I like riding in the rain because.......
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Postby LugNut » Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:34 pm
Downside is that you can't help radiating wet weather induced smugness due to being so completely sensible and prepared, every sopping wet cyclists with a mud streak up their back will scowl as you cruise by. But why Bear Grylls it when you can Grant Peterson it!
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Postby KonaCommuter » Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:16 pm
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:17 am
Being Perth it was not cold, it was not windy and I returned home with a slightly damp but body-temperature singlet. Rain is a lot like that in Perth (when we actually get any).
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Postby pacra » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:14 pm
The three things I do hate are:
The first five minutes as you get wet and your shoes fill with water
Trying to peel your socks off
Getting that greasy black road grime from your ankles to your knees off
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Postby Rhubarb » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:43 pm
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Postby Summernight » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:16 am
Very entertaining. We all do the embarrassing faces.Rhubarb wrote:... I've got a velomobile ...
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Postby __PG__ » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:46 am
Bad things are your socks getting wet from the top down. Maybe I need to buy some gaiter-like contraption?
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Postby higdawg » Fri May 10, 2013 1:40 am
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Re: I like riding in the rain because.......
Postby Dropbear20 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:45 pm
- my bike is built for it
- the temp is constantly above 30 so rain is a relief
- the bus takes an extra half an hour if it rains
Colleague at work: "It rained today, did you ride?"
Me: "Yes"
"What do you do when it rains?"
"I get wet."
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Postby eldavo » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:51 pm
I did a big back pedal coaster brake skid in front of two colleagues leaving their carpark in the rain, big thumbs up with my free right hand, great work I thought, however I don't get the impression they think I'm hardcore. I probably shouldn't have rung my bell to get their attention first =Phigdawg wrote:you get to work and everyone thinks you are completely hardcore. the weather we have had recently in WA has had my workmates thinking I am some kind of superhero
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Postby Thrilloilogy » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:12 pm
I prefer the stripe to the look of mudguards on a bike. The stripe washes out, the mudguards are there to stay!Summernight wrote:EDIT: It makes me smile when I see the cyclist in front of me with the huge mud GT stripe on his pants due to lack of mudguards.
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Postby eldavo » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:05 am
Shame nobody else was around to ride the tubes!
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Postby CXCommuter » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:15 am
Try a fourth-pacra wrote:I don't mind the riding in the rain bit.
The three things I do hate are:
The first five minutes as you get wet and your shoes fill with water
Trying to peel your socks off
Getting that greasy black road grime from your ankles to your knees off
Putting those same damp clothes back on for the ride home
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Postby MattyK » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:22 am
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Postby ball bearing » Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:38 am
I had to buy more tools to build this bike - tapered headtube, BB90, tubeless tyres. I found that having to tape the rims was a bit of a pain. The first go felt really bad, but the tyre held pressure, no worries. The second was a bitch. The tape somehow split halfway through the job. Then, just as I was finishing up the second go my fingernail caught the tape and cut it. Now I only have enough for one more try - success! The tape had only 10mm to spare.
The mudguards were the most difficult things to install. Rainrunner brand guards are really nicely made fenders but the rear stays are too short. I ended up slipping the eye of the rearmost stays through the next stay and slid the ends up to effectively lengthen them. I then used zip ties and bodged it together. The front guard is also bodged to the shockie. Wrapping the fork with a cut inner tube and using an 8mm zip tie with 4mm zips to bind it all together works better than I thought it would.
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Postby CW83 » Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:37 am
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Postby Crunched » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:55 am
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Postby Timeonabike » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:47 pm
Plus, it pays to see the surprised looks on people in cars (which sadly adds to the danger, but anyway) who literally don't expect anyone to be riding a bike in the rain.
If only they knew what the Dutchies got up to..
Cheers
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Postby Clownshoes » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:03 pm
Christina Brinkmann wrote:I like it when I am wet.
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Postby rabbit stew » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:34 pm
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Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:35 pm
So jealous .Rhubarb wrote:... I've got a velomobile ...
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Postby schroeds » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:32 pm
That sure described my ride (in Sydney) this morning.rabbit stew wrote:The adrenalin kicks in as its all so much more dangerous, cars battling to see out of their windscreens, hoons lighting up their cars on the wet roads, my brakes take longer to engage, the rain hinders my vision. Its just awesome.
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Re: I like riding in the rain because.......
Postby Saturnstarzz » Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:00 pm
I get to zoom past parked traffic waving .
I don't like those stupid plastic knobby things that exist to only make ones back wheel or front slide in the wet.
Anyone rides the who Footscray rd bike path Melbourne will know what I'm on about.
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