How is riding a trainer enduring "real" weather?

Everything is relative. I'm sure the Eskimos think you guys in Chicago are *******.

Ahh, well I guess I'm too lowbrow for CA. I'll go back to talking quantum physics and theories of invasive species in foreign habitats over dinner.

Hah! I have a Masters in Physics and spent three years at Livermore Labs in Pleasanton - the worst three years of my life. I'd much rather talk about toilets and idiots and eat good food.

You don't seem to understand... 1/10 of an inch of rain... the local news stations are calling it STORMWATCH! You can imagine what they are saying since Los Angeles has been deluged with 5 inches of rain since Friday morning, accounting for more than a third of the region’s average annual amount. Rivers of mud are flowing down Los Angeles’ famed Hollywood Hills.

The sky IS falling down on us right now.

Just watched the local news. Averaging one accident every other minute all day. Then add in all the landslides, fallen trees and flooded roads. There's already been about 6 rescues of cars being swept away by flooding. They are saying this is the worst rain in decades and we are supposed to get another 4-5 inches tomorrow.

You want to be an idiot, go ahead and ride your bike in San Diego in the rain.

Look at these guys - complaining about the rain. this is ****ing cute.

all evidence to the contrary. enjoy your meal / whining session.

Clan lee - It's funny you mentioned Storm Watch. When I first moved here from the Philippines 30 years ago, I was scratching my head when the news keep on saying Storm Watch. I look out the window when it's supposed to be pouring, only to compare the kind of "storm watch" we have back in the tropics and it's more like showers. After years being here I've learned to see it as a "storm watch" because I remember going back home after being here for 16 years the first time. I was like crying like a mofo thinking we were being barraged by bullets! LOL Freaking streets practically flooded up to the waist-line after 30 minutes of rain...

And this again points out that college is very overpriced. Very.

Depends upon what you mean by overpriced. It earned me a semi-retirement lifestyle by the age of 37. I'm happy with where my money was spent.

and you spend that retirement pondering adolescent philosophy like "idiots on the internet" over steaks. well done. pun intended.

But of course. You see, real wealth isn't a person with a new Porsche 911. Any moron that wants to dump $1199 into a lease for two years and drive 5000 miles or less a year can have a new 911. Now a man that is smoking in a new Porsche 911 is a man to be reckoned with.

Whoa. Way to highbrow the thread with car talk! I'm impressed

Anyhoo, for the whiners and wussies, here's something from a rider who rode in the Socal rain

https://connect.garmin.com/feed/rss/a...&owner=sweixel

That may be, but that's what, 5 days a year? In perspective that's not a whole lot to b**** about compared to most of the country.

cry me a river. put some fenders on and HTFU.

Very true. By Thursday it will be clear and in the 60's. I grew up on the east coast. Thse storms we have in San Diego are quite pitiful but the effect they have on the city is stunning. This is actually a pretty mild shower by east coast standards. But 30 accidents every hour? Half the city is under water and there are landslides reported all over...not to mention all the new massive pot holes in the roads. A hard Georgia thunderstorm would probably destroy all of Southern California.

I don't think it's even close to the worst in decades. About 4-5 years ago one october we had about 10 inches in 12 hours at my place, and that was just the start of a pretty rainy season. The debris basin above my house was filling with enough water that the neighborhood was hanging out on the bridge over the stream feeding it, watching to see when it would overflow the dam. It didn't, but went pretty high up. So far the water in my yard from this set of storms hasn't gotten close to what we had during some of those storms.

That's just what the news said tonight. I've only lived here since 2007.

Yeah, I was on it the year Mt. Laguna was an ice rink and that one lady broke her pelvis. Good times.

Yeah, I kind of remember that year. A few years later it was even worse and the weather got worse and worse going down toward Julian (snow and sleet). So bad that a bunch of us took refuge in a large outhouse until we could catch a ride into Julian. Most years it's just been cold out of Pine Valley and gets nicer as you get into Julian.

Here is the closest ice rink to my house.

this past 7 days has really been sad, rain..rain and rains still. 50 deg weather, how much worse can it get? what a catastrophe!! oh and LAME

I used to say the same thing (and I'm from NH so I know weather a bit). But you have to realize So Cal is not equipped for this. There is sub par drainage on many roads including highways. In fact, there have been quite a few road closures due to landslides here. It seems we have nothing to complain about, but the city here is nto set up well for any weather besides sun. That said, I never made it out today. Too much water for my bike hah.

Yesterday I couldn't take the rain anymore. So I broke out the rollers, warmed up for 30 minutes on my road bike under the protection of the front porch, and then zipped around my neighborhood for an hour on my fixed gear (less to clean). I did the same thing today, except I skipped the rollers. It wasn't very cold, I stuck to quiet residential streets, and I had a blast. The hot shower after the ride felt terrific.

It's been raining here in NorCal too. Just as soon as school got out I planned on going on a lot of group rides and really putting the miles in. I've been off school since the 17th and haven't ridden since. This rain has left me in despair.