Heat/sweat and commuting to work if you don't have a shower?
DonDaddyD
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Its freaking hot these days. By the time I finish my commute to work, I'm literally dripping. Personal hygiene is important to me, so I ask:
Of those that don't have a a shower at work, what do you do when you arrive in the morning in this heat?
Of those that don't have a a shower at work, what do you do when you arrive in the morning in this heat?
Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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Use the company swimming pool?0
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Basin wash for top half then wet wipes. Not ideal but the best I found with no shower in the near vacinity.Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
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Specialized Singlecross - 2008
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Wear as little as possible on the bike, then get COMPLETELY changed at work with the help of some cold water to wash hands face and neck to bring the temperature down.0
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Wash face/pits in the sink, quick spritz of deo and get dressed, oh and use mitcham anti perspirant stick before I leave the house, it's the business 8)
I am a sweaty, sweaty man, but so far no complaints - even from the wife, who is grumpy by design.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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They might work for Chef but in the office 
Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
OK I have no shower at work. I tend to do a full body wipe over a basin. Facial pads for the face, dry, spray, moisturise, brush hair and then put on work clothes.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
I wear the least amount of clothes possible that is still within the boundries of socially acceptable. I use a decent amount of deodorant before I leave. And the last few minutes of my ride i use as a cool down... i've a towel to dry my face and that's about it.
To behonest, unless you've a BO issue, you're not really going to smell assuming you wear clean clothes everyday.
I also don't have a heavy rucksac or anything like that. I'm always puzzled by the amount of clothes people wear when cycling i.e. too much.
You'll soon know if you've got a problem by the fact that people in the office would be giving you a wide bearth!
<insert witty comment here>
Also, I have calculated my FCN as 12...although I have no idea what that actually means.0 -
You could always cycle slower to reduce sweating?
Forget it - stupid idea. I'm off to self-flagulate for thinking such heresy Giant Escape R1
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DonDaddyD wrote:OK I have no shower at work. I tend to do a full body wipe over a basin. Facial pads for the face, dry, spray, moisturise, brush hair and then put on work clothes.
Hmmm you lost me at moisturise the rest is exactly as I used to do when I had a commute 
Great if you can get away with being naked in the toilets but we didn't have his and hers so I had to make sure I was in early enough to not risk getting caught with my pants down! Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:OK I have no shower at work. I tend to do a full body wipe over a basin. Facial pads for the face, dry, spray, moisturise, brush hair and then put on work clothes.
<old school english voice> ah poofter eh?Purveyor of sonic doom
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I wipe my face with a paper towel, and sit down at my desk. Most sweat doesn't cause any sort of odour anyway, and I use an anti-perspirant for my arm pits.0
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DonDaddyD wrote:OK I have no shower at work. I tend to do a full body wipe over a basin. Facial pads for the face, dry, spray, moisturise, brush hair and then put on work clothes.
I can't remember the last time I brushed my hair! Possibly some time in the early 1990's
(and no I'm not bald)Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
Vitus Sentier VRS - 20170 -
Feltup wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:OK I have no shower at work. I tend to do a full body wipe over a basin. Facial pads for the face, dry, spray, moisturise, brush hair and then put on work clothes.
Hmmm you lost me at moisturise the rest is exactly as I used to do when I had a commute Great if you can get away with being naked in the toilets but we didn't have his and hers so I had to make sure I was in early enough to not risk getting caught with my pants down!
Disabled toilets...Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
i sit there stinking. if anyone complains i lamp them with a tyre iron. that'll learn em.point your handlebars towards the heavens and sweat like you're in hell0
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I reckon in this weather I'd be hotter, sweatier and definitely much more bothered if I turned up to work on public transport.0
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_Brun_ wrote:I reckon in this weather I'd be hotter, sweatier and definitely much more bothered if I turned up to work on public transport.
this is true - you'd never get the bus through the doorChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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2012 Felt F65X
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It doesn't make a difference up here - we have a shower once a week whether we need it or not. P'tum; tishhh. Aye thenk yew.0
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I shower before I leave in the morning, clean(ish) cycle gear on and ride in. Once in work its wash down with cool water to try to reduce the sweating, spray and on with the clean clothes.
Seems to be working as no body has complained and I work with alot of females. 0 -
i use spray starch on my shirt and take a couple in for the week with me one day. makes it much sharper when you start the day warmer.
i've gone to short sleeve M&S shirts that are easy iron. better than George cheapo's that look rubbish after a few washes. short sleeves help with the cool down.
first. i bike 45/55 mins. the last 5/8 mins slower to cool off.
wear bib 3/4's and a short sleeve jersey to get plenty of air en route
give myself about 20-25 mins before starting work to cool off and change
wash face and towel down, spray deo (pits, chest a little and centre of back)
pants and suit on, starched shirt. leave jacket off for 10/15 minutes first thing. tried wipes and stuff but they don't really help. end of the week i take my two shirts home and bring new underwear and shirts on the nxt day back in a howies chevron bag. i'd like not to take a bag, but the howies one works fine. leave my lock at work permenantly (Kryp, New York).
end of the day, i can't wait to get my suit off and lycra back on to cool off on the bike home to be honest and hydrate a bit from the half a bottle i leave for the ride home. give it the beans home more than going to work.... there's nothing worse than getting on a sweaty underground when you're already hot.Cannondale BadBoy Rohloff
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_Brun_ wrote:I reckon in this weather I'd be hotter, sweatier and definitely much more bothered if I turned up to work on public transport.
Got a hill right up to the door of the hospital, bus or driving in just now I'm dripping with more sweat than when climbing it in winter. But we have showers so :twisted:Do Nellyphants count?
Commuter: FCN 9
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For anyone who's working in a multi-let office building, get friendly with the building manager. Most larger office buildings will have a shower in them somewhere, often in common/technical space in the underground levels.
If there is one, the building manager will know where.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:For anyone who's working in a multi-let office building, get friendly with the building manager. Most larger office buildings will have a shower in them somewhere, often in common/technical space in the underground levels.
If there is one, the building manager will know where.
How do you get friendly? Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
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Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:Its freaking hot these days. By the time I finish my commute to work, I'm literally dripping. Personal hygiene is important to me, so I ask:
Of those that don't have a a shower at work, what do you do when you arrive in the morning in this heat?
you amaze me...
you tell us all how you ponce around the office in your lycra showing your bulge to the women
you tell us all how you race everyone and how its upsets you when someone on a MTB runs you close
Now you let on you dont have a shower when you get to work :shock:
That is fecking awful.....everyone must know that you are a lycra'd up smelly fecker who doesnt have a shower (because there isnt one)
Tell us all how you can clean your sweaty bits after racing every other commuter to work..enlighten us all :?:0 -
Feltup wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:For anyone who's working in a multi-let office building, get friendly with the building manager. Most larger office buildings will have a shower in them somewhere, often in common/technical space in the underground levels.
If there is one, the building manager will know where.
How do you get friendly?
Say good morning, ask them how their day is, smile sweetly... Come now, it IS possible to befriend people offline... 0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Feltup wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:For anyone who's working in a multi-let office building, get friendly with the building manager. Most larger office buildings will have a shower in them somewhere, often in common/technical space in the underground levels.
If there is one, the building manager will know where.
How do you get friendly?
Say good morning, ask them how their day is, smile sweetly... Come now, it IS possible to befriend people offline...
But grooming is all I know!Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
I am sure it was someone on this forum who recommended this back when I was lurking but I cant find the thread....
Shower before you go and no deodarant or anti-perspirant (yet!). Must put on clean wicky clothes for the commute then,
At work, change out of seaty clothes and ....
Take a face cloth with you and soak it in hot water out the sink, ring out, then pour on a little surgical spirit (which is left at work) and wipe down all the sweaty bits with the surgical spirit.
The surgical spirit literally sterilises your skin (its the stuff those swabs are soaked in that they use to sterilise your skin before giving you an injection!) and oblitirates any sweat munching bacteria that could otherwise cause BO. Then a spray of your favourite deodarant or anti-p and perhaps a splash of your cologne of choice* and bob's your mothers brother. Fresh work-clothes on and no smell, all day long.
*In my opinion this bit is vital because whilst the surgical spirit cleans you and kills any BO bits it does leave a kind of 'dentist' smell behind - it smells clean, but more 'bathroom floor' clean than 'nice smelling human' clean.FCN 7: Dawes Galaxy Ultra 2012 - sofa-like comfort to eat up the miles
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Iclestu, that sounds plain painful!
When I cycle to work, I pootle the last bit and nip to the loo when I do arrive, and have a 'dry off' off the Important Areas with loo roll... Seems to work!
Btw complete set of clean clothes every day...0
