Smelly cyclists

hstiles

Light hearted thread for a Friday.

My employer provides male and female changing rooms with shower, basin and lockers. I'm not exactly one to spend loads on cycling gear and my attire reflects this - pair of camo or football shorts and a cheap Karrimor cycling or running top from sports Direct.

However one of the blokes that works in the building rides to work in the same thick cotton longsleeve jumper and tracksuit bottoms 5 days a week. By Thursday his clothes could probably ride themselves home.

This morning it was so ripe int here I nearly gagged whilst having a shower.

Does anyone else share changing facilities with person or persons with a similar dislike of washign powder?

the_prophet

....quite the opposite here, 3 of us ride in and share a small shower room (at seperate times) and it always smells pretty fresh around the office for a change when someone has ridden in. today, i'm not sure how but we all rode in and the office has a sort of new car smell to it. nice.

if I was in your position i'd maybe ask him to air his clothes off outside.

londonbairn

Last night on the way home I was cycling up to overtake another roadie. The stench in his tailwind of what smelt like he had not washed for a month was disgusting, so disgusting it made me pedal faster to get past.

Not exclusive to men too, I had a horrible whiff of a girl on a bike a few days ago.....

DonDaddyD

I've never had a shower at work. I have always had an elaborate and far too lengthy, complex and detailed process of cleaning myself in the disabled toilets.

I work in an office with two women, I'm so very concious on smelly clothes, I dread when it rains and the wet lycra has to dry...

To the OP, your mate with the tracksuit, I'd say something... recommend lycra or just tell him he stinks outright....

DonDaddyD

the_prophet wrote:

if I was in your position i'd maybe ask him to air his clothes off outside.

Is that even possible, women smelling bad... jesus its a dark World we live in post-crisis

You didn't find her attractive did you? I mean for a girl (you find attractive) to actually smell bad they'd not have to wash for an indefinate time, roll around in shite and worship the devil....

rf6

+1 for telling him outright. Hopefully it'll clear the air, if you forgive the pun.

itboffin

Clearly you've never met Greg T :P

biondino

Everyone reading this thread, take a second and give yourself, and your cycling gear, a quick sniff.

Do you smell? If so, do something about this, and thank this thread for preventing the embarrassment of a friend or colleague having to take you to one side and say "listen, this is really embarrassing but we've been meaning to tell you for a while..."

Kieran_Burns

My cycling gear always is a bit whiffy at the end of the day. I have my own cupboard for kit and get out the building sharpish when I get changed.

itboffin

Kieran_Burns wrote:

My cycling gear always is a bit whiffy at the end of the day. I have my own cupboard for kit and get out the building sharpish when I get changed.

Dirty boy :P

Kieran_Burns

Meh.

I have a clean set for each day, I'm just one of the sweat at any time brigade.

biondino

You shouldn't be whiffy after a few hours at work. If the clothes (and sweat) at the start of the day are clean, then they won't smell. Air them (i.e. don't keep them in a cupboard) so they dry quickly and hey presto, no pong.

If they DO smell, then either you or your clothes aren't as clean as they should/could be.

Kieran_Burns

biondino wrote:

You shouldn't be whiffy after a few hours at work. If the clothes (and sweat) at the start of the day are clean, then they won't smell. Air them (i.e. don't keep them in a cupboard) so they dry quickly and hey presto, no pong.

If they DO smell, then either you or your clothes aren't as clean as they should/could be.

**I'm** not whiffy :P The kit I cycle to work in IS whiffy when I come to get changed at the end of the day.

I use under-arm anti-pong, soap, water and talc to get myself smelling lurverly

itboffin

KB invest in some merino wool jerseys, yeh I know they cost a fortune but they handle sweat and smell so much better than synthetics.

Some of my jerseys have developed that when wet smell that no amount of cleaning will get rid of

Kieran_Burns

itboffin wrote:

KB invest in some merino wool jerseys, yeh I know they cost a fortune but they handle sweat and smell so much better than synthetics.

Some of my jerseys have developed that when wet smell that no amount of cleaning will get rid of

It's the price that has been putting me off to be honest...

lost_in_thought

Yeah, I am ultra-paranoid about being smelly, I tend at present to cycle in in clean kit every day, shower at a gym, change into work gear and have a fresh pair of non-bib shorts or wear leggings so I can cycle home in my work gear, which then goes straight in the wash along with the morning's cycle gear.

Suffice it to say, I do a lot of laundry.

However, today I failed to bring a component of my clothing set so am wearing part of the stuff I cycled in, and despite repeated assurances that I don't, I'm convinced I smell. :oops:

itboffin

Kieran_Burns wrote:

itboffin wrote:

KB invest in some merino wool jerseys, yeh I know they cost a fortune but they handle sweat and smell so much better than synthetics.

Some of my jerseys have developed that when wet smell that no amount of cleaning will get rid of

It's the price that has been putting me off to be honest...

I know, mental but worth it. In fact in the winter I have a couple of ASDA merino wool jumpers that I wear, cheap & warm and no smells.

Kieran_Burns

lost_in_thought wrote:

Yeah, I am ultra-paranoid about being smelly, I tend at present to cycle in in clean kit every day, shower at a gym, change into work gear and have a fresh pair of non-bib shorts or wear leggings so I can cycle home in my work gear, which then goes straight in the wash along with the morning's cycle gear.

Suffice it to say, I do a lot of laundry.

However, today I failed to bring a component of my clothing set so am wearing part of the stuff I cycled in, and despite repeated assurances that I don't, I'm convinced I smell. :oops:

Well... I didn't like to say....

itboffin

lost_in_thought wrote:

Yeah, I am ultra-paranoid about being smelly, I tend at present to cycle in in clean kit every day, shower at a gym, change into work gear and have a fresh pair of non-bib shorts or wear leggings so I can cycle home in my work gear, which then goes straight in the wash along with the morning's cycle gear.

Suffice it to say, I do a lot of laundry.

However, today I failed to bring a component of my clothing set so am wearing part of the stuff I cycled in, and despite repeated assurances that I don't, I'm convinced I smell. :oops:

But really she NOT mad at all :roll: :P

hstiles

For the avoidance of doubt, I fully admit to being a bit pongy byt he time I get home - I have cycled around12 miles each way after all. This is different though. Imagine cycling to work in a thermal long sleeve t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, which are dripping with sweat byt he time you arrive and simply hanging them over a heater for the day then popping them back on for the journey and repeating for 5 days a week.

I can only assume he's single and, probably, a virgin.

Kieran_Burns

itboffin wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

itboffin wrote:

KB invest in some merino wool jerseys, yeh I know they cost a fortune but they handle sweat and smell so much better than synthetics.

Some of my jerseys have developed that when wet smell that no amount of cleaning will get rid of

It's the price that has been putting me off to be honest...

I know, mental but worth it. In fact in the winter I have a couple of ASDA merino wool jumpers that I wear, cheap & warm and no smells.

Carp!

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ ... -284-p.asp

but that's nice :shock:

Chewy Cheeks

DonDaddyD wrote:

the_prophet wrote:

if I was in your position i'd maybe ask him to air his clothes off outside.

Is that even possible, women smelling bad... jesus its a dark World we live in post-crisis

You didn't find her attractive did you? I mean for a girl (you find attractive) to actually smell bad they'd not have to wash for an indefinate time, roll around in shite and worship the devil....

I've always had women devil worshippers down as being alluringly fragrant, as well as a few other things (all good though very little bad).

Merino wool is fabulous for dealing with smells though

Specialized Needs

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Carp!

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ ... -284-p.asp

but that's nice :shock:

Hmmm, sizing.

XL = 42" chest. On that sizing I would need an XXXXL!

rf6

lost_in_thought wrote:

Yeah, I am ultra-paranoid about being smelly, I tend at present to cycle in in clean kit every day, shower at a gym, change into work gear and have a fresh pair of non-bib shorts or wear leggings so I can cycle home in my work gear, which then goes straight in the wash along with the morning's cycle gear.

Suffice it to say, I do a lot of laundry.

However, today I failed to bring a component of my clothing set so am wearing part of the stuff I cycled in, and despite repeated assurances that I don't, I'm convinced I smell. :oops:

Your Shutt stuff should take a bit more riding than that!

lost_in_thought

rf6 wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Yeah, I am ultra-paranoid about being smelly, I

tend at present to cycle in in clean kit every day, shower at a gym, change into work gear and have a fresh pair of non-bib shorts or wear leggings so I can cycle home in my work gear, which then goes straight in the wash along with the morning's cycle gear.

Suffice it to say, I do a lot of laundry.

However, today I failed to bring a component of my clothing set so am wearing part of the stuff I cycled in, and despite repeated assurances that I don't, I'm convinced I smell. :oops:

Your Shutt stuff should take a bit more riding than that!

Almost certainly! But note above where I mention that I'm paranoid?

@kb, first you imply that I'm not awesome and now this?

rjsterry

It's not paranoia in my case, it's acceptance. Mrs RJS won't come near me when I get home until I've had a shower. All kit is washed after a single use (to and from work, or one weekend ride). A bit like mothballs for drafting fairies.

moonio

I've recently discovered that virgin coconut oil is very effective deoderant...something to do with the lauric acid in it which is a potent anti-bacterial agent...:)

pastey_boy

check this stuff out it works on the clothing that seems to smell no matter how many times its washed, probably cures cheesy helmets and quaver stinky gloves too
http://www.germwarfare.co.uk/products/l ... wash.phuse

pastryboy

moonio wrote:

I've recently discovered that virgin coconut oil is very effective deoderant...something to do with the lauric acid in it which is a potent anti-bacterial agent...:)

Do you mean it has deoderant properties when you eat it?

Would be a bit expensive to buy for use as a deoderant.

Butterd2

"Worked from home" on friday so got out of my usual routine, rode in this morning to find no keggs, socks or shoes in my locker, so sat here commando in my spud's which despite half a can of deodorant stink! :oops:

Cafewanda

moonio wrote:

I've recently discovered that virgin coconut oil is very effective deoderant...something to do with the lauric acid in it which is a potent anti-bacterial agent...:)

Buy from where!! Names, locations