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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: cycle clothes
Date: 8 Jun 2025 21:37:08 GMT
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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