I've ridden with mild cold symptoms but never flat out sick. This spring I rode 41 miles along the C&O Canal with a hard case of pinkeye. It was still two days from clearing up and I'd already endured for a week but I really wanted to get out there and ride it off.

The first twenty miles were tolerable but vision wasn't ideal. Right eye was 100% infected and the left was just annoyed. Had a big thunderstorm during our break - a super soaker. The twenty mile ride back contained nineteen miles of mud puddle! It was good fun but the moisture and humidity began to compound my eye problem to the point that I felt legally blind for many moments during that ride. It was honestly rough but we had a great time. Our ride ended with us taking a bath in the river and hosing off the bikes with bidons.

Fun as it was, riding with pinkeye not necessarily recommended.