How to dress

Another precaution was to equip myself with resistant and comfortable clothing, to ride both in the scorching heat of the Po valley and in the forests of Lapland. But let's go in order, because that is the final part of the journey and then “you can shelter from the cold but not from the heat”, as my grandmother always says.

Let's start with comfort: to stay on the saddle for an average of 7 hours every day for 40 days, you need shorts equipped with a high-end pad. My choice has been Push Hard's “FAST” bib short which never made me feel pain for the entire duration of the trip, thanks to its Elastic Interface pad and the choice of comfortable and delicate materials. Of course, my habit of sitting in the saddle for many hours in a row and a biomechanical visit made before leaving certainly helped, but I would not exchange the “FAST” shorts with anyone else in the world. And that's why I brought two.

Over the bib short you put the jersey, which also must facilitate the movements of the body and follow them, without bothering. I used two jerseys from the same series: Push Hard's “AERO RAINBOW”. I found them both very comfortable and pleasant to the touch, above all able to stay fixed and in position without ever creating rubbing on the body, thanks also to the construction made with different fabrics depending on the area concerned.

Another problem for travelers who sleep using the tent is the bad smells, especially in the socks we use all day. In the evening it is never a pleasant feeling to remove the socks in the tent, but thanks to the use of natural and high quality materials, such as merino wool, my socks from the BLADE series by Push Hard never gave me that unpleasant feeling that bike travelers know well!