Worst weather you have ridden in

[Henrik_imp]

Well, I am not sure the gore-tex would necessarily be too hot. I wear mine here in the summer when I ride to work, and recently we have had temps over 30° (actually hit a record of 39.7° last Monday, but that was just too much to wear the suit!). Sure it gets hot if you are standing around at redlights in the city, but when riding it is fine. There is then a liner I can put in when it gets colder, which is surprisingly efficient.

[Cormanus]

Thanks again, Henrik. 39.7° is tediously hot! It's generally low 30s here in the summer which is when we get our rain and I really need to find some wets that breathe—the conventional stuff often gets wet inside just from the humidity. I'll investigate gore-tex.

[the Ferret]

The gear I wore coming home from the rally in the rain was a set of Frogg Toggs, only it didn't rain much, so not much of a test. Once we got 15 miles out (to the Dragon) it had pretty much stopped. If it's warm I will just go bare handed as I have never had a glove (and yes I had Alpinestars Drystar gloves.. boots are great... gloves stunk and I threw them in the garbage) and my son bought me a pair of over mitts from someone, that go over regular gloves, that I have yet to try out.

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[4 Paws_imp]

Back in the late 70's I left Daytona Bike Week to head north, in the rain. Turned to sleet around the NC/SC border, by the time I got home the weather had cleared a bit but I had frozen clothing and I was soaked. Amazing how strong a stupid kid can be.
In the latter 80's I rode my ST1100 through a storm that spawned tornados, I just rode through hail and rain. Pulled into a carwash for a while but continued.
Rain storms in the dark are the worst for me now. Will brave cold and snow for a bit for fun - if I'm in the mood.

[GoldOxide_imp]

I think hail for me. On a freeway with the RD400, summer time with dumb az'ed t-shirt, no gloves and just running shoes. Saw a thunder cell kinda in my path, thought, ah well, just some summer rain probably.

Suddenly the hail came in hard. At first, "[not-] cool", better watch the road conditions. That worry ended pretty suddenly as pain set in and my upper body started to shrivel as muscles contracted. Soon it was a battle of maintaining steering and throttle as hands left the bars. F-bombs dropping everywhere. The only smart thing going was the full-face helmet - and it was noisy inside. Hail was about marble-sized, but their velocity was relative to [initial] freeway speed. I was lucky, and very wet in the end.

Somewhere in there a flash thought of "tornado", but that never materialized. The sky was night in the early afternoon.

[Jeeves_imp]

Been in a couple of torrential downpours, those are no fun. I guess the worst was when I was younger, poorer, and just married. Used to take my bike so my wife could have the car, except for the absolute worst of the season. That meant in sloppy snowy weather in Milwaukee in the 20's and 30's. I'd get to work and could barely move my knees or fingers, as the cold had seized up my joints...

[GoldOxide_imp]

... and the glorious feeling of wanting to urinate more - even though you didn't have that early morning coffee.

[rboe]

Nice class, I lived down by Lake Superior and college was on top of the hill, raining at my place but on the way up the hill it turned to snow.

The fun part, the cafeteria was built over the road going into the back side of the campus so with these big huge flakes coming down I rode under it - and got the looks! It really wasn't too bad - until I had to leave after class and the discs were frozen to the pucks.

[Riko_imp]

Nothing worse than snowy or icy road conditions, I imagine, cause I never will ride in that.

Personally my worst experience that I could remember was riding my CB when it was cold and add a freezing wind.
Especially that wind....


That experience strangely somehow stuck while I recently experienced a far longer wet ride in France.




Than again, that ride would take top spot if I was riding a naked like the CB

[GoldOxide_imp]

Riko: Your flick I am sure many of us can relate to. Thx. I don't mind windy, wet, dark 'n' cold, however, I don't like being unprepared for it. That stinks ( <-- moderator-friendly word ) large. Also, my CB doesn't care for it either (so it tells me) .