vickster
Squire
JFGIClueless...or charmingly naive?
Ok, clueless.
Well I have pieces of the puzzle, three corners and most of the edges, what I'm missing is why enzymes affect the plastics in sportswear.
Washing Instructions
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OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
But it makes no sense!
Bio powders work best at low temps plastic gear prefers. Cellulase breaks down natural fibres, lipase and protease break down the err things we get on clothes.
Unless they're including endophytic fungi to break down polyurethane I don't see how bio powders damage cycling kit.
Bio powders work best at low temps plastic gear prefers. Cellulase breaks down natural fibres, lipase and protease break down the err things we get on clothes.
Unless they're including endophytic fungi to break down polyurethane I don't see how bio powders damage cycling kit.
jefmcg
Guru
All lycra/spandex/elastane are only partially Lycra. 5% or so (too lazy to read a label and check)
Shorts are often mostly polyester or similar while jerseys are more likely to be natural fibre.
- Location
- Glasgow
@Tin Pot unless you are a muddy mountain biker 
just put your cycling kit without any detergent, at 40, short spin, the program for "quick" or "daily" wash will do.
Hang up to air dry: lycra will be just wet, jackets will be dripping, so either let them drip outdoors or wrap them in a towel first.
Simples
just put your cycling kit without any detergent, at 40, short spin, the program for "quick" or "daily" wash will do.Hang up to air dry: lycra will be just wet, jackets will be dripping, so either let them drip outdoors or wrap them in a towel first.
Simples
classic33
Leg End Member
"Quick" or "Daily" is now down at 30°C though.@Tin Pot unless you are a muddy mountain biker
Hang up to air dry: lycra will be just wet, jackets will be dripping, so either let them drip outdoors or wrap them in a towel first.
Simples
- Location
- Glasgow
Sorry, my mistake: true, it's 30.
That's what I use for my clothes, seen that I'm not a muddy mbiker by all means
classic33
Leg End Member
Why's it dropped to 30, whilst increasing reliance on the detergent though?Sorry, my mistake: true, it's 30.
That's what I use for my clothes, seen that I'm not a muddy mbiker by all means
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
You wanna try getting my wife to read a garment care label? I'm the only one in our house who pays attention to the different settings on the washing machine.Why don't you ask your wife rather than strangers on a forum? Remember most members on here are also male and thus utterly clueless about all the important stuff in this world
Except in the case of the nappies. They have a very specific washing regime. Very specific.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
If i tried that there would be a lot of different piles and a lot of wasted water. similar things get put together. 30 deg 40 deg hardly worth worrying about.
see I CAN'T be OCD
OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
@Tin Pot unless you are a muddy mountain biker
Hang up to air dry: lycra will be just wet, jackets will be dripping, so either let them drip outdoors or wrap them in a towel first.
Simples
Seems overkill to use a washing machine for one set of clothes everyday, though I am considering using the shower to just rinse kit - as you say, there isn't much mud just drenched in sweat. Bike is almost always indoors right now.
I'm "on this" because I need my kit ready everyday or I miss sessions.
Day - Kit
1 Bike and run
2 Run
3 Tri kit
4 run and swim
5 bike and swim
6 (sometimes run)
7 bike and swim
OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
Home. Shower. Kit in washer (before it has chance to dry). Bio. 30°C. No softner. Quick wash. Hang to dry. Job done.
Oh man...
- Location
- Glasgow
If you want a full washing machine you need to buy more sets of kit
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
thats a lot of instructions for a thong surely
