they became soaked. It felt great. We rode along the residential streets making sure to ride through any puddles we came across and seeing the water splash up over our feet and lower legs. Eventually we found ourselves at the small parade of local shops and Mario said he wanted a drink. By this time we were pretty well soaked through. I stood in the rain holding our bikes as Mario went inside the newsagents and came back a few minutes later with a couple of cans of cola and two Mars bars and we went and sat on one of the benches as we enjoyed them, leaning back and stretching out our legs so that the rain finished off our soaking and we could watch our jeans dripping and getting more shiny wet. As we sat and watched a few people hurry by on their way home or to their parked cars a familiar looking car pulled up just across the pavement from us and one of our teachers, Mr Barker, jumped out and dashed into the newsagent. When he came out he stood under the shop's canopy and sheltered from the rain for a moment or two.

"Afternoon, Mr Barker" Mario called "Not afraid of getting wet are you?" Mr Barker is a PE and a geography teacher and takes us for swimming lessons.

"Hi boys, afternoon. No, I was just trying to remember if there was anything else I needed to get. I can see you are enjoying the rain - is this how you spend your enforced holidays, getting wet? I must remember this next time you object to getting in the pool because it's too cold ......" he laughed.

"It's good fun riding around in the rain." I said "We just stopped for a drink."

"Are you sure your parents will think it fun when you get home soaking wet?" he asked.

"They don't mind so long as we don't get the house wet and they don't have to do our laundry." Mario said "And Jeff's dad positively encourages him."

"Sounds like a good arrangement. Anyway, I must dash, enjoy the rest of your day - if you want to get really wet, Bridge Street under the railway bridge is getting flooded - too deep to drive a car through - quite a few other lads getting wet there when I drove here. Bye." and with that he dashed to his car and drove off.

So when we had finished our drinks, we rode the half-mile or so to Bridge Street and sure enough it was flooded where the road dips to go under the railway bridge. There were a couple of younger boys we recognised from school and to of our age that Mario knew from the Catholic church he goes to. They were all dressed like us in jeans and hoodies or sweatshirts and were similarly drenched, as we approached one of them had fallen off his bike and got a thorough ducking, the water was waist deep as he waded out pushing his bike. We said 'hello' to Mario's friend, Carl, and watched as the other waded out with water pouring out of his clothes.

"That was deeper than I thought" he laughed as he joined us and said 'Hi' to Mario and me. His name was Harry.

"Did you get all the way through to the far end?" I asked.

"No. I fell off as my wheel hit a raised drain cover I think. I was going slowly anyway as it is hard peddling in deep water." Harry said "Why? Do you want to try it?"

"Can't be that hard, can it?" I asked.

So the four of us lined up and started to ride through. Harry was right, when the water reached cross-bar deep it was hard work peddling even standing up. The deepest point was immediately under the bridge when the water was just over the saddle and handlebars, but we made it through, albeit rather slowly. As we stopped on the far side and rested, a big Toyota 4x4 drove up and tooted at us to move aside. The driver wound down his window and called.

"Hey lads, how deep is it?"

Harry held his hand a few inches above the saddle of his bike "Getting on for waist deep on me, maybe a bit more, but it covered our bikes as we rode through."

"Cheers, thanks." the man said as he wound up his window and proceeded to drive forward and into the water.

We watched and Mario said "He's not going to make it like that."

"Yeah, I don't drive yet but I do know that you should go fast enough to create a bow-wave and keep the revs up." Carl said "I've been in dad's Range Rover when we drove through some floods."

The Toyota was creeping forward and the driver was certainly not revving the engine or going fast enough.

"Do we offer to push him if he gets stuck?" Harry asked.

"I don't think even four of us could push that, it's huge. And it will be full of water too." Harry laughed as we watched.

The water was up to the top of the wheels now and he wasn't even near the deepest part. A few moments later and the water was lapping over the bonnet and had reached the door handles. And then it came to a halt just as it got under the bridge. We heard the driver trying to re-start the engine and then it all went quiet.

"Shall we go and see if he's OK?" Mario asked.

"I think we ought to. We're all soaked already and we need to get back to the other side to get home anyway." Carl said.

So we waded in and pushed our bikes. Harry may have been right about it being almost waist deep on him but he was a bit taller than the rest of us. Mario and I were in well over our waists as we got to the Toyota. The driver must have seen us approaching as he opened the sunroof and stood up as we got to him. He looked angry.

"Thanks a lot, guys. Why didn't you say it was this deep?" he asked.

"I said it was waist deep on me ..... see this?" Harry said as he pointed at his belt clearly above the water, just, as he lifted his hoodie "Don't blame us because you don't know how to drive through a flood - it should be easy in this great thing."

"We could try and give you a push, if you like?" Carl suggested.

"No thanks - don't want you making things worse." the man said angrily "Just sod off." and he sat down again.

"Suit yourself, only trying to help." Harry said as we watched the sunroof slide shut.

So we waded on and out of the water and left him there, hearing him trying the starter again until eventually he gave up. We waited, along with all the other kids, to see what he was going to do. A few minutes later he clambered out of the sunroof and slid down the windscreen to sit on the bonnet. He was wearing tan chinos and a green tweed jacket and shirt and tie. He hesitated for a moment and then slid off the bonnet into the water, lost his footing and fell over (to much laughter from the watchers) before getting up and wading out towards the far end and wandering off.

It was still raining heavily so we rode home and Mario borrowed some dry shorts and a tee and then stayed for tea as we told dad and gran about what had happened. The general consensus was that the rude driver had got what he deserved.

Follow Ups:

- Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Muddywet 01:48:49 7/12/2020 (1)
  - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Muddywet 01:50:33 7/12/2020 (0)
- Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 15:27:32 7/09/2020 (16)
  - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Jeff 19:35:48 7/09/2020 (15)
    - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 02:22:44 7/10/2020 (14)
      - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Muddywet 00:57:50 7/12/2020 (3)
        - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 11:32:16 7/12/2020 (2)
          - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Kayne 15:54:42 7/12/2020 (1)
            - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 16:36:36 7/12/2020 (0)
      - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Jeff 18:38:46 7/10/2020 (8)
        - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 11:45:42 7/12/2020 (6)
          - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Kayne 16:08:18 7/12/2020 (1)
            - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 16:31:17 7/12/2020 (0)
          - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Zonie 14:09:21 7/12/2020 (3)
            - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 16:49:53 7/12/2020 (2)
              - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Zonie 22:03:56 7/12/2020 (1)
                - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 00:36:48 7/13/2020 (0)
        - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Matt 08:44:39 7/11/2020 (0)
      - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Zonie 15:42:29 7/10/2020 (0)
- Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Zonie 15:11:27 7/09/2020 (1)
  - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Jeff 19:47:00 7/09/2020 (0)
- Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Kayne 14:48:56 7/09/2020 (6)
  - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 02:46:38 7/10/2020 (2)
    - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Kayne 13:49:40 7/10/2020 (1)
      - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 17:06:03 7/10/2020 (0)
  - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Jeff 19:53:28 7/09/2020 (2)
    - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Ry 02:50:59 7/10/2020 (0)
    - Re: Mario and I go for a wet bike ride. Allwet 23:33:35 7/09/2020 (0)

Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail:

Subject:

Comments:

Optional Image URL:

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Wet Clothing Forum - Beach Club ] [ FAQ ]