What to wear??

[shootingstar]

Unless you're doing a few significant hills or your bike saddle feels uncomfortable, it appears for your short commuting distance, what you are wearing for shorts/bottom, is working for you. AFter all, you continue to cycle-commute nearly daily. That's great.

Even if you don't need padded cycling shorts for your short commute distance, it still is better to cycle in shorts or long tights where it fits closer to your legs and there's no binding/cutting into your waist, etc.

It is better to wear a top, if it isn't a cycling jersey, that has a certain amount of polyester. Or a high polyester-cotton blend for your commuting distance. At some point, you will want a jersey and once you wear one, you won't look back:

I actually didn't start wearing any cycling jerseys until the last 9 years of cycling. And I've been cycling for past 17 yrs. with earlier years having some significant 2-3 wks. long bike trips where I biked with my own loaded panniers. If you can believe this: I resisted the image of me looking too "cycling-oriented". In the spring and summer, it wasn't a big deal because cycling along with wind/air movement, the sweat dried off of me. And I never wore skintight tops anyway, so the sweat just dried off as I cycled when I wasn't wearing any jacket.

Instead what I found helpful, were a cycling jacket where my body could breathe properly and breathable rain pants. I was sweating in the wrong type of windbreakers, etc. This outdoorwear extended my regular cycling into cooler months before snow flew. I know these pieces do cost, but if you want to keep on cycling longer later when it gets cooler/lousier weather, it will feel much more comfortable.