I'll second Ryan's take on Seattle. Seriously, if the bar is really " A sprinkle is fine. But I find a steady rain just isn't worth it to me: poor visibility, slick roads, poor brake performance, etc." Then, yes, there will be a lot of weekends when you won't feel like riding. Rain in the northwest, particularly in the winter, is the constant/steady type. Not super heavy, just relentless. Seattle is further north than you think, and the winters are seriously dark. I can handle the rain ok, but the darkness is what really gets to me. So far, most responses have been of the "wear the right clothes, grin and bear it" variety, but you're pretty specific in where you draw the line so I'd think long and hard about it. I'm not trying to scare you off, just being realistic based on what you've said isn't worth it for you. I ride mostly year round by necessity; I don't own a car, to my bike is the go-to. There are MANY days in the winter when the joy of riding can't overcome the misery of the moment for me. Also, 40F and 90% humidity in steady rain is a good recipe for hypothermia, so it's something you need to take care to manage. That said, I love it here (sometimes in spite of itself) and after 30 years I still can't imagine living anywhere else. Summers here can be so idyllic that I forgive and forget about winter... until about the first week in November...
On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 6:38:28 PM UTC-8, dstein wrote: > > Question for the Seattleites on here. I know the riding is great in and > around Seattle. Well I don't 'know know', but I imagine it is, lots of > various terrain and an endless supply of nature and picturesque landscapes. > But how is the weather for year round riding? Contemplating a move in a > year or two, possibly to Seattle since that is where my company is based > out of and my job is supposed to be. I know it rains a lot. I hear the > weather is shitty like 9 months out of the year. But I've been spending a > lot of time there recently and it seems that while its constantly gray and > cloudy, its usually not actually raining. Is this the case? Do you find > that you can get out most weekends on a ride (I work banker hours and > weekends are my riding time). > > To put it in more context: I live in the Bay Area, and am spoiled by year > round world class riding weather. Seriously, there are like 6-7 weekends a > year when its raining, and when it does it rains it does so for a few weeks > straight and I eventually end up suiting up in some rain proof garb and > going for it, and usually end up hating every second of it, but hard to > complain since it rains so seldom. I previously lived in Tennessee, where I > was used to more inclemental weather, and I'd say there I averaged a good > ride every other weekend throughout the year (more riding in the spring and > fall, less in the cold, icy, winters and oppressively hot summers). > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
