When I was 26, I would jokingly refer to my bike as the CWM (Cross Wind Missile). I'm not 26 anymore...

About Me

My name is Dean Russell and I raced road bikes and some track endurance in the 1990s. I stopped racing in 1999 when I was 26. After almost thirteen years of being a lazy slug I decided to put my sorry backside onto a bike seat and have another crack at racing. This blog chronicles my journey from being completely unfit and overweight to becoming one of the oldest Elite A grade riders in Queensland...and then slipping nicely back into Masters racing.

Monday 16 April 2012

Bikes and Rain = Shit

If you ride a bike with me for longer than 11 seconds you will hear about how much I hate riding in the rain. Heat, cold, wind, I can handle, but rain makes me lose my bananas. Very strange when you consider that I once made the decision to spend a season racing in Belgium, where a fine day means it is only raining a little bit. 

I was caught in the rain on my big Sunday ride, and after a solid hour of cleaning my bike on Monday, I got covered in water and road grime again on Tuesday (it actually never rained on me, but the road was soaked). 

Sometimes a blog is a good place to have a whine, which my friends, is exactly the purpose of this post!

In conclusion, here are the reasons I hate riding in the rain:
  • Rain makes your bike all wet and dirty.
  • Your clothes get trashed and need ultra washing to get them clean.
  • Your shoes and helmet get wet and take ages to dry out.
  • Rain makes the wind much colder when it blows through you.
  • There is an increased chance of crashing.
  • Cars have trouble seeing you in the rain.
  • Rain is shit.

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