dstokes said:

Just move to the Bay Area and you won't have to worry about the rain

It's the inverse.  You worry more because you're even less familiar.  An acquaintance joked about rain in Santa Barbara, "It sprinkled for a few minutes.  It was epic."

I hear you have some rain. Here is the view from the climb over Morgan territory, which was used in the ToC.

Humbug

Well those new raceblade fenders worked out great on a night like today.  No rain, but wet roads and puddles.  Obviously not as great coverage as full fenders on the utility/commute bike, but much much better than a skunk stripe and having crud fly up off the front wheel onto the down tube.

Stupid question:  Is it ever acceptable to race with fenders?

or legal??  (as above)

No.  

you can race with fenders, but you're going to be wet regardless.
sorry to disagree

Interesting. I would have thought fenders would have been disallowed and the grounds that they will either easily become unattached and fly around, or shatter easily, or the metal stays be considered dangerous.
(I know they are disallowed in races in the UK, but then it is also, correctly, illegal to race without handlebar plugs.)

It may be LEGAL but it is definitely not "pro"

Jules said:

It may be LEGAL but it is definitely not "pro"

That is correct. But neither are we...

I rode the last L&C race with a fender on. Nobody wanted to get in a break with me.

I would have gone considering it's so much nicer riding behind a guy with fenders.

Lots of people intentionally ride through the muck when they are trying to drop you. It's a trick you should keep in your back pocket.

Bump!  (another zombie thread)

We had a great ride today.  Yes, we got wet.  Yes, you should have been out there.

In hot weather, I find a standard jersey (I was actually in our summer jersey) and a vest is enough.  (also have the backscratcher fender installed for the ride).

Malcolmson was in his skin suit.  While it doesn't breathe as well as a jersey, it's usually easier to get dirt out of a skin suit.  

My other (additional) tips (you should have read this thread from the beginning) are:

* socks.  The tightest you have so they don't slip inside your shoe or around your ankles.  I also find thin better because they seem to absorb less water.  Most stretchy fabrics seem to get stretchier when they're wet.  I also typically go with black socks because there's less cleaning afterward.

* chamois creme.  I don't use it every day, but in the rain, I likes.  

Today was fun riding @Dale Suttle @Thierry Bonnaire and @eloy on the CX bikes. The good thing about CX bikes in the rain you aren't going fast enough most of the time to kick up a tail and make your ass wet.

This thread is so old. Pour one out for the all the former teammates who we miss.

I thought I'd share (reshare?) an amazing app I use pretty religiously for outdoor rides.

https://www.epicrideweather.com/

Plug in your ride (strava, recent, gpx files, etc) and tell it when you plan to depart.

https://youtu.be/JtFZTjlbzGo?si=p9tl1trvfMiI-sq2

@PatrickGrehan is this the app you were using for rasputsita?

eloy said:

@PatrickGrehan is this the app you were using for rasputsita?

It is , hes been using it for a while now

Yes, I endorse that app