Bike to Work Week May 14-18

[mimitabby]

I haven't gotten that warm in the morning yet. (I have to be at work at 630am)
when I get home i am wet ALL OVER the backpack hardly matters at that point.

[Crankin]

I bring my clothes in the day before I ride, along with an extra lunch. I keep an extra bra at work, along with a towel and hygeine supplies. I tried riding with a regular backpack; it really messed up my back. I found that if I took the bladder out of my Camelbak, that gave me some extra room and since it fits well, without stress in the wrong places, I use that to carry make up, wallet, phone, Clif Bars, leg and arm warmers, and papers to grade. It's still cool in the morning, so sometimes I have to have a totally different riding outfit from AM to PM. I keep one short sleeved jersey at work, just in case what I have is wrong.

[7rider]

As with F8th637, I signed up with WABA's events on the 18th and will stop at the Silver Spring pit stop.
I'll be riding with my friend and usual riding partner, who's rehabbing a torn quadricep muscle that was repaired in January. He's still at PT 3 x's/week and is up to 3 miles of flats at a slow pace (well, I tease him, what else is new??). It will be a leisurely ride in. My friends at the LBS will have their tent set up at the pit stop, doing repairs and such. Last year, they had t-shirts and waterbottles for folks.
This year, I will definitely have my panniers on the bike - best to not repeat last year's over-the-handlebars flip when my schwag-bag got caught in the fork. I've been using the panniers regularly since my neck injury makes using my REI Sling bag too painful.

[F8th637]

Good point! I will have to remember to take a bag big enough for schwag. I'll be showering at the office so I can sweat all I want underneath a backpack.