For those of you who ride bike to work that demands more or less formal/neat dressing in the working environment, do you have two sets of clothing to work, one for riding, the other for working (that may mean, in some cases, that when you arrive at work you immediately head to the restroom to change, and hoping as few people saw you as possible before you have changed). I hate having to change. I saw the Dutch people wearing suits or long woolen winter coat on their bicycles and hope I could do the same, but most time I ride I would get my pants tainted with the black lube or dirt, and the pants get wrinkled at the knees and crouch. Wonder how the Dutch did it.
I keep going back and forth and haven't decided yet. At the beginning of the school year (I'm a teacher), I put my clothes in the pannier and changed there. Last week, I kept my clothes on and waited for the sweat to dry. And it did, pretty quickly. I, of course, had taken a shower before I left the house, so I wasn't stinky.
Black lube and dirt.....hmmmm.....how often do you clean your bike? I pump mine up nightly and after that, I look for any dirt or grime and wipe it off. Is your commute that gnarly?