Today was the last day i was committed to riding to work and guess what? I awoke to soaking wet roads. Thanks for this one final test universe!
Anyways, i wanted to share with you the biking gear i purchased that made this challenge a little more bearable and easy to manage.
Shown in the first picture is the bike, a rain jacket, backpack with bicycle light, cleats, gloves, and a helmet.
Here's a shot of the pedals:
The metal piece on the cleats clips into the pedals:
So that's some of the gear that helped me with the challenge. By no means did i NEED any of it (aside from the bike and the helmet) but they were all good purchases that i will continue to use.