I used to ride in the rain back when I was in my twenties. My wife and I lived on a sail boat in Channel Islands Harbor for twelve years and did not drive a car for about two years. It could be brutal, but we were young and it was our life style. We had really good foul weather gear but still the wet would get to me. Now in my mid sixties , I live in an area where it is sunny and dry most of the time and have no desire to ride on rainy days. Joe