The cycling commuter

The recession, global warming, or your ever increasing waistline… whatever your reason for wanting to trade in your four wheels for two and start cycling to work, don’t wait any longer. Ask anyone who’s recently made the switch and they will tell you that they wish they had done it sooner. There could be one small aspect of cycling to work that’s holding you back though – the thought of how you’ll look, and feel, once you get to your desk after cycling the four or five miles to the office. Some people never get to reap the many benefits of commuting to work by bike because they believe that it’s impossible to do so without having to spend their day feeling sticky and uncomfortable, in clothes that are creased and grubby. But all it takes is a little know-how and that can easily be avoided.

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