Quick drying towel

Microfibre towels as described above in my experience (and I've had 4 or 5 different ones over the years- even the cheaper ones from Aldi, and Mountain Warehouse) are the business: in a warmish airy room, mine dries in under an hour, even camping etc I have found I can get away with a small one too.

However, I Totally agree with Jack Osbourne snr above with one addition: babywipes!

Massive pack of aldi own brands, no real perfume, can be used to freshen all parts, and are good for getting road debris off your shins before putting trousers on.  (and they have zillions of cleaning uses - the bike, the computer/phone/tablet, your specs, your kit, they shift mud / grime / oil+ almost anything!!)

Routine without a shower is: 

• Quick wipe with microfibre towel if super sweaty.
• babywipe pits and bits 
• Clean undercrackers / blast of deo, clean shirt, bingo.

I drive in once a week and stash a stock of underwear / Shirt / suit  (i'm lucky I have cupboard to hang them in ).  Doing this  the Towel lasts a couple of days easily (if I air it properly) before it starts to get a bit fusty.

always shower. Stride around in your tightest lycra, meeting and holding everyone's eye. Say, "yes, that colour you can see me wearing is bright pink, you noticed it, that's the point"

dry yourself with one of these: http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/077875-eurohike-suede-microfibre-trave...

cycle-commuting life ..

Decathlon....yes them again.... Swim towel...we use them for when we use the Campervan and travelling

 http://www.decathlon.co.uk/microfibre-towel-xl-grey-id_8361627.html

They are huge towels which fold small, quick dry, easy to wash too.... plenty of colours...link is for the Grey one

I don't shower when I arrive at the office either.

Shower at home before leaving then put on (this is key) clean kit. Get to work, bit if deodorant and get into clean civvies. Never had a complaint.

If the cycling gear isn't bacteria free, you'll end up minging unless you have proper wash. Unless of course, you are lucky enough not to sweat like a fat bloke the way I do... Even though I'm not fat!

I don't even bother with showeringat work. I shower when I get up in the morning, then change directly into my cycling kit.

I have a complete change of work clothes at work and apart from a quick face rinse in the sink, I don't wash after I get in.

All my cycling kit comes off, gets hung up to dry and a complete set of clean, dry clothes from my locker goes on.

I bring the clean clothes in, neatly folded, a few times a week and take the stuff to be washed home on the other days.

Works well for me.

I can vouch for the Decathlon ones - they dry quickly in most locations around our office and there's a store in Edinburgh.
They usually have them on offer.

These work well and dry fairly quickly - range of colours and sizes available.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/microfibre-swimming-towel-110x180cm-blue-id_8180468.html

The towel rail in the office changing rooms has several of them, so its not just me who thinks so. If you are hanging up on a coat hook/draping over the office chair then they will be dry by the afternoon.      

Another +1 for microfibre here.

They pack v small and I whack mine in a carrier bag with my worn kit in my rucksack after a shower (I take a change of kit).

Back home, at the end of the day, that carrier bag doesn't smell too pretty, but everything's right as rain after a 40 deg wash.

I've tried a few 'kit' towels.  The problem is that if something is absorbent (which is what you need a towel to be) they it retains a fair bit of water and doesn't dry quickly.   Maybe the microfibre ones are better. 

I've used an indonesian cotton sarong as a towel for years - thin but with a large surface area - so dries relatively quickly.  Mine just used to be hung on the coat hook in the office. 

Aldi do them from time to time. Just microfibre towels.

You can get them from Ebay too but usually overseas and they'll take a while to arrive.

Not as good as 'proper towels' but they do dry themselves much quicker.

Make sure to get a good size one. 

I picked up this a while back fom an outdoor store.
Its a generic no brand towel.
Decent pack size.
Works well and dries when left spread out in around 30 to 40 mins at room temp.
If temp is low...ie outdoor camping...will dry enough in around 2-3 hours to be used again...but still feel slightly damp

Large Packtowel works well. Dries fast, just wring it good and air it when you get home. Won't get your hair as dry as a proper towel if that's important.

https://www.webtogs.com/en-UK/Packtowl-Towels/691wb.htm

They're OK but might be better if you could hang it on the back of your chair, etc. for a little while to let it dry properly (which it does quickly - obviously depends on the temperature, how wet it is etc.)

Unless you've long hair or the shower room is very steamy I find that a pretty small towel (even a regular flannel) is adequate for drying off. Swipe off the excess water and then rub fairly vigorously. But maybe I just have a hot body!