Originally Posted by
guachi
I suffer from the smellies as well. I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes but when I shower after a ride I toss my cycling gear into the shower and wash as much of the salt and sweat out as I can. Squeeze out excess water, roll in towel, hang on drying rack.
I did that for quite a long time as well, but determined that things were not getting clean enough, contributing to smell, & even crotch funk.
Getting better results with normal machine wash & dry, permanent press cycle.
+1 on the oxy bleach to hopefully get back to baseline of no smell.