Joined: Nov 2006
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
I, too, survived steel wheels in the rain; but most of those years my bike had a coaster brake. The first time I rode my new Raleigh Record in the rain, I rear ended a car. I learned caution very quickly! But now that I think about it, I upgraded to aluminum rims within a few years.
Recently I've gone back to steel rims, but I don't ride those bikes in the rain.