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"How to keep your work clothes neat and tidy and ready to wear"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Just roll your clothes up, pop them in a carrier bag and then inside a waterproof pannier and you’re set.
Yep. I used to do that.
Nowadays I just cycle in my work clothes. I've the train journey to let the sweat evaporate on the way in. ;-) Downhill most of the way back home so no worries...
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Rolled up and stuck in a dry bag inside a water proof bag, after my clean shirt got soaked one morning of using carrier bags inside my backpack I take no chances.
Posted 12 years ago # -
My work provides really good facilites for storage.
We have lockers in the bike cage area which is big enough to store 30-40 bikes.
In the building we have a dedicated room which has lockers, tumble dryer, ironing board, hanging racks and to boot there are four showers to use.
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We have showers too and a good secure bike shed, but I don't have the sort of job where one has to wear an immaculate shirt, casual clothes are fine; so I just pedal slowly & steadily to work in my work clothes.
This might not work so well if I had to cycle 20-30 miles to work instead of 1 mile...Posted 12 years ago # -
I roll trousers and fold shirt around A4 note book. Keeps the front looking fairly sensible. Also helps if you can find a hand dryer somewhere nearby as this works fairly well for de-creasing a shirt.
Posted 12 years ago # -
You wouldn't know that I had ironed my shirts by the time they come out the pannier. Tried different methods, rolling, folding etc. None seem to help, might be because I bring lunch, and other stuff in every day, so the shirts get crushed either way
We do have lockers at work (took me 4 years, and 3 different line managers to get them!), no showers in my building (and no chance of getting them), there are bike cages, but they have a waiting list and the nearest available one isn't within cleated waddling distance.
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Oh we have showers and very good secure bike sheds with Sheffield stands plus a lockable gate. I used to do the whole shower and getting changed bit, and still do so in the spring/summer. Like cc I don't have to be immaculately turned out at work so 'smart casual' will do, which is fine for cycling short distances.
If I had DaveC's length of cycle commute, I'd be showering every time and putting a change of clothes on...
Have to say the best way of getting creases out of clothes is to cycle up a hill wearing them. Like a living steam iron... Works very well for anything cotton or wool.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Long ago gave up ironing shirts and the office accepted me as the scruff.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I use a couple of lockers and just bring fresh cloths in when ever I need clean clothes and take them home the same day. My drawers at home are freer too as much of mu 'work' tee shirts and jeans are ... er.... at work.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Non-iron shirts, rolled and placed at the top of the rack-top bag. Tie worn to distract from any creases (this may not work, but I pretend it does)
I've always suspected that the ideal solution for a formal office would be a three piece suit, as the waistcoat would cover for the slightly substandard shirt (assuming you've got access to a locker to store it).
Posted 12 years ago # -
Locker contains 2 x suit trousers, ties, wash kit, towel, 2 x shoes.
Bring in an undies and Ultimate Non-Iron (M&S) shirt every day, neatly folded in the carradice, comes out fine - also no water issues with carradice.
Dress down days, bring in jeans/t-shirt, go home with towel for the weekend wash.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Morning job's dress code is smart casual on paper but in practise doesn't seem to have a lower limit. Most folk hover around the jeans'n'T-shirt mark, with occasional trackies or shirts at the outliers.
Afternoon job has a supplied uniform for the top half but if I turned up in smart trousers Man On Brompton In Suit stylee I expect my manager would have a fit of the maternals and send me home to change into something that she could bear to see get covered in paint, glitter, glue, snot, partially chewed foodstuffs etc.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I am on two panniers now - one for clothes - rolled trews, folded shirt and the other pannier for everything else. seems to work OK and also bigger footprint on road has I think improved way cars behind me behave viz the overtaking. COuld be imagining this.
Posted 12 years ago # -
NsiI've been a contractor for the past 4 years and have worked at various different places within the banking and financial sector. Some have had excellent facilities (Standard Life), whereas others have had shocking provision (RBS).
At present, I have to lock up my bike right beside the designated smoking area - which is just what I need after caning it to work - preferring not to use the Broomhouse shared use paths, rather the road which is more akin to the pace I'd like to be going at - and the only showers are in the disabled toilets. I know for a fact that there is a chap in a whelchair on the same floor I'm based on so am uncomfortable about taking the toilet out of use for the fifteen minutes I'd need to shower and change.
I find a military-esque folding of my suit jacket and shirt does for a lack of creases and a dry set of clothes once they're put in a thick plastic bag in a backpack on my back; I carry my full suit, a shirt, ankle boots, lunch and a book each day and don't have a problem. I find that hanging up my suit each night straightens it out sufficiently.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@MeepMeep reading your post I think I recognise the building you're in as I may have worked in it before and had exactly same issue. I've PMed you a potential solution.
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