Can you wash cycling gloves?

Harry B
Harry B Posts: 1,239
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
I've never washed by cycling gloves and to be honest they are beginning to smell a bit :shock:

Any idea if they will be okay to go in the washing machine?
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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    I've never had any problems.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I wash mine about every other ride.
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Met too! I don't wear my gloves more than a couple of rides before I bung them in the machine. It would be like wearing a pair of socks for weeks and weeks!
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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Met too! I don't wear my gloves more than a couple of rides before I bung them in the machine. It would be like wearing a pair of socks for weeks and weeks!

    There only a couple of years old. I wouldn't want to over do it :roll: The thing is that they also act as something of a hanky whilst I'm cycling so they are a bit "soiled" on the outside and sweaty on the inside :cry:
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Harry B wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Met too! I don't wear my gloves more than a couple of rides before I bung them in the machine. It would be like wearing a pair of socks for weeks and weeks!

    There only a couple of years old. I wouldn't want to over do it :roll: The thing is that they also act as something of a hanky whilst I'm cycling so they are a bit "soiled" on the outside and sweaty on the inside :cry:

    Yes I use mine as a tissue/hanky and have to wash them every couple of rides. I can't believe you've worn them for 2 years! They must practically walk on their own!
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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Harry B wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Met too! I don't wear my gloves more than a couple of rides before I bung them in the machine. It would be like wearing a pair of socks for weeks and weeks!

    There only a couple of years old. I wouldn't want to over do it :roll: The thing is that they also act as something of a hanky whilst I'm cycling so they are a bit "soiled" on the outside and sweaty on the inside :cry:

    Yes I use mine as a tissue/hanky and have to wash them every couple of rides. I can't believe you've worn them for 2 years! They must practically walk on their own!

    I only wear then in the winter....
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Harry B wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Harry B wrote:
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Met too! I don't wear my gloves more than a couple of rides before I bung them in the machine. It would be like wearing a pair of socks for weeks and weeks!

    There only a couple of years old. I wouldn't want to over do it :roll: The thing is that they also act as something of a hanky whilst I'm cycling so they are a bit "soiled" on the outside and sweaty on the inside :cry:

    Yes I use mine as a tissue/hanky and have to wash them every couple of rides. I can't believe you've worn them for 2 years! They must practically walk on their own!

    I only wear then in the winter....

    Still... Get 'em in the wash asap...
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  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    If they have velcro straps and you're putting them in the same wash as the rest of your kit, make sure you stick the velcro together to stop it sticking to the other lycra and then becoming detatched at high speed. It wont do much damage, but it can rough up the fabrics.

    I forgot to do this recently and now one of my jerseys looks like it's been through a war! I genuinely thought the cat had been at it until I realized what had happened.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    The palms can become hard and cracked if you let them dry too rapidly but other than that it's fine.
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Pross wrote:
    The palms can become hard and cracked if you let them dry too rapidly but other than that it's fine.

    IME that only happens with leather palmed gloves, if you're using cheaper synthetic ones it doesn't tend to be a problem
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  • stomith
    stomith Posts: 332
    Every two or 3 rides here too. Let's not mention the snail trails.
  • beverick
    beverick Posts: 3,461
    I don't understand the question.......

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  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    You can and you must!

    and, as suggested, let them dry naturally.

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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Just wash them...might have been an issue 20 years ago with chamois leather palm... but technology has moved on..like your shorts......

    2nd lock off the velcro straps though.........
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    I'm beginning to grow attached to the smell :shock: so they didn't go in the wash last night :lol:
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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Harry B wrote:
    I'm beginning to grow attached to the smell :shock: so they didn't go in the wash last night :lol:

    :lol: Surprised they haven't snapped, they must look like a slugs nightclub :wink:
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  • timmyflash
    timmyflash Posts: 526
    Wash you say?...

    I haven't washed mine since bought in Jan-ish, didn't realise you could. They do f-ing stink. Maybe i will. Maybe i won't...
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I never used to wash my gloves, I'm glad I wash them after every ride now though.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    freehub wrote:
    I never used to wash my gloves, I'm glad I wash them after every ride now though.

    Do you wash the rest of your kit these days? Or do you still prefer "mature" smelling cycling kit?
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  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    I hate to wipe my nose on them after washing - so if you see a bloke out and about on the bike with slug trails from his nostrils to his ears you'll know it's me trying to keep my best gloves clean.

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