Comment by calmbonsai

> Basically I can think of only a one climate where life on bikes is really hard: very hot and humid.

Truth. I used to live in D.C. and our office was so enthused about bike-commuting we lobbied the building to install showers and a small locker-room so folks could change.

It lasted about a year. It was just too time consuming to maintain "bike clothes & work clothes" and change into/out of them (we're talking suits) every workday.

Now I live in Boulder, CO and we've got both better (drier) weather and athleisure sartorial standards--win win!