Now the weather affects both of us. Any suggestions?

Always have your recue inhaler where YOU can get quickly and talk to your Dr about a longer acting maintence drug... like Breo or Advair. Do not ride when its humid,, aim for the cooler hours. Good luck, asthma can get worse as we get older.

A mask can help during high pollen count days (they make some you can breathe through during exercise now) and using the albuterol inhaler prior to exercise helps too. Avoid morning when pollen counts are at their highest. After a rain is usually good because the rain "rinses" the particulates out of the air.

Where you cycling on your usual path? Sometimes a particular flower or someone burning some brush can cause a problem that we don't easily notice when we're concentrating on the ride.

Check the local pollen count and air quality index before you go out, pick routes away from heavy traffic or industrial areas, avoid mid day exercise and opt for morning or late evening. Do you use a maintenance inhaler or just the rescue one? You might want to talk to your doc about timing (or changing) your medication for optimum benefit.