Give me some tips for riding in the rain!

**unstuck** · 10th June 2014, 20:02

Originally Posted by FJRider

Obviously ... the "Higher intelligence" suspected of aliens ... is bullshit then ..

Yep. We just like fuckin with ya's.

**haydes55** · 10th June 2014, 20:12

Originally Posted by Urano

I AM A TOTALLY CONVINCED ABS SUPPORTER.

and this since years, when morons in pubs were teaching others how better they brake than that large, bulky and heavy box, which more than being useless will slow you down in laguna seca...

but, in this case, what cassina said is not totally out of sense...

actually, it seems it could be:

there is a theory, still under verification, called "homeostasis of risk".

it has been proposed in 1994 by Professor Wilde of kingstone university, canada.

it is based on the observation that people with better equipped vehicles tends to count more on the equipment and thus drive faster, keep shorter distance and brake later than others.

this seems to be true even in "cross-situational" cases, as people seems to stay closer to cyclists who wear helmets than to those who doesn't because of the "increased sense of overall safety of the situation".

this seems to be a transitory effect, but still we have to be aware of it.

if sometime in the future i'll find time and will to translate my safety book in english i can post you a wider abstract on this...

in my opinion, anyway, being conscious if this effect is another way to increase our safety, and IN NO WAY THIS MEANS THAT ABS WILL EVER DECREASE YOUR SAFETY COMPARED TO A BIKE WITHOUT IT.

you know, idiots are the larger resource of the planet.

more than water and minerals, if aliens will ever invade us, they'll be prolly after idiots...

and i suggest to help them. the aliens i mean...

Did you watch the movie "Idiocricy"? (spl?)

**Urano** · 10th June 2014, 20:13

Originally Posted by FJRider

That's about the same as saying ... Condoms will always prevent pregnancy.

nope.
that's about the same as saying: knowing that condoms may tear will increase your safety, but in no way condoms will give you more pregnancies compared to sex without them.

They'll be coming for YOU then ...

don't think so. i leave the toilet open when i piss. it bothers them...

**Urano** · 10th June 2014, 20:15

Originally Posted by haydes55

Did you watch the movie "Idiocricy"? (spl?)

ya...

**FJRider** · 10th June 2014, 20:28

Originally Posted by Urano

nope.
that's about the same as saying: knowing that condoms may tear will increase your safety, but in no way condoms will give you more pregnancies compared to sex without them.

Obviously NOT speaking from experience ...

ABS will not save from ALL issues on the road. On oil/fuel spills and a loose surface ... it has little or no advantage. Brake too late and you get the same result. ABS is a tool/aid to assist you ... not a failsafe safety devise. It's better to hope you wont need it. And ride to that effect ..

Originally Posted by Urano

don't think so. i leave the toilet open when i piss. it bothers them...

At least .. as you're sitting down ... you'll see them coming ...

**Erelyes** · 10th June 2014, 20:32

Originally Posted by FJRider

Obviously ... the "Higher intelligence" suspected of aliens ... is bullshit then ..

The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that it has not tried to contact us.

**unstuck** · 10th June 2014, 20:34

Originally Posted by Erelyes

The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that it has not tried to contact us.

Is that right.

**FJRider** · 10th June 2014, 20:43

Originally Posted by Erelyes

The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that it has not tried to contact us.

Not tried to contact you .. you mean ...

Unstuck is a friend ..

**unstuck** · 10th June 2014, 21:46

Funny thing is, people are being contacted all over the world. But if you aint in the "know" then your not gonna "know".

**Urano** · 10th June 2014, 22:01

Originally Posted by FJRider

ABS will not save from ALL issues on the road.

whoever said that??

**unstuck** · 10th June 2014, 22:06

Originally Posted by Urano

whoever said that??

Fuck thats cool.

**george formby** · 10th June 2014, 22:35

I has a good tip for riding in the rain. Make sure that your troos are as tight as possible around your boots, gaffa taped even. Or like in the old days use slices of inner tube as elastic bands.
Why, you ask?
Big fucking puddles that you can't see because the road is awash, your visor is covered with a million droplets, it's night time & your headlight is crap.
Went through some standing water tonight at about 70kmh. No idea how deep it was but the bike turned into a buffalo & the water shot up me strides above the knee. Wet nuts when I got home due to wicking.

**bogan** · 11th June 2014, 00:18

Originally Posted by george formby

I has a good tip for riding in the rain. Make sure that your troos are as tight as possible around your boots, gaffa taped even. Or like in the old days use slices of inner tube as elastic bands.
Why, you ask?
Big fucking puddles that you can't see because the road is awash, your visor is covered with a million droplets, it's night time & your headlight is crap.
Went through some standing water tonight at about 70kmh. No idea how deep it was but the bike turned into a buffalo & the water shot up me strides above the knee. Wet nuts when I got home due to wicking.

Mate, you think that is bad for wicking, I gotta put that bodyglide shit on for running in my space shoes so I don't get chaffed thunderthighs; shit gets all waxy and wicks right up the buttcrack. Gotta be careful the next morning as a careless wipe with poorly manicured thumbnail could perforate ones scrotum...

...visualise it