My helmet smells again

essex-commuter
essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
edited July 2012 in Commuting chat
and tonight it is going in the washing machine. A colleague said he put his S-Works lid into the washing machine in a bag and it worked a treat.

Is there a reason I really shouldn't do this? Was he lucky and will mine crumble?

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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    can i suggest

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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Use cycling caps!
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    notsoblue wrote:
    Use cycling caps!

    It's the straps that look (and I presume smell) grotty...and I can't remove them.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    essex-commuter wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    Use cycling caps!

    It's the straps that look (and I presume smell) grotty...and I can't remove them.

    Stand in the shower with your helmet on.

    Put a little shampoo in it whilst you shower.
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,632
    Makes showering safer too.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Just make sure you remember to wash both helmets.

    Either being smelly is not cool.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    edited July 2012
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Just make sure you remember to wash both helmets.

    Either being smelly is not cool.

    with shampoo?

    For God's sake don't ask the wife for Head and Shoulders while pointing down there (unless it's your birthday)
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,768
    If you bang your head getting into the shower will it be the helmet that you KNOW saved your life?
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  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    Veronese68 wrote:
    If you bang your head getting into the shower will it be the helmet that you KNOW saved your life?

    ^^^ Genius! :lol::lol:
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    essex-commuter wrote:
    and tonight it is going in the washing machine. A colleague said he put his S-Works lid into the washing machine in a bag and it worked a treat.

    Is there a reason I really shouldn't do this? Was he lucky and will mine crumble?

    I can't believe you put a helmet in the washing machine! Surely the detergent and all that bashing around is going to affect how strong it is... They're not designed to be chucked about in a washing machine drum!
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  • dylanfernley
    dylanfernley Posts: 409
    have you thought about circumcision ?
  • woodnut
    woodnut Posts: 562
    At the risk of adding to the fnarr fnarr double entendres

    Are helmets really meant to get quite that wet?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,341
    essex-commuter wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    Use cycling caps!

    It's the straps that look (and I presume smell) grotty...and I can't remove them.

    I'm pretty sure they can. I have the model down from you, and those straps are pretty easy to remove. More tricky to re-thread, but not that difficult.
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  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    If you ARE going to put it in the washer I'd put it in the next time you do a "towels" wash.

    1) towels mean padding
    2) if you stick it on on it's own it's going to make one hell of a racket on the spin cycle
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    For some reason this thread makes me think of these:

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    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Well I went for it. I put the helmet in a pillow case and put other clothing in the machine as per normal. 30 minute short cycle (I don't mean I went for one, that's the wash programme I selected!).

    It came out looking new, put it in the warm sun and it was dry within 10 minutes, wore it again this morning. I'm sure no manufacturer would suggest doing it but I was willing to take the risk.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Its all well and good it looking like new, but does it still smell?
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    after all this talk... your name's not bobby is it?
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    rubertoe wrote:
    Its all well and good it looking like new, but does it still smell?


    Didn't actually say did I. Yes, the smell has been eradicated 100%, my helmet is smell free, clean...and shiny.



    Thanks.
    Bobby.
  • dylanfernley
    dylanfernley Posts: 409
    well done -- Bobby's Got a Gleaming Clean Helmet--- be able to smell you in a crowd :P
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Where the hell are you putting your helmet to make it smell that bad?

    That's why I shave!
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