Through Hail and Back
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Through Hail and Back
Had a friend trailer my bike to the shop today due to a busted rear tire. I check the weather and it says 30% rain and clearing after 3 p.m. so we strap it down and head out. The shop is in his town so after he dropped me off the plan was for me to ride home.
I get to the shop, have my new tire put on and head home sometime around 4:30. It's a 45 min ride back to my house. About halfway home the clouds burst open and immediately I'm soaked. Being the genius that I am I had removed my saddle bags so the mechanic could get to my tire easier. Leaving my bags at home meant leaving my rain gear at home. I don't mind getting wet. Matter of fact after not being able to ride for 2 weeks I really didn't care if it was raining or not...just wanted to ride. The closer I got to home the worse it got and before long I was being pelted with hail. Hail at 55 m.p.h hurts. I live in a rural area with no overpasses to hide under so I just ducked behind my windshield and swam on.
Made it home with my boots full of water and a lesson learned but I got to ride and lucked out with no damage on my bike.
Thanks weather.com for such an "accurate" forecast.
I get to the shop, have my new tire put on and head home sometime around 4:30. It's a 45 min ride back to my house. About halfway home the clouds burst open and immediately I'm soaked. Being the genius that I am I had removed my saddle bags so the mechanic could get to my tire easier. Leaving my bags at home meant leaving my rain gear at home. I don't mind getting wet. Matter of fact after not being able to ride for 2 weeks I really didn't care if it was raining or not...just wanted to ride. The closer I got to home the worse it got and before long I was being pelted with hail. Hail at 55 m.p.h hurts. I live in a rural area with no overpasses to hide under so I just ducked behind my windshield and swam on.
Made it home with my boots full of water and a lesson learned but I got to ride and lucked out with no damage on my bike.
Thanks weather.com for such an "accurate" forecast.
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Feel for you. My first and only experience with hail was in AZ. After a minute we couldn't see the road anymore. Turned around and found a motel. Never, never want to experience hail on the bike again.
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Was out on a trip with the boys and it started to rain, no big deal. Then it turned into a monson and then it was hail the size of marbles. It friggin' hurt, my face was bloody (no windsheild) all my buds have windsheilds. I now have a windsheild except I leave it home all the time. 42 years of riding w/o one is why I'm so good looking. Ya right.
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Know the feeling about boots full of water. I have tried to ride through a few thunderstorms that I thought I could see the back of and I seldom carry my rain gear. When it comes to hail I usually try to seek some kind of shelter. Even my jacket over the tank is better then the dents.
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