Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
After wearing, hang your jersey and shorts to dry if you aren't going to wash right away. Synthetics should not smell if handled correctly.
My cycling clothes go straight from my body to the washer after every ride. I generally wash them with All Liqui-pacs (scented) and sometimes with a scent booster. They are then air-dried. There's never any trace of odor when clean-- but once worn and sweated up, the jerseys genuinely smell like tortilla chips. I've tried wash boosters like Oxi-Clean, nothing seems to make a difference.
I have jerseys from a number of brands, and the Castelli seem to get it the worst, Pearl Izumi the least. I'd like to try wool, but I'm not independently wealthy.