Dang, where's the "Like" button?

Arriving early, changing clothes at both ends, would defeat one of the (well, one of MY) primary purposes of commuting by bicycle - namely, saving time. Cycle-commuting is fastest for me, given how long it can take to find a place to park downtown, let alone walking from one of the not-so-nearby parking ramps to the building. Add to that, this time of year, the time to scrape the ice off my truck windows and to warm it up. I ride because it's faster than either driving or taking the bus. I'm not gonna mess with that equation.

But that's me. There are a bazillion other factors that determine whether to commute in work vs. "ride" kit. What's the distance? What's the weather? Do you have a place to keep work clothes at work (foolish to assume everyone does)? Do you have a place to change (again, don't ASSume)? What's your carrying capacity and what else are you carrying? Even, what's the "culture"? In some cases, one might look foolish cycling in work clothes. In others, one might look foolish entering the building in cycling kit. ('Course, as suggested, it's best not to care.) Just observing co-workers and other people who work in the building, I see a little of everything, and fortunately, most here know better than to judge (lest they be judged, I reckon).