Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Most unlike me, but I did 50 miles today the majority of which was in fairly heavy rain.
I don't have any expensive kit and my Sports Direct £10 jacket performed as you might expect a £10 jacket to do.
My Aldi gloves have a sponge-like quality, but at least I could feel a bit hard core when I wrung them out at stops.
Parts of the ride were genuinely miserable.
But as a more experienced cyclist than me said, rain is not too bad if there is little or no wind.
I would add temperature to that, cycling wet through is just about bearable if it's not too cold.
Happily, the rain stopped for the last few miles.
A bit of sunshine raised the spirits, and went a little way to drying my sodden clothing.
All-in-all not an experience I would choose to repeat, but not as bad as I feared.
What's your experience of riding in the rain?
I don't have any expensive kit and my Sports Direct £10 jacket performed as you might expect a £10 jacket to do.
My Aldi gloves have a sponge-like quality, but at least I could feel a bit hard core when I wrung them out at stops.
Parts of the ride were genuinely miserable.
But as a more experienced cyclist than me said, rain is not too bad if there is little or no wind.
I would add temperature to that, cycling wet through is just about bearable if it's not too cold.
Happily, the rain stopped for the last few miles.
A bit of sunshine raised the spirits, and went a little way to drying my sodden clothing.
All-in-all not an experience I would choose to repeat, but not as bad as I feared.
What's your experience of riding in the rain?