Originally Posted by Machka
Those of you who do not ride in the rain ... two questions:
1) Where do you live? Where I live, I'd only get about 2/3 the cycling in that I currently do if I didn't ride in the rain ... and I don't even live in a particularly wet area.
2) Why not? Riding in the rain isn't going to hurt you or your bicycle.
I don't feel compelled to answer these directly. People have different motivations for riding. Some people like to tell war stories about riding bajillions of miles, through rain sleet and snow, uphill both ways, etc.
But some people just like to have an enjoyable time when they choose to go out for a ride -- which, while not impossible, is something that can be a lot harder to accomplish while battling foul weather. Not everyone is in a quest for as many miles as possible, and there's nothing wrong with that approach.
Besides, where I live, skipping the worst of the rainy days as I do results in a loss of maybe a dozen days per year, tops. I miss more riding days by tending to daily life (children, work, other hobbies).