String fullTitle = 'How to deal with the heat when commuting on a bicycle?';
int postNumber = 1991477;
String image = '1713210051531078.jpg';
String date = '04/15/24(Mon)15:40:51';
String comment = 'Any fellow Texans here? Summer is right around the corner and I am starting to feel the heat. I'm expecting that we will reach 100F (38C) temperatures very soon. Is there any way at all to deal with this? or I just have to embrace being sweaty?';
'You know what they're going to say.. Lycra and bibs.';
'>>1991499
and a change of clothes';
'>>1991477
This is not accurate because we're not at norwood 9 or roided up to the point where our hearts explode
Anyway my recommendation is to leave t*xas';
'Atlanta here.
I've gotten in the habit of taking my shirt off before the ride and then going slow whenI near the destination, just fast enough to air-cool but without any real exertion. try to cool down as much as I can that way. then when I get off the bike I carry a washcloth and sponge down until I'm dry. then put on the shirt and join the destination.
I used to carry bandanas but I'd soak through those.';
'>>1991477
>wordswordswords
the left can't meme';
'>>1991477
former austinite here. i don't see how there's any way around it. ideally there's somewhere to shower when you arrive at your destination, if you're commuting for work. my commute wasn't super long so i would ride veery sedately on my way there. that said, i was a grad student so i never really needed to look like an adult. i always thought it would be impossible if i had to arrive to work in business casual attire looking like i didn't just crawl out of a pool. also i moved to maine a few months ago. fuck texas.';
'>>1991477
Just make sure your workplace is all downhill from where you live so you only have to sweat on the way home.';
'>>1991477
blimpbike';
'>>1991633
Big brain';
'the beauty of riding a bicycle is that you don't need to wear any protective gear since you won't be going faster than 30mph at maximum anyway
>b-but helmets
helmets are for mountain biking and motorcycling';
'>>1991477
AZ here.
>extra pair of clothes
>shower at work if needed
>cover every exposed piece of skin in sunscreen
>drink water';
'Arizonan here. Drink lots of water and suck on rock salt/electrolyte tablets.';
'Wet your clothes when the water evaporates you'll cool down
don't do this with stuff that chaffs like denim';
'water bottle, baggy shorts, flip flops.
Nothing else needed.';
'Just drive a car. No one at the office wants to smell your stankass after riding a bike in the most humid and hot state in America to work.';
'if i lived in Texas i would drive a car';
'if I lived in texas I would kill myself';
'>>1991921
you should kill yourself as if you lived in texas';
'Like everyone says a change of clothes, also before I change I usually wipe down the extra sweaty areas like underarms and my back with the shirt I was wearing so you at least remove a lot of the sweat that way';
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