Re: cycle clothes

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 6/8/2025 5:03 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 
My commute was about 15 miles round trip. The only time I bothered with
a change of clothing was when teaching evening classes in summer, which
meant riding in during the heat of the day.
 
After retirement, I took classes myself for quite a few years. I then
extended my ride home, through the big metropark system. As I recall,
that was about 20 miles per day, but still in normal street clothes.
 
Different choices for different folks.
 

 
Possibly your an outlier...

 
I'm definitely an outlier, in multiple ways.
 

though my memory was the heat, didn’t you say it
dropped in elevation from Youngstown to the college? Made a quick and dirty
Strava route from Poland to the college’s which suggests a gentle roll into
town so perhaps not surprising you’d not get sweaty on the way in!

 
One of the many things I love about my location is that yes, it's flat
to downhill to the university, except for the short steep rise in the
last half mile. But on those summer afternoons, I definitely arrived
sweaty. I didn't use cycling clothes, but I'd ride in normal shorts and
a t-shirt.

I found I did start to get problems with having got sweaty and then in same
clothes all days but I’ve discovered that is number of cycling kit designed
for on/off the bike, which seems to work.

 
In those days, my typical riding speed on flat ground was about 19 mph.
Even in winter, just above freezing, I normally wore just a sweater and
windbreaker jacket over office casual clothes. I'd frequently peel off
the jacket along the way.

I almost never bother to stop to take off my jacket or my shirt so can
overheat.

 
I parked my bike in my Robotics laboratory. For those summer rides I
changed clothes there, after sitting in front of a workshop pedestal fan
until I cooled off.
 

I just wait and then change as and when.

Roger Merriman