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anthegreat1 07-10-08 10:40 AM

Sweaty Riding clothes
 
For those of us without a locker at work, what can be done with your sweaty riding clothes while your at work.

rando 07-10-08 10:51 AM

drape them over your bike to dry.

bhop 07-10-08 10:51 AM

I kinda half-hang mine on the back of my desk, where nobody can see it. By the end of the day it's usually dry..

CliftonGK1 07-10-08 10:51 AM

String a clothesline across the front of your cubicle and use 'em to keep your co-workers at bay.

DataJunkie 07-10-08 10:52 AM

I hang my bib shorts and jersey in my cube on a couple coat hangers to dry.

BroadSTPhilly 07-10-08 11:10 AM

I have a spare chair in my office that I use. If you have your bike inside it does make a good drying rack.

77midget 07-10-08 11:10 AM

Coat hangers on my office door. I also store my bike in my office. So many people use the gym or otherwise exercise while at work, that this is not an uncommon sight.

kwrides 07-10-08 11:12 AM

I hang them on filing cabinets on the side that faces the wall.

no motor? 07-10-08 11:20 AM

Wash them. We've got laundry here at work and it's easier for me to wash them here than at home.

Captain Slow 07-10-08 11:24 AM

PBX & LAN equipment room, a.k.a. "phone room." There's plenty of space for bike & clothing storage, it's a locking, secure dressing room, and since it's always about 60DegF in there, my bike clothes are cool (if not
quite fresh) when I put them back on in the afternoon.

Of course, running the IT department does have it's little perks.

amjones 07-10-08 11:28 AM

I try to minimize the amount of sweat I get on my clothes in the morning:

- wear no shirt for most of the ride
- wear baggy shorts with no undies
- wear sandals and no socks
- ride early as possible and ride easy
- the shirt and shorts are wicking polyester

Also, at the office I spray everything with Febreze antimicrobial before I hang it up.

HardyWeinberg 07-10-08 11:34 AM

hang'em over cube wall

a friend uses velcro to stick hers to her cube wall

Podolak 07-10-08 11:39 AM

I have always used my bike or my chair or under my desk. I guess it depends on what kind of space you have. We also have a washer and dryer at work but I have never had to use that.

anthegreat1 07-10-08 11:40 AM

I keep my bike in our large storage room so i could probably keep them their. It stinks back there anyway. I was just kind of hanging them by my desk but last night I didn't ride home so I left them at work. This morning they kinda smelled up my office.

Quickbeam 07-10-08 11:44 AM

I have a coat hanger thing with a bunch of hooks on it, on the wall behind the door in my office. I hang my clothes there and they're dry by the time I ride home.

d2create 07-10-08 12:26 PM

Hang on a hook. Dry by 5.

Allister 07-10-08 12:44 PM

Stuffed in a bag under my desk and left to fester.

I new a bloke once that put his bike clothes on his monitor vents to dry so that the whole office got the benefit of his stench, and a fire hazard to boot.

anthegreat1 07-10-08 01:40 PM

I have forgot and left them in my back pack a couple of times . . . . . now I need to wash it. I have no problem with them festering I just need to put them in a plastic bag.

jpdesjar 07-10-08 01:45 PM

i sort of drape them under my desk for the day...i think i am the only one that can smell them and it's only sometimes

i think i may get a little drying rack instead

d2create 07-10-08 02:14 PM

Wear wool and you don't have to worry about the smell. There is none. Wear them all week if you want.

unixpro 07-10-08 02:19 PM

I put them on coat hangers and hang them off the marker tray for the whiteboard in my office.

kokomo61 07-10-08 02:26 PM

I have a 3-level drying rack that sits underneath the back part of my desk - all my stuff gets laid out on there, and I have a fan blowing air across it, so by the time I need to leave, it's nice and dry.......

truman 07-10-08 03:20 PM


Originally Posted by Quickbeam (Post 7036359)
I have a coat hanger thing with a bunch of hooks on it, on the wall behind the door in my office. I hang my clothes there and they're dry by the time I ride home.

I have the same deal, but it's a 10-hook unit that hooks over the top of my office door. When the door's open, the clothes are hidden against the wall. I keep clean shirts and pants there, too.

Machka 07-10-08 08:24 PM

I hang them on the coat rack in my cubical.

Jonahhobbes 07-11-08 12:58 AM

Blimey I just have an extra bib and extra cycling top in my pack and wear them, shorts go over the bib -no problem


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