Pick a different town on the route and weather will be different, ie. it's windy/showery so there's basically no useful forecast and you can almost certainly dodge any rain if you don't mind waiting a few minutes.
Nah, I mentioned it to the missus and she was 'meh'. We rode it last year I think, on her new bike and it snowed and she had saddle issues so it's probably not in her list of favourite things to do. It'd filled/closed when I last looked.
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Pick a different town on the route and weather will be different, ie. it's windy/showery so there's basically no useful forecast and you can almost certainly dodge any rain if you don't mind waiting a few minutes.