Hi all,

Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.

Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag at
the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.

Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.

Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.

--ChrisB

Chris Bardell scribbled:

> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.
>
> --ChrisB

I used to take five identical shirts at the start of the week in a 'normal' suit carrier ..

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Chris Bardell wrote:

> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me?

- folded in a similar way to how they come in the shops and packed into a flat box / envelope file,
then hung up in the office for a little while to shake out the creases. Take all five shirts for
the week on the Monday.

- other people have reported success with rolling the shirts up, but I tend to find this only works
with suits.

"Chris Bardell" <tessier-ashpool@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.
>
> --ChrisB

I used to carry one in my Brompton bag. It would fit in a slim bit at the back of the back where it
could keep in shape (sort of). Carefully folded and packed it didn't look too bad after being in the
bag for an hour.

In article <9f261edc.0303060150.3f4dc96b@posting.google.com>, tessier- ashpool@usa.net says...
> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.

Folding it properly is the key. Lie a buttoned-up, ironed shirt button- side down on a table. Take a
chunky women's mag (though men's mags are as chunky these days---but use a proper size one rather
than Jack!) and place it squarely on the back of the shirt so that its top edge lies along the top
of the collar. Fold the left side over the back of the mag using the edge as the folding line, then
fold the sleeve so it lies along the length of this bit of shirt. Repeat for the right side. Fold
the bottom upwards (taking the sleeves with it) using the lower edge of the bag as the folding line.

You now have two options. If you don't mind the weight of the mag tuck the tail of the shirt over
the top edge of the mag and neatly down behind the collar. The mag helps protect the shirt a little.
If you do mind the weight then remove the mag and then do the fold. Place the whole lot in a bag and
pack well! A shirt-box would be useful here, particularly if you put a couple of shirts in it.

This method puts very few creases in and they tend to be in non-visible areas with a jacket or they
drop out if not folded for long.

Colin

> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
>Fold shirt neatly. Put in carrier bag (preferably one of the stronger ones)
Place in saddlbag/rucsac. No problem. Been doing it for years.

Cliff

On 6 Mar 2003 09:34:43 -0800, tessier-ashpool@usa.net (Chris Bardell) wrote:

>Hi all,

>Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
>Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
>--ChrisB

Not an ideal solution I know but I try to roll my shirts rather than folding them. The easiest I
find is to roll the shirt with the my trousers.

I tend to take shirt, trousers undies socks and shoes on Monday and then just take fresh undies on
Tuesday. Wednesday is new shirt and undies etc.

My office colleagues have not complained so far...perhaps they are just too polite.

I do have the luxury of showers at work.

John "squeaky clean" Tomlinson Remove the singers of Spam before replying

"Chris Bardell" <tessier-ashpool@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.
>
Get non-iron shirts Take a load and hang them up on Monday.

Personally I wear jeans/t-shirts so I just rotate 3 of them - taking them home at the weekend to
wash and wearing 2 of them twice. Then again I'm a scruffy b*stard.

Cover the ironed shirt in the plastic wrapping your suits come back from the dry cleaners in and
fold over loosely two or three times. I generally leave the shirt on a wire hanger and carry it this
way in a small backpack. The plastic seems to prevent creasing.

Good luck

Fran

"Chris Bardell" <tessier-ashpool@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.
>
> --ChrisB

Take a week's supply of shirts on a Monday & bring them home Friday night.

Travel iron kept at the office for use if needed.

Cheers, helen s

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"Chris Bardell" <tessier-ashpool@usa.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Doesn't sound cycling-related, but for next month or two I'm working at a different site, approx
> 45mins walk from home. So, about to start cycle-commuting.
>
> Corporate environment, so it's shirt&tie etc. Able to store shoes, trousers, tie etc in a suitbag
> at the office. Planning on wearing my cycling gear on the way in & changing when I get there.
>
> Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed shirt with me? Can you get shirt boxes or something?
> Have tried a trawl of the net without luck, but wasn't sure exactly what to search on.
>
> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.
>
> --ChrisB
I carry one every day to my government office. Button it up - fold the sleeves across the back (as
when you bought it) fold it into 3 - tail back up the back and gently roll into a carrier back with
socks, underwear, trousers, belt and towel. Don't crush and unpack as soon as you arrive. Works
every time - cotton only shirts - polyester might crease - paradoxically.

"wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter" <wafflycathcs@aol.comtapeworm> wrote in message
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> Travel iron

What's one of them then?

cheers, clive

(working at home : now even scruffier)

Clive George wrote:
> "wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter" <wafflycathcs@aol.comtapeworm> wrote in message
> news:20030306150352.29626.00000003@mb-mw.aol.com...
>
>> Travel iron
>
> What's one of them then?
>

I think it must be something golfers use. Not sure why she's going on about them here.

On 6 Mar 2003 09:34:43 -0800, Chris Bardell scrawled: ) Anyone know a good way of carrying an ironed
shirt with me?

You can invest in some no-iron shirts, or at least fold them where the creases won't show (as
suggested elsewhere: fold as per Marks and Spencer's).

J-P
--
When you're fighting a weasel they're as big as a man.

> Any experiences or suggns appreciated. Cheap'n'cheerful preferred - totally boracic. Thanks.

I take my shirts in, folded carefully, then wear then 4 times - hanging them up each night
afterwards. It sounds afwul, but I usually wear a t-shirt underneath and am careful not to spill my
food down them. So they're kept pretty clean and only worn 9-5. Good quality shirts make a huge
difference too. They look fine after a few days wearing.

Whatever you work out, cycling and getting changed at the other end isnt nearly as hard as I thought
it would be. I spray plenty of deoderant and aftershave around - noone's complained about a bad
smell yet...