Guides on Bike Commute Basics — Riding to Work Without Overthinking It

Choosing a Bike You'll Actually Ride to Work

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Bike Shop Will Sell You the Wrong Thing

Walk into most bike shops and say you want to start cycling, and you’ll be shown a road bike or a full-suspension mountain bike, because that’s what the industry is built around. Both are excellent at what they do. Neither is designed for the trip you’re actually planning: five to fifteen kilometres across a city, in normal clothes, carrying a laptop, locking up outside for eight hours, in whatever weather happens.

Riding in Traffic — Position, Predictability, and Being Seen

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Instinct That Makes Things Worse

New cyclists in traffic almost universally do the same thing: they ride as far to the right as physically possible — or left, depending on the country — hugging the kerb, trying to take up as little space as they can. It feels polite and it feels safer.

Arriving Dry, Presentable, and On Time

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Real Reason People Stop Cycling to Work

Almost nobody abandons bike commuting because the riding was too hard. They stop because they arrived soaked three times in a fortnight, or spent the first hour of the day visibly sweating in a meeting, or got tired of carrying a bag that left their shirt wet.