Rain Commuting

[KnottedYet]

My Cross Check is a 52. I'm 5'8.

[buggy]

Thanks for the feedback. I am sticking with the 50. It's better with my T-Rex arms. I took my bike to a shop and they helped me fit it perfectly. I love it! Now, I've got to get a rack, fenders, and panniers to make it the perfect commuter bike.

[Kerry1976]

Did my first commute in the rain this a.m. Had front fender issues - wasn't tightened on the bike enough and got wobbly and wanted to fall off. Might have to stop at the LBS on my way home and see if they can tighten or re-install differently.

All in all though, the commute was fun. I took advantage of all the tips and tricks I've read on here and they made such a great difference in the preparation and experience.

[Geonz]

Mark your calendars, I got rained on this a.m. -- not yesterday's pre-rain spurts on both trips in (yes, it made me hearken back to Health Class in Junior High and why "early withdrawal" isn't effective family planning), but genuine downpour, and the wind wasn't even behind me. Oh, and I left the GOre-tex jacket at work.
That impulse-buy-'cause-it-was-on-sale raincoat worked very well and even the second rain pants did well, except for where I didn't zip the pocket and down by my ankles... so I may toodle down to the bookstore for some sweatpants...

[Melalvai]

yesterday's pre-rain spurts on both trips in (yes, it made me hearken back to Health Class in Junior High and why "early withdrawal" isn't effective family planning)

I will never see a pre-rain spurt quite the same way again.

My brother complained that he LIKED the wallpaper my parents put in his room--for about 5 minutes, until I said it looked like sperm, and then that's all he could think of every time he saw it. And he had to live in it for years. Just doing my job as a big sister!