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12-31-09 | 10:30 PM

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Robert Foster

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Originally Posted by stapfam

I jhave to ride in the rain but never with fenders. It's only a morning ride so whats 4 hours of getting a streak up the back if you have a waterproof on.

Now if I was commuting- it might be a different matter.

Rain is difficult to photograph but attached is a shot of the worst storm I have ever ridden in- That is not a blurred picture- its is the rain

When I was a kid my dad decided to move to Bellevue Washington and by the time I was in High School he decided I should join him there. Like some here rain is just a fact of life much of the year. I can remember what it was like to try and live a normal life when more than 100 days of rain fell during the year. There were time we would ride from our house to a friend’s house in the rain but I can’t say I ever “liked” the idea.
I also was just about car free for 8 years and commuting to LA from Riverside on a motorcycle. I had a full rain suit, boots and covers, gauntlet gloves and a fairing and still water finds a way in. I am not sure there is anything that is water proof but I can assume you get used to getting wet. I think I could do it on my MTB if I was going out with a group and it was planned.

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