FLBandit

It's cold, it's raining, whine, whine! Man, I'm such a wimp. It's been cold (for Florida) and raining all week and I haven't ridden a mile. It's supposed to clear up tomorrow, so maybe I'll get motivated then.

banerjek

The most important time to ride is when you don't feel like it. If you can get out there when it's bad, you get used to it and everything seems normal. Then the good days seem miraculous.

Portis

Cry me a river... Try -15 F windchill like i had on my ride this morning.

pinkrobe

Banerjek is right - get out there!

tokolosh

fwiw, some things from my own experience:

- biking in rain is nothing like walking in rain.
- what you're wearing probably makes or breaks the experience. if you've got even half-adequate gear, it can rock
- for me the idea of doing it, every ride, is always much much worse than how it feels to do it. sometimes much much much worse.

ymmv, of course. but i do think it would be a shame if you never tried it. speaking as someone who hates being cold, loathes being wet, and lives where something like a metre of rain falls every year.

vegcrow

i love biking in the rain. it's so peaceful and refreshing. the pitter-patter of raindrops on my helmet, the swish as my tires go through a puddle, the feeling of almost being one with nature (except for all the gears and metal between my legs)... it's the damn cars that ruin it.

ellenDSD

I am not sure I would make/allow my son to bike in the rain with me. He's nine and still getting his experience. But I found myself caught in the rain the other day... I pulled off the road and put on my cheap rain suit that I bought at some chain store for $5 and went off down the road. Now, it was unseasonably warm that day so that helped. But it was so much FUN!! I felt like I was doing something naughty