Shower wins when matched versus sink. In fact, shower kicks the crap out of sink. My old routine use to be to take a shower at home, wear clean workout/cycle clothes, and change in a bathroom stall. I would sometimes use baby wipes to clean up a tad. It worked. My commute is 20 miles each way, plenty of time to get filthy.

Then, recently, like 3 weeks ago, my life changed. I was entering the garage at work (RRB in DC) when I saw some guys with bike standing near an unmarked door. I asked if there was bike storage or something. After a few emails, I got the code for the buildings bike room, which is epic. It is right next to a locker room with showers. THe feeling after taking a shower is pretty damn refreshing, especially this time of year when the humidity is through the roof and we really start getting summer temps. Since I am such a newb to the bike room, I don't have a locker (waiting list) but I just carry a car of soap with me and leave my towel/shower shoes neatly on a hanger, out of the way, in the bike room. Yea, I am a minimalist, a bar of Lever 2000 is all I really need to get clean.

There is a gym in the building, but since I am a contractor, I don't think I can take advantage of it, or at the very least, would have to pay.

Using a shower is literally a game changer. It makes commuting that much better. The only way I would go back to my old method is if I absolutely had to. ANother good thing is that I can wear cycling gear that has been worn before. I use to run laundry mid week for fresh workout/cycle clothes, but now it is a non issue since I can defunk with a shower.