Why didn't you say that you had an iron? ...

I was going to say to just ball it up and shove it in your bag. Then, when you get to work, iron it while you cool off from the ride. If you're lucky and have a locker room, I'd say that an iron & board is an integral part of the room; if you're really lucky and have your own office, shut the door & blinds, then iron & change there.

And now for the rest of the story? My girlfriend is out of town for three weeks, and I'm keeping an eye on her place while she's gone. Which means I can ride the 5 miles over there, park the bike in her garage, change into the clothes I stashed there earlier after showering and checking on her cat, and then drive the last couple miles to the office in my car that I left there when I left the clothes. I found her iron earlier, and I'm hoping that will take some of the wrinkles out of the shirt that had been drycleaned earlier. The only way this could get any easier for me would be if she moved closer to my office, or if the folks I meet on the MUP could all keep to the right. I don't think either of those are going to happen either.

And my fashion sense allowed me to blend into the background of the before footage when someone I know was on "What Not to Wear". But even I know that wrinkles are bad.

Don't forget to clean up her place as well, and do some technical stuff as well. Fix some stuff, do some DIY and so on. I know my wife loves when I do stuff like that...

That's already started....

If you drive to work at times, do you have the option of storing clothes at work? Usually Mondays I try to bring clothes to work and Friday bring them home. I still bike/bus those days, but at least there's only two days a week I have to worry about transporting clothes, and only one day a week I have worry about what shape the clothes are in at the end of the trip.

My Girlfriend travels constantly and she showed me a trick that really works well. She takes my dress shirt and lays it flat on a medium size garbage bag and just folds the shirt bag and all. I throw it into my panniers and when I get to work it's still nearly perfect.

Hope this is of some help.

A plastic garbage bag or a paper bag?

Has anyone suggested rolling it yet?

Sixth post.

A lot of people say roll it but +1 on the person who said, gently fold. I've been through this a lot and I've found that, while rolling is OK, the best luck has been when I simply fold the shirt gently into the largest compartment in my pack. Or maybe a better way to put it would be, stuff it in loosely. It's hard to explain but it seems like if there's air in the compartment and the shirt is rumpled but not creased, it's fine when you get to work.

Or, if possible, put it in the very top of your bag. That way, the only weight pressing on it is its own (assuming that there aren't bungee cords wrapped over the top of the bag, too), which isn't enough to create bad creases.

Quickie” Asian Folding Guide

Keep a bottle of this at work:
https://www.downy.com/en_US/products/wrinklereleaser.jsp

The stuff really works, especially if your shirt is only wrinkled from the ride in.

i have the eagle creek folder and it keeps the shirts pretty crease free, and it also a good way to keep any kind of clothes in such a way that they don't take up too much space in your bag

+1 on the Downy wrinkle releaser, especially with knits.

When I was a consultant, I had a local dry cleaner that I could request them to fold instead of hang. I did that before trips, worked awesome.

Roll the shirt.
I actually do this:
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1. fold my pants in half and lay on their side
2. folder my undershirt in half, tuck the arms in neatly and lay it on top
3. fold my underwear and lay them at the bottom of the legs
4. lay my pair of socks at the base of the leg
5. start rolling from the bottom of the leg (the sock will be the starting point)
6. once rolled, you can put them anywhere.

I use this every week. I've been bringing in my clothes for the entire week on monday, then take whatever I wear each day home each day. Keeps the weight down on the way in each morning (except monday). This week, I used my new Trek Interchange Grocery bag and it fit 4 combos (4 under shirts, 4 shirts, 4 dress pants, 5 socks, 5 underwear) and also a towel

Before I had the Grocery Bag, I rolled one set of clothes and fit in my trunk (should work for you)

Is it big enough to fit a "boxed" shirt from the cleaners--i.e., folded onto cardboard and placed in a plastic bag at the cleaners? Works for me (but I have panniers).

You could try one of these, or just cultivate a new rumpled look

Go into a gap and see how they fold their shirts on a display table. If you fold like they do, and gently place on top - it normally comes out ok. I stuff mine in a side pannier, which is smaller than yours - it works.

This is a great bag. I have been using mine for years.

Chris

How about a steamer kept at work? I'm also thinking one of those vacuuum pack things (where you can put your folded stuff in a plastic bag and then suck all the air out of it) sold on infomercials might work.

+1

This thing is simply wonderful!

This is the best option by so much it is almost unmeasurable. I commuted for a year with a complete wool blazer, shirt, wool pants, socks, and shoes. Your clothes come out great, and it also compresses the load so that it fits very well into a pannier, backpack, or even a plastic shopping bag strapped to a rack. I use the smaller version: https://www.eaglecreek.com/accessorie...lder-18-40154/

It is also essential for airplane travel.

This product is almost as transformational to my life as the Palm Pilot when it came out in the 90s.

Other tips (most already mentioned):
1. Brooks Brothers no wrinkle shirts and khakis
2. Wool, not cotton. A nice wool shirt can look good, not wrinkle, and not carry sweat smells. I am not talking about a jersey, I mean an icebreaker or equivalent.
3. Leave shoes at work. A good pair of brown shoes goes with grey and khakis.

Damn! Beat me to it! I have these in my travel luggage, and just realized they'd be great for commuting too!