Can't get myself to do it to my bikes. As mentioned, I'm a martha Stewart of bikes.

If I lived in a place where I didn't have a choice, then yes, I would have a dirty beater bike. Here in SoCal, it's easy to sit out one or two days of rain when the rest of the year is fine for riding.

If I ride in the one day of rain, it makes no sense, I have to clean my drivetrain, worry about my camera, my recorder, my wet shoes for one day when the next will be fine.

Heck, I've gone looking for rain before, I'm waterproof no problems there. I did ride an old MTB in the rain several times a few years back. Nice, exhilirating but I had a bike for it.

Avoiding rain is more about my bikes than my body.

Heck, we've taken the MTB's up GMR looking for rain.