Originally Posted by
noteon
I think you missed the part where it's 95°F and 95% humidity.
If you have not lived in NYC in the summer you won't get it. It is worse than in the the south. Here in California I can commute 5 miles each way in Khakis and a Polo, no problem. There is no way I could do that in NYC in the summer, much less in a jacket and tie (and when I lived there and worked on Wall street (BBH if it matters) tie, and jacket were required, now my guess they are expected, vs required)
Even here if I am doing much longer than my 5 miler, I tend to put on bike shorts, as I am riding harder to cut the commute time....5 miles and I can take it easier.