Long Pants

For some reason, like I couldn't find any clean lycra, I wore my work clothes as my bicycle-to-work outfit today. Long pants (black Dickies), short-sleeved cotton shirt, black socks, YELLOW JACKET, and a strap around a pant leg. Quite a sight!

It was relatively warm, so I didn't wear the helmet liner, nor even the glove liners. It was probably 60 degree (Fahrenheit). An occasional gust of wind, but mostly calm.

I also didn't put the BIG HEADLIGHT on, opting to use the blinky LEDs. Not the best choice, riding though a parking lot I nearly hit a parked car in the dark!

It felt like summer for a couple of miles, but when I got to Jackson and Fletcher I ran into a WALL of cold air. I said, "Waahht!" Eventually I climbed out of the little valley and warmed back up. But oddly, going down one street, a level street, I encountered "bands" of warm and cool air. Not wind, just "bands" of thermal difference. It was really weird!

What are the advantages of wearing street clothes?

Eliminates changing clothes two times.

Disavantages:

Butt sweat...

I forgot to change my shoes when i got to work, so I was wearing the bike shoes for a hour.

No one noticed.