I used to commute 15-20 miles each way across town and, even in our high desert climate, I sweated enormously in hot weather. But I got by quite well without showers. I'd start with a shower at home, and when I got to work, I'd cool off before a big fan, then wipe down with rubbing alcohol.
Sweat itself has no odor -- at least, exercise sweat; and showering before leaving basically kept the bacteria sufficiently at bay that I didn't have to worry about BO. For me, the worst thing was cooling off -- I rode hard enough to really get warm. But that aside, I think I'd prefer my method, since it takes much less time at the arrival end. I kept clothing and shoes at the office. On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Julian <westerh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Location is key! > > Having spent a decade in SW CO a few decades ago, growing up in the Mid > Atlantic, and currently lining in central IL I can attest to that! > > I do miss those cool, low humidity summer mornings in SW CO! > > In my current locale we've got lots of humidity and that does make summer > commutes a bit damp. I bring a change of clothes and towel off in the > restroom -- occasionally getting startled reactions. A shower facility > would be grand! > > Great that your workplace is putting in facilities -- even in your cool, > low humidity location, because that concern is in the top 3 or so from > folks I talk to about commuting -- it might get more on bikes. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
