We all know that very specific smell of bike clothes that have seen one too many days in the saddle. After so many times through the washing machine the smell seems to linger, and eventually may get so bad that your riding buddies won’t want to ride behind you anymore.
I have a bunch of clothes that has been banished to only living in the garage by my wonderful wife Lauren, but this trick with fix them right up. If it were up to her, they would be burned in the fire pit out back by now, but I’m confident my procedure will pass the wife test with flying colors.
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WIN clothes detergent. You can buy it easily at Amazon (https://amzn.com/B00K0WS2GW). This allows you to avoid the process of washing your clothes in the tub--this detergent gets the stink out and you just wash your gear like normal. I've been using WIN for seven years now and it's a lifesaver; I've tried other brands (and used the vinegar method) but WIN works the best. I'll also add that you can wash your gear in your washer with vinegar and use a soak cycle if your machine has that...if you don't have a soak cycle, simply let the washer fill then shut it off and go back in an hour and turn it back on. That's a lot easier than transferring your clothes from bathtub to washer.
IMPORTANT: Never put your bike gear in the dryer, particularly with a dryer sheet. Those dryer sheets allow the stink to bake into the fiber. Also, the heat of the dryer is far more destructive on bike gear than machine washing--it breaks down the fibers of your clothes.
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