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Commuting on a bike when there is no shower
In the building where I work there is no shower. In my line of work
I'm generally expected to wear a suit, which isn't particularly practical riding gear especially this time of year... Building codes do not require office buildings to have showers and many office buildings, at least around my parts, are built to the absolute minimum legal spec. Not having a shower facility would be a common problem. So how do people handle this? Does the lack of showers mean I have no other choice but to commute by car? Putting on a suit without washing isn't an option, nor is seeing clients while wearing lycra riding gear, and I don't have THAT much faith in anti-BO sprays. So what do I do? |
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"Travis" wrote in message
oups.com... So what do I do? I ride, cool down at my desk for 1/2 hour (check enails, make a coffee etc, read paper etc), then change out of the lycra into my "professional" attire. Has always worked for me - as long as you're clean before you leave home. One thing is that I don't require "product". My wife does, but her work has a shower. For her or other prolific users of "product", I would thing riding any distance with no shower would be considered impossible. Cheers David M |
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:43:16 -0800, Travis wrote:
In the building where I work there is no shower. How sure of that are you? Try asking the building manager rather than HR, because there could well be one tucked away somewhere. Also if there's a private toilet, you *might* be able to use one of those rubber hose over the taps contraptions - there are issues with drainage here, but it could be worth looking into. Otherwise cool down, then either change or give yourself a wipe down with a wet face washer, or something like Wet Ones. A face washer and isopropyl alcohol should work fairly well. In my line of work I'm generally expected to wear a suit, Well there's your problem, right there :-) -- Dave Hughes | "Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?" |
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Travis Wrote: So how do people handle this? Does the lack of showers mean I have no other choice but to commute by car? Putting on a suit without washing isn't an option, nor is seeing clients while wearing lycra riding gear, and I don't have THAT much faith in anti-BO sprays. So what do I do? I'll either shower the night before if I'm doing a long ride BFW (40km), or in the morning at home if just riding into the office (15km). Paper towel bath at the wash basin seems to do the trick. I park bike in a building about 300metres away so a walk tends to cool me down somewhat. Usually in the office before the hoards so time to stabilise. Pete -- Poiter |
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My bike commuting began when I didn't have facilities at the workplace. Back then the commute was 35mins door to door (St Albans to W Melb) & I used the toilet basin with a wet towel/chamois & regular towel to dry off. I needed more time to cool off though so I was always the first in. I found cotton T-shirts soaked so I reverrted to bike jerseys as the air cond was enough to suck the moister out by the end of the day. -- Marx SS |
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A tricker variation on this that i'm still getting my head around is commuting when there are no 'change facilities' per se... example: Rode in to work on Thursday, rode down to meeting at Parliament at midday. 5 hour meeting. Wasn't riding back to north melbourne so had jersey, shoes, etc. in backpack. But then where to change? Ended up having to use public toilets which were, ahem, acceptable, but hardly a pleasant addition to the ride.. Half considered putting my knicks on under my trousers during afternoon tea, then just changing at my bike (which would then only involve half rather than full-nakedness) anyone got any creative ways around this - at least until our snazzy bike stations arrive? -- eddiec |
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Random Data wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:43:16 -0800, Travis wrote: In the building where I work there is no shower. How sure of that are you? Try asking the building manager rather than HR, because there could well be one tucked away somewhere. Also if there's a private toilet, you *might* be able to use one of those rubber hose over the taps contraptions - there are issues with drainage here, but it could be worth looking into. Oh I'm *very* sure. I work in a small two story suburban commercial building. Retail shops downstairs, offices upstairs. It was built so crappy that there is no insulation in the building at all, the phone in the ancient second hand lift has not been hooked up and the phone wires in the 18 month building didn't allow broadband internet until they were replaced and this triggers a repeated voice message from the lift warning of a fault The bathrooms are small and have just a couple of toilets, couple of urinals and a sink. There is a single room disabled toilet. There really isn't much room at all, not even for a crappy shower hose on the sink. No gyms, no private bathrooms anywhere etc. The upside is that there aren't any parking issues like I'd face if I parked in town. |
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eddiec wrote:
A tricker variation on this that i'm still getting my head around is commuting when there are no 'change facilities' per se... example: Rode in to work on Thursday, rode down to meeting at Parliament at midday. 5 hour meeting. Wasn't riding back to north melbourne so had jersey, shoes, etc. in backpack. But then where to change? Ended up having to use public toilets which were, ahem, acceptable, but hardly a pleasant addition to the ride.. Half considered putting my knicks on under my trousers during afternoon tea, then just changing at my bike (which would then only involve half rather than full-nakedness) anyone got any creative ways around this - at least until our snazzy bike stations arrive? -- eddiec If you're carrying stuff anyway, chuck a towel in, that's big enough to tie around your waist. I refused to run in bike knicks, so when we did bike/run sessions from a shopping centre carpark, I took to getting changed under my towel. Tam |
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"Davidm" wrote in message
... "Travis" wrote in message oups.com... So what do I do? I ride, cool down at my desk for 1/2 hour (check enails, make a coffee etc, read paper etc), then change out of the lycra into my "professional" attire. Has always worked for me - as long as you're clean before you leave home. One thing is that I don't require "product". My wife does, but her work has a shower. For her or other prolific users of "product", I would thing riding any distance with no shower would be considered impossible. Cheers David M I do exactly the same. I found a good roll-on deodorant which I apply straight after a shower each morning. I don't, however, have to attend meetings with people at close quarters. The few times I do, I drive in to work. Henry. |
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