Do you shower before you ride? (After work)

[jefmcg]

There`s not anything anyone can say on here to stop me from taking my annual bath.......

.... whether you need it or not. <boom tish!>

 

[Racing roadkill]

I shower before and bathe after

 

[jefmcg]

You wouldnt go on a date without showering first so why take your bike out when your dirty and sweaty?

Me and my bike have been shacked-up for years. We are well beyond the 'dating' phase of our relationship.

 

[potsy]

I would just shower (or take a bath) after the ride, sounds like a lot of unnecessary faff to me.

 

[smutchin]

I often shower before a ride, especially if it's going to be a very long ride - purely for comfort reasons, as I find personal hygiene in the shorts department makes a big difference to comfort on long rides. I could probably manage without a full shower and just wipe my bits with a flannel but a shower has the extra benefit of waking me up.

 

[Tim Hall]

I didn't see that as a negative comment at all, just the truth. It's true that in the West we've been taken in by all the marketing blah about how if we don't wash every five minutes we will utterly stink and be bad people.

I thought @psmiffy had just been watching Kelly's Heroes.

 

[psmiffy]

Did i miss it today - thanks for the clip - I will cherish it

 

[EasyPeez]

Re: the OP's original question, when I go on cycling trips with friends I am the only 1 of 5 that showers in a morning before we ride. They all insist (quite rightly) that we're about to get sweaty anyway, so there's no point, but I feel more awake and better prepared if I get clean first. So in the situation the OP is in, I'd do the same.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I often shower before a ride, especially if it's going to be a very long ride - purely for comfort reasons, as I find personal hygiene in the shorts department makes a big difference to comfort on long rides. I could probably manage without a full shower and just wipe my bits with a flannel but a shower has the extra benefit of waking me up.

This imo.
The 5 mile commute home at 5mph, after a shift were I could end up covered in all sorts is no problem; a hilly 50 miler on already sweaty intimate bits is a no no for me.
Every cyclist's home should have a bidet!

 

[NorthernDave]

Mrs ND has commented why on a weekend I'll get up, shower, put product in my hair and get it just so, then get lycra'd up, put my helmet on and go out on the bike for three hours, then when I get back shower and do my hair again...

 

[Banjo]

The parts of my bike were chatting to each other .

The bars said I have the worse job on the bike. He keeps pawing me with his sweaty hands .

The saddle replied " You really think so ?"

 

[bondirob]

I've got a manual job so it goes like this.
Ride to work, shower at work before starting.
Shower after work then ride home and shower again.

 

[User32269]

Wet wipes before ride.
My wife's flannel after ride.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've got a manual job so it goes like this.
Ride to work, shower at work before starting.
Shower after work then ride home and shower again.

Three showers in one day!

 

[400bhp]

I didn't see that as a negative comment at all, just the truth. It's true that in the West we've been taken in by all the marketing blah about how if we don't wash every five minutes we will utterly stink and be bad people.

Why do you think this is an western phenomenon, because it's not.