greg66's fragrant hands
tardington
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Is there a way I can wash my Specialised Radiant gloves before I put them away until autumn? They are beginning to impart a certain... odour de road to my hands, and besides they're too warm really for commuting now.
I asking because they've got the thinsulate stuff in, and all the reflective piping etc; I'd just turn them inside out and do them at 30, but they're dead comfy and I don't want to bollocks them. 8)
(ps I did do a search!)
I asking because they've got the thinsulate stuff in, and all the reflective piping etc; I'd just turn them inside out and do them at 30, but they're dead comfy and I don't want to bollocks them. 8)
(ps I did do a search!)
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2. microwave them for 30 seconds (ditto)
3. freeze them for a couple of days (may not work).
4. use an odourless anti-bacterial spray on them.
The smell is* the end result of of bacteria breaking down stuff in your sweat. If you don't kill the bugs, the smell won't go away.
*I assume it is, anyway. You don't carry home wet fish in your gloves, do you?
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Actually, no, I don't having washcloth finger pong syndrome.
I borrowed some ski gloves from a mate about 20 years ago, and Jayzuz, those things could run around the room like something from the Addams Family. I did a bit a research and gathered a wealth of knowledge.
I used to ride year round without socks. That led to a some absolutely minging bike shoes. And bloody cold toes. Same principle.
I had to burn the shoes. One of them managed to escape, hopping his fiery footprints over horizon...
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Btw, no, no fish in my gloves. So far.
Might try the 60 degree wash then... They'll be inside out for ages, completely dry, if that helps? Or will they just start to hum the moment I put them on again?
Remembered another one. Make up a 3x recommended concentration of Milton's solution. Maybe stronger (if it goes through the fabric, it's too strong. Stop immediately). Leave to soak for a few hours. Rinse thoroughly. Unless you've always wanted to find out what dermatitis is like.
Where are our resident chemists? Presumably, as it's Friday afternoon, they're setting light to lengths of magnesium, melting testtubes, superheating metal tripods and whacking them under the cold tap, and lighting the tap for the bunsen burners. Tsk tsk.
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Bitter personal experience eh?
Either that or they're already in the pub, boring the staff to tears and lending credence to the landlord's homicidal fantasies...
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"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
Yes, yes, very good. :?
And no, you *still* may not smell my hands. Don't make me get the injunction out again... :shock:
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You smelly-handed weirdos. :shock:
Also, if you do suffer from chronic stink-hand, maybe consider gloves with silks/inners, like the assos gloves of many layers that make you look like danny devito in that batman film....
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Your name is going in the Book! :? :P
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But apparently they give you smelly hands...
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Oh, FFS. This is like Morcombe & Wise. But with two straight guys.
I DO NOT HAVE SMELLY HANDS OR GLOVES!
In the interests of veracity I will be offering a hand/glove smelling booth on the Embankment this evening. All proceeds to charidee.
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My hands don't actually smell, per se. They just seem like they could. Does that make sense?
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Solution = more gloves and don't keep them very long, stinky! :P
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Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
Methinks that phrase was coined by* the Thickie Brothers having repeated over and over their wrong-headed meanderings in the face of proof to the contrary, and being confronted with what they found to be the inexplicable rage of frustration of normal people directed at the stubbornness of the resolutely dim.
*I am aware of the origins of the phrase.
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But they are expensive!
Have you not realised yet that cycling is EXPENSIVE - now MTFU and deposit your credit card with the LBS, tusk!
Phew! what's that smell? it seems to be leaking across the Internet, can you please NOT wear those gloves while you post :P
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
I'll get my coat.
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They're going round on a 30 degree synthetic wash as I write.
We shall see.
I know the mitts are pretty much bombproof, but these are the first winter gloves that have lasted an actual whole winter...
I couldn't face washing the old ones once more, it took me about two days to get all the inner lining back in the right place.
You didn't say which year...
If they're anything like my old gloves I presume you meant Monday 2010.
Don't say you don't.
What would Thora Hurd do?
Walking (!) home the other day, I found an Altura glove in the gutter, completely filthy, grimy soaked through and probably run over by traffic for who knows how long. Looked binable but I took it home (in a plastic bag) and gave it a normal wash cycle. Result: one brand new looking/feeling spare glove.
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That reminds me of the time when I saw a bag of chips on the pavement outside MacDs. They'd been walked on a couple of times, and I think the corner of the bag had been nibbled by something, but I gave them a bit of a wipe and most of the muck came right off. Almost good as new. Yum yum!
I'm going to take a really wild stab in the dark here, but you're not married, are you?
Now, what are you going to do with one odd glove?
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Ewwwwww!
Who knows where that glove had been? :shock:
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