Originally Posted by
jeffpoulin
Just ride in all weather. I have a fair weather commuter and a "rain bike". The worst that happens is I err on the side of caution and ride the rain bike on a nice day. Still beats driving.
Same here. In Boston we have a cable TV station called Weatherscan (Channel 245) which has a continuous Doppler display and periodic weather data repeated about every minute. This allows me to monitor the weather over my own route, and though the weather forecast might be for rain, my route may be clear.
In general I find that a prediction for dry weather is reliable and I’ll take my good road bike and leave the rain gear home, but it doesn’t take much threat of precipitation for me to take the beater bike though I may ride it on a dry day.