JB wrote:
> Timberwoof wrote:
>
>> In article <daq1lg$59s$(E-Mail Removed)>, JB
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> pablo wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I very seldom commute on the bike when it rains. Done it before, it
>>>> becomes stressful. If there's a real necessity (my car or my SO's is
>>>> in the shop etc) I'll do it without thinking twice, and then I'll
>>>> try to avoid peak hours. Planning in advance is a key safety
>>>> strategy, we've learned, so I will not volunteer for bumper to
>>>> bumper traffic in the wet with bad visibility unless I must.
>>>>
>>>> That said, on weekends, when it rains, most people stay home, and a
>>>> ride on roads with very moderate traffic is great, and to me
>>>> something all of us should do. You never knwo when the rain will
>>>> surprise you, so you might as well stay sharp for it!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is a good point. Recreational riding in wet conditions gives us
>>> practice for when we get caught in
>>> the rain (or we're riding down the road in perfectly sunny weather
>>> and encounter a stretch where the
>>> sprinklers have made the road wet around a turn or ...)
>>>
>>> I am unneved driving my car in the rain and traffic because of the
>>> crazies out there. It seems that people
>>> react in two ways: slow waaaaay down, as if the coeficient of
>>> friction has gone to zero - or speed up, as
>>> if the water makes things run smoother (OK, maybe people don't speed
>>> up but driving above the speed
>>> limit in the rain is asking for trouble .. especially when so many
>>> Californians forget how to drive in the
>>> rain and snow. Unless it is a torrential rain, going the speed
>>> limit shoudl be cautious enough.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Except for the first few hours of the first rain in the season.
>>
> You got me there, T-woof. The first rain is bad news for two wheels.
>
It's not so good for four wheels either. Fortunately, I've got
flexibility in that matter and can take public transportation or stay at
home that day.

> Plus, if the first rain is drizzily, the roads can still be slick for
> the second rain-
> a good heavy rain is needed to wash the crud away. In fact, sometimes
> after
> a drizzily first rain the roads are a bit 'funny' after it dries up
> (anyone else
> notice that, too?)
>
The CHP, among others. ;-}

notbob wrote:
> On 2005-07-09, Mike Nelson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>So, on the 30 rainy days a year here in the San Francisco
>>Bay Area, I use my "steel riding suit."
>
>
> Same here. After spending 2 Winters on a ten-speed and 3 on a
> motorcycle, I absolutely revel in driving my car in the rain. In
> fact, if it's a good hard rain, I'll go for a drive just to experience
> it. I just love kicking back, all warm and dry, with a nice hot cup
> of coffee, good tunes on the box, defrosters tweaked just so, wipers
> wagging a steady beat ....and all those big ol' soggy drops of H20
> coming to a splattering halt just inches from my face. Hah!! Take
> that Mother Nature!
>
> (I'm easily entertained
>
> nb


Bloody hedonist!
;-)

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On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:21:15 -0500, notbob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>Same here. After spending 2 Winters on a ten-speed and 3 on a
>motorcycle, I absolutely revel in driving my car in the rain. In
>fact, if it's a good hard rain, I'll go for a drive just to experience
>it. I just love kicking back, all warm and dry, with a nice hot cup
>of coffee, good tunes on the box, defrosters tweaked just so, wipers
>wagging a steady beat ....and all those big ol' soggy drops of H20
>coming to a splattering halt just inches from my face. Hah!! Take
>that Mother Nature!
>
>(I'm easily entertained

I used to feel this way in my old sports car (a TR6). I'd usually
have the top down. When it started to rain I'd put up the top and the
sound of the rain on the top was very cozy and nice.

I think part of it was that I'd still get a little wet before I got
the top up. And it would still drip inside a little, sort of like
being in a little camping tent in the rain. There was even an odor
that I came to associate with it, the musty smell of the rain on the
top and also the heater.