I do not commute where a ride has to be done in the rain. Still ride in the stuff and I get wet and that is it. After I bought my Boreas in June 2007- I decided to keep the OCR as a foul/wet weather bike and the next time it was used was on an atrocious day in December in 30mph winds and rain. Got to the LBS and I decided that the OCR had to go. It was not up to the ride quality of Boreas and it would never be ridden again. So I got a Giant TCR-C. Once sorted it rode as good as Boreas and was almost the same quality so was going to be the "Winter" bike.
So bikes of similar quality and I would take either bike out on rides whether it be rain or shine. Just got the Pinarello and that is definitely a fair weather bike. No other reason than it is white and it is newer.
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