

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Bike commuting has made me into a weather nerd. Sure, cycling in general can be augmented by an awareness of weather—but there’s something about bike commuting that kicked that awareness up a notch or two for me. Perhaps it’s the general need to fit a schedule (i.e. I can’t delay my arrival at work until early afternoon so that a bunch of rain can blow through). Or maybe I’ve always been a weather nerd at heart, never realizing it until I started bike commuting more… chicken or the egg? Either ...
Posted by Keith E. on June 14, 2010 1:28 PM & Tagged Cycling, bike commuting, rain, weather and wind | permalink | Comments
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