Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by brnt on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:16PM
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Personally I use acceptance ;) Which I think is an important ingredient that most Dutch citizens learn as they start cycling to high school regardless of weather: it won't always be pleasant. In the rain I'll get wet, no biggy. At work I won't be the only one putting a coat and shoes on the heater to dry. Some discomfort is present in all modes of transport, this is the one I chose to put up with.
I also use a raincoat with cap and rain pants, which should fall over your shoes. However, I only use this in heavy rain, because with light rain I get wet anyway from my own sweat (wet rain gear usually does not breathe enough for me).
Then there is the rain radar [1], but is probably not available for your locale ;)
Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:38PM
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Right, it was 19 miles to bike from my house to my HS, which is a bit far, and long enough that a bus was faster (though at least most of it was separated from automobile traffic).
I also use a raincoat with cap and rain pants, which should fall over your shoes. However, I only use this in heavy rain, because with light rain I get wet anyway from my own sweat (wet rain gear usually does not breathe enough for me).
Then there is the rain radar [1], but is probably not available for your locale ;)
[1] https://buienradar.nl