Question for those who ride to work

[Paegelow]

aerostich

+2

I wear my Stich to work every day when it's not freezing, and I keep an extra pair of shoes under my desk so I can wear my boots!  Once I get to work I'm out of my gear and ready to waste time in like 15 seconds.  It works great!

[Doctor Woodrow]

Some people are going to find any excuse to climb on you. It's like we're another race or something.  

Wait . . . You mean we're not?

The Doc

[zore]

There really isn't much you can do about not getting wrinkled.  I keep a spray bottle of wrinkle release at my desk, as well as a pair of shoes.  I am currently wearing a stich like suit (name escapes me) and that works pretty well.  Cologn isn't a bad idea as you will stink like exhaust.

[KnightofNi]

I hear ya.  I'm the same way.  But last week a federal judge told my sloompy-looking opposing counsel, "You're in court, not at a bar.  Dress like it."  While that doesn't sound like a big deal, getting dressed-down (no pun intended) by a judge can be downright skeery.     FYI -- A starched & pressed shirt and dress pants and a jacket can get folded into a messenger bag without getting so wrinkled that they can't be worn to court.

i'm also not appearing before a judge.
i'm nto going to spend a fortune on clothes or worry about how wrinkled they are if i'm not interacting with customers. On days when i have meetings with other groups i'll do my best to look sharp, but i'm not going to worry about a few wrinkles. most people know me and don't care anyways. you'd be suprised at how well known you can be in a company with a few thousand employees on site when you're the guy with a long beard and who rides a motorcycle in every day.

[He Man]

if you dont mind certain types of creases, you can always fold a shirt with three creases in the back, and two in the front down the center of the breast pocket, then fold out the belly part, its pretty easy to pack this way and it reduces a lot of wrinkles. you can also just get the wrinkle free material and a set of shirt stays and it'll keep it tight enough to not see any of the big ones.

Dude, what is your deal with Judges?!?!?!

If you're an attorney and you go to court looking like shit, I would be pissed if the judge DIDN'T yell at you...

+1,  your in a very professional environment, dress like it.

[superjohn]

I wear a Alpinestars Spinner jacket and First Gear HT overpants with my Sidi boots. I tuck by Khaki's into the boots and take my shoes with me in a backpack.

This way, all I have to do is strip down and change shoes.

[Spidey]

i'm also not appearing before a judge.
i'm nto going to spend a fortune on clothes or worry about how wrinkled they are if i'm not interacting with customers. On days when i have meetings with other groups i'll do my best to look sharp, but i'm not going to worry about a few wrinkles. most people know me and don't care anyways. you'd be suprised at how well known you can be in a company with a few thousand employees on site when you're the guy with a long beard and who rides a motorcycle in every day.

Hell, I'd wear just a shiny man-thong to work if I could get away with it.   

[Statler]

lol.. typical....a judge having notyhing better to say than how you dress and feeling all superior to you bc you aren't "dressed like i want you to".

we hang out with a lot of docs too....wanna trash them while you're on a roll?




I hang an extra suit in the office so I can ride there from time to time.   Can't ride when I'm going to Court but that's a combination of weather and parking (my courthouse is in a rather bad part of town and I'm not parking the RS there...suppose I could take G's bike  ...also difficult to take lots of large files)

I see nothing wrong with someone getting to work early, walking through an office in leathers, heading to the head to clean up and change, and starting the day normally like anyone else.   even on the hottest day you can washcloth off enough if there's no shower at your office.

(one reason I am buying a building instead of renting is to have a place with a full bath and a garage...can run at lunch and have a place to clean up after riding and jogging and store bikes).

[silentbob]

we hang out with a lot of docs too....wanna trash them while you're on a roll?

Do PhD's count?  I like to trash them at work.

[DucatiTorrey]

i work in a small office where we have to where slacks and a dress shirt, thank god no tie! (this is hard for me to understand, i mean, i'm a designer, not an engineer)

anyways, i where jeans over the dress pants, and a warm jacket. put the dress shoes in a backpack with gym clothes. I only ride a couple minutes to work though. but check this out, as soon as i get to work, the business park (also a college engineering campus) is a loop with very few businesses on it! Basically a race track. I'm usually late...

[some_dude]

I have the Draggin chinos, and a pair of black Triumph boots (I think they're actually a re-badged Alpinestars product). For business casual, it works fine. If I need to wear a suit, I drive.

I like the chinos so much I'm going to buy another pair. They're not perfect, but they have Kevlar panels in the knees and seat-- better than standard jeans, but obviously not as good as my leather pants. I'll take that risk for the convenience of not having to change.

[KnightofNi]

Hell, I'd wear just a shiny man-thong to work if I could get away with it.   

that might be an interesting strategy to try.
make sure you face the opposition and push yor hips out a bit.
i'm sure it'll throw them off their game. you'll win every case!