Jim, I think you're on the right track. I've been wishing for a rolhoff hub driven by a Gates, self cleaning, carbon fiber belt. I've also been thinking about a rain cape. Actually I don't mind getting wet but when you ride over dirt roads in the rain you will arrive with muddy legs. My full length Honjo fenders help but they can only do so much.
Less you think I jest, here are some pictures taken of last weeks hail storm. Westford is a town of about 2000, about 45 minutes from the Ca. border. You don't want to ride through this stuff. http://www.westfordweather.net/hail.php Forecast for the foreseeable future scattered showers and thunder showers every day. peace, Michael Westford, Vt On Jul 25, 2:26 pm, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > I guess living as I do in a desert climate (Tucson, AZ) "blessed" with > almost unremitting daytime sunshine (even on days with rain in the > forecast it's rarely an all day thing), I can't fully relate to your > situation (I'm also past the point in life where bike commuting is > part of my equation). However, if I was attempting to deal with > recurrent rain, especially for a daily commute of your distance, I'd > personally think that emulating the British cyclist would be a good > idea. This means a bike with a planetary hub gear, and riding with a > cape. Also a nice thermos with tea or coffee! > > Jim > > On Jul 24, 4:11 am, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Those of you who live on the East Coast know that it has been raining > > incessantly for the past two months, in fact the Spring rains have > > never actually stopped. My daily commute includes ten miles of dirt > > road and a great deal of the remaining 20 miles has been under > > construction all summer. The bike has really taken a beating. > > > Unrelated to that, I treated myself to a new sparkling DaVinci > > Crank. I decided to convert my Ebisu commuter to a triple, making it > > more useful for touring and freeing up the existing Cospea crank for > > my classic racing bike which has a mismatch between the 1988 vintage > > Chorus crank and the 1944 vintage engine. So last night the bike got > > cleaned, and I mean cleaned - down to the insides of the jockey pulley > > wheels. Then the beautiful new cranks and shiny rings were installed. > > Brakes got adjusted, the chain got fresh drops of Pro Link and I left > > it ready to go. > > > This morning I sit here in cycling shorts and jersey, staring at a > > leaden sky promising to fall on us at any moment and I don't want to > > take my shiny bike out into the wet and the dirt. > > > Michael > > In Westford Vt > > where my wife has offered me her car for the day. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
