Originally Posted by ok_commuter

I made my first commute to the new office today. 7 miles along a MUP that has some off-road sections. Took me 35 minutes door to door, which I guess means I averaged 12 MPH.

One of my concerns was the lack of shower at my new office. Add to that the oppressive humidity. So here's what I did, based on lots of good info in this forum if you search for "shower":

- Shower well before leaving home, wear clean clothes to ride (or maybe wool or something if you have it)
- Packed: change of clothes, small thin towel, washcloth, hair product, homebrew spritzer
- Homebrew spritzer: witch hazel, wintergreen rubbing alcohol, sandlewood oil, rose oil (tiny amounts of the oils)
- Took 15 minutes to cool off outside before coming upstairs
- Took another 15 minutes to cool off in the AC before freshening up
- Went into the tiny stall in the bathroom, cleaned up and changed

The witch hazel spritzer is awesome. And I still felt pretty clean when I got undressed to change, so the towel and spray stuff were enough -- didn't really need baby wipes.

Now? I feel totally fresh and non-stinky/sticky. Thanks to everybody who contributed to the great info on the shower threads!