I recently bought a neat new bike (£200 used with all servicing and replacement parts - runs like a dream!) in an effort to step up my cycling. It's made it so much easier to get up hills and so much more pleasant to cycle that I hope to be doing the full trip to work in the next two months (at the moment I go part way then hop into public transport as I am trying to build up my fitness). At the moment I'm OK being a fair weather cyclist, especially as summer is on its way, but this morning I woke up to find it had been raining overnight.
The wheels were wet, the saddle was wet and, most uncomfortable of all, the super-comfortable squishy handles were soaked through. I just couldn't face it. I also looked at it thinking, "if I carry on like this I'll need a new chain in a few months". In my current place, the only place to keep my bike is chained up in the front garden, but I can't go on like this.
Mustachians, how can I keep my bike dry outdoors, or at least the most important parts? Which are the most important parts? I'm handy with a sewing machine and had been thinking of makiñg a saddle cover anyway, but I now realise I am going to have to step it up.