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Old 07-10-08 | 10:40 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 10:51 AM
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drape them over your bike to dry.
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Old 07-10-08 | 10:51 AM
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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..
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Old 07-10-08 | 10:51 AM
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String a clothesline across the front of your cubicle and use 'em to keep your co-workers at bay.
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Old 07-10-08 | 10:52 AM
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I hang my bib shorts and jersey in my cube on a couple coat hangers to dry.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:10 AM
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I have a spare chair in my office that I use. If you have your bike inside it does make a good drying rack.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:10 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:12 AM
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I hang them on filing cabinets on the side that faces the wall.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:20 AM
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Wash them. We've got laundry here at work and it's easier for me to wash them here than at home.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:24 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:28 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:34 AM
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hang'em over cube wall

a friend uses velcro to stick hers to her cube wall
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:39 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:40 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 11:44 AM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 12:26 PM
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Hang on a hook. Dry by 5.
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Old 07-10-08 | 12:44 PM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 01:40 PM
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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.
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Old 07-10-08 | 01:45 PM
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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
 
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Wear wool and you don't have to worry about the smell. There is none. Wear them all week if you want.
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I put them on coat hangers and hang them off the marker tray for the whiteboard in my office.
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Old 07-10-08 | 02:26 PM
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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.......
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Old 07-10-08 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Quickbeam
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.
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I hang them on the coat rack in my cubical.
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Old 07-11-08 | 12:58 AM
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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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