Originally Posted by Rodney Crater
Agreed, I see it as a challenge when the possibility arises that I might have to use the car for work. This morning my poor bike had to wade ( with me on it ) through about 100 yards of water with hail floating on it that rose up past the cranks and hubs ( baddd t-storm an hour before ). The bike smiled when I gave it a bath when I got home and dried it off. Now I have to check the lube.
I also have been known to take weather conditions as a personal challenge. It's me versus Mother Nature! And usually
I win! (Except for that time last January when my gears froze up and I was just getting over being sick, so I was forced to turn around and go home again, whereupon I almost passed out on the living room floor!
) It's a great feeling! It becomes a personal best thing, and you get to brag about the coldest/wettest/snowiest/hottest weather you've ever ridden in! (Not that the "hottest" figure is very impressive here in Maine, but I've heard that it gets hot in other areas of the country!
)
P.S. Cheers, and welcome to the club, to all the newbies!!
