Where woz ya, yah poofters ?

[scumdog]

Ever tried riding in the rain on Racetechs or Supercorsas?

Bout as much fun as a circumcision.

You mean circumcision can be fun??

[jonbuoy]

Are you really surprised not many people chose to go for a ride? If I have to ride in the rain I do, and it wouldn't stop me if I was touring. But of all the days to grab the keys and think "yeah I'll go for a blat" yesterday wasn't one of them.

[Ixion]

Ever tried riding in the rain on Racetechs or Supercorsas?

Bout as much fun as a circumcision.

Why would you run tyres on your bike that you can't ride in the rain? What would happen if you set out in fair weather and then it packed up and started to rain halfway? (Not having a go, I am interested in what tradeoffs people are prepared to accept in setting their bikes up for maximum speed. This appears to be one )

[Lou Girardin]

Excuse time.
Unscrubbed tyres plus a shitty day, plus a f'in headache from smacking myself in the head with a tyre iron.
So I stayed home and watched cage racing.

[Motu]

I am probably effected (a?) more in the rain by running pretty aggresive knobs on the road,it's a rather tippy toe existance,but I actualy enjoy the challenge...you really get to extend those ''feelers'' out,bring in a bit more data of your surroundings.

[Ixion]

Oddly, I always rather liked knobs in the wet. I think that they gave more warning, because the "primary contact" knob would slip a bit - effectively, cos it was like a small slick tyre. But then it would "fall over" to the next knob, which gave a bit of warning to haul back up a bit. So you could ride until you felt the knobs slipping then back off a bit.Course, knobs in the wet you can't match the speed of road tyres.

But then I ride even more Nana-ishly on wet roads than on dry ones.

[2much]

Why would you run tyres on your bike that you can't ride in the rain? What would happen if you set out in fair weather and then it packed up and started to rain halfway? (Not having a go, I am interested in what tradeoffs people are prepared to accept in setting their bikes up for maximum speed. This appears to be one )

I run a Supercorsa on the rear because I find that with my style of riding, I tend to overheat the edges of road tyres and it doesn't take long before it feels like there's vasoline spread over the sides of the tyres. The other reason is economics, as you're aware 1000's have a real appetite for rear tyres. I can buy either a new road tyre for $300 or a slightly used race tyre for $100 that will last only slightly less than the road tyre.

I do run a road tyre on the front as I've never had a problem with them and prefer the quick warm up and better wet grip.

I have no problem riding in the rain if I get caught out (Got absolutely pissed on coming back from Akld at 1200 Wednesday night). It's actually the lack of visibility that hinders me more. I don't find it as enjoyable in the wet so if it's raining I'll probably find something else to do.