SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 67)

I'm with Kim, I'll hit the trainer if there is any question on weather and biking.  I am a very nervous rider.

I think you are smart.  Better safe and sound.

Nice looking group.

Group Dinner!!! Dino, Julia, Tony, me, Sam, Tracy, John and Doug!  Hard to believe none of us knew each other a few years ago.  Like a group of old friends....

I think you do need to have some experience riding in the rain in the event you have a race like Birdy and Roni had a few years ago.  I think once you have that experience, it's enough.  I bagged a ride 20m early in 35-40mph because I didn't feel safe.  Figured I rode 33m in it and knew how to slide on my fanny when I got tipped over.  Ride over!  Safety first.

good looking group.  Good luck everyone. 

X2 on getting experience in rain.  the first time i ever rode in the rain was last yr in a race with over 5000 people.  Not the time to get experience, I was so stressed and tense that my hands cramped because I was holding the aerobars so tight.  As a result, I had a harder time hydrating/holding on to the water bottle.

I have in the rain a lot. It takes practice. Whether I will go out in it depends a lot on other factors such as wind, temperature, darkness and most important what has the weather been for the preceeding days. If it has been dry the previous days then I will not go out as the rain will bring any oil out of the roadway making it too dangerous. The tendancy is to grip your bars tightly in the rain which can be bad and which will tire you out very fast.

If you have other options, like a trainer, do that. There are sunny days that I ride the trainer just in case I have to end early due to family matters, or because of a tight schedule. No shame in that.

x2

Rock it tomorrow everyone!

I try my hardest to avoid rain rides... If it rains when I'm out, I deal. But I won't start a ride in anything more than a light drizzle, and even then I will modify my routes to do more trail time if possible. If I were you I'd hop the SAG too!!!

Sounds great.  How much did you pay for the rental bike?

Same here.  I got my first really good rain practice in an Oly last summer - torrential downpours for about 50 minutes of the time I was on the bike (like Birdy's photo and maybe harder).  It was raining so hard it hurt.  Luckily the course was flat and the race support staff did a fantastic job warning people about upcoming turns.    One other lesson I learned in that race is that you want to have a pair of sunglasses with yellow lenses.  I toughed it out in my darker lenses because there was no way I could have ridden without the eye cover.

Hi guys! I haven't been around here for awhile, but some of you may remember me. I just wanted to stop in and cheer on the racers. The group looks amazing! Thanks for the updates, Rob. Looks like everyone's doing great!

Good Luck and have fun out there today racers!!!

Miss you, Roni!!!  Hope you are well and please stop by more often!!!

Julia (gotta run) out of the water in 37 minutes in the HIM...that's some Fast swimming, woman!

Tony and Dino neck and neck in the OLY, out of the water in 29 minutes!!!  They are duking it out on the run right now after both had bike splits above 20 mph.   Go guys!

Don't know Julia's, but Dave's is 291 and Tony's is 243!

Hi Roni!!!  Good to see you