In a drizzle or similar, I bike with a weatherproof jacket. I take the bus or tram if I have to get anywhere in bad weather, but more often I probably don’t leave my home if the weather is bad or there’s a storm brewing.
Disclaimer: I live alone in a major metropolitan area and mostly work from home.
@ansik@Flost888@shortwavesurfer Yeah, I used to cycle with a lightweight waterproof high-vis. I still do sometimes, but at that point I was able to commute by bike; today I WFH. All the insects from miles around would follow me like a cloud - I am not a flower, go pollinate someone else!
In really windy weather, or when I was particularly in need of a good hot chocolate, I’d walk to the train station and take the train (and the cafe) instead.
An e-bike might have made cycling in the wind more practical, though the real danger is gusts.
But … this was Cambridge, England. One of our most bike-friendly cities. And I carefully chose my home so there was a largely off-road cycle path to work.
If you can do that, the advantages are huge, notably for health; building exercise into your daily habits as a necessary part of getting to work is awesome. But it was only possible because I was 1) living alone and 2) could afford to live near enough to work.
I’ve never had a car. But then I’ve mostly worked from home, except for that period.
In a drizzle or similar, I bike with a weatherproof jacket. I take the bus or tram if I have to get anywhere in bad weather, but more often I probably don’t leave my home if the weather is bad or there’s a storm brewing.
Disclaimer: I live alone in a major metropolitan area and mostly work from home.
@ansik @Flost888 @shortwavesurfer Yeah, I used to cycle with a lightweight waterproof high-vis. I still do sometimes, but at that point I was able to commute by bike; today I WFH. All the insects from miles around would follow me like a cloud - I am not a flower, go pollinate someone else!
In really windy weather, or when I was particularly in need of a good hot chocolate, I’d walk to the train station and take the train (and the cafe) instead.
An e-bike might have made cycling in the wind more practical, though the real danger is gusts.
But … this was Cambridge, England. One of our most bike-friendly cities. And I carefully chose my home so there was a largely off-road cycle path to work.
If you can do that, the advantages are huge, notably for health; building exercise into your daily habits as a necessary part of getting to work is awesome. But it was only possible because I was 1) living alone and 2) could afford to live near enough to work.
I’ve never had a car. But then I’ve mostly worked from home, except for that period.