No more showers!!!!!!

goonz
goonz Posts: 3,106
edited May 2013 in Road general
Quite possibly the worst news I have ever heard, the building my company is situated in is shifting the showers down a floor and frm June they will be sitting within another companies space.

That company has refused to allow any other company access to the showers and hence every other company will be showerless.

This is really bad news for me as I relied on the shower being there and was the main reason I took up the cycling to work. I guess I can shower at home but I still sweat buckets on the bike so would likely still need one at work too. There is the option of joining the local gym but I'd rather not just to shower.

What other options do I have? And please don't say get on the train, I can't bear to think of me on the train again especially during the summer months.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    leave earlier, ride slower, sweat less.

    or

    Leave later, ride faster, sweat more - and stink them into submission. :mrgreen:
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    I was thinking ride slower, but thats all my strava KOM hopes up in smoke!

    I'd really struggle to cycle slow enough not to sweat even a little, I find it pretty difficult cycling any slower than 15mph on a flat as it is.
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  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    Get a pack of wet wipes /baby wipes and you can freshen up when you get in and have a full shower when you get home.
  • jotko
    jotko Posts: 457
  • navrig
    navrig Posts: 1,352
    My brother used to keep a basin and a shower hose thing which attached to the taps in the toilets. He then stood in the basin and had a "body" wash.

    Given that he was probably 15 stone I doubt much of the water gathered in the basin and heaven help anyone who went into the toilets whilst he was doing it.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    marylogic wrote:
    Get a pack of wet wipes /baby wipes and you can freshen up when you get in and have a full shower when you get home.

    8 hrs of smelling like a babies bottom might drive me crazy! Then there is no chance my wife will be getting a kid!
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  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    Get some of this stuff:

    http://muc-off.com/en/bicycle/29-dry-sh ... ry=bicycle

    I use it all the time as the company I work for don't have showers either. It works really well and you don't smell like a big girls blouse after using it either :-)
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    We don't have showers here. The solution is keep a towel, flannel & soap at work and have a strip wash in the disabled loos, if you have them. A wet soapy flannel will get you as clean as you can expect to be. A touch of deodorant and - like I've said before - you'll probably emerge cleaner than some of your colleagues.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Navrig wrote:
    My brother used to keep a basin and a shower hose thing which attached to the taps in the toilets. He then stood in the basin and had a "body" wash.

    Given that he was probably 15 stone I doubt much of the water gathered in the basin and heaven help anyone who went into the toilets whilst he was doing it.

    Thats hilarious! I wonder how large his companies basins are, I could barely fit both feet in one comfortably!
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    jrduquemin wrote:
    Get some of this stuff:

    http://muc-off.com/en/bicycle/29-dry-sh ... ry=bicycle

    I use it all the time as the company I work for don't have showers either. It works really well and you don't smell like a big girls blouse after using it either :-)

    Interesting, at £7 a pop it better last a whole month!
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  • Davdandy
    Davdandy Posts: 571
    You lot don't know how lucky you are.Showers,Hell we get nothing.As i sometimes work on building sites all you get are the bogs and a basin to wash and then work in the freezing bitter Winters all day long.

    You office workers get no sympathies from me at all.
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  • marylogic
    marylogic Posts: 355
    These don't smell funny at all

    http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... =258280905

    But it might be a good idea to avoid having a kid - they seriously interfere with your cycling :wink:
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    marylogic wrote:
    These don't smell funny at all

    http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... =258280905

    But it might be a good idea to avoid having a kid - they seriously interfere with your cycling :wink:

    I know, why do you think I have been trying to put it off for so long!
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  • Ringo 68
    Ringo 68 Posts: 441
    I clicked on this thinking that the crappy weather was finally brightening up and I find it is a post about sweaty men :?

    What a disappointment :wink:
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Ringo 68 wrote:
    I clicked on this thinking that the crappy weather was finally brightening up and I find it is a post about sweaty men :?

    What a disappointment :wink:

    You really sound disappointed!
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  • Ringo 68
    Ringo 68 Posts: 441
    goonz wrote:

    You really sound disappointed!

    Damn, I think I might have used the wrong smiley :oops:
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  • stongle
    stongle Posts: 61
    Join a gym. The City has about a squallion of them.
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  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    stongle wrote:
    Join a gym. The City has about a squallion of them.

    +1
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  • mbthegreat
    mbthegreat Posts: 179
    Remember something about gyms doing a shower only type membership maybe sorta?
  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    how far are you cycling?

    I used to ride 8 miles each way to work & didn't need a shower
  • ednino wrote:
    how far are you cycling?

    I used to ride 8 miles each way to work & didn't need a shower
    Your colleagues might have a different view on that :wink:

    My 2p worth; All places of work which employ more than a handful of people should be required to provide shower and changing facilities and secure covered cycle storage for employees. Having to sit around in sweaty clothes all day is a real barrier to those who might otherwise choose to commute.

    My wife used to work six miles from home and there is a pretty good cycle lane which runs door to door. When she was interviewed for the job she asked if there were showers in the office so that she could freshen up after her commute in by bike - they looked at her like she was mad.
  • Strith
    Strith Posts: 541
    ednino wrote:
    how far are you cycling?

    I used to ride 8 miles each way to work & didn't need a shower

    Agreed, I cycle 6 miles each way and don't break a sweat. I quite enjoy taking it easy and watching the idiotic fluro nodders running each other off the road here in london.

    Communting is communting, do some proper cycling to build a sweat if you have to be a strava dork, and you can have shower when you get home.
  • vinnymarsden
    vinnymarsden Posts: 560
    I personally would just sneak into the new showers and see what happens...truth..what are they going to do..drag you out bollock naked!! :o:o:o:o Joking aside, if your company have allowed the showers to be moved how come no one negotiated continued usage as before? Sounds like a stitch up by the other company who are now the "Shower Masters"!!!! :):):)

    I have a Camelbak backpack, and on the website it shows people using the bladder as a shower facility...not ideal but if you want fresh water then that might be a decent alternative...towel in pack...water in there too via the bladder...decent compromise.
  • TakeTurns
    TakeTurns Posts: 1,075
    jrduquemin wrote:
    Get some of this stuff:

    http://muc-off.com/en/bicycle/29-dry-sh ... ry=bicycle

    I use it all the time as the company I work for don't have showers either. It works really well and you don't smell like a big girls blouse after using it either :-)

    Saliva is also antibacterial. If you can find a dog, get it to lick you in those areas which you can't quite reach yourself. :lol:
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    CiB wrote:
    We don't have showers here. The solution is keep a towel, flannel & soap at work and have a strip wash in the disabled loos, if you have them. A wet soapy flannel will get you as clean as you can expect to be. A touch of deodorant and - like I've said before - you'll probably emerge cleaner than some of your colleagues.

    This.
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  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    TakeTurns wrote:

    Saliva is also antibacterial. If you can find a dog, get it to lick you in those areas which you can't quite reach yourself. :lol:

    keen to try this :wink:
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Showers are a rarity for me in the mornings for me once I get into town which always means I have to take it easy on the way on. It's normally alright until it gets about 20 degrees celcius and above which leaves me a bit sticky. I have contemplated just stopping by my parents, but already have to leave early enough for meeting anyways!
  • pease
    pease Posts: 150
    Towel flanel and soap here too. 11 miles each way. The morning ride is a gentle spin in (if the wind plays game) home is normally harder sweaty ride into headwind.
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  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    My 2p worth; All places of work which employ more than a handful of people should be required to provide shower and changing facilities and secure covered cycle storage for employees. Having to sit around in sweaty clothes all day is a real barrier to those who might otherwise choose to commute.

    Why - as you say it is a choice how you commute. There are legal welfare provisions that every employer must adhere to but your suggestion exceeds them.
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  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    goonz wrote:
    I was thinking ride slower, but thats all my strava KOM hopes up in smoke!

    I'd really struggle to cycle slow enough not to sweat even a little, I find it pretty difficult cycling any slower than 15mph on a flat as it is.

    Perhaps you should change careers then!

    Certainly you should adjust your life goals if strava KOMS are THAT important to you.
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