Originally Posted by
daven1986
I can't really leave things at work as it makes it far more complicated when I get there and when I go home (gym is on the ground floor, I sit on the 3rd and the lifts are slow (and no stairs)!
Maybe the trunk bag I use to use was too big.
I guess my issue is one of my main focuses is speed! I ride a road bike and love riding quickly. Maybe I'm just stuck with a backpack
Maybe your bag was too big. You could always look to ride as fast as you can between home and work accepting the limitations of hauling stuff and then really give it some beans at the weekend. Otherwise, as you say, you've got to carry the stuff one way or another.
When you mention the gym is that somewhere you could leave stuff in a locker? If so you can cycle to work on a Monday with a week's worth of clean clothes and put them in the locker. Then you cycle in, shower, change, whatever you need and at the end of the day you change back into your cycling gear and ride home. On a Friday you take a week's worth of dirty laundry home with you, wash it, then repeat the following week.