Cycling

I’m a bit of a wimp. I tend to be sick often, and I let everyone know about it quite loudly. Cycling has definitely improved my overall health, but when I get the sniffles I have to give my body a couple of days off from riding to let it recover.

Rainy weather isn’t great for coughs and colds either. My grandmother would shudder at the thought of me wearing my damp cycling socks all day.

Commuter Checklist: Autumn Cycling Tips

Anything Else

Nothing compares to the all-consuming fear of sitting down next to the leader of the Winter Bus Coughing Symphony. The stress of being beside a sniffler is enough to make you sick in itself.

There’s always a certain week of the year when everyone looks like a zombie and you get worried you’ve accidentally stepped into a scene from Dawn of the Dead. … Brains.

Winner: Anything else. Only joking! But seriously, it’s cycling. It’s always cycling.