Stefanh Posted October 31, 2011 Share Hi Guys, With the rainy season upon us, how does the weather affect your decision to train? I got caught in the thunderstorm on Friday afternoon and had my wife pick me up from a nearby garage, it has happened a couple of times in the past as well. I’m not scared of the rain, but the thunder kinda rattles me. So what do you do, take the chance and ride or do you wait it out? Waiting would work if you have ample time to train, but when you only have an hour or 2 of light in the afternoon, it gets dodgy. What’s your take? I might also add, as we were driving back home, we passed a couple of guys commuting back to local township, man I felt like a sheep… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted October 31, 2011 Share Only weather that affects me is the cold , as in winter early mornings ( HATE IT ) but rain is no problem , when i go out and its looks funny i just take a rain coat and make sure my rear light is fitted and thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoman Posted October 31, 2011 Share If I am already out riding then I will continue and grin and bear it, if (like now) it looks like rain with the promise of some lightning then I don't bother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted October 31, 2011 Share Ja i hate weather, weather it rains or not the weather usualy causes some whinging somewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reteid Posted October 31, 2011 Share cape town wind makes me depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted October 31, 2011 Share What about the chap on Supercycling lat week that called in and said he got shocked by lightning while riding his bike on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted October 31, 2011 Share What about the chap on Supercycling lat week that called in and said he got shocked by lightning while riding his bike on the road It's happened to me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Where we used to live in Magalies (about 4km away) the house was struck twice (TV's and PC's messed up and they were unplugged!) and the third time it blew the transformer up about 5m from the house. Scares the crap out of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted October 31, 2011 Share I miss a good highveld thunderstorm. Donder und Blitzen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny K Posted October 31, 2011 Share cape town wind makes me depressed. and this on and off rain we are having lately..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted October 31, 2011 Share It's happened to me before. Unless u can show us pictures it never happened we dont believe you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted October 31, 2011 Share Yeah, I'm mostly a fair weather biker. In winter I rather lie under a warm blanket. If the wind is howling like today in PE (50-60 km/h) it's just too unpleasant to go ride. If it's raining the mud is just such a mess to clean up and causes extra damage to the components, although I've done that before and it was actually a lot of fun. Like a little piggy in the mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichnusa Posted October 31, 2011 Share the colder the better... also like to be out when others have pulled out of a ride or struggling in race because of weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted October 31, 2011 Share If it rains while I'm out well that's just bad luck and I'll persevere but don't start in the rain ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanh Posted November 1, 2011 Share Tnx for the comments guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos Posted November 1, 2011 Share It's happened to me before. Wonder if you will be tested positive because of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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