I got caught in a thunderstorm on my bike yesterday.  I got pounded, got wet, rode on anyway and was totally dried out by the time I arrived home.  It was a warm rain, not cold very much at all.   This one came under the heading of "no big thing" and was suitable to be ignored pretty much because I was lucky to be wearing my full face shield helmet and I was riding my cruiser with the windshield.

It would have been a lot less tolerable on my Savage wearing my beanie helmet ....

You do all have a full face helmet and rain gear to bring on the trip, right?  You don't have to pay a bunch for it (for single use plastic wear stuff) but you do need to have it bundled up in your saddle bags for sure.  Bring your full face helmet too --  them Skyway monarch butterflies hurt when you get smacked in the face with one.

Wet stuff and them mountains seem to go together -- I have never made a mountain run without seeing rain at one point or another.  Last trip was a good example, it wasn't supposed to rain but we got chased by a thunderstorm that crawled through a mountain pass to get to us.

Trip before last I camped out in a cafe for over three hours reading a book while a rain squall worked its way on past (at eye level no less).   Thunder and lightning when viewed up close & personal is very awe inspiring -- makes you think of God and his inherent awesomeness, it does.

Anyway, it is time to think about packing and what you are going to fit in your saddle bags.  Rain gear, some large rubber bands and a paperback book to read while waiting are going to make it into my saddle bags.

Looking at the Deals Gap website & weather reports of the recent past is clearly a heads up on being prepared for weather of all sorts.  Got to have the head/face protection, rain gear unless you just like being wet, and really good tires for those curves curves curves & water & and really slippery wet leaves that fall or are blown onto the road ... slicker than cat s___!  Well, it is slippery.  

yep...but she's a blonde now.

you could say that....


but really shouldn't.

Toymaker wrote on 05/25/09 at 03:51:20:


Ha ha.  Just messing with ya.  I changed it.

Count min for one,
i'll have tent and sleeping bag for me.

Road trip is on the way

Toymaker wrote on 05/11/09 at 07:27:38:


Is this the apartment rented at the Dragon?  Let me know what my $$$ share is.

I'm jumpin in this thread a little late but I plan on meeting up with the group on saturday the 27th. I live a little over an hour away and just need to know what time and where to arrive to get into the group ride.
Seviersavage