Shout out from a new Bellevue to Redmond commuter
08-28-07, 10:50 PM
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Shout out from a new Bellevue to Redmond commuter
New here and back on the saddle after a long absence. Loving the 25 mile round trip from Bellevue to Redmond and back several times a week i started to do a couple of months ago.
Tell me what happens when it gets cold, wet and dark...
Tell me what happens when it gets cold, wet and dark...
08-28-07, 10:59 PM
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08-29-07, 08:14 AM
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uhmmm.... you get wet and it gets harder to see? as a result the ride becomes a sort of soggy braille experience?
welcome back to riding. spin long and prosper.
jim
welcome back to riding. spin long and prosper.
jim
08-29-07, 08:19 AM
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Uh, you're talking about commuting, right 
?
If you are, then the commuters keep on commuting, and everyone else goes indoors.
I've discovered that once I get out in the rain I do just fine. It's convincing myself to get out there and get going that can be hard sometimes.
East Hill
?If you are, then the commuters keep on commuting, and everyone else goes indoors.
I've discovered that once I get out in the rain I do just fine. It's convincing myself to get out there and get going that can be hard sometimes.
East Hill
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08-29-07, 01:31 PM
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08-29-07, 04:58 PM
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Yup. Rain is not a big deal. Wipe the bike down when you get home, take your clothes off as soon as you get in, wash or keep separate from your clean clothes, and take a shower. Where's the problem in that?
08-29-07, 05:02 PM
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Like my Dad once said when we were on a rainy hike "What are you worried about? You are from Seattle you're waterproof"
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08-29-07, 11:27 PM
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I don't think the topic of rain ever came up in our house--being from Manchester, England, my parents (even in California) did not think that rain was at all unusual, and the idea that it would stop activities was absurd!
However, I have to contribute a parental saying, so here it is:
"You'd be hot too if you'd just come out of a hot oven".
East Hill
However, I have to contribute a parental saying, so here it is:
"You'd be hot too if you'd just come out of a hot oven".
East Hill
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08-30-07, 12:31 AM
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I think that i am over thinking this rain thing 
Need to just go out and enjoy it.
East, you are from Manchester? Cool. I spent a lot of time in Liverpool for work, Manchester is certianly a much nicer city
Need to just go out and enjoy it.East, you are from Manchester? Cool. I spent a lot of time in Liverpool for work, Manchester is certianly a much nicer city
08-30-07, 03:42 AM
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Seriously, you can actually enjoy riding in rain--not the nasty, vicious, slashing, pummel you about the head rain, but a soft, gentle rain is actually rather contemplative.
Alf, technically I'm from Swinton (born at home!), my father was from Barton upon Irwell, me mum from Moss Side (long before it became what it is now
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If you were working in Liverpool, you can handle rain in Seattle, trust me on this .
What were you doing in Liverpool for work?
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Alf, technically I'm from Swinton (born at home!), my father was from Barton upon Irwell, me mum from Moss Side (long before it became what it is now
).If you were working in Liverpool, you can handle rain in Seattle, trust me on this
.What were you doing in Liverpool for work?
East Hill
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08-30-07, 04:08 AM
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