What to wear? It’s a timeless question that's challenging to answer. With variables like temperature, precipitation, wind, cloud cover, season—and personal comfort level—it’s impossible to provide a simple answer.

That said, here's what we think you should wear.

The clothing recommendation guide provides advice about how to dress for your upcoming ride. During development, we surveyed people who ride in all sorts of weather about what they wear. From this, and our personal experiences, we made specific clothing recommendations.

When you're logged in to civiacycles.com, the front page weather forecast and clothing recommendation are tailored to your ZIP code and riding times. The table below shows the full range of weather-based clothing options.

To allow for individual comfort levels, we created a temperature adjustment feature. This allows you to adjust the kind of clothing recommendation you receive for a given temperature. For example, if you are always warm, the guide will recommend lighter clothing options. If you're generally cool, the guide will advise more layers.

The guide is most beneficial to those:
- Riding at a temperature they've never ridden in before
- Who have not ridden in a while and want advice about different weather conditions
- Newer riders who don’t have the know how to dress for a comfortable temperature
- Who want to see what riding at 20-below looks like

And lastly, we state the obvious: these are only suggestions. You must ultimately use your own best judgment when dressing for a ride. So remember, when it's cold, skin does freeze, and when it's hot, heat stroke can kill.