After two years of commuting, I feel better now than any other time in the last 20 years. Riding a bike is fun which is why I do it. Riding in the winter is not fun and it can be very dangerous.

The cold weather does have a few benefits. For 6 months, insects completely disappear. After a fresh snowfall, the view can be very beautiful and it gets very quiet, even in the middle of the city. I get motivated to do the inside projects. In the summer, I like to stay outside as much as possible.

I find hot weather to be very uncomfortable. Anything over 30 C or 86 F is really unbearable. A few years ago, I was walking around in Las Vegas and the temperature was over 100 F. I realized about half to where I was going, I was getting heat stroke. Lucky, there was a bar in the right place. When I entered the bar, the waitress seated me immediately and brought me a jug of ice water without me even asking. I must have looked like I was very stressed.