Is it riding a road bike in the rain dangerous?

[cheadle hulme]

Cheadle - how new are the Pro 3's - they need running in, my Pro 2's did.

Not that new - over 700 miles according to my logs - and 3 punctures including one tonight before I'd got as far as Poynton! Then snapped the valve on the replacement tube. Gave it up as a bad job after that.

 

[Joe24]

Road bikes are fine in the rain.
Depending on the road surface, depends how slippy it is.
When i was in Belgium, it was a tad slippy in the wet, and ment me having to go around round abouts pretty slow, and go around courners pretty slow aswell.
Normally though, when im out training at home its fine in the wet. Take courners abit easier and your normally fine. Man hole covers can be pretty slippy though.

 

[fossyant]

Not that new - over 700 miles according to my logs - and 3 punctures including one tonight before I'd got as far as Poynton! Then snapped the valve on the replacement tube. Gave it up as a bad job after that.

Double bugger............

 

[ed_o_brain]

I would say No.
With the caveat it's more down to the rider than the bike. And tyre choice can make a difference too.

 

[buggi]

I've just come back from a quick blast and 23mm Michelin Pro 3s are well fidgety on greasy roads believe me!

Grip is a function of area and material properties. As cycle tyres are broadly made of the same stuff, the more rubber in contact with the road, the more grip. Accordingly,my MTB with Marathon+ 1.5" has much more grip than the road bike.

which is where i rest my case. Road bike tyres have more rubber in contact with the road. it's continuous. with mtb tyres the knobbles break up the contact. knobbles are made to grip mud. road bike tyres are designed to grip tarmac. like you say, tyres are made of the same stuff, therefore both the rubber on mtb tyres and road tyres have the same stickyness, but road bike tyres have constant contact, mtb tyres have a broken contact.

i would say however, that if you do slip out on either bike, you are more likely to recover on an mtb simply coz of the design of the bike and the maneouverability of it.