Quote Originally Posted by KSH
You are better than me!
Hey KSH -
That's not true! Just because you don't ride in the rain doesn't make you a bad person! And I tend not to start out if it's pouring rain, but sometimes you just can't avoid getting caught in it - prepared or unprepared.

I remember getting caught in a couple of bad rainstorms on my tour of Washington & Oregon back in 1999. The first was scary because I think I was pretty close to hypothermia. I made it to the next town and a warm shower restored me, but if I had much further to ride to get into a town I would have been knocking on farmhouse doors! At least it was warmer during the second storm - but that rain came down so hard and so fast that I was totally soaked within 10 minutes. I must have been quite a sight because the desk clerk at the hotel I checked into gave me a suite with a kitchen at the same price as a regular room. And yes, I did fully clean my bike before I took my own shower!

--- Denise