Originally Posted by
fooferdoggie
I commute and I live in Portland I would loose months of riding. wife and i have ridden 40 miles on our tandem in the rain.
Completely different story in the Interior of Southern BC.
Going back to the early '60s when I was riding my bike to work I got caught on a rainy day..... caught in the streetcar track. No problem, yanked the front wheel out of the track and ...... and was heading straight for a parked Mercedes by the side of the road.
Big ding in the trunk lid, a fork that had it and a slight concussion.
Of course in Switzerland one needs a licence for the bicycle and liability insurance. My dad was not amused and my meager apprentice earnings were docked for a few months.
Now I'm simply too old to ride in the rain, yesterday's ride — never warmer then 15º C, but brilliant sunshine — was borderline when going 50 - 60 km/h in the shady downhill sections.
Of course my 60+ km/h were prior to this sign. 
