Riding in the rain

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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    You lucky southerners... my ride tonight had 30mph wind and driving rain. All my kit including chuffing overshoes (in august!) Is so wet it probably won't be dry for tomorrow! Grrr.
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  • carldavies
    carldavies Posts: 16
    Bhima wrote:
    The only problem I have is getting my feet wet - even with overshoes, they never stay completely dry. Maybe I need to get better overshoes... Once your feet start going numb, the whole experience isn't very nice. :?.

    I'm the same, wet feet kill my morale! :(
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Bhima wrote:
    I love it.

    Don't even have mudguards, but you actually don't need them on high-quality country lanes most of the time. :) ..................................


    The only problem I have is getting my feet wet - even with overshoes,.

    Mudguards make a huge difference in keeping your feet dry.

    Not really, on a long ride, even with mudguards, your feet wil still get wet, maybe not as quickly, but with the rain and spray, it's only a matter of time untill the shoes slowely become saturated with water.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Mudguards are for wusses. Real men eat road dirt (round here it's always salty from about October to May too, tastes much better)
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    bompington wrote:
    Mudguards are for wusses. Real men eat road dirt (round here it's always salty from about October to May too, tastes much better)

    You must be very welcome on the winter club runs then :P
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  • Ollieda
    Ollieda Posts: 1,010
    I like my brother's response when we spoke of this recently:

    Bro:Do you ride in the rain at all?
    Me: I've been out a few times but I haven't got a jacket to ride with to keep me dry so I just get soaked, good fun though.
    Bro:Oh, I'm not bothered about getting wet, I'm just worried that if I ride in the rain my bike will rust......
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    bompington wrote:
    Mudguards are for wusses. Real men eat road dirt (round here it's always salty from about October to May too, tastes much better)

    You must be very welcome on the winter club runs then :P
    That''s a valid point, but I don't belong to one - just not that interested. Of course there are motorists behind me most days complaining about the poor visibility from all the spray :D

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