Umm...sweaty bum...HELP!

[pooks]

Emily! Hi!

It was bikewriter who asked the original question. I agree with you -- I offer her my congrats on a bike-free lifestyle, too.

[annie]

I very much endorse the wrap skirts or the skorts! They are the perfect commuting outfit for summer days and nights. I often do a "ride" before I ride to work (I have a late start.) So I want the comfort of padded bike shorts. When I get to work, I have to do the bank deposit and then ride to the bank and back. Darn bank doesn't let me do the drive-thru on the bike. So in I go with my wrap skirt over my lycra shorts and I feel right at home. I've also been using the bike for other errands and I feel less conspicuous in a skirt than in bike shorts when I am shopping. I make my own, but there are some really nice ones available to purchase if you don't sew.

Annie

Forgot to mention - if you are worried about sweating, don't put the skirt on until you have arrived at where you are going. It will cover your sweaty shorts.

[KnottedYet]

I am a prolific sweat-er. Even bike shorts under cotton (capris or cargo shorts) don't cut it for me. I still end up looking like I peed my pants. Even my nylon Rivendell pants look "wet" with bike shorts underneath for longer rides.

Terry Commuter Skorts keep me looking decent.
http://www.teamestrogen.com/categories.asp?catID=54

Otherwise I'm stuck with wearing bike clothes on the bike, and just adding the street clothes when I'm off the bike. Or wearing black running pants over my bike shorts on colder days for longer rides. (they don't show the wet like the Rivendell pants.)

It's frustrating.

Wool is a wonderful thing as far as managing my sweaty self is concerned. I haven't tried buying the wool "street" pants offered by Ibex (cuz they're too expensive), but my wool shirts and cycling capris have handled my heavy sweating gracefully. www.ibexwear.com

[Jolt]

Darn bank doesn't let me do the drive-thru on the bike.

Really? I did this the other day at my bank and nobody had a problem with it (part of the reason I did it was because it's a pain to lock the bike to what's available there, and part of it was just to see what the reaction would be!). I felt slightly goofy, but nobody gave me a hard time about riding a bike in the drive-thru.

[KnottedYet]

Starbucks wouldn't serve me in the drive-thru.

The barista said it was a liability to have bikes in the line with the cars, that I would have to leave the order lane (where I had been waiting in line WITH CARS ) and come inside.

I went across the street to an independent espresso stand, where they were happy to serve me and I could keep my bike with me.

(Seattleites - this was the Starbucks in LFP, right across from the Burke! I can't remember the name of the independent but it's in the gas station parking lot and next to the Perkins Creek park.)

[Geonz]

I'd be inquiring about where that policy is, in writing, and asking the question slowly so they'd figure out that indeed, it will be less hassle to serve you! No such silliness at our banks here.

[pooks]

I ride my bike through the drive-through at my bank frequently with no prob. They've never even done a double-take, which made me wonder if I'm not the only one. (But I don't live in an area that is heavily populated by utility cyclist so that would surprise me a lot.)

[Torrilin]

Places with a drive through often have policies on not serving pedestrians. Not always tho. The bank employees may assume that a bicyclist should be treated as a pedestrian. And well, not so.

If you know or can find the appropriate sections of your area's vehicle code, that may help.

[annie]

I'd be inquiring about where that policy is, in writing, and asking the question slowly so they'd figure out that indeed, it will be less hassle to serve you! No such silliness at our banks here.

You know, I just might do that. It would certainly simplify things.

Annie