Lon
sage
Reged: 12/20/03
Posts: 595
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Very cool.
Don't forget highly flat resistant tires now. I just got home the other night and found an industrial staple in my tire. I was very happy to be on such a tire. I help make up for the added weight by using light tubes since it takes a bomb to puncture the tire to start with. (With Pittsburgh hills weight is never far from one's mind.)
I have Bontraeger Hard Cases and I've been impressed with how well they ride. Armadillo's are certainly bombproof as well but I don't think they ride as well. I'd guess they are more flat resistant possibly for that reason.
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Insightdriver
captain
Reged: 03/07/04
Posts: 472
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I am looking forward to when my bike gets finished and I get in my first ride. Since I'm getting a road bike for commuting it's coming with full fenders and rear rack. I don't care if it's pouring that first day I get it, I'll ride it anyway. 
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Krash
new member
Reged: 09/04/05
Posts: 17
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As the rain intensified, I thought "I'm not having any trouble at all through this corner, I'm gaining on the group ahead every lap." Next lap I found the limits of adhesion in the corner.
In my best Jobst voice, I'd say "The coefficient of friction of the wet pavement proved to be significantly less than that of dry pavement. Despite complete contact of the tire pavement interface, my rubber suddenly accelerated radially out from the center of my turn while my ass equally suddenly accelerated downward until the surface of the pavement provided adequate resistance. The raspberry on my arm and ass, the latter peering through a newly opened void in my Descente shorts, provided a measurement of the final dissipation of the forces both in the direction of travel and the outward vector."
There's film of Jan Ullrich demonstrating this manuever in a TDF time trial.
Don't take my word for it though. By all means, go fast in that wet stuff. Ride on the paint lines while you're at it.
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