Originally Posted by
Velo Dog
You live in Michigan and 58 degrees is cold?
Hey, for me, 75 degrees is cold!! That's no joke. As I've gotten older and lost more weight it just starts to begin to feel comfortable when it hits 80. I get flack from the rest of the family about setting the thermostat at 76* in the summer.
Had I realized that the temp was going to drop 6 degrees from leaving my house until I got to my departure point (from 64 to 58), I would have worn tights, a windbreaker/rain jacket and maybe one more wicking layer, and really would have been fine, even with a bit of drizzle, but it did turn out to be an all-day steady rain so the ride was going to get aborted in any event.
And yes, I am a notoriously fair-weather cyclist!
It's just frustrating that I can't get out of work early enough to get in much of a ride on weeknights (a max of about 20 miles is all I can find time for, if that), and then to have a nice weekend ride fouled up by the weather really gets me to grumbling...
But hey, it's only the end of May - should be plenty of warm, dry weather to come and I don't have another major ride scheduled until the 23rd of June.