Rainy Morning

[Bikinguy]

Hi All,

Saturday morning and its rain so hard animals are starting to pair up here. I thought if I can't ride the next best thing is to be around bikes while whinning with other like minded types about the weather. Off I went to my LBS. I walked in and the owner looks over at me and said "came for a bike fix huh". So I walked over to a group of guys and we stood staring out the window at the rain with our funny looking tan arms and lily white hands.
Sunday will be good weather.

Keep2up,
Bikinguy

[stapfam]

Today has been a glorious day for riding- Not too warm but a good sun warming the back . Pity I was working in the garden all day.Tommorrows ride day but put the grippy knobblies on as rain is promised- Why can't I be more flexible?

[Digital Gee]

Most of the time when it rains, I pout and get disappointed because I'm not riding. Sometimes, however, I love to get all my raingear on (mind you, I have no real rain gear, just a yellow wind breaker with a hood), and get out on the road, and ride. There's something about riding out in the elements that (occasionally) appeals to me.

[Digital Gee]

I forgot, do you have a bike with fenders?

Nope! i just ride my Trek 3900 MTB on slicks. I do get a little wet. :(

Okay, soaked.

[Monoborracho]

Well it was raining here in North Texas also, with a promise of clearing up later in the day.

I got my old tourer bike back from the LBS yesterday after fixing a bottom bracket problem. I was considering driving over for the Muenster, Texas festival and bike ride but decided against it when it was raining this AM. Nevertheless, with a drizzle in the air I put on my less than my high dollar rain gear and took off. It cleared up some, then rained some, and then cleared up again while I was out on a 25 mile run through the hills. Egads, did I mention the wind was screaming! Still, I made the run in 2 hours even though I changed in and out of clothes several times.

Am proud to report that the Gilles Berthoud fenders I installed a couple of months ago worked as advertised. Also, the weatherproof booties are worth it, as it was in the 50's when I took off.

"......and then the wheels came off"