Neil Fein's Blog

Biked into Highland Park/Piscataway today. This one was a recovery ride from yesterday's Neils on Wheels ride in Philly, and not particularly noteworthy but for the first-time experience of doing a whole ride in the rain.

I quickly confirmed that it takes a little longer to brake and that traction is an issue. The handlebars (and shifters/brake levers) are slippery, no surprise there. Goggles would be nice! I hadn't anticipated that the pedals would be slippery as well! Riding around Highland Park, I found myself looking for streets with lots of trees...

There were a few other bikers out there, and a few people gave me looks of disbelief. I was hoping someone would ask me why I was riding in the rain. I would have pointed out that my choices were to wait for the raint o stop so I could ride and be hot and sweaty, or ride in the rain and be wet and quite comfortable. (Gentle rain isn't all that cold, because your body stays warm by the work of riding.)

I went into Johnson Park, and it was quite nice to ride there. But the thick clouds of bugs were back! I turned around pretty quickly. I see the advantage of sealed goggles over glasses, but decent goggles with rubber grommets are pretty expensive.




Link to the mapmyride.com map page

Labels: bike