Transporting Work Clothes
11-06-10, 03:15 PM
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take a taxi on a sunday and stock up!
11-06-10, 04:41 PM
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+1 on rolling up pants, underwear, tshirt & casual wrinkle free dress shirt placed in sealed Hefty Jumbo 2.5 gallon bag inside a Jannd Economy Pannier along with lunch. Other side Jannd Pannier has pump & tube, rain cape & booties, lights, jacket, warmer gloves, etc.... Shoes & a spare pair of socks kept at work. (In winter like to have a spare change of clothes, toothbrush, razor, soap & towel in event that weather forces a stay at work or nearby hotel.)
11-08-10, 01:51 PM
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Thanks for this reminder! I've been meaning to ask around at work for a good drycleaner for this very reason!
11-08-10, 03:27 PM
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Another option that may or may not be available to you is have your wife drop off/pick up clothes for you*. My work is very casual so I rarely ask her, but we do need to dress up from time to time during regulatory agency inspections.
Paul
*My daughter's preschool is near my office, so it is not much of an extra trip for her to drop stuff off.
Paul
*My daughter's preschool is near my office, so it is not much of an extra trip for her to drop stuff off.
11-08-10, 03:50 PM
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I leave shoes, towel and toiletries at work and bring clothes to/from work every day. A fresh towel comes to work at the end of the week and the old one goes home.
Lay your clothes out carefully and roll them - if you do it right they won't wrinkle. I put the clothes into a plastic bag which in turn goes into a Topeak trunk bag. Very easy solution.
Lay your clothes out carefully and roll them - if you do it right they won't wrinkle. I put the clothes into a plastic bag which in turn goes into a Topeak trunk bag. Very easy solution.
11-08-10, 05:38 PM
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There are the garment bag panniers and they are very nice. I do business casual at my office and manage to get my clothes to work in a single pannier (with lunch and stuff in the other one). I fold up my shirt, then lay it, my underwear & socks, and my towel on the pants and roll them all up. It comes out at the other end reasonably wrinkle free (I don't think it would be any better in a garment bag pannier). I can use a locker room at work, so when I get there I simply take all that stuff out and I have my towel and underwear handy with the shirt, pants and socks ready to go.
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Rolling then loading in my pannier works fine for me. Business casual. I can also roll pack a dress shirt without wrinkling it, but it takes a bit of care while folding / rolling.
11-10-10, 01:37 PM
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I am able to keep 3 pairs of shirts and pants at work and by rotating, I can usually
get by with laundering once every other week. Wearing a lab coat helps keep my
clothes clean. I bring in my laundered and ironed clothes on a weekend, helps keep
the car battery charged that way.
And for those keeping track, I do my own laundry and ironing. ;-)
get by with laundering once every other week. Wearing a lab coat helps keep my
clothes clean. I bring in my laundered and ironed clothes on a weekend, helps keep
the car battery charged that way.
And for those keeping track, I do my own laundry and ironing. ;-)
11-10-10, 03:40 PM
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I am able to keep 3 pairs of shirts and pants at work and by rotating, I can usually
get by with laundering once every other week. Wearing a lab coat helps keep my
clothes clean. I bring in my laundered and ironed clothes on a weekend, helps keep
the car battery charged that way.
And for those keeping track, I do my own laundry and ironing. ;-)
get by with laundering once every other week. Wearing a lab coat helps keep my
clothes clean. I bring in my laundered and ironed clothes on a weekend, helps keep
the car battery charged that way.
And for those keeping track, I do my own laundry and ironing. ;-)
11-10-10, 04:43 PM
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I need to try that at work. I'm here to fix the database. Its ok, I'm a doctor.
11-10-10, 07:45 PM
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This is for those (for whatever reason) who don't use the rack and pannier method- https://www.bikecommuters.com/2010/11...ment-backpack/
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I am lucky as I teach and have access to a coach's office and a shower. I can shower and change in the coach's office and keep toiletries there, too. I do take my clothes everyday and I carefully roll them up and put them in my back pack. ( then put my lunch in a trunk rack. I had panniers before, but I went with a backpack with my new bike. I wish I could say that it is cycling-specific---it isn't. I bought it Wallyworld for about $30..00. It works just fine for me.
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