Cycling to work in windy days
I live in a metropolitan city in South America. I used to live nearby my workplace, so I have had never thought that cycling to work was an option. After moving to being hired by another company, I found myself dealing with public and private transportation and soon realized how painful that can be it.
I’m connected to cycleingas afor sport, so extending this to my commute pops up in my head. Commuteing by bike in large cities has its hazards: impatient drivers on streets, scooters on cycle lanes, planning my route beforehand, albeit cycle lanes here are is quite badly distributed throughout the city.
You get the point: it should be fun and faster than any other commuting method, but it is not given for free.
First, you need to be prepared to arrive at your destination, lock your bike somewhere in the building or in a street nearby and then, change your clothes. My commute includes some hilly areas, which make me sweating a lot in the summer (in my country we have a long hotter-than-hell summer season). In the autumn and spring seasons, I have to deal with the windy days on the saddle, which where sometimes, result in a bad sore-throat.
Don’t get me wrong: cycling to work is superb! I can keep myself trained during the workdays, arrive earlier than any other commuting method, but we should agree that it requires some investment in the right equipment to avoid the windy, sunny and rainy seasons.