[Closed] Who likes riding in the rain

I don't mind as long as it's not too cold with it

No, as I wear glasses.

Don't mind a bit of drizzle and light rain but heavy rain isn't fun. What I do love is thick mist, was riding through this yesterday and it was awesome.

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Conditions at the top of the mountain were so good yesterday. Because its been raining a bit in the past few days, the bottoms of the berms are greasy mud but at the top they're tacky hard mud. You drift into the berm on the greasy stuff then hit the grip which stops you from dying 😀

I quite like it! It's just the rain in the freezing cold when you lose feeling in your fingers that get to me!

Obviously Ii hate it but then as OP says wet rides give immense satisfaction and often the trail conditions in rain aren't too bad. the worst things are heavy rain, wearing glasses and when cold gets added to the mix. You just need to get out and moving.

I'd never start a ride in the rain unless I was on a epic miles from home, running in the rain is great though

I'll tell you when I get back from Gisburn tomorrow.

As long is it's not bouncing I don't mind it.
As often as not it means the walkers stay indoors 🙂

I really like racing in the rain, you don't overheat and lots of different lines open up in the mud. Also i fee like i can ride fire-roads faster when they have a slick layer of wetness on them.

rode around hebden this morning and it was hoofing it down but enjoyed it.

I wouldn't go out if it was raining but if I'm already out and it starts to rain then I don't mind.

Don't mind too much - far better than walking in it like today!

Getting used to it. 🙁

I'm with DJ, hate riding in the rain, but for runing the worse the weather the more I enjoy it (rain, snow, wind, hail, love them all)

Don't like starting in the the rain but getting wet during a ride not my favorite but not an issue - sometimes does make you feel more virtuous ? 😉

I don't mind so long as the rain starts once I am out. Struggle to get out the door if it is raining already.

Had the pleasure this afternoon of a slog over a freshly harrowed field of Chiltern clag in driving rain. 'Must be autumn', I thought to myself.

Riding along the canal yesterday and the heavens opened got drenched but did not spoil the fun of a ride on my bike.

Riding, not really. Running, on the other hand, I fuggin' love doing in the rain.

If I've made arrangments to meet mates then I'll go out no matter what. If I'm going solo then I struggle to get out if it's already raining and will tend to go on the rollers, but if I'm already out then it's all part of it

Quite like it as it blows all the cobwebs away. But not when it's got a driving gale behind it. Switch that round for walking though, love being out for a stroll when it's blowy.

I don't mind so long as the rain starts once I am out. Struggle to get out the door if it is raining already.

This is true for me too. If I'm meeting someone to ride with and it's lashing it down I've no problem with the motivation side of things. On my own however it's a different story. However when it's been heavy and driving with the wind like some commutes over the last week or so, it can be painful on the eyes, especially when you wear contacts.

I love it, so long as its not that wet rain.

No sweat.

I wouldn't go out if it was raining but if I'm already out and it starts to rain then I don't mind.

Yep, agree with this.

Don't care how wet the rest of me gets as long as my feet stay dry. Hate riding with wet feet and i'm talking where you can feel it pooling in your shoes.

quite enjoy if already out but will rarely start a ride if raining hard and doesn't look like clearing - usually will go for a run instead just because after a couple of hours in rain the fun is over -quite enjoy that feeling of the weather is rubbish but i'm happy

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Love it, very envigorating.
running in the rain is better though, even better when its snowing. feel like the only person outside. love it

Got to as I live in Scotland.

Personally - I love it.

I draw the line at cold AND wet though.

My missus & friends just shake their heads - I love that feeling of doing something they just dont get!

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Quite like it, had a awesome ride round cwmcarn the other week and it was hurling it down. My feet kept dry until I smashed through some puddles and the water ran down my legs and into my shoes 🙁

I just been ridding in the rain and the dark at the same time.

Another for not being too keen on starting in the rain but once I am a mile in it all good. Some of my best days have been in the mud but have usually been lift/uplift assisted. Wet rock is usually fine except for the green slimy ones which are death on a stick.

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Don't mind at all, although I echo the previously mentioned aversion to cold as well. The glasses thing is a serious PITA though, someone should invent little wipers or something...

I like it, generally speaking. Not always, but so long as it's not really windy or cold, and I'm not knackered, it's all fine. I have to go a bit slower and have to stop to clean my specs from time to time, but there's always fewer people about when it's chucking it down and you get to feel like some sort of hardman for going out riding in crap conditions.

The worst thing about wet weather is coming back home to a stir-crazy three year-old who's been stuck inside staring at the rain for a few hours...

I'm lucky, I wear contacts so if it gets really bad I can whip off my riding glassess.

Daveyboywonder - you're gonna get wet at Gsburn tomorrow even if it's not raining. It wasn't muddy today, just submerged, huge puddles and the streams were mental.

I have admit to being rather smug today with my gortex boots on, although that wore off half way round when even they filled up. Still the good riding and company, aided by a good meal, pint and an open fire in the D & P has left me with a very virtuous feeling 8)

Rain - love it, more the better. Starting out in heavy rain just takes attitude. Cold damp fog - hate it - freezes to the bone and I never can get warm.

I have spent much on clothing that keeps me comfortable whilst wet, as we(the uk)live in the wettest place in the universe! It rains I ride, but wind and rain i can't f*&$ing stand it!esp head wind and rain omfg i hate it!!!!

Rain I can put up with. Ride mostly in the lake district so it drains pretty well.One of my best rides of the year near Ambleside was in consistent rain from start to finish. Wind however, I pigging hate it.

I don't mind it. Setting off in rain is always a bit grim but being out and getting rained on.... don't really notice it. This week has been great. Very windy, very wet. I've arrived soaked at each end pretty much every day, that was pretty cool.

Seemed to ride through all 4 seasons today - light snow up top, rain and sloppy mud middle, dry but miserable a bit further down then sunny when we got to the bottom 😆 Bike's a state.

No fun at all I would rather watch Jeremy Kyle than ride all day in the shitty rain. I just see no fun in it at all. I have even been know to back out of riding if the sky is really black. I require sun and blue sky to ride a bike!

I enjoy the riding bit in pretty much any conditions. As others have said it makes you feel good for.getting out there.

What stops me going out in crappy weather is all the post-ride mess. knowing that a muddy me is going to come back home with loads of wet gear and a filthy bike, or having to get in the car and drive miles with a muddy arse.

This didn't really bother me until I got my own house! What I need is a team of servants who'll dab me with towels and hose everything down while I put my feet in front of the fire!

or having to get in the car and drive miles with a muddy arse

Strip off and dry your arse [and everything else] with the towel you brought with you and then put on the dry clothes you brought with you

Rode Claife Heights yesterday in the rain and it was fantastic! Again, love rain riding as long as it's not too cold or windy.

I don't mind the rain as long as it's not freezing. I often go out! it needs to be done with the weather like it is in this country. Me and a couple of mates did Gisburn yesterday and it rained in every direction but it was brilliant!!! We were very wet and muddy but we had mega fun.

i hate waiting for the train after the ride though, makes the rain less fun

Found riding in the rain fun on the return leg of my old commute.

It's alright.

I like riding - so riding in the rain is usually better than not riding at all.

eg. last weekend's very wet tour of Coniston would probably have been better in the dry, but it was still a great ride.

Ground conditions are more important to me when it's raining, much of my local stuff cuts up pretty bad after a few days heavy rain so I find routes a bit limited. Which ends up with more time travelling less time riding 🙁
Still take a childish pleasure in splashing through puddles though, so not all bad 🙂

I don't like setting out in the rain, but if it happens on the ride, so be it.

Some trails are just not good after rain - super greasy or boggy. They are sometimes OK if it's raining hard at the time so that there is water flowing down. Makes route planning tricky.

+1 for running in the rain, very enjoyable for some reason.

I don't mind riding in the rain at all, something about careering down a muddy hill getting soaked that makes you feel alive. Also when you're riding back covered in mud people look at you like some kind of iron-man when really you're just a guy who's been on a bike ride in the drizzle.

Cleaning the damn thing afterwards though... 😡