mattkime

Just about everything is in line for me to start commuting to my new job. HOWEVER, I don't know what I should do with my sweaty clothes when I get there. I wear wicking fabrics so they dry pretty quickly but that won't work if I ball them up in my bag. Perhaps I could let them sit in the stairwell for an hour or two until they dry.

Anyone have tricks or tips on this commuting issue?

Neil_B

I have a 17 mile one way commute, in the middle of the day. So my clothes are drenched. I bring my panniers in with me, set them on the floor at my desk, and spread out the shorts and jersey. No one noticed and they were dry in a couple of hours.

gharding

I drape them over my computer. I don't have much personal space so it's the only place where they're really out of site, plus the computer warms them!

bobcrotch

I flip the trash can upside down and drape my shirt over that if it's nasty, I have stashed them in the data center a few times but don't tell anyone!

donnamb 

I hung a wall-mounted, accordion-style drying rack up in a corner of my office. It's small and unobtrusive when not in use, being white on a white background.

rando

I drape them over my bike! it looks crappy though in our really nice offices and I might want to find a different, more elegant solution. I'm in an open area, not cube or office, so a lot of people can see my desk area.

baskinrobbin

I hang them up to dry, I work in a lab and get very smelly each day so it's no big deal

ib4it

I just keep em on, they stay drenched all day until I get home and hang them up to dry for tomorrow.

Schwinnrider

I have a long commute, and I live in Florida, so my shorts and jersey are soaked. I hang mine in a room which houses a huge air compressor, so they bake dry by the end of the day. Road shorts dry faster than MTB shorts, BTW.

Tude 

Yep, the CPU on the floor is an awesome clothesline!

RonH

At my last job I hung them on a hanger behind my office door -- out of sight.
At my present job (bike shop) we all hang our stuff in the bathroom.

Machka 

I throw them in a plastic grocery bag and hang them on my coat rack.

FlyingAnchor

I ride with edible clothes and put new clothes on for each trip.

JanMM

Locker in a locker room. Not a perfect situation, tho. It's a coed locker room - I have to change clothes in a rest room toilet stall.

TrackGuy

Probably not a good idea to put them in a plastic bag - unless it's heading directly to a washing machine - been surprised more than once after finding some old clothes in the bottom of my gym bag. A shot of Fabreeze will neutralize any odours.

OK, granted, this thread is about sweat, not rain, but they're both basically water. Check the thread I started a while back on drying clothes in your office for more ideas:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=322607

le brad

I wad them up in a ball and toss them in the supply closet.

notzofast

I take my clothes off and let them dry. The faster they dry the less they small, so I put mine on the sun.

Then I have a second set of clothes that I wear if I need to bike. While the 1st one dries.

I have two pairs of gloves, I wash these after every ride. Gloves appear to smell the most. After gloves are the helmet inserts and helmet holder things. Then your feet, but there is powder for that.

As far as pants go, I don't dry mine.

tspoon

I work in an industrial site, and wash the clothing when I shower before work starts. I then hang them off a pipe in the basement under our workshop. There's plenty of steam pipes in there and the place is very warm.

ItsJustMe

I drape the shirt over my monitor to dry. The bike shorts I just drape over the trash can or something on the floor; they're not always totally dry by afternoon, but close enough.

Bushman

when i used to work indoors i would shower at work, wash the bike clothes, get into the work uniform and hang my now washed bike clothes in the furnace room to dry.

Flimflam

On top of my monitors at work or draped over the window sill.

newsace

I generally hang mine on my bike and/or on a hook behind my office door. I spray them with Febreze, and turn a desk fan on them--so the clothes dry quickly, but leave a nice sweat/Febreze odor in the room. Since they dry so quickly (I wear a jersey and road shorts for my commute), I think I'll try at least rinsing them out when I shower before draping them over the bike, to see if I can eliminate some of that aromatherapy issue.

Wino Ryder

My commute is only about 10 miles, but I still ride in just as sweaty as if its 20 miles. I also get caught in the rain a lot and come in soaked. I usually just hang my bike shorts and shirt (and sometimes shoes) right in front of a fan at work and get them blow dried. They dry out pretty quick in front of a fan, even the shoes.

cyclezealot

I have worked PM shift. I'd put them on a hanger in the bathroom, since few were about. One time something came up and I was not able to put them away. The women in the AM had quite a giggle over my exposed chamois' . She said, please have them out by 6 AM from now on. Working PM shift was nice however. I'd not just hang them out to dry, but throughly wash them before the return home.

mattkime

does anyone know of a good, small drying rack? i think i could hide my clothes behind my filing cabinet. they're currently drying in the stairwell which is a bit more public than i care for.