Sweaty helmet

falcons
falcons Posts: 16
edited August 2008 in Workshop
Simple question - what's the best way to clean a sweaty bike helmet? Submerge in a bucket of soapy water?

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I tend to rinse mine after a ride. Then again - I only ride a couple of times a week.

    Riding with a bandana beneath it would soak up most of the sweat.
  • Campervan27
    Campervan27 Posts: 137
    Completed the Devil Ride on Sunday... today I have a major outbreak of spots across my forehead... gutted and I was getting all that attention from the ladies top boot !!!

    :evil:
    Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
  • billybiker
    billybiker Posts: 272
    I put mine in the washing machine on a 30 delicates. Works for me.
    www.withamwheelers.co.uk
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,091
    billybiker wrote:
    I put mine in the washing machine on a 30 delicates. Works for me.

    Surely not!? :shock:
  • billybiker
    billybiker Posts: 272
    I try to wrap it in one of m T shirts, works fine. My Aero helmet I wash in the bath with a bit of lux flakes.
    www.withamwheelers.co.uk
  • c12345
    c12345 Posts: 99
    I had great success with soaking them in water then 60secs on high in a cat E microwave. Proper sterile
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Take it in the shower with you. When you shampoo your hair simply put it on and wiggle it around a bit. Rinse off.

    Dennis Noward
  • falcons
    falcons Posts: 16
    i think the shower trick might be the most "wife friendly"

    Thx
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    falcons wrote:
    i think the shower trick might be the most "wife friendly"

    Thx

    After being told, many times, "get that smelly thing out of the house" I started the
    shampoo thing to keep her happy.

    Dennis Noward
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    that is a very good idea, but rinse it thoroughly otherwise, come the first shower or sweat...

    BUBBLES! Plus that would really sting the old eyeballs!
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  • unclemalc
    unclemalc Posts: 563
    billybiker wrote:
    I put mine in the washing machine on a 30 delicates. Works for me.

    Thats wot I do - works a treat... :D
    Spring!
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I cant see that putting it in a washing machine is going to be great for it. I wouldnt wash my running shoes in a machine, much less something that meant to be protecting my head.
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    you put your helmet in the washing machine and the microwave ????????????

    ooh er missus
  • c12345
    c12345 Posts: 99
    not the whole helmet - just the pads!
  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    I wash the pads from my Giro Pnuemo after every ride and rince the helmet and straps under a warm tap. Seems to work.
    I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Sure would be nice if helmets came with a spare pair or two of pads.

    Dennis Noward
  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    c12345 wrote:
    not the whole helmet - just the pads!

    I'm wasted on here
  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    wasted? dont worry about the crazy people. i just hand wash the pads with ASSOS Active Wear Cleanser with my cycle clothes (which isnt assos)

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