Originally Posted by jyossarian
just towel off, ring out the shirt and hang to dry. It's clean and so are you. Voila!
yeah, but your towel is filthy
about gloves - i'm experimenting with that too, in my first winter commuting season here where it rains some ridiculous number of days in the year, with hands that turn unusable once they get cold. so far i've had no trouble in snowboarder's gloves at feels-like temperatures between 0C and 10C. They're light and flexible enough that i can still feel the gears, and have room inside them for extra layers if it gets any colder than this. don't know how cold it gets in dc though.