Clothes at work

• On the weekend or start of the week, take five days’ worth of clothes to work.
• At week’s end, take your clothes to the cleaners.
• Pick up your cleaning from work and leave it at work.

Dressing For The Ride

In warm weather…
Wear loose t-shirts, tank-tops, and shorts for good ventilation. If sweat gets in your eyes or face, wear a headband.

In cold weather…
Wear loose cycling clothes, your work clothes, and windbreaker in layers that you can remove in layers as you heat up.

Showering
In a coast-to-coast survey, over 85 percent of people who bike to work or school said they don’t shower at their destinations. Do they just smell bad? No. Most erase bad odor by simply toweling off and changing into fresh clothes. If they want to feel even cleaner, they sponge off and apply talcum powder. As for clothes themselves: When weather’s mild, they bike in the clothes they wear at work. On days when they’ll sweat, they change clothes when they get to work.

Riding to Work

• To cut down on sweat, leave earlier and cycle more slowly.
  
• If your route involves hills, find the roads with the most gradual inclines.
  
• If you commute into the sun at dawn or sunset, wear a red or deep orange top. Don’t wear white, because sun-blinded motor-ists behind won’t see you.