Originally Posted by TiHabanero

Thanks to everyone for keeping a civil keyboard (tongue) as it is nice to share info and opinions based on experience without getting the hair on our necks in a knot. From my bicycle only days when I had no choice other than travel in every conceivable type of weather, I do not ride in torrential downpours or white-outs. It is not safe. There may come a time when I decide to move to waterproof bags, but I haven't needed them over the multiple decades of commuting and touring (started touring in 1977, serious commuter in 1983). I imagine somehow I will survive if I don't go the waterproof route. Maybe when I get a newer car, if the Volvo wears out.