DrSquirrel
Guest
I wear sports boxers - I don't see a problem with it and ive been doing it for years without any discomfort. Don't know why everyone complains tbh
Cycling Shorts - How many miles between washes?
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I wear sports boxers - I don't see a problem with it and ive been doing it for years without any discomfort. Don't know why everyone complains tbh
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I've found the occasional pair of boxers on a long trip might be uncomfortable (their hem or they are not seated right) but on the whole I've not had a problem and prefer to wear them. I like to wear a thin pair, they seem to work best for me.
Biscuit
Legendary Member
- Location
- Pentlow - the land of the free
I think each to their own. I know when I started my longer commute and wore boxers, I had trouble with saddle sores. So I swapped to commando, and hey presto, problem solved. I guess my nether regions are just not hard core enough :-) Ahem.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Nope, as division of labour in our house the laundry falls to me, so I do the washing and ironing for all 5 of us...I average about 8/9 loads per week including bedding and towels. As part of all that my cycling clobber isn't any additional effort at all, especially as none of it needs ironing.
I do insist the boys put away their own laundry and I ask that all of them put their dirty washing in a pile on the upstairs landing each day. You'd be amazed(or maybe not) by how many times I have to complain about laundry not making it the couple of yards from bedroom floors to upstairs hall floor. Sometimes I even ask one of them to carry the pile downstairs...the eye rolling, 'Kevin the teenager' slouching I get in response is almost poetic, and that's just from Jane
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
+1 but that is because it is usually covered in mud.
Yes, I'm a bloke. Yes, I put my sweaty (or not so sweaty) cycling gear in A laundry basket (we have a separate one for cycle/gym gear). Usually, I carry it to the washing machine, load it and set it going but sometimes my wife does. I even hang it out on the line (shock horror), bring it back in when it's dry and fold it. It's "usually" me that does it since I'm more inclined to know when it needs doing. There's no task sharing as such, sometimes it all even happens without the other knowing about it, it just gets done as and when.
along with his bike!
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
I just hope he doesn't use the same water for both
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Dunno, but the thing fascinates me. I think its some sort fairy involved. It actually fascinates me that much that I sometimes take clean washing out of the cupboard and put it straight back in the basket again.
Holds hands up!
Moodyman
Legendary Member
Me too
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
It gets dumped in the laundry basket & then I deal with it at the end of the week... it's scary I recently did a hhome contents insurance audit to make sure I wasn't under insured... if I were to replace all my cycling clothes on a new for old basis I'd be looking at a £3500-£4000 payout (take 3x light weight bib-knickers... that's £290 @ RRP
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I always wash my own cycling gear, I would never let my Mrs. touch my precious cycling gear
, to her there just clothes 
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
For commuting its a clean set every day and weekend rides get washed after 1 ride.
as buggi said its been around your betty swollocks ........
as buggi said its been around your betty swollocks ........
