I ride in the pouring rain (it rarely snows where I love) because I don’t own a car and it takes half the time to get to work by bike than by public transport.

I ride in the pouring rain (it rarely snows where I love) because I don’t own a car and it takes half the time to get to work by bike than by public transport. It’s also much more pleasant despite the rain because public transport is crowded. You stand for an hour squeezed between other people in their wet coats. For me that’s sensory overload which makes my morning far too stressful. Biking, even in bad weather, is much less stressful than that.