I'm very lucky in that my workplace provides everything I could want in respect of facilities to assist with cycling to the office. We have a secure underground bike rack (250-ish spaces, 75% occupied most of the time, 99% occupied while the Olympics are on) and plenty of showers, lockers and fresh towels.

I just carry a shirt in each day and then rotate trousers, keeping a couple of suits and ties in the office for meetings and stuff.

I always wonder why more people don't cycle to work here, especially when I read about you guys who do it without the assistance that we have.

FWIW my commute is 10 miles each way and I am in no fit state to do anything until I have a shower.

thanks, i'm just concerned because i sweat a lot! it's not really hot here (this year it is) but it's very humid and sticky. Most of my sweat comes from my face and my chest.

example: today i put on my black dress shoes and realized i wanted to put on my browns, i had to bend over, take off the black ones and put on the brown ones, my face was sweating!

so that's my concern, but it's good to know that stinky sweat is from bacteria and not just from sweating. I had no idea! so i will try it on a weekend (lumbergh) and if everything is good, i will start to do it daily. I'll shower before my ride, bring wipes, and see how it goes.

i hate taking the subway, and i have this POS mtb bike from Wal-Mart that collects dust so i might as well use it.

My safe route if I want to bike to work is 22 miles one way. If I take the train it's only 3 miles riding to and from the station one way. I use the method I mentioned before if I take the train. Luckily I have full showers and my own large office that I can store my bike. I would not leave it outside.

I also commute in Toronto and I don't know where your route will take you but I find having minimal traffic lights/stop signs helps a lot with not sweating. Once I stop I can sweat a lot and if I have to stop every 1/2km it doesn't help. Another thing is riding along the lake is cooler than being inland. Sometimes the longer route is the more efficient route.