I rode in constant rain last Thursday, and on the way home my front brake decided to start dragging (sticky piston). Add that to a tasty headwind and underinflated tires and I felt like I was towing a side of beef. That totally sucked. With just light sprinkles last Friday and yesterday I switched to the Sequoia. It has excellent fender coverage but I don't want to subject it to full-on muck.

Today's forecast was showing 100% chance of rain in the morning, so I took some advice from this thread and prepared last night by fixing the brake problem on my primary rain bike. This morning, sure enough, the rain was dumping when I left the house, but I had the bike ready so I put on my raincoat and shoe covers are took it in stride. Two miles in the rain stopped and though there was a slight headwind the ride was quite enjoyable.

That's the thing I always forget about spring weather. When the winter forecast says 80% chance of rain, it tends to mean there's an 80% chance that it'll be raining the entire day. When the spring forecast says 80% chance of rain, it tends to mean there will be rain some time in the forecast window but probably mostly just overcast.

So now I'm at seven consecutive days and 9 of the past 10 commuting.