Unless I utterly misremember, this is the second year in a row where my Bike To Work Day commute has involved precipitation ranging from "stinging" to "torrential" to "biblical".
I need a shell that is actually water resistant; the old cheap one from Nashbar looked and felt more like a wet tee-shirt by the time I arrived at the office. The sleeves did a good job of supporting sloshing puddles around my elbows (Yay, recumbent riding position!); allowing arms to hang straight down and loosening elastic at wrists produced copious quantities of water pouring over my hands.
Wool socks and SPD sandals were a good choice, though. I'm using that combination for most of my cycling at this point, as it seems to Just Work for most applications.
2 comments:
Hey Dan! Yeah, I'm ashamed to say I drove on Ride to Work Day. You are correct that this year was the second year in a row of stupidly crappy weather to commemorate the event. In Pittsburgh, anyway. Seems like lots of other places had nice weather. Not Pittsburgh. We can't have that. :)
Hey Alan! Driving to work? I'm shocked and appalled!
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