..but but but.... It's a new bike! The rain might hurt it!!!

Actually, I would consider it from time to time if I already had wet / cold weather gear, but it seems that ever since getting back onto a bike, it's been a constant stream of "gotta buy this, gotta buy that, gotta buy the other, gotta buy another of that..." Of course, that's common to pretty much any 'new' interest I guess. I was looking for some base layer stuff the other day and decided I didn't want to spend $50 per t-shirt... I'll keep on looking, though. I'm sure I can find more affordable clothes than those with "UA" on them...