As the church worship service ended the rain began. As I moved through the rain to the Jeep to drive home I resigned myself to not biking today. When I got home I started watching stage 9 of the TdF and the rain stopped, the sun came out. By the time I finished watching the TdF the streets were dry. It was time to go for a bike ride. It was a late start at 3:56 PM. I decided to ride the Trek Marlin 8 MTB around Kingwood streets and trails. Riding south through Kingwood Greens I wanted to ride south over the river on W. Lake Houston Parkway but looking at the dark sky it didn’t look like a good idea. I turned north along W. Lake Houston Parkway. By the time I got to Kingwood Drive light rain started. I paused for a few seconds under the Memorial Herman ER portico and then rode on. As I neared the Kingwood Community Center on Rustic Woods the rain picked up. I rode quickly to the community center front door portico just before the rain came down and the wind picked up. After about 8 minutes the rain stopped and I headed off to finish the ride at 5;22 PM. The Trek Marlin 8 got its first ride in the rain.