Advice for biking in the rain

[Drewdane]

Get wet. Learn to love it.

[Orestes Munn]

@Drewdane 100066 wrote:

Get wet. Learn to love it.

I have raced in small boats on the ocean and been wet for days. I have not learned to love it. I am weak and my (late) mother dresses me funny.

[Drewdane]

@Orestes Munn 100090 wrote:

I have raced in small boats on the ocean and been wet for days. I have not learned to love it. I am weak and my (late) mother dresses me funny.

Rule 5, Rule 9.

[Sunyata]

@dplasters 99972 wrote:

Ontopic – I will shamelessly plug my carbon drive bike with internal gear hub muwhahahahahhahhahaahhahahaha

+1 for the carbon belt drive and internal gear hub. Practically maintenance free and it does great in the rain and snow.

[AFHokie]

@Sunyata 100106 wrote:

+1 for the carbon belt drive and internal gear hub. Practically maintenance free and it does great in the rain and snow.

Every time I’m at REI I end up looking at Novara’s Gotham Bike for that very reason. It’s close to everything I’d want in a commuter bike. They dropped the dyno hub from previous model years. I’m not sure how long I could resist if they brought that back and figured out how to incorporate an effective integrated lock.

[chris_s]

@AFHokie 100114 wrote:

Every time I’m at REI I end up looking at Novara’s Gotham Bike for that very reason. It’s close to everything I’d want in a commuter bike. They dropped the dyno hub from previous model years. I’m not sure how long I could resist if they brought that back and figured out how to incorporate an effective integrated lock.

Might be worth taking a look at the Breezer Beltway Elite.

[dasgeh]

@chris_s 100146 wrote:

Might be worth taking a look at the Breezer Beltway Elite.

Have you written up a review yet?

[Greenbelt]

@Drewdane 100066 wrote:

Get wet. Learn to love it.

That’s why I don’t usually bother with rain gear — I’m going to get wet with sweat under the rainwear if I wear it or wet directly if I don’t, so wet either way.

[sethpo]

@AFHokie 100114 wrote:

Every time I’m at REI I end up looking at Novara’s Gotham Bike for that very reason. It’s close to everything I’d want in a commuter bike. They dropped the dyno hub from previous model years. I’m not sure how long I could resist if they brought that back and figured out how to incorporate an effective integrated lock.

My wife has one of these. It’s a great bike…but heavy and definitely more of a short distance city bike IMO.

[baiskeli]

@Orestes Munn 100090 wrote:

I have raced in small boats on the ocean and been wet for days. I have not learned to love it. I am weak and my (late) mother dresses me funny.

100 miles,* 5 inches.** Just sayin’.

* Seagull Century 2005
** Rainfall total, Seagull Century, 2005

[Orestes Munn]

@baiskeli 100159 wrote:

100 miles,* 5 inches.** Just sayin’.

* Seagull Century 2005
** Rainfall total, Seagull Century, 2005

All you hydrophilic types have my admiration and respect.

Just had breakfast and went for a little walk up a hill in Scottsdale, AZ. Now this is cycling weather!

[Supermau]

I think you either enjoy cycling in the rain or you don’t. I happen to like it. Get the best rain gear you can afford and go for it. Nothing sorts it out quite like experience.

[AFHokie]

@chris_s 100146 wrote:

Might be worth taking a look at the Breezer Beltway Elite.

Who do I tell to shut up and take my money?

[Sunyata]

@AFHokie 100188 wrote:

Who do I tell to shut up and take my money?

I have Raleigh Misceo 4.0 with the 11 speed IGH. I ended up getting a super deal on it from my (used to be) local shop in Lynchburg, VA, which made it about $400 cheaper than the Breezer. And I can not praise that bike enough. It is AWESOME.

[cyclingfool]

@chris_s 100146 wrote:

Might be worth taking a look at the Breezer Beltway Elite.

@AFHokie 100188 wrote:

Who do I tell to shut up and take my money?

Nice looking bike, BUT… what ham-fisted numbskull installed those fenders? The curve is so far off from the curve of the tire and the wheel. You’d think for an official sales photo shoot, they’d make sure that that aesthetic detail was taken care of. Maybe I’m just OCD about the curve on fenders, but that just screams out to me.

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