Which washing powder/liquid do you use for your cycling kit??

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I like Skol

A Minging Manc...
I believe in branded bio powder for the worst washes (my gear :whistle:) and I reckon its agressive action and bleach content will be the best at removing any persistant bacteria that can cause the nasty niff. I have to admit, whiffy fleeces and cycle tops have been an intermittent problem this year right through winter, it has NEVER been a problem before. I have 2 theories on why this has happened. 1 is my wifes insistance on using liquid non-bio. 2 is the addition of 2 cheapy fleeces and a Polaris long sleeve top to my cycling wardrobe last year. The polaris top in particular has been terrible and frequently just goes straight back in the wash.

It's a coincidence that this topic has surfaced just now as even today I walked into the spare room where we had put up the clothes airer and it stank like a wet dog that had just been in the canal. I tracked the smell down to a fleece of my wife's. Everything else that had been washed in the same load was fine. The puzzling thing is she doesn't do any arduous activities so how come this fleece has suddenly got the whiff?
 

BalkanExpress

Legendary Member
Location
Brussels
To dry, I hang out almost everything too.

Warning: this post may contain traces of OCD.

Hanging light weight merino is fine (for example Icebreaker 120 weight) but I always dry my heavyweight jersey (EWR Epic, thanks for asking) flat as I'm worried that if hung it's weight when wet will cause it to stretch:ohmy:
 

400bhp

Guru
Just add some bicarb of soda to a washing cycle.

Try and wash cycling (sports stuff) separate from the rest and try and keep sporty stuff separate from the rest of the clothing when waiting to wash.
 
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