Originally Posted by
wphamilton
…A few years later I did get a car again, but by that time I'd figured it out and continued to commute by bike daily, in rain or other conditions. 2150 times to my current job or back, 15-22 miles round trip, and very few of them "miserable". I don't care what the weather is on a commute, which is a different story than setting out for a tour or long training ride….
The difference, the "trick" to it, is in the rider, not in equipment or clothes. Being wet, for a short period, is no great problem. Even a soaking deluge; after a point you don't really get any wetter. Accept it,
enjoy it, and get on with it….
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...Most of my riding, especially from April through October is for training/fitness, and I follow a pretty rigid schedule with daily mileage quotas. Furthermore I incorporate that schedule into my commute, so I do accept riding in the rain, but only on my beater mountain bike with fenders and wide tires. Getting wet personally was not a major concern, and as tsl has written:
Well said; indeed commuting is a different mindset from a training ride, and commuting makes it much easier to adhere to a training schedule, probably because it’s a more defined goal, and pragmatic expenditure of time. But that doesn’t mean I enjoy riding in the rain, only disliking it less.