AngelFZ
Junior Member
After about a year and three quarters of owning my bike and well over 12K miles ridden, yesterday I went through a wall of rain, which left me soaked!!!!! There were scattered showers and I had to go through an area with heavy rain which I was able to see when I left work (which promped me to store my phone and wallet inside the tail-bag :thumbup. I have seen the same image before but many times it was further away than the area I was riding through.
I take my bike to work mostly everyday unless I need to:
• Transport something big enough I can not fit inside a backpack or the tail-bag
• It is raining as I’m leaving my house
• I’ll be heading over a gathering after work where there will be drinks
• I have to dress up
I have been caught before in the rain while riding the bike but it has never been really HEAVY rain.
Since I do not have rain gear, I’m only concern not to get wet on my way to work. If I get wet on my way back (like yesterday) then all I have to do is change after I get home!!!!
It was an interesting experience since even inside the helmet was getting wet; when I realized the vents were open it was too late.
I do have to say the visibility was bad but it was actually not as bad as on other occasions were I have been riding under light rain.
I take my bike to work mostly everyday unless I need to:
• Transport something big enough I can not fit inside a backpack or the tail-bag
• It is raining as I’m leaving my house
• I’ll be heading over a gathering after work where there will be drinks
• I have to dress up
I have been caught before in the rain while riding the bike but it has never been really HEAVY rain.
Since I do not have rain gear, I’m only concern not to get wet on my way to work. If I get wet on my way back (like yesterday) then all I have to do is change after I get home!!!!
It was an interesting experience since even inside the helmet was getting wet; when I realized the vents were open it was too late.
I do have to say the visibility was bad but it was actually not as bad as on other occasions were I have been riding under light rain.