Originally Posted by
Mr. Hairy Legs
Helmet stink can't be half as bad as glove stink. I have to wash my gloves every second day.
Yeah, my glove funk is way worse than my helmet smell. I started off washing them every other day and finally bought several more sets.
I think my head sweat tends to dry more easily than my hand sweat. With the gloves, even using the fingerless, vented, meshy gloves, there is just not enough air flow to dry it. Here in Hot Humid Houston you need gloves to keep the handlebar grips from slipping out of your hands. So even without gloves, the air flow isn't enough on the grasping surfaces to dry up sweat.
At work, I point a mini fan that I use to cool off at the helmet to dry the padding and straps. I place the gloves close to the cooling fan exhaust on my laptop so the warm dry air can dry them.