Do you hand wash your bike shorts?
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That someone would care how others wash their cycling shorts and go out of their way to insult others about it is what's really interesting.
Insulting others, treating other human beings like pieces of ****, tearing each other down and humiliating each other never surprises me though.
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Insulting others, treating other human beings like pieces of ****, tearing each other down and humiliating each other never surprises me though.
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I think its largely tongue in cheek. But the underlying non tongue in cheek part is kinda surprising.
"Why do I machine was my kit? Meh, it's easy, it's just what I do with clothes."
"Why do people hand wash their kit? Y'all crazy!!!"
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If I barely break a sweat they get washed in the shower with me then hung to dry. Heavier sweat they go in the wash with a load of laundry.
I don't hand wash 2x in a row though.
I don't hand wash 2x in a row though.
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My front loader has a cycle called "Ultra Handwash" Do all my bike gear in there and even gloves. Hang to dry, nothing goes in the dryer. Have yet to see any negative affects of this method.
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That someone would care how others wash their cycling shorts and go out of their way to insult others about it is what's really interesting.
Insulting others, treating other human beings like pieces of ****, tearing each other down and humiliating each other never surprises me though.
-Tim-
Insulting others, treating other human beings like pieces of ****, tearing each other down and humiliating each other never surprises me though.
-Tim-
I’m confused though. Has anyone in this thread expressed humiliation? I must have missed it.
If not, you must be referencing yourself and based upon what I know about you from your posts I would have thought that you weren’t insecure. I apologize.
Do your thing and don’t care about what anyone else thinks bro
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No. I wash them on normal cycle and let shorts air dry. Jerseys... normal cycle and low heat on dryer.
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Machine wash, delicate setting, cold/cold. Tumble dry, lowest setting, no softener sheet.
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2 kinds of peeps.
Those who hand wash their bike shorts and those who have better things to do and own appliances.
I try to avoid shaking hands with the former
I guess there may also be a third type that hand washes because their shorts are dear to them but mental illness is excusable.
Those who hand wash their bike shorts and those who have better things to do and own appliances.
I try to avoid shaking hands with the former
I guess there may also be a third type that hand washes because their shorts are dear to them but mental illness is excusable.
Actually, the third kind of peeps are by far the majority--don't own bike shorts and never will.
I'm in that group unless you count cargo shorts as "bike shorts", and I definitely machine wash those.
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My method:
Toss bike shorts, tights and, jerseys, base layer into washing machine with other clothes. Wash on 'Normal' cycle, warm water. When done toss in dryer, dry using 'Normal' cycle, med heat until dry.
My wife's method:
Separate bike cloths from normal clothes. Wash on 'gentle' cycle using cold water. Remove from dryer, sort into pieces that go into dryer and pieces that air dry.(I can't tell the difference). Put dryer stuff in dryer on 'low' for ten minutes. Dry until mostly dry, still damp. remove from dryer and hang all over the house next to the still damp no-dryer stuff.
Why put stuff in the DRYER, if you don't want them dry? And if you do want them dry, then let the DRYER do it's job.
I notice no difference in the end result between the two methods.
Toss bike shorts, tights and, jerseys, base layer into washing machine with other clothes. Wash on 'Normal' cycle, warm water. When done toss in dryer, dry using 'Normal' cycle, med heat until dry.
My wife's method:
Separate bike cloths from normal clothes. Wash on 'gentle' cycle using cold water. Remove from dryer, sort into pieces that go into dryer and pieces that air dry.(I can't tell the difference). Put dryer stuff in dryer on 'low' for ten minutes. Dry until mostly dry, still damp. remove from dryer and hang all over the house next to the still damp no-dryer stuff.
Why put stuff in the DRYER, if you don't want them dry? And if you do want them dry, then let the DRYER do it's job.
I notice no difference in the end result between the two methods.
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I turn jerseys inside out and zip them up. I turn bib shorts inside out. I wash with sports detergent cold water in the hand wash cycle. I let it all air dry.
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No handshake for you!
I’m confused though. Has anyone in this thread expressed humiliation? I must have missed it.
If not, you must be referencing yourself and based upon what I know about you from your posts I would have thought that you weren’t insecure. I apologize.
Do your thing and don’t care about what anyone else thinks bro
I’m confused though. Has anyone in this thread expressed humiliation? I must have missed it.
If not, you must be referencing yourself and based upon what I know about you from your posts I would have thought that you weren’t insecure. I apologize.
Do your thing and don’t care about what anyone else thinks bro
Maybe your reputation is larger than this single thread ... I'm not sayin', just sayin'
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Speak for yourself. I machine wash and dry bike clothes because I have better things to do than laundry.
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There is a misconception out there that bike clothes are some how “delicate”. The materials used to make modern bicycles clothes...polyesters, nylon and Lycra...aren’t “delicate”. They are tough materials that aren’t harmed by normal washing and normal drying. Ask yourselves, do you wash your socks as delicates? Do you wash underwear as “delicate”? Would you wash a jacket as “delicate”? All of them are materials you’ll find in bicycle clothes.
Lycra, in fact, benefits from the heat of the dryer. The heat resets the stretch of the molecule. Lycra is even “set” at the point of manufacture by high heat...about 200°C (over 390°F). A home dryer doesn’t even get close to that temperature.
I’ve been machine washing and drying synthetic bicycle clothes for about as long as I’ve been wearing synthetic bicycle clothes. I have bike shorts and bike jerseys that are as old as 20 years that aren’t worn out or stretched out. Bicycle clothes are much tougher than people think.
Lycra, in fact, benefits from the heat of the dryer. The heat resets the stretch of the molecule. Lycra is even “set” at the point of manufacture by high heat...about 200°C (over 390°F). A home dryer doesn’t even get close to that temperature.
I’ve been machine washing and drying synthetic bicycle clothes for about as long as I’ve been wearing synthetic bicycle clothes. I have bike shorts and bike jerseys that are as old as 20 years that aren’t worn out or stretched out. Bicycle clothes are much tougher than people think.
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There is a misconception out there that bike clothes are some how “delicate”. The materials used to make modern bicycles clothes...polyesters, nylon and Lycra...aren’t “delicate”. They are tough materials that aren’t harmed by normal washing and normal drying. Ask yourselves, do you wash your socks as delicates? Do you wash underwear as “delicate”? Would you wash a jacket as “delicate”? All of them are materials you’ll find in bicycle clothes.
Lycra, in fact, benefits from the heat of the dryer. The heat resets the stretch of the molecule. Lycra is even “set” at the point of manufacture by high heat...about 200°C (over 390°F). A home dryer doesn’t even get close to that temperature.
I’ve been machine washing and drying synthetic bicycle clothes for about as long as I’ve been wearing synthetic bicycle clothes. I have bike shorts and bike jerseys that are as old as 20 years that aren’t worn out or stretched out. Bicycle clothes are much tougher than people think.
Lycra, in fact, benefits from the heat of the dryer. The heat resets the stretch of the molecule. Lycra is even “set” at the point of manufacture by high heat...about 200°C (over 390°F). A home dryer doesn’t even get close to that temperature.
I’ve been machine washing and drying synthetic bicycle clothes for about as long as I’ve been wearing synthetic bicycle clothes. I have bike shorts and bike jerseys that are as old as 20 years that aren’t worn out or stretched out. Bicycle clothes are much tougher than people think.
I'd still avoid running Lycra in high heat. And DEFINITELY avoid hanging Lycra to dry in direct sun.
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I have literally not washed a single garment since I got married over 20 years ago.
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Years ago, I lived (and raced) down in Mexico, and i used a local laundromat, which was kind of a PITA. And since I lived in the friggin' Yucatan jungle, my clothes were always soaked through with sweat, so i was going to at least give them a rinse in the shower, rather than let them sit like that till laundry day.
So, I eventually got in the habit of putting a shot laundry detergent in a 5-gal bucket, and hand washing them while I was in the shower. It was a pretty quick and simple system, and I got the clothes right back into the rotation. Win/win.
Now back in the states for several years, I still often wash them the exact same way, though I will also just toss them in the machine with a load of regular clothes, if I'm about to do a load already.
So my answer is........BOTH.
So, I eventually got in the habit of putting a shot laundry detergent in a 5-gal bucket, and hand washing them while I was in the shower. It was a pretty quick and simple system, and I got the clothes right back into the rotation. Win/win.
Now back in the states for several years, I still often wash them the exact same way, though I will also just toss them in the machine with a load of regular clothes, if I'm about to do a load already.
So my answer is........BOTH.