Originally Posted by
dcrowell
I don't use rain gear in the warmer weather. It feels good to get wet.
I have a change of clothes wrapped securely in a trash bag stuffed in the pannier.
Where I live, rain is always cold. Sometimes rain even requires wearing winter gloves to keep the hands from freezing.
After an almost desert-like spring, it's been cool and rainy for about a month and half. I'm tempted to complain, but we've had years of drought, so I think it's a good thing. I do still enjoy rain riding, there's a lovely smell and a kind of otherworldly feel to it. My wife, however, does not appreciate the mud puddle by the door where I leave my bike to dry off.