I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
Charity, meaning you have already accepted money for donations? If so, ride.
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I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
Charity, meaning you have already accepted money for donations? If so, ride.
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I am donating money… not accepting it.
I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
Make sure they have adequate wet/cold weather gear (gloves/rain shell/tights/booties, some or all dependent on temperature) and then it should be OK to be out for 5-6 hours. Make sure you have enough nutrition and drinks.
I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
Charity, meaning you have already accepted money for donations? If so, ride.
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I am donating money… not accepting it.
I would then donate the money and wuss out. :o)
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also doing a charity ride on sunday with a crappy forecast. I’m hoping it won’t rain at least but will likely still go so I can hammer on some roadies.
If the novice riders are apprehensive, time to tap out.
Novice riders in tough conditions is one thing.
Novice riders lacking confidence in tough conditions sounds like a collar bone to me.
I’d say do it, it will be good training at the least - for you and them. If you drop out, then they’ll probably drop for sure. If you go, you might have a better time than you think - and the beer at the end will be soooooo good.
I’ve done this exact scenario before - and one of the riders (there were two) that was able to stay on my wheel became a lifelong tri riding / training buddy. (over 15 years ago)
good luck, and dress warm. Wet & cold sucks more than wet and warm.
Skip and do an indoor intense ride.
If it sounded like a fun route and the rain wasn’t horrible, I’d do it regardless of the others. A little rain does not bother me if I have the right gear.
If it’s going to be cold pissing down rain, then that’s a crummy way to spend the weekend and I would not do it. Additionally, the other poster is right - if you are with novices, you are likely going to be picking yourself or one of them up off the floor sometime during that ride which is no fun.
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I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
Charity, meaning you have already accepted money for donations? If so, ride.
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I am donating money… not accepting it.
I would then donate the money and wuss out. :o)
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+1
If it were a mountain bike event I’d do it since weather is irrelevant. I wouldn’t want to be on the road in those conditions. I don’t trust drivers in sunny broad daylight conditions. Zero trust in rain.
40% chance of rain until 1… and we should be there by then…
We are doing it… I’m prepared to do all the pulling.
Will keep you posted 
40% chance of rain until 1… and we should be there by then…
We are doing it… I’m prepared to do all the pulling.
Will keep you posted
Good man.
You’ll stay warmer up front, not sucking spray and doing all/most of the work.
I did a Tour de Cure century in Buffalo back in the day that was 50’s and pissing rain all day.
I took a LOT of pulls, since I needed to warm up, and was sick of getting doused by roostertails of road spray from the bike(s) in front of me.
We crushed it, and rode 103m in like 4:50 or something like that.
40% chance of rain until 1… and we should be there by then…
We are doing it… I’m prepared to do all the pulling.
Will keep you posted
Good man.
You’ll stay warmer up front, not sucking spray and doing all/most of the work.
I did a Tour de Cure century in Buffalo back in the day that was 50’s and pissing rain all day.
I took a LOT of pulls, since I needed to warm up, and was sick of getting doused by roostertails of road spray from the bike(s) in front of me.
We crushed it, and rode 103m in like 4:50 or something like that.
We won’t be nearly that fast… especially with 10-15 mph headwind. Honestly, you are a beast!!
Just hoping my DI2 stuff is all good in the rain. I have ridden 10 speed DI2 in torrential downpours and it’s been fine… so I assume the 11 speed should be just as hearty.
Did it…
NO RAIN :)…
10-15mph headwind… pulled for 77 miles straight.
Happy to be home…
Good for you. How did your other riders make out?
I’m on the other coast, went to the the Stanford/Army game. I saw in Newsday that the weather was terrible yesterday.
I have charity ride scheduled for tomorrow… about 90 miles or so. Doing it with two novice riders… and not planning on leaving them.
Forecast is 70% chance of rain… with a 15mph head wind. My fellow riders are sort of on the fence about doing it. Not sure they want to make their fist long ride a “mess”. I personally don’t care…
Would you do it??
But a 30% chance of a beautiful day
Good for you. How did your other riders make out?
I’m on the other coast, went to the the Stanford/Army game. I saw in Newsday that the weather was terrible yesterday.
My PA did fine… no issues. My secretary (you met her) was suffering badly on the last half… we rode from East Islip to Montauk. She followed my wheel fantastically well on the first 40. Super proud of her. Charity ride for two families in need that live in Islip. 77 miles total.
Really unusual to have an east wind this time of year unless there is a storm brewing. Weather was basically perfect. I rented a van for us to come home in, so we didn’t have to make our spouses drive all the way out east. We got there… had pizza and beer. We got in the van… and it was pouring on us 20 minutes into the ride home CRAZY good luck…
It was fun helping them do their first long ride.
Good for you. How did your other riders make out?
I’m on the other coast, went to the the Stanford/Army game. I saw in Newsday that the weather was terrible yesterday.
My PA did fine… no issues. My secretary (you met her) was suffering badly on the last half… we rode from East Islip to Montauk. She followed my wheel fantastically well on the first 40. Super proud of her. Charity ride for two families in need that live in Islip. 77 miles total.
Really unusual to have an east wind this time of year unless there is a storm brewing. Weather was basically perfect. I rented a van for us to come home in, so we didn’t have to make our spouses drive all the way out east. We got there… had pizza and beer. We got in the van… and it was pouring on us 20 minutes into the ride home CRAZY good luck…
It was fun helping them do their first long ride.
Chapeau sir
Good for you. How did your other riders make out?
I’m on the other coast, went to the the Stanford/Army game. I saw in Newsday that the weather was terrible yesterday.
My PA did fine… no issues. My secretary (you met her) was suffering badly on the last half… we rode from East Islip to Montauk. She followed my wheel fantastically well on the first 40. Super proud of her. Charity ride for two families in need that live in Islip. 77 miles total.
Really unusual to have an east wind this time of year unless there is a storm brewing. Weather was basically perfect. I rented a van for us to come home in, so we didn’t have to make our spouses drive all the way out east. We got there… had pizza and beer. We got in the van… and it was pouring on us 20 minutes into the ride home CRAZY good luck…
It was fun helping them do their first long ride.
Chapeau sir
Thanks!! It was a great day all the way around…
Raised money… helped my "team"on their first long ride… had a blast… and had great weather. AWESOME!!!