Do you shower after commuting home?

[Keith Oates]

I always shower after the ride home and another thing to keep the 'smell' down is to put on clean cycling clothes every day before going to work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hip Priest]

I have a shower every morning and occasionally another in the evening, if I can be bothered.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Yes, but not immediately, maybe after 20mins/a half hour or something. Feel too grotty if not.

 

[GrasB]

Absolutely, only takes a few min.

 

[cyberknight]

I think if you do multiple journeys then it's a bit different. For simply doing the 8 hour shift or so. Then going home and not doing more cycling then yes shower..... as it's end of the commute etc.

And yes, I shower when I get in, also because I work in a tool room so to get smell of all metalsizes and coolants off me.

Similar to me, i dont shower when i get to work as a bit of clean sweat is not going to noticed against the smell of car welding robots going off all shift that leaves you with a unique aroma so i shower when i get home.

 

[Berties]

after my 14mile commute in the morning i will shower if I have meetings,but if not i will ride another 25 plus miles home and shower mid afternoon quite often i have more work in the evening and shower before bed,and then we start again

 

[Glow worm]

My wife would probably hose me down if I didn't shower when getting home... i am to say the least a sweaty horror!

Same here. Apparently I 'smell of bicycle' when I get home. I'm not sure quite what that smells like, but by the tone in my wife's voice, I gather it's not pleasant.

 

[the_mikey]

I shower when I get home from work no matter how I travelled.

 

[CopperCyclist]

The wife moans when I don't, however I do admit that when my commute home is from a shift that sees me going straight to bed, I don't bother.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I presume that the 'No' voters are either single/live alone or have a very short commute. I cannot imagine remaining sweaty and smelly through the evening.

Married man with a 13 mile round trip commute, I've been commuting for over 30 years and I've never showered after a commute, I'd never heard of showering after commuting till I came on here, I don't know anyone outside this forum who showers after commuting. The thing is its a commute, we're not trying to set a personal best in the club time trial, theres no need to ride that hard that we end up a sweaty mess. I normally take it easy on my commute, I aim to work just hard enough to get there in a reasonable time but not that hard I end up a sweaty mess, when I want to ride hard I do it on a Sunday ride.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

when I was commuting to a work place, then I would shower when I got there, not at home (unless I was soaked to the skin and cold from rain), but we didn't have a shower at home only a bath.

Since going on a long (12 month) tour and having restricted access to showers/water etc, I don't normally bother nowadays... as above, its a commute not a sprint/race.

 

[Dan87]

i would usually in the morning when i get to work then later at home that night before bed. i usually go from work to the gym so shower after the gym.

 

[J1780]

I shower in the morning or evening when I get to work (depending on my shift) and I shower when I get home too. Usually after nights I leave my wife in bed and I get the kids up for breakfast and prep for school etc then when my wife comes down its off to the shower and into bed. I tend to ride on sometimes as it can be a valuable time to 'train'.

 

[ufkacbln]

Easy, just stop off at every pub on the way home

That way you will not work up enough of a sweat to be worried.

... and as a bonus you be too blitzed to care!

 

[ufkacbln]

Personally it depends on what needs doing.

I always hava bath before I leave, shower at work, then if there is work to be done around the house shower after this is completed