SurlyLHT26in08

I never did Bike Touring in the Heavy Rain in the Southwest of USA in Southern California and 2015 is the year of El Nino Weather in North America? and Winters in Southern Calfornia it does Rain a lot and Snows in the Mtn in Southern California

I do have Rain Gear Showerpass and Ortlieb BackRoller Rear Panniers and Arkel Orca 35 Front Panniers both waterproof on my Surly LHT 26in 52cm 2008 and I have Stealth Bike Camping in San Diego, California and I also know not to Camp in Dry river beds and
spots that that water wash away dirt...

McBTC

The secret for me and wife on a rainy Vermont bicycle tour back in about '89 was, Gore-Tex... also good is wool and tights with rainproof front panels to break the wind.

DropBarFan

Looks like you've already got ~3/4s at least of good equipment for the rain. Fenders, right? Rainy-type chain lube. Hood for jacket? I had a pair of those solid-front type tights that worked pretty good esp for colder temps. I would take full rain pants though probably if heavy rain was in the forecast.

B. Carfree

Why not just come north this year? El Nino tend to give drier winters to far NorCal and Oregon, although there haven't been enough of them to really make solid predictions.

Of course the last decent El Nino found me spending the winter being rained on in California while my friends in Oregon were revelling in a sunny winter.

TheManShow

There are old riders, there are bold riders, but their are no bold old riders. Use your brain & get off the road when you think it migh be unsafe. If you think it is, it in all probilly is.

SurlyLHT26in08

I am only Bike Touring in Southern California and my window of time is 12-1-2015 to 1-10-2016 and I work in the Carnival Games for Butler Amusements I have to be in Indio, CA on 2-8-2016 if I work on Butler Amusements and I maybe working for Sun Valley Rides Inc in Phoenix AZ and I would have to be in Phoenix, AZ by 1-25-2016

fietsbob

you should know enough by living there, 1, don't camp in a dry river bed. it may have a flash flood from a storm in the mountains far away .

BigAura

When you're living outside, the bad weather days allow you to really appreciate the beautiful ones. Remember you always have the option of staying home and watching TV.

SurlyLHT26in08

(When you're living outside) I have no TV to Watch!!! and I am here to Learn on Bike Touring to Survive in this World when the SHTF and I am Homeless by choice since 11-2008 when my Mom got me my
Surly LHT 26in 52cm 2008 and I am Sleeping in My Tent USA and Homeless with a Bicycle in Southern California in Riverside County and San Diego County and sometimes I need to get away from Oceanside, CA and San Diego, CA and I use my Acer Aspire V5 11.6in Netbook or my Acer Chromebook 11.6in to Watch
Netflix at Free WI-FI Hotspots

kaptainkano

If you have been homeless for 7 years, you should be an expert on dealing with bad weather.

SurlyLHT26in08

yes and no and Not on El Nino Weather and I don't like the Rain and I had a REI Passege 1 man
water always a came in the Tent Floor and it is going in the Trash



I use the Catoma Combat Man Tent I stay Dry Olive Green and I just got the Marmot Tungsten 2 Men Tent in Shadow Green/Moss Green

BigAura

My point was many of us on this site would rather be outside touring than watching TV.

As far as your circumstance I kinda thought you were more of a home-free guy vs a home-less guy. If you're homeless and don't want to be, than this is probably not the best site for that type of support. No matter what, I was not making fun of you, so relax.

SurlyLHT26in08

I come Homeless by Choice to get my Camping Gear etc in 11/2008 to live a Dream of Bike Touring and I am on Fixed income SSI and SSDI

stevepusser

For what it's worth, I remember several of the past heavy El Nino rainfall years in San Diego having very dry Decembers, but then the storms really started rolling in during January, then continuing longer than normal through May. Due to a subtropical connection, many of those storms were relatively warm and wet, such as 65-70 F day and night.

TheManShow

Working the carnival circuit is a very strange life style, worked with a reporter friend of mine for about 21 days doing a story about the life of a carnival worker. Long hours, dangerious work setting up & tearing down rides, etc. For very little money when you looked at the hours worked. Some of the workers had figured out how to skim money, now apprently itechnology, tickets, and tokens have replace the average worker touching cash. So little money touchs hands with the exception of a few key trusted employees.

McBTC

But then, there was that 100-year storm 3 days before Christmas, 2010.

SurlyLHT26in08

In 11-30-2014 to 12-7-2014 in Oceanside, CA it was raining every day that week and I had to Sleep at motel6

fthomas

As a Disabled Veteran I have to use a bicycle as my primary means of transportation. In years past I spent a lot of time climbing and backpacking in the Pacific Northwest. You could expect days and maybe weeks of constant rain and/or damp foggy weather. With the right gear you should be more than capable of weathering the storm. I always stayed dry and warm - important to avoid hypothermia, which can happen at even moderate temperatures. Water is a extremely efficient conductor sapping the body of heat. The greatest loss is from the head. Stay dry to stay warm and keep your head protected.

Good luck!

DropBarFan

Yup, the nicest rain jacket doesn't help too much if there's rain dripping down the neck into inner garments.

mstateglfr 

You've been homeless for 7years, you are on both SSi and SSDi, but you perform manual labor jobs, and you are fit enough to bike tour for extended periods of time?

That's confusing, if accurately summed up.

Keep on keepin on, I guess.

SurlyLHT26in08

1 thing I know that is never Camp in a DRY River bed in the Desert in CA, AZ and I use google maps
with satellite image for a Stealth Camping spot and I found a spot in the city limits north of I-10

SurlyLHT26in08

I am Bipolar with Schizophenia and on medicine for it and Homeless by Choice so I can eat and I also eat at free meal centers for the poor and homeless and I buy gift cards at Panera Bread and Chick fil A to eat breakfast and use the free WI-FI and Subway and Taco Bell and when I work the Carnival games I buy gift cards too and I am Homeless by Choice not Hopeless and I also do Medical Studys for Schizophenia for pay

stevepusser

2010-11 and 2014-15 were not El Nino years. After the wet December in 2010, San Diego had almost no rain at all during January through mid February, though.

https://www.climatestations.com/imag...ego/sd2011.gif

What I'm remembering is the pattern such as that for the last very strong years in 1997-98 or 82-83, just a few rainy days in December as compared to many more in January.

https://www.climatestations.com/san-diego/

McBTC

Followed by a “collapse in tradewinds” and,

Latest forecast suggests "Godzilla El Niño" may be coming to California : Martinez News-Gazette

SurlyLHT26in08

Thanks