07-02-2015, 02:32 PM
Funny you should mention this. Just last week I was riding over Wolf Creek Pass in CO. The skies were getting dark, so I pulled over at the summit and donned my rain gear. Not a mile later I started getting pelted with marble sized hail. Since the road wound down the mountain in numerous switchbacks, I basically stayed right under the hail storm for about nine miles. I was only moving about 40 mph, but without a windshield, it was like getting perpetually shot with paintballs for 10 min. The racket in my helmet only made the experience more miserable.
Prior to that my worst weather ride was in a tropical downpour enroute to Guaymas, Mexico. I was following my family who were up ahead in a Suburban. The rain was hitting the road so hard you couldn't actually see the road anymore. I could just see the top of the Suburban, so I just kept following it. It seemed like there was more water than air in the atmosphere around me. My sister looking out the back window of the Suburban said all she could see was the top of my helmet. It lasted about a half hour. and even though I was wearing excellent rain gear, I was totally soaked as were all my clothes in supposedly waterproof bags. It was like I'd ridden into a pool.
Prior to that my worst weather ride was in a tropical downpour enroute to Guaymas, Mexico. I was following my family who were up ahead in a Suburban. The rain was hitting the road so hard you couldn't actually see the road anymore. I could just see the top of the Suburban, so I just kept following it. It seemed like there was more water than air in the atmosphere around me. My sister looking out the back window of the Suburban said all she could see was the top of my helmet. It lasted about a half hour. and even though I was wearing excellent rain gear, I was totally soaked as were all my clothes in supposedly waterproof bags. It was like I'd ridden into a pool.