Dont let the rain scare you.

I have a 2010 Roubaix that at first I would not ride in the rain. After missing one too many ride days because of rain, I decided that if my bike gets trashed because Ive ridden too many times in bad weather, that would be fantastic becasue for the first time in my life I will have worn out a piece of exercise/sports equipment. Now that would be worth every penny.

Kind of like that addage on life "if I arrive at the pearly gates in a high-speed skid with everything worn out, I will know I have lived life to the fullest"