On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 8:24:57 AM UTC-8, duane wrote:
On 04/01/2019 11:11 a.m., Radey Shouman wrote:
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On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 7:43:22 PM UTC-6, Sir Ridesalot wrote:

So for those of you who ride in both rain and snow, which do you prefer?


I try not to ride in either rain or snow. I ride for enjoyment. I
have no mental, psychic, or psychological problem that makes me ride
when its not fun to ride. I guess that makes me crazy. I just ride
when its enjoyable. Actually I try to only do things that are
enjoyable and try not to do anything unenjoyable. Again, crazy me.

But as already stated by others, snow means cold. Its 32 or colder
when there is snow. Rain means warmer than snow. Its above 32 with
rain. Rain and snow are identical except for the temperature. I like
to be warmer than colder. So if I had to choose between the fire or
stove for being burned, I guess I would choose the rain. Its going to
be warmer.

I find that it's much colder and more miserable to ride in rain at 33F
than snow at 31F. Heat transfer is not entirely about temperature
differences.



+1

Near freezing rain does suck -- but it sucks less if you have good rain gear and avoid climbs and descents. Hypothermia is a thing riding in cold rain and even racing in cold rain when there are long descents. When you're not generating heat, soaked and taking a lot of wind on a downhill, you get to a point where you're shivering so hard that you can barely hold the bars -- and your head freezes, rain drops pelt your eyes and you get that squinty-eye semi-conscious thing going. Its loads of fun!

Early season racing in the PNW is often in the rain and cold, and you get that wonderful fire-hose in the face with all the wheel spray, which is horrible with glasses. I placed in races by simply deciding who was riding well and sticking to that guy's wheel for dear life, not knowing where I was in all the falling rain and wheel spray. And lining up to start in the rain and just sitting there totally sucked -- even with the dopey see through rain jackets/human green houses. Thank Buddha for modern raincoat technology like the Gabba and some of the other rain jerseys and fitted jackets.

-- Jay Beattie.