Getting your clothes to work
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Bit of a boring topic i know but how do those of you who use commute on your bike get your shirts/suits to work without them looking like you screwed them up and stuffed them in your pocket!
I've got about 13 miles to do each way, was thinking back-pack as it's light and out of the way.
ChrisRS
I've got about 13 miles to do each way, was thinking back-pack as it's light and out of the way.
ChrisRS
i take in a load of shirts and the rest at the weekend, then cycle in 5 days a week. Guess i like my work and office enough to do it, i understand if others wouldn't! Sometimes i miss the weekend run and end up trying to get a shirt to work in my rucsac without too many creases- rarely works.
I have a pannier rack which clamps onto my seatpost which gives me room for clothes on one side and laptop on the other.
Whatever approach you take, you can minimise creasing by rolling your clothes rather than folding them.
With trousers, just line them up along the creases, fold them in half and then roll them from the folded end. With shirts, hold the middle of the collar in one hand, the ends of the sleeves in the other, pull them back, fold the sleeves round onto the body of the shirt, fold in half horizontally and then again roll from the folded edge.
Whatever approach you take, you can minimise creasing by rolling your clothes rather than folding them.
With trousers, just line them up along the creases, fold them in half and then roll them from the folded end. With shirts, hold the middle of the collar in one hand, the ends of the sleeves in the other, pull them back, fold the sleeves round onto the body of the shirt, fold in half horizontally and then again roll from the folded edge.
Rolling, it's the future 
On my organised weeks I take in 5 non-iron shirts (happen to be from Next), that have been ironed, folded (with arms in then along the buttons) and rolled, along with a pair of suit trousers, also rolled. They all get hung up on Monday morning. Shoes live at work. Scruds and socks go with me daily in my rucksack.
On less-organised days I take a rolled, ironed shirt but hang it the shower while I'm showering. The steam knocks any major creases out.
I guess really it all depends on what your workplace is like. I've got a desk, a locker and a shower. You might be down a mineshaft.
PS When I was working in London there was a local dry-cleaner/launderette that would pick *all* my dirty gear up on a Friday afternoon and deliver it back to the office Monday morning. That was ace, if a little lazy
On my organised weeks I take in 5 non-iron shirts (happen to be from Next), that have been ironed, folded (with arms in then along the buttons) and rolled, along with a pair of suit trousers, also rolled. They all get hung up on Monday morning. Shoes live at work. Scruds and socks go with me daily in my rucksack.
On less-organised days I take a rolled, ironed shirt but hang it the shower while I'm showering. The steam knocks any major creases out.
I guess really it all depends on what your workplace is like. I've got a desk, a locker and a shower. You might be down a mineshaft.
PS When I was working in London there was a local dry-cleaner/launderette that would pick *all* my dirty gear up on a Friday afternoon and deliver it back to the office Monday morning. That was ace, if a little lazy
Only time I have ever ridden to work was as a cadet metallurgist in a foundry so it didn't really matter that I rode in my work clothes 
Just used to swap cycling shoes for my steel caps at work.
If my later management jobs had been close enough to cycle, I think I would have had a wardrobe in my office, and used a local drycleaner as suggested above.
Just used to swap cycling shoes for my steel caps at work. If my later management jobs had been close enough to cycle, I think I would have had a wardrobe in my office, and used a local drycleaner as suggested above.
Clean shirt in a carrier back to stop getting it soaked on a wet day, shoes and wash stuff (inc towel) at work all week and perhaps a couple pairs of trousers at work on a Chelsea style rotation basis. Friday and Monday bag is heavier as taking trousers and towel home (just like your old Sunday paper-round) but better than driving through rush hour!
Best bag (also cheap) is the 'Record Bag' or satchel style bag. If you have a day with clients and you defo don't want creases then fold you shirt into an 99p A4 folder (with a few pages ripped out) then it can be bashed around and still be crease free.
Best bag (also cheap) is the 'Record Bag' or satchel style bag. If you have a day with clients and you defo don't want creases then fold you shirt into an 99p A4 folder (with a few pages ripped out) then it can be bashed around and still be crease free.
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