They weren't calling for rain today

[Dillinger]

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Ya i rode to work in Hamilton expecting it not to rain until after 6pm. It was raining hard here at lunch time, i don't mind getting wet riding home as long as im not wet sitting at my desk all day!

poor bikes been rained on 3 times in the past week.. she needs a good wash.

 

[Ymax]

Ya i rode to work in Hamilton expecting it not to rain until after 6pm. It was raining hard here at lunch time, i don't mind getting wet riding home as long as im not wet sitting at my desk all day!

poor bikes been rained on 3 times in the past week.. she needs a good wash.

I don't think its the actual rain that puts dirt on your bike ... maybe what gets splashed
Up that's the nasty stuff

 

[Emefef]

I don't think its the actual rain that puts dirt on your bike ... maybe what gets splashed
Up that's the nasty stuff

If you park along front street and there's a light rain, the bike looks terrible. You get a thin (or sometimes thick!) coat of dust from the construction. If the rain isn't hard enough to wash it all off, it looks filthy. To top it off, if the road is still damp, that's when you throw all the other crap up.

 

[Arkay]

I worked 6-230 and at 5am the weather was good but I was racing against time and rain on way home lol. Beat the rain by 30 min

 

[Mr.Ruckus]

Rain or Shine.....I'm riding.

This is the attitude you all need to get on if you committed on getting on two wheels bunch of wusses.

 

[jukon]

Anyone else leave on their bike this morning, seeing that they weren't calling for rain until over night, and now gonna get soaked?

It never ceases to amaze me how they call for rain and it doesn't, and they don't call for rain and it does.


Bastards.

I know eh? If they did anything else for a living they would be fired. They must have advertisements "Suck at your job? Don't worry, be a meteorologist! Where there is always a chance of anything!"

 

[OnAnySunday]

It's only water. Deal with it.

...The sound of of rain drops bouncing off my helmet is therapeutic.

 

[MacDoc]

Damn - glad I'm not out in that.

 

[SpikedLemon]

That was way wetter than i anticipated. I think compounded by the brutal traffic.

 

[rg0r]

How you think i felt when it started to rain half way to Niagara and back... 4 hrs of soaking... Luckily at least i had a rain jacket.

 

[KJM]

Turns out my Velocity rain suit must not like life in the bottom of my top box. It leaked far more than I remember yesterday. Time to read some rainsuit threads..

 

[MacDoc]

You may want to give up on breathable and go with poly prop. I have the iCon and it does work.

$100 or so
3 seasons rattling in the top case and as long as I seal it - it's completely dry. Great for cooler weather as well over the mesh jacket.

 

[Kri$han]

I KNOW!!!

Un-freaking believable... They can't even cover an 8-hour day anymore.

I've been getting by, mostly unscathed by checking the weather report and studying 2-3 different radar maps everyday before work, but this year I've been caught riding wet more than a few times (once was the MEGA storm!)...

Now I gotta start riding with a rain suit, over-gloves and get some way of transporting all that gear with me everyday... panniers? I guess I'll wear gore-tex boots all the time, too... ugh. All-in that's like $1000. Bollocks.

 

[Alex_San]

I always have the rain suit in a tiny backpack with me, can't even tell it's there...
The rest of the cr@p I carry with me goes in the tank bag...

 

[Dillinger]

I don't think its the actual rain that puts dirt on your bike ... maybe what gets splashed
Up that's the nasty stuff

Ya i know what you mean all the dirt picked up from the wet roads and dust and then the WATER SPOTS when it all drys.

Either way my baby is due for a wash! lol

 

[green_ninja]

They better not be wrong about the long weekend..they been makin it sound SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET...and it's going to be extra SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET if the're right haha

 

[KJM]

You may want to give up on breathable and go with poly prop. I have the iCon and it does work.

$100 or so
3 seasons rattling in the top case and as long as I seal it - it's completely dry. Great for cooler weather as well over the mesh jacket.

The velocity is polypro, I may if put it on too hastily and not sea,ed the zippers off correctly.

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