Comments on: Heat, Sweat & BO — Commuting in the Summer | Part 2: transition tips

By: Tom Barnard

Tom Barnard — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:47:19 +0000

I have been riding for years. I had an office, now a cube. I keep slacks, ties, and belts at the office on hangers. Shoes under desktop. I bring in a dress shirt, t-shirt (helps hide odor), underwear, and socks every ride. Most importantly the clothes are for the NEXT day. I hang the shirts for 24 hours so they have a chance to recover. I also have a clothes line that I string under my cube (and formerly under my desk) completely out of sight. I use an old telephone line, the cube clips at the ends and paper clips work great. I hang my bike shorts, wick away under wear, and wick away socks all day long. In the winter I would put my gloves on my monitor to dry them out– flat screens don’t work for this, so they hang on clothes line too. Helmet above cube shelf for all too see.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:35:46 +0000

My ride to work is mostly downhill, so I get in fairly stink-free and so far have even been wearing my business casual work clothes on my bike. The ride back is a bitch, but hey, I can just shower when I get there.

People with long hair who blow dry are pretty much screwed, I think. I let my medium length hair air dry. I shower before I leave home, put my helmet on while my hair is still damp, and just fluff it and let it finish drying when I get in. You could keep a little spray bottle of water at work to re-wet your hair if it dries funny under the helmet.

By: mikeycav

mikeycav — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:41:48 +0000

Another option is to work from home two days a week. BOOM!

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:08:04 +0000

A fascinating insight into cycling in Arizona.

My hair is pretty short but I have the advantage of having a shower et al in my office not 30 seconds walk away so I am always nice and clean.

Here are a few tips I have picked up along the way.

Shirts. I must wear a shirt at work and I choose white shirts daily, all my shirts are white (I don’t have to choose a colour then to match the tie……).
Iron them the night before as the fibres will be nice and cool when you come to fold it into your bag.
Only fold it just before you leave.
When you have a shower, hang your shirt up, the heat will then drop the creases that may have appeared.

You can buy a product called dry shampoo for use at festivals etc and it is really good. You put it in our hair and your hair really does look and feel like it has just been washed.

I try to take all my boxers and socks and ties to work on the Monday, don’t have to worry about them for the rest of the week.

Its going to be 32 celcius today………our ‘heatwave’ warning has gone up 1 stage, which is quite funny. The underground train network was 39 celcius yesterday on the deepest lines…unbearable…..still, they could all have got on a bike.