Commuter – Day 2

This is what my normal bike commute will be once I break down and make this a new habit. 5.5 miles is completely reasonable. I would almost say it was borderline pleasant.

To answer a couple of questions:

1) I’m not sure what model I have, but my mountain bike (which I am using as my commuter for now) is a Trek. It’s a sturdy hardtail that I will need to get serious about maintaining if this commuting thing sticks.

2) Sweat management hasn’t been bad at all. I wear an UnderArmour long-sleeve shirt under a windbreaker so I stay just warm enough and I am basically dry when I get to work. I take about 10 minutes to cool down once I get here and then I get work-dressed. I change all of my clothes but my socks so I don’t have to worry about wearing sweaty clothes. I get pretty sweaty when I exercise but I haven’t suffered any post-exercise follow through sweat. I assume it’s because of the cold weather. Man, that sounds sexy. Follow through sweat. You’re welcome.

I don’t have any illusions that I will be able to stay dry once it warms up. I’m lucky in that we have a shower here at work. I’ll just need to stock it and be in and out of it before people come into work. It should be easy.