https://video.liberta.vip/videos/watch/2416aafb-a084-4229-8e2a-b96adc655596 Monsoon rain on Samui is nothing like European drizzle - it arrives as a warm curtain that drops visibility to fifty metres in a minute, and because the tarmac is hotter than the rain, the first water leaves a steam-and-oil film between tyre and grip. I learned this the afternoon my Scoopy's front wheel found a white crosswalk stripe coming south out of Lamai and stepped out for a fraction of a second - painted lines, manhole covers and markings become ice in the first two minutes of rain. Now I check tyre pressure on every rental with a gauge I carry, triple my following distance in that first oily five minutes and cover the rear brake rather than grabbing the front. A 79-baht 7-Eleven poncho keeps my visor clear and muscles warm. And I read the sky and shelter under an awning rather than pushing through a heavy band, since Samui storms pass in fifteen to twenty-five minutes. Brake early, ride low, wait it out. https://samui-bikes.com/en/blog/advices/how-i-survived-rainy-season-ride-samui-safety-tips/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:59:45 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.liberta.vip https://video.liberta.vip/lazy-static/avatars/f8a53962-73f3-4feb-93dd-38fb84ee1e18.png https://video.liberta.vip/videos/watch/2416aafb-a084-4229-8e2a-b96adc655596 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.liberta.vip/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.