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Wet & Dark Winter Rides.

6th November 2009

My Wet and Dark Winter Ride

The winter is now sadly upon us and with the weather being particularly wet last week in South East Wales makes your motivation to train decrease. The nights are getting dark by around 4.30pm so by the time most people finish work it is pitch black.

I finished work a little bit early on Friday night so thought while it was light I could ride up to Cwmcarn and do a lap of the trail before it got too dark. The weather was wet and cold so this was a good opportunity to get on my dhb waterproof clothing:

dhb Wickham eVENT Waterproof Jacket
dhb Wickham eVENT Waterproof Trousers
dhb Amberley Waterproof Overshoes

and Exposure Joystick MaXx 2 Wiggle Front Light.

I set off from my house up the canal towards Cwmcarn that takes around 40 minutes if you’re not in any particular rush. This is a good warm up before hitting the start of the climb on the Twrch Trail and by this time I was comfortably warm and bone dry with it still being daylight. After getting to the top of the climb I was very warm as I would be in shorts and jersey in the summer so had to unzip my jacket for the second half of the climb. At the top it was extremely windy and still raining so soon zipped up my jacket for the rest of the trail. By the time I got to the final descent it was getting dark so it was time to switch on my light and I sailed down to the bottom.

The trail was running really well and offered plenty of grip using my Continental Mountain King Tyres. It was now time for my trip along the canal home in the dark but was illuminated by the awesome power of my Joystick light. I got home washed off my bike with ease and also hosed off myself to clean the dhb waterproof clothing with ease.

Ben Simmons Wet & Windy Ride

I was so comfortable and dry when riding with the dhb clothing and gives you no excuse not to train in wet conditions. I would recommend this clothing to any one even if it was not specifically for cycling, I often wear my dhb Jacket when coaching in wet conditions.

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