Have not done this ride in a few years due to COVID and wouldn't go if it was going to rain. Forecast for today was mid 40's with chance of rain from 42% at 10:00 to 77% after 2:00. So I bailed and didn't register. Then Keith at the Y spin class said he was going and somehow convinced me to go anyway. BUT last night the forecast changed and the wet front coming thru wasn't suppose to arrive until around 2:00. Game on but we decided to start earlier. Almost made it without rain but the last 30 minutes it was wet and windy. Major hills can be tricky because the roads are not shut down to traffic and bikers are cranking very slow or walking their bikes. Hence the steeper hills get very congested. Time to hit the "assist" button and get up and over. Top of the steepest hill, I pulled over to wait for Keith and 3 younger bikers pulled up along side me. Without looking at my ebike, one of the guys made a comment that people on an ebike need to have a sign that says they are on an ebike. I couldn''t resist. So I turned and faced him and addressed him as young man, and said that he might feel different if he was 80 and just wanted to continue biking. End of discussion other than to talk about how great ebikes are "for old people" Ended up with a bit of humor when I said he should consider ebikes as the little blue pill for older men bikers. ha