What to wear in the rain on your bike commute (and what not to wear!)

I’ve never given much thought to getting through rain on a bike commute, preferring instead to just power through the downpours. But I thought I’d spend some time figuring out a better way. So here is my journey from fairweather to rain-ready urban bike commuter. Here’s the Vaude rain poncho I ended up buying: (Note: I say in the video that Vaude is a Canadian company, but I was mistaken. It’s German). Here are two other cycling rain ponchos/capes that are, by most accounts, very good: Cleverhood: The People’s Poncho: #bikecommuting #urbancycling #fixie Follow Shifter: Facebook: Medium: Follow Tom Babin on: Twitter: Facebook: Medium: @tbabin Tom Babin is the author of Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of Wint