this ride'll be fun

[Stig / Major Tom]

stopped to wipe my visor...inside!


rain like Cheerios clicking on your helmet






glad I've somewhere to sit out of the rain





a wash and a dry when i get home..

Stig

[Iahawk]

me: waiting until the temp hit 40 F (4.4 C) with full sun and blue skies, yesterday afternoon, before going out for a ride.

Stig: cold, dark, rain, wind? Perfect!

Keep it up Stig, you're a legend!

[Stig / Major Tom]

me: waiting until the temp hit 40 F (4.4 C) with full sun and blue skies, yesterday afternoon, before going out for a ride.

Stig: cold, dark, rain, wind? Perfect!

Keep it up Stig, you're a legend!

You give me too much credit, Hawk.

I'd checked the weather earlier in the week - saw the overnight temp was predicted to be 54°F (!! - fully 20°F better than future nights)....and that rain was expected. Rain was coming in from the SW, so I would enjoy a nice strong headwind to help clear the drops on my helmet!

Radar prediction at 5AM...as I geared up.


At 5:20AM I share the road with only the odd deer; and in the village - the homeless street people, a couple of elderly exercisers and Kristine - the cute girl walking her Huskies,  Dino's opens at 6:45AM, the UnderDog and Tom's at 7:00.

Rainy streets at night are color filled!


Stig

[Viper254]

I've had a few blastings from the rain this year, most notably a week ago on the Tuesday.

There's little in life worse than when the cold water begins to ingress to your a) feet or b) crotch

[Stig / Major Tom]

I've had a few blastings from the rain this year, most notably a week ago on the Tuesday.

There's little in life worse than when the cold water begins to ingress to your a) feet or b) crotch

"absolut! es ist nicht viel lustig, wenn der Rhein in Ihre Shortens fließt!"

My German might be a little spotty - as my mother said we left Germany when I was 7 months old - but that I could cry in German.....and hum a few marching songs.

Stig

[Neil955i]

"absolut! es ist nicht viel lustig, wenn der Rhein in Ihre Shortens fließt!"

My German might be a little spotty - as my mother said we left Germany when I was 7 months old - but that I could cry in German.....and hum a few marching songs.

Stig

Translation:  Absolutely! It's not much fun when the Rhine flows into your Shortens!  I think Google means "Shorts"? 

Had my own outing in torrential rain earlier, about an hour after labouriously cleaning all the winter mud & salt off the DTX.  It looked great for that hour, now it's as bad as ever again.   Can't be arsed to do it again today but maybe the enthusiasm will have returned by next week.