Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I'm sure everyone will agree the golden rule of "birth-bathing" is leave no trace, regardless of your exact techniques. ideally though you'll have access to a private bath with a locking door. I always arrived extra early to be sure I avoided anyone else just to be on the safe side. I had the luxury though of my company moving to a new locale with a shower. man that was the bees knees. like heaven, complete with a boiler room to dry my stuff during the day. they even offered to buy be a locker, but I declined saying if they didn't mind me hanging my stuff in the boiler room, I didn't either. I kept extra food in the break room cabinets and fridge and extra clothes in a box under my desk. I could dry my light and charge them at my desk. man that place was freakin' a commuters heaven. dam I miss that place.
Mine's pretty close ... though the caveat is I have to pay to belong to the healthclub downstairs.
That said, it's cheaper than a tank of gas and I commute enough to save that one tank of gas and then some, so the price is easy to justify. I've got a shower, sink, locker to keep my clothes in during the day and a place to change before and after work. My bike goes in the small mailroom up here, sometimes it has the company of one other bike but that's been pretty rare this year so far. I've got lots of storage at my cube so I keep a towel, toiletries, extra shoes, etc at my desk but you wouldn't know it.
It's quite a system, and I had to work out the kinks, but it works well.