10 Days of Rain? [Archive]

BottleRocket

01-21-08, 12:44 PM

knotty

01-21-08, 12:54 PM

I'll be getting some full fenders this week, maybe even today. I also ride the rollers daily for an hour. Not too bad once you get used to it and thinking of the benefits.

knotty

SesameCrunch

01-21-08, 12:56 PM

Holy smokes! You're right! Aaaargh!

We may have to do the indoor spinning circuit that Taxi777 referred to! :D

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380768

subframe

01-21-08, 12:58 PM

ouch.

This may require breaking out the hybrid/commuter, although I have a hard time going back to that now...

Red Rider

01-21-08, 01:14 PM

Waaaaahhh! :cry:

artichoke

01-21-08, 01:21 PM

frogg togg suit = $25 well spent

knotty

01-21-08, 01:22 PM

Good old hilly SF. Generally when we get a hour break from the rain, I jam a hilly city block really hard a number of times like a crit. That way, I'm just a few minutes from home when it starts pouring.

knotty

ConstantRider

01-21-08, 01:27 PM

It's not just rain -- there are predictions of snow for Mt. Hamilton, Mt. Diablo, and maybe even Tam as well. Hopefully, the forecast changes though. Saturday's the SF Randonneurs 200K -- which won't be a whole lot of fun in the rain...

subframe

01-21-08, 01:57 PM

There was snow on Hwy 9 this AM, and at some distance below the summit / Skyline, too.

jeffremer

01-21-08, 02:04 PM

Booourns. NOAA's likelihood for rain for the next week doubled between last night and today. School starts tomorrow too. Training in the rain is fun, commuting in the rain isn't half bad, either having to pack and wear extra clothing to avoid sitting in class wet and/or sitting in class wet is lame.

cccorlew

01-21-08, 02:29 PM

I bike commute, rain or shine. I have a nasty cold now, but I follow the Commuter Forum rule:
Too sick to ride to work, too sick to go at all.

Oddly, I feel the opposite of jeffremer about training in the rain. I don't mind riding to work in the rain, but I don't think I'd ever go on a fun ride in the same conditions.
The upside,though, is that I get 16.47 miles in every day.

ahpook

01-21-08, 02:36 PM

gotta gloat a bit -- here's a couple of shots from my morning ride today!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2209605455_35fb0a6d04.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2210398666_db2daaa56b.jpg

spingineer

01-21-08, 02:42 PM

Spinning time, or time to get your beater bike out and beat it up!

SharpT

01-21-08, 02:46 PM

Of course the last 2 weekends have been great, but the 200K SF brevet this weekend looks awful. Not sure what gear I'm going to upgrade, if at all. I can handle cold and wet for my 1 hour commute (with a hot shower at the end), but 10 hours will be something else. Maybe some new gloves, showers pass jacket....dunno

Tough to commit to good rain gear when it will hardly get used.... guess I'll suffer....

SharpT

cccorlew

01-21-08, 02:53 PM

gotta gloat a bit -- here's a couple of shots from my morning ride today!

I think of those as "Life is tough" photos.
Nice shots

uspspro

01-21-08, 03:13 PM

This is why I have a rain/commuter bike :)

Also, I just got a set of rollers (yet to arrive) which I will be making into DIY "free-motion" rollers :)

jobob

01-21-08, 03:42 PM

Of course the last 2 weekends have been great, but the 200K SF brevet this weekend looks awful. Not sure what gear I'm going to upgrade, if at all. I can handle cold and wet for my 1 hour commute (with a hot shower at the end), but 10 hours will be something else.

It'll be at least 12 hours for me. :p

I think there's a rule that the SF Brevets must be run in crummy weather.

.... guess I'll suffer....

Likewise. gah.

gpelpel

01-21-08, 04:04 PM

Time for the trainer and Spinervals DVDs.

RelevantCycling

01-21-08, 04:29 PM

I look at rain as Nature's way of saying I should do more yoga and climbing. And go skiing.

x136

01-21-08, 04:44 PM

Yay, rain! Yay, riding in said rain!

mayukawa

01-21-08, 04:52 PM

I was in Millbrae when it started to rain somewhat hard. It wasn't too bad with my rain jacket, pants and covered-up helmet, but it felt a bit cold. I met another cyclist and noticed he was just wearing jeans and and semi-waterproof jacket (with a cap, but no helmet). I felt very cold just looking at him riding away like that...

jonathanb715

01-21-08, 05:16 PM

Looked outside this morning saw damp pavement and clouds. Logged on to the weather.com and saw they're predicting at least 10 days of rain.

This isn't why I live in California.

Time to finally buy some rain gear and break my "no riding in the rain" rule, which up to this point has been pretty reasonable.

I'll see all you ducks out there.

What makes you think the weatherpeople can actually forecast the weather past tomorrow morning around here?:rolleyes: I've never lived anywhere with such changeable weather.

JB

fc_

01-21-08, 06:29 PM

One down, nine to go ;)

But seriously, I rode a flat ride today, and while it definitely was of the "liquid sunshine" type, with fenders, rain jacket, etc. it honestly wasn't too bad. I even enjoyed the sound of the water being caught by my fenders, it was a nice sound :)

steelblue

01-21-08, 07:18 PM

I could be worst. I think it was two or three years ago when we had over 30 straight days of rain.

uspspro

01-21-08, 09:21 PM

I could be worst. I think it was two or three years ago when we had over 30 straight days of rain.

Man that was in March, it could still happen :eek::eek::eek:

BottleRocket

01-21-08, 09:34 PM

I could be worst. I think it was two or three years ago when we had over 30 straight days of rain.

I remember that. I think it was two years ago in March or so. I didn't have the cycling bug back then. Now when it rains it hits me where it hurts.

Went out and bought a cheap PVC rain jacket at SportsBasement today and am looking forward to a wet sweaty spin up Hawk Hill and out to Paradise Loop tomorrow morning. If I hear of reports of snow on Mt. Tam maybe I'll go up there and pretend I'm Andy Hampsten at the '88 Giro.

caloso

01-21-08, 11:21 PM

Ah, no problem. I got the fenders installed on the fixed gear, so I'm good for whatever comes down. See you all on the road.

spingineer

01-22-08, 07:45 AM

Snow? In Santa Cruz mountains?

'nother

01-22-08, 08:31 AM

Snow? In Santa Cruz mountains?

Seems like we get at least a little every couple of years or so. Not as unusual as people make it out to be.

SharpT

01-22-08, 10:18 AM

It's not unusual, but the snow levels are lower than I've seen before. Only lived here 11 years.

I'm going to ride up Metcalf and over San Felipe Rd summit at lunch. Curious if there is any snow that low on the ground.

jeffremer

01-22-08, 10:59 AM

Went out and bought a cheap PVC rain jacket at SportsBasement today and am looking forward to a wet sweaty spin up Hawk Hill and out to Paradise Loop tomorrow morning. If I hear of reports of snow on Mt. Tam maybe I'll go up there and pretend I'm Andy Hampsten at the '88 Giro.

+1, if it snows on Mt. Tam I'm taking the day off to check it out.

jonathanb715

01-22-08, 01:26 PM

+1, if it snows on Mt. Tam I'm taking the day off to check it out.

When I lived in Israel it snowed in Jerusalem (we actually had slush on our lawn near Tel Aviv). Pretty much the entire country shut down and clogged the road to Jerusalem to see snow in the old city. By the time most people got there the snow had melted....

JB

Pizza Man

01-22-08, 01:59 PM

Lucky for me I just got in a good training block riding 475 miles in the last 6 days. :D
The weather was beautiful riding down to Solvang on Route 1 with plenty of sunshine and a nice tailwind. I did a few great rides there over the weekend with my new team and came home yesterday afternoon just as the rains began. I'll be happy to just get in a couple short rides over the weekend.

spingineer

01-22-08, 05:03 PM

I'm a real wimp. I didn't ride in. I drove in, with my windbreaking gloves on while driving. It was freakin' cold out there this morning. Don't believe the temp on the car (mine said 43 F). It had to be more like 38 or 39.

cccorlew

01-22-08, 05:21 PM

caloso

01-22-08, 05:21 PM

Don't sweat it, spiningeer. Rain in the 30s is a prescription for hypothermia. Discretion is the better part of valor. I know I'll be on the trainer tomorrow.

Red Rider

01-22-08, 05:44 PM

Man, it's even colder now at 4 than this morning. I think it's under 40. I ride home at 8pm tonight. Yikes...

Though I guess the easterly forums would only laugh at us. No snow, No ice, No hail. No -20.
Still, it's cold for me.

They'd laugh at your misery and tell you to harden the eff up. ;) Let them spend a summer here and then tell us that 40* isn't cold. :eek:

cccorlew

01-22-08, 05:46 PM

They'd laugh at your misery and tell you to harden the eff up. ;) Let them spend a summer here and then tell us that 40* isn't cold. :eek:

They would. But tonight I bet it'll be 35 or so, dark, and raining.
And I have a cold.
At least I should get some California Commuter points, or something....

Red Rider

01-22-08, 07:41 PM

They would. But tonight I bet it'll be 35 or so, dark, and raining.
And I have a cold.
At least I should get some California Commuter points, or something....

I feel your pain. I hope Tricia has a hot toddy waiting for you when you get home.

Feel better soon.

mtnwalker

01-22-08, 07:52 PM

They would. But tonight I bet it'll be 35 or so, dark, and raining.
And I have a cold.
At least I should get some California Commuter points, or something....

I feel you. Riding in the rain with a bad cold is not fun. I did that once, to htfu, and I was miserable the whole ride. It did help with the htfu but not something I will be looking forward to again.

Maybe your students will look at you in awe or just think you are crazy. That may make it worth while.:D

cccorlew

01-22-08, 07:57 PM

Oddly enough, even though it knocks me out, when I'm actually on the bike is when i feel the best. I wouldn't want a long commute, but 40 minutes of hard breathing really open things up nicely.

My students already are pretty sure I'm crazy, this only confirms.

I'm sure Tricia will have something nice fo rme when i get home. :)

spingineer

01-22-08, 08:41 PM

mtnwalker

01-22-08, 08:49 PM

I feel colder when I am driving than I am when I ride in the same cold weather. Perhaps it's due to all the layering, and the long lycra keeps my body temperature up. Hmmm .... maybe I should be riding instead of driving? :p

Its not the layering that keeps you warmer on the bike. Its all the "exercising" that you are not doing while driving the car that is making you cold.:p

ken cummings

01-25-08, 03:43 PM

With this rain we've taken up bowling once a week to get some kind of physical activity. The local lanes play dance music, there are good floors, and the bowling shoes have leather soles. So, while we wait for the pin setter to return the ball we dance.

Ed Holland

01-25-08, 05:14 PM

Lordy, at this rate I might as well move back to England :)

Even the rain bike is starting to complain.

mtnwalker

01-25-08, 05:25 PM

Well, its almost quitting time for me and the rain is still pouring outside. Its time to get wet on the ride home. FUN!

spingineer

01-25-08, 05:38 PM

Well, its almost quitting time for me and the rain is still pouring outside. Its time to get wet on the ride home. FUN!

Be careful out there, Tony. The wind has started to kick in.

caloso

01-25-08, 06:41 PM

Mark Finan on Ch. 3 is predicting a sunny Saturday morning, so get out while the gettin's good.

genejockey

01-25-08, 06:50 PM

I can stand cold.

I can stand wet.

Cold and wet, I can't stand. I'm too old for that crap.