Subject: RE: You forget to get dressed this morning? No he shows up in his underwear often.After I get in and carry my bike upstairs, I go in my office and get my dress clothes that I keep there, and my gym bag. Since I do the "flying dismount" in order to avoid climbing the shiny stairs in Look cleats, at this point I am walking to the shower in socks and cycling clothes. Oh, and frequently I don't bother combing my hair before putting my helmet on. So that is: socks, cycling gear, helmet head, sweaty. I then walk down the hall to the shower. We frequently have our Advisory Board and committee meetings at 8am, and the board room is across from the shower. So sometimes I am walking by and there are a bunch of executives sitting there watching as I walk by. Oh well! I've never gotten heckled. Usually the same as the other poster: just comments about, "I don't know how you do that," or whatever. Some people who are interested will ask me to tell them about my bike. We have a couple triathletes on the Advisory Board, so they will usually notice if I get a new helmet or pair of gloves or something. (I leave that stuff hanging on my bike out in the stairwell. ) Now one time I stopped to vote on the way to work. I stepped into the lobby of the polling place, and it was a polished stone floor. Having fallen on my a*s before in cleats, I immediately removed my shoes. I did get some comment from an older man about how he didn't really think it was necessary for me to remove my shoes to enter the building. (He thought I was being overly polite. ) :- ) |