Originally Posted by
The Historian
I rode 31 miles on the local trail network to get over 3000 for the year, and I had the 'pleasure' of riding in sleet for the last 12 miles. It wasn't so much the wet trail surface or the cold that bothered me, but the sound of sleet hitting my helmet.
It's not real sleet, until it FREEZES to the bike and your helmet (along with the road
), so that even the 3kg $15,000 wonderbike weighs 30kg by the time your done
If I were not still on the DL I might have gone for a ride today, was nice enough out, that a few folks were riding. One fellow on a bike with bashed up fenders (made me think of an old VW for some strange reason, maybe the teal colour), another on a nice road bike with jacket and tights.....