Originally Posted by mcjabos
The only problem is, when it rains, you get unbelievably wet really fast. We were able to choose the days we rode, so only went out once knowing we'd get wet -- but my lap was full of water immediately. I may rig up an old kayak skirt for my next rainy ride.
The one piece of gear I might add is a wrist mirror - in traffic, left turns can be hairy with just the eyeglass mirror.
You might want to consider adding fenders - that way you could leave the kayak spray skirt....