I recently returned to cycling after 15 years. I bought a Breezer Uptown and have been commuting to work (8 miles each way) for the last month. I work in an office environment, so must get cleaned up and change clothes when I get to work. Currently, I carry my office clothes in a LandsEnd canvas briefcase bungeed to the rack. My clothes get crushed and wrinkled. Is there a reasonably sized, hardshell trunk that is meant to be attached to a rack on the back of a bike? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
My solution has been leave clothes at work - shirts, pants, shoes, ties, belt. I drive one day a week, or drop clothes off on the weekend.
I carry underwear, socks and a towel on the bike.
In a previous job, I worked near a dry cleaners. Clothes shuttled between the cleaners and the job, they never went home.
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I recently returned to cycling after 15 years. I bought a Breezer Uptown and have been commuting to work (8 miles each way) for the last month....My clothes get crushed and wrinkled....Any suggestions would be appreciated.
crushed and wrinkled. Is there a reasonably sized, hardshell trunk that is meant to be attached to a rack on the back of a bike? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Like the other poster, I also leave clothes at work (folded in a filing cabinet drawer or hung on hangers behind a door) and shuttle undies daily in my rack bag.
For a rack bag, I didn't like any of the available ones because they were the wrong size and shape for my needs, so I made my own. I bought a cheap waterproof backpack and added rails on the back (made from angle iron) so the backpack slides over my rack - no need for bungies.
My point to you is that not to limit yourself to the bags sold as rack bags. Go find any hard-shell small suitcase that meets your needs, and attach that to your rack.
