Originally Posted by Jet Travis
Great pix, SKT. Very impressive.
As I'm sure Stapfam could attest, many riders in the UK will do the stiff-upper-lip thing and ride in anything short of a hurricaine. At least that's why I saw on several trips to England and Wales. The wicket could be sticky. The wicket could be submerged under a teeming downpour. And the Brits would don their "waterproofs" (which jppe notes are anything but) and off they would roll.
It's a matter of environment, too. Here in Puget Sound there are three certainties: death, taxes, rain whilst [doing whatever outdoors].
I've found that if I can manage to start off in the rain, the ride itself isn't bad, no matter how wet I get. The problem is if I stop to go into a shop, where I become warm, and extremely aware of how damp I am. The worst is when I leave the nice warm shop to go outdoors again, and get back on the bike, sopping wet, cold, and know that I have another 8-10 miles to ride, uphill, before I get back to a nice warm, dry environment.
If the entire ride is done in one go, it's quite lovely actually.
East Hill