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Except when you go to work and have to spend the day with your pants and shoes drenched. And if you have glasses, you quickly can't see anything.

by thiht 4y ago

wreath 4y ago
Or worse, sweaty and smelly. Be friendly to your colleagues
- johnisgood 4y ago
  Wear appropriate clothes. Do not wear Converse sneakers when it is raining outside (or alternatively, have a pair of shoes at the workplace that you switch to once you are in, or whatever). Take a shower before work. Apply a deodorant, or an antiperspirant (the latter has different instructions, you apply them after shower, before sleep, and wash it off in the morning). It is a solved "issue", seriously. The shoes I wear when it is rainy or snowy outside do not get drenched at all, and I go to work by bus and foot. Same goes to my jacket. Actually, same goes to my whole body, as I use an umbrella on top of all this, and I hide wherever I can at the bus stop while waiting, or just use the umbrella if I cannot.
Xylakant 4y ago
I go to work by e-bike. I have a pair of rain pants that I pull over my regular pants, and a rainproof jacket. I wear glasses, but my helmet has a visor. Would a car keep me drier? Yes, absolutely, but I’d still need to walk from parking lot to office, and I’d be stuck with all the other folks in traffic.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  > but I’d still need to walk from parking lot to office FWIW, this is effectively solved by an umbrella.
  - Xylakant 4y ago
    Yes, or a rain jacket. But trousers still get wet if it’s a bit windy. And then I’m back to square one, or at least close to.
- yafbum 4y ago
  What do you do about shoes in rain?
  - johnisgood 4y ago
    What do you mean? You wear boots or whatever you want to call them, not sneakers.
  - Xylakant 4y ago
    Waterproof boots or neoprene overshoes. I’ve also seen people with rain trousers that cover the shoes.
  - dghlsakjg 4y ago
    You can buy rain covers for your shoes, or just do whatever it is you do when you walk outside in the rain.
    - yafbum 4y ago
      Ok good tip. Just to clarify. When I drive garage to garage, as many people do, I don't walk in the rain. When I do walk in the rain, I carry an umbrella, and that doesn't work on a bike
lm28469 4y ago
You can own multiple pair of shoes, and even have one stay at the office, same for pants. I do it and I don't feel like I'm having a miserable existence But fuck it, let's buy a car and fuck the planet, that's much more convenient, god forbid we sweat or touch the rain, oh the horror !
- throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
  Yes.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  > You can own multiple pair of shoes, and even have one stay at the office, same for pants. This hints at another counterpoint: it's not just yourself you have to protect from elements, but also whatever it is you want to transport with you. Like those extra shoes. Or electronics. Or groceries. Etc. Waterproof bags probably exist, but I can't say I've seen them available, or used, by anyone at all.
  - lm28469 4y ago
    I must live a very peculiar life then. All I need is a backpack and a rain coat, it's been 7 years or so and I haven't experienced anything life changing so far I get on my bike, go to the store, office, friends, &c. rain, snow, sun, wind, it won't kill you really
    - yafbum 4y ago
      Let me guess No kids? What you described was my bike centric life as well until it wasn't. When you have to do school drop-off a couple miles away for middle schoolers, or do that weekly store run for a family, it gets a bit trickier on the bike.
      - Xylakant 4y ago
        I have kids. They’re sitting happily in the dry under the canopy. It’s great. Wherever I need to drop them off, childcare, sports, friends, I park right in front. Predictable travel times, no stuck in traffic. My long term cycling average speed is on par with the average car speed in Berlin. Sure, on some distances I loose vs. a car, but on others I win, since I can take shortcuts or pass cars stuck in traffic. Bike packs 100kg of stuff or a large shopping trolley in volume. Works for the weekly shopping without issue. The only time it sucks is ice on the road. Snow is fine, but ice is not - because bike lanes get treated like third class infrastructure, worse than pavements.
simlevesque 4y ago
I have a shoes dryer in my office for this reason.
Beltalowda 4y ago
I've cycled and driven mopeds in some pretty serious rains (including tropical monsoon downpours), and the right preparation makes all the difference. Being "stuck" on a two-wheeler during unexpected rainfall is definitely a big bummer, but a good raincoat or poncho makes all the difference, and you tend to come out reasonable dry at the end of it.

Except when you go to work and have to spend the day with your pants and shoes drenched. And if you have glasses, you quickly can't see anything.

by thiht 4y ago

Except when you go to work and have to spend the day with your pants and shoes drenched. And if you have glasses, you quickly can't see anything.

wreath 4y ago

Or worse, sweaty and smelly. Be friendly to your colleagues

johnisgood 4y ago
Wear appropriate clothes. Do not wear Converse sneakers when it is raining outside (or alternatively, have a pair of shoes at the workplace that you switch to once you are in, or whatever). Take a shower before work. Apply a deodorant, or an antiperspirant (the latter has different instructions, you apply them after shower, before sleep, and wash it off in the morning). It is a solved "issue", seriously. The shoes I wear when it is rainy or snowy outside do not get drenched at all, and I go to work by bus and foot. Same goes to my jacket. Actually, same goes to my whole body, as I use an umbrella on top of all this, and I hide wherever I can at the bus stop while waiting, or just use the umbrella if I cannot.

Xylakant 4y ago

I go to work by e-bike. I have a pair of rain pants that I pull over my regular pants, and a rainproof jacket. I wear glasses, but my helmet has a visor. Would a car keep me drier? Yes, absolutely, but I’d still need to walk from parking lot to office, and I’d be stuck with all the other folks in traffic.

TeMPOraL 4y ago
> but I’d still need to walk from parking lot to office FWIW, this is effectively solved by an umbrella.
- Xylakant 4y ago
  Yes, or a rain jacket. But trousers still get wet if it’s a bit windy. And then I’m back to square one, or at least close to.
yafbum 4y ago
What do you do about shoes in rain?
- johnisgood 4y ago
  What do you mean? You wear boots or whatever you want to call them, not sneakers.
- Xylakant 4y ago
  Waterproof boots or neoprene overshoes. I’ve also seen people with rain trousers that cover the shoes.
- dghlsakjg 4y ago
  You can buy rain covers for your shoes, or just do whatever it is you do when you walk outside in the rain.
  - yafbum 4y ago
    Ok good tip. Just to clarify. When I drive garage to garage, as many people do, I don't walk in the rain. When I do walk in the rain, I carry an umbrella, and that doesn't work on a bike

lm28469 4y ago

You can own multiple pair of shoes, and even have one stay at the office, same for pants. I do it and I don't feel like I'm having a miserable existence But fuck it, let's buy a car and fuck the planet, that's much more convenient, god forbid we sweat or touch the rain, oh the horror !

throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
Yes.
TeMPOraL 4y ago
> You can own multiple pair of shoes, and even have one stay at the office, same for pants. This hints at another counterpoint: it's not just yourself you have to protect from elements, but also whatever it is you want to transport with you. Like those extra shoes. Or electronics. Or groceries. Etc. Waterproof bags probably exist, but I can't say I've seen them available, or used, by anyone at all.
- lm28469 4y ago
  I must live a very peculiar life then. All I need is a backpack and a rain coat, it's been 7 years or so and I haven't experienced anything life changing so far I get on my bike, go to the store, office, friends, &c. rain, snow, sun, wind, it won't kill you really
  - yafbum 4y ago
    Let me guess No kids? What you described was my bike centric life as well until it wasn't. When you have to do school drop-off a couple miles away for middle schoolers, or do that weekly store run for a family, it gets a bit trickier on the bike.
    - Xylakant 4y ago
      I have kids. They’re sitting happily in the dry under the canopy. It’s great. Wherever I need to drop them off, childcare, sports, friends, I park right in front. Predictable travel times, no stuck in traffic. My long term cycling average speed is on par with the average car speed in Berlin. Sure, on some distances I loose vs. a car, but on others I win, since I can take shortcuts or pass cars stuck in traffic. Bike packs 100kg of stuff or a large shopping trolley in volume. Works for the weekly shopping without issue. The only time it sucks is ice on the road. Snow is fine, but ice is not - because bike lanes get treated like third class infrastructure, worse than pavements.

simlevesque 4y ago

I have a shoes dryer in my office for this reason.

Beltalowda 4y ago

I've cycled and driven mopeds in some pretty serious rains (including tropical monsoon downpours), and the right preparation makes all the difference. Being "stuck" on a two-wheeler during unexpected rainfall is definitely a big bummer, but a good raincoat or poncho makes all the difference, and you tend to come out reasonable dry at the end of it.