Commuting in Auckland this morning

[diggydog]

look way back in the old day's,wind ,rain,hale, dust, & dirt, we would ride every day in these conditions which would be 95% of the time, in welly

[sAsLEX]

hoping its fine at 2130 when I leave uni!

[heavenly.talker]

I rode into the city from the NS today around 8.40ish -9.10 am. About half way down Onewa I discovered a wee problem with my wets (trousers). Not waterproof in the crotch area. Having extremely cold and wet girly parts gave me lots of motivation to get into the city pronto. Hung jacket and trousers up in the kitchen at work, resulting puddle was over a metre wide. Took my work pants and underwear about 5 hours to dry out...just in time before putting on the still wet gear to ride home ! lol. I love riding in the rain though :-) apart from the wet girly bits!

Have to get a new visor on the helmet though...bloody thing fogged up so I had to ride with it half up. All makeup from nose down was gone by the time I got to work. lol

Part of the joys of belonging to the fairer sex I suppose lol!

[twinkle]

I find my ten dollar wharehouse pants keep my boots dry enough, just they aint quite long engough in the crotch to ankle zone and the bottom of my jeans gets wet

I had the same problem, so i sewed an extra 15cm on the end, dry ankles now

[myvice]

Got a new wet weather one piece suit from Cycle Treads to go over the leathers bout a month ago...
Not as good as Cordura but it keeps me dry, have to ride, too far to walk and cars suck!
Only a sad sack wouldn’t ride in a bit of rain!

[ZeroIndex]

my nice new Cordura 2-piece kicks the pants off my 1-piece wet weather suit..
Just got back from collecting it from Mercer, nice and toasty warm..
Thanks LifestyleImports

[paturoa]

Yep, on NW and home again today. I've now got all of my kit for the Brass Monkey and are usign that, so I was dry & warm when I got 2 work.

[Ixion]

Ride home was wet and windy but otherwise uneventful. I still haven't switched to winter gear, I wonder if this is going to be like last year, where it never got cold or wet enough to put away the summer gear.

I have a new pair of winter gloves I bought over a year ago and haven't worn yet.

This global warming is good shit I reckon.

[Dutchee]

Feck harden up. Loved the ride into work, ride home wasn't as much fun (decided to avoid southern m/way in the rain). By time I got to Pt Chev, decided everyone else was a bunch of pussies (had only seen one or two bikes by then), but by the time got to spaghetti junction, could see heaps more bikes (they were keener than me to lane split, or running late - love having a bike with no clock after all, trying to guess time makes life fun).
I thought it was fantastic to see so many bikes out on a shitty day. Saw one guy heading north (into the city) along the southern wearing what looked like faded blue jeans. Almost felt sorry for him. Then again, I often can't be bothered wearing wets, so I know the feeling well.
I thought traffic was very well behaved today, especially when the lights were out at Mt Wellington. Thumbs up for a change.
I have resorted to winter weight gloves (didn't take the lining out of my jacket even over summer), but still not bothering putting the liner in my wets.
One thing that is really annoying me though is the fact that my pack leaks. Can't remember what model ventura bag I've got, but it lets in more water than there is at niagara falls - won't be getting another anytime soon.

[raster]

Rode to work this morning, but stuck in the cage home as the 19"wide screen LCD and new PC don't like the wet on the back of the bike, BUGGA!!

It takes me almost a minute to type from one side of the screent to the other...WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..