BY JAY MALLIN
“You’ve just got to embrace the sweat,” says one of the remarkably chipper cyclists in this short video on how to keep the heat wave from breaking your bike-commuting habit. He and the other cyclists interviewed actually look a lot happier and less sweaty than some of the people in the background. It’s enough to inspire you to trade four wheels and A.C. for two wheels and a breeze. After all, as one bike commuter who works for the Sierra Club says, “with climate change, we’re going to see a lot more Julys like this.” Maybe she and fellow cyclists are in good spirits because they know they’re not part of the problem.
Heat Cycles from Jay Mallin on Vimeo.
https://www.grist.org/biking/2011-08-08-heat-cycles-how-dc-cyclists-rode-out-the-hottest-july-on-recordoldId.20110809153159824