Originally Posted by Freud
I just started commuting to and from work. Its a little over a mile one way and pretty easy ride. My question is , what do you guys do about the heat issue? Its been getting pretty warm here lately(upper 70's mid 80's) I don't work until usually 6pm so I give myself about half an hour to get there so I have some cool down time. But usually by the time I get there I am swetting like a pig.
I wear my work clothes on the commute, black slacks and a button down white collard long sleeve shirt. Not the most friendly clothing for the weather I described.
Any thoughts?
How about wearing a wicking tee shirt and bike shorts. Carry your work clothes & pull them on over your bike clothes in the parking lot if it's not cool to walk into work dressed like that. Then use your work rest room to clean up & deoderize. You could leave your biking outfit on as "underwear" or change into fresh that you brought with you.
Also, for a 1 mile ride, it shouldn't be too hard to keep ice cold water with you in your bottle. Drink plenty of it to keep your temperature from climbing as rapidly.