do you wash your cycling clothes every day?

[steveindenmark]

My kit comes in the shower with me after every ride. I hang it up in the bathroom and it is dry for the mornings ride. It goes in the wash at the end of the week.

 

[steveindenmark]

Leave your shoes outside then....like I do......sometimes. ;O)

I do have underfloor heating throughout the house and that is great for drying shoes.

 

[Moodyman]

I've learned to pace myself whilst cycling in order to avoid sweating, thus reducing wear and tear on the washing machine .

And the rider too.

 

[Lostmiles]

When you are as old and decrepit as I am you don't have to worry about sweating. It just isn't an issue. But you can't escape muck and smells. The other thing about being old and decrepit is to wash it whilst you remember. Home and stash the bike, somewhere. Eventually find the back door. Into the house. Mine hopefully. Gear in the washing machine/dishwasher. Go shower. And then come back, eventually, and try to work out how the b*.< .* y machine works.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

And then come back, eventually, and try to work out how the b*.< .* y machine works.

Excuses, excuses

 

[Lostmiles]

But I haven't been in the same house twice. Trying to remember if an Whirlpool uses the same cycle as a Bosch for my Lycra is no easy matter!

 

[confusedcyclist]

I only bother to wash my stuff when it stinks, or when it's soiled, otherwise, what's the point?

Exception to the rule being my only expensive bit of kit, a gore-tex shell get's weekly/bi-weekly wash as per manufacturers instructions to pro-long life of water repellent.

 

[BalkanExpress]

I use Decathlon padded undershorts under unpadded 3/4 lengths, I have half a dozen pairs of these, and wear Marino tops, so I only need to do a cycling kit wash once a week. Everything gets washed in soap, not detergent, and no one goes near my merino except me.