Bikes are great clothes hangers

[FirstV8]

For those who have there bikes inside and have a dedicated room for them , do you use you handle bars , saddle and top tube as clothes hangers for the sweaty kit you have just taken off and still will wear it the next day . I have a wash basket into which the dirty mtb bike kit gets dropped in for the wash . A big advantage to this method of drying out my kit is that the room has a particular nasty smell , dirty mtb bike , rubber tyres hanging in a cupboard ,, sweaty cycling shoes and what ever else stuck to me while riding . This keeps my wife out of it and never knows what's new , old or being replaced .

[Kranswurm]

For those who have there bikes inside and have a dedicated room for them , do you use you handle bars , saddle and top tube as clothes hangers for the sweaty kit you have just taken off and still will wear it the next day . I have a wash basket into which the dirty mtb bike kit gets dropped in for the wash . A big advantage to this method of drying out my kit is that the room has a particular nasty smell , dirty mtb bike , rubber tyres hanging in a cupboard ,, sweaty cycling shoes and what ever else stuck to me while riding . This keeps my wife out of it and never knows what's new , old or being replaced .

smelly welly.....used kit belongs in the wash.Sis man

[gummibear]

I never wear kit without washing it.For some reason my sweat smells really bad the day after

[TNT1]

For those who have there bikes inside and have a dedicated room for them ,

Yeah, it's called the garage.

[NotSoBigBen]

Yeah, it's called the garage.

Infidel!

 

I never hang things on bikes, neither those in the bike room nor those in the garage ... doesn't matter how short the ride it all goes straight into the washing basket

[Steady Spin]

Nothing like pulling in that musky bacteria filled clothing to squeeze just another ride out of it.

 

Same as flipping the jocks inside out?

 

Nothing hangs on my bikes and gear is washed immediately after a ride.

[Bomberman]

For those who have there bikes inside and have a dedicated room for them , do you use you handle bars , saddle and top tube as clothes hangers for the sweaty kit you have just taken off and still will wear it the next day . I have a wash basket into which the dirty mtb bike kit gets dropped in for the wash . A big advantage to this method of drying out my kit is that the room has a particular nasty smell , dirty mtb bike , rubber tyres hanging in a cupboard ,, sweaty cycling shoes and what ever else stuck to me while riding . This keeps my wife out of it and never knows what's new , old or being replaced .

[Colin Pym]

Off the body, onto the outside chair to dry, into the wash basket....!

[Me rida my bicycle]

I never wear kit without washing it.For some reason my sweat smells really bad the day after

I think that goes for most of us, some people's nose just don't work. ????

[ChrisF]

[Wimmas]

Both my bike and my GF's stands in our room. I use hers to hang my towel over. Dries quickly

[TNT1]

Infidel!

 

 

3 car garage, and only two cars now that I returned the company car in favour of a car allowance.

[TNT1]

Just checking. Yup, thread is still sif.

[Thermophage]

For those who have there bikes inside and have a dedicated room for them , do you use you handle bars , saddle and top tube as clothes hangers for the sweaty kit you have just taken off and still will wear it the next day . I have a wash basket into which the dirty mtb bike kit gets dropped in for the wash . A big advantage to this method of drying out my kit is that the room has a particular nasty smell , dirty mtb bike , rubber tyres hanging in a cupboard ,, sweaty cycling shoes and what ever else stuck to me while riding . This keeps my wife out of it and never knows what's new , old or being replaced .

Yep, almost never wear the same kit only once. 

It's irresponsible and unnecessary in a water scarce planet and especially country.

Hang it up, air it out (whether in the house or in the garage draped over bikes) and re-use, at least twice IMO. The old sniff test works wonders and besides, 10min into a ride you wont notice anyway.

[TNT1]

Yep, almost never wear the same kit only once. 

 besides, 10min into a ride you wont notice anyway.

Those riding with you will notice. And then you'll notice cause they'll either be puking or not riding with you anymore...

[Thermophage]

Those riding with you will notice. And then you'll notice cause they'll either be puking or not riding with you anymore...

Interesting how ppl selectively nitpic certain points to reply to.

Again, take a smell once you've hung up your kit for a day or 2 and reasssess your preconceived notions.

You'd honestly be hard pressed to smell any dodgey odor if it was hung up properly post last ride at least one time. 

Damp clothes stuffed in a small space (i.e. even a washing basket) will be a great way for optimal smelly bacterial growth.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Thermophage