[Gas Man]

So if you are planning on riding with your favorite buddies or club and the weather is looking kinda so so... You hop online and check it out...

It doesn't show anything real troublesome on the radar but they are calling for a 50% chance of rain. It looks ok outside but kinda overcasted looking... ya know... not clear and sunny.

And lets say its a 30 min ride down the highway to meet up and the ride is going to be a hour or two riding... then back. So either way you'll be outside the entire time your gone.


Do you ride?

 

[EIDROEDYR]

I've left out to ride when there was a 50/50 chance of raining. The idea was that we would stay ahead of the approaching storm. Unfortunately, the downpour became increasingly heavy before we (my cousin and I) were able to meet-up with the rest of the group. We turned around to ride back through the storm to return home.

Riding in the rain is no big deal for me although I don't enjoy it.

 

[bumblebee]

It's been raining every day here for last 3 weeks...I ain't shoveling it, but it's no fun...Riding is like having sex...when I don't get to...I can be difficult to live with... :wink:

 

[2FURYUS]

Ride and hope for the best, usually it blows over so what the hell right??

 

[DAN DUBEAU]

I'm not made of sugar, I won't melt in the rain. Sometimes i actually enjoy riding in the rain.

 

[XtremeRacingDiva]

last 2 rides were in the rain

 

[No Worries]

Today is the first time it's rained in a month. But it's monsoon season now so it could rain at any time. If you go riding in the mountains, you want to go in the morning as you can get rain, lightning, and hail in the afternoons. The rain ain't so bad, it's the sand and silt that are washed down in the corners.

I avoid the highways anyway, but especially in the rain because of splashback. I don't like riding blind for several seconds. And on the streets I watch out for manhole covers and the vinyl strips at crosswalks. But I don't let the weather dictate when I ride. I used to ride in snow until I hit an ice patch and went down. I actually rode more last winter than I have this summer.

 

[snakemann]

My band of thugs and I will ride sometimes when there is a 100% chance and just try to ride around the rain clouds :leaving:

 

[pickle.of.doom]

I usually wont head out if its already pouring outside, but If i get caught in it while im out I don't mind too much.

 

[Earlzach]

I usually wont head out if its already pouring outside, but If i get caught in it while im out I don't mind too much.

I pretty much feel the same way, I would prolly seek cover if it got bad. I would try to avoid "riding" in it.

 

[bumblebee]

My band of thugs and I will ride sometimes when there is a 100% chance and just try to ride around the rain clouds :leaving:

:tt: ... :scratch: ... :skep: ...Who you talking 'bout there Bubba??? :bslap:

 

[snakemann]

:tt: ... :scratch: ... :skep: ...Who you talking 'bout there Bubba??? :bslap:

:lol: :lol: :lol: I should have called us "Riders on the storm"

 

[bumblebee]

:lol: :lol: :lol: I should have called us "Riders on the storm"

Tonight that will probably be the case...and possibly, riders in the mudhole...depending on what our road looks like...

 

[snakemann]

Tonight that will probably be the case...and possibly, riders in the mudhole...depending on what our road looks like...

Im going to ride with arm floaties on if we go

 

[DLIT]

If the ride was that long i wouldn't do it. I hate taking my whole bike apart just to wash it. I like my bike clean. If it did rain i would be too concerned about slippage to enjoy the ride.

 

[R1up0n1]

If it's already pouring down rain I don't go out on the bike...One exception...If I'm at the GAP!!
Other than that I will take my chances, I get caught in the rain all the time...I don't enjoy rideing in the rain...but oh well $hit happens.

 

[Heath3n]

Riding in the rain cleans my gear off. I'd go for it. :dthumb:

 

[snakemann]

There was a 100% chance tonight and we rode anyway. We were soaked and covered in mud when we got home - but we still enjoyed the ride :cheers:

 

[R1up0n1]

There was a 100% chance tonight and we rode anyway. We were soaked and covered in mud when we got home - but we still enjoyed the ride :cheers:

:scratch: Covered in mud??? Were you on road or off road, dirt bikes or what?

 

[snakemann]

Bee lives on a dirt road that washes away. So we arrived home looking like we had run the Paris to Dakar.