Wet bike gear smell

**khabel** · 18th July 2012, 08:38

With all the rain we've been having in Auckland is there anyway to stop my textiles smelling like rotten fish when I arrive at work?

**Bald Eagle** · 18th July 2012, 08:57

Eat garlic before riding

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**f2dz** · 18th July 2012, 08:59

Reminds me that I should probably get mine checked over by someone cos I have a horrible sense of smell.

I guess it's just like any other piece of clothing? Wash them when it gets bad, keep them in a well ventilated area when you're not wearing them, not inside your closet. I just hang my gear over chairs around the dining table, in front of a dehumidifier if they're still damp. Seems to be okay in the morning.

**duckonin** · 18th July 2012, 08:59

Originally Posted by khabel

With all the rain we've been having in Auckland is there anyway to stop my textiles smelling like rotten fish when I arrive at work?

(1). Yep, have a shower...

(2) Always put on line to air out. (3) Buy new gear.

**FJRider** · 18th July 2012, 09:32

It's the acid content in the Auckland air. Either move areas ... or live with it.

But make sure the gear is properly aired out and dried between rides.

**Flip** · 18th July 2012, 09:44

Send a few inches down here. We have had 6mm of rain in the last 8 weeks and its very dry.

**CookMySock** · 18th July 2012, 12:05

Textiles - turn inside out and throw in the washing machine, dry on the clothesline. Put a fat dose of detergent in with them.

**Akzle** · 18th July 2012, 12:32

Originally Posted by Flip

Send a few inches down here. We have had 6mm ~~of rain~~ in the last 8 weeks and its very dry.

that's what she said.

**skippa1** · 18th July 2012, 12:55

Originally Posted by khabel

With all the rain we've been having in Auckland is there anyway to stop my textiles smelling like rotten fish when I arrive at work?

you might need to wash your piss flaps

**FJRider** · 18th July 2012, 12:58

Originally Posted by CookMySock

Textiles - turn inside out and throw in the washing machine, dry on the clothesline. Put a fat dose of detergent in with them.

Thats fine ... but pretty much ruins the water repellency. To combat that ... a wash straight after with no detergent, and a couple of caps of NIKWAX / TX. Direct wash in, will re-waterproof. It works a treat ...

**Akzle** · 18th July 2012, 17:35

Originally Posted by FJRider

Thats fine ... but pretty much ruins the water repellency. To combat that ... a wash straight after with no detergent, and a couple of caps of NIKWAX / TX. Direct wash in, will re-waterproof. It works a treat ...

borrow mum's cheese grater and use SUNLIGHT soap (or similar) instead of laundry detergent. half a cake is a large wash-load.
also good for hunting clothes as doesn't lay thick with the "whiter and brighter" UV thingees.

then go roll in hotwax, sno-seal, sex wax, nubbin/dubbin/waxxy wax - particularly on the seams. goretex also sell some "re-proofing" shit, but tbh by the time goretex isn't waterproof it's due for replacement.

**Bonez** · 18th July 2012, 19:01

Originally Posted by khabel

With all the rain we've been having in Auckland is there anyway to stop my textiles smelling like rotten fish when I arrive at work?

Don't go to work.....

**Usarka** · 18th July 2012, 19:50

Originally Posted by CookMySock

Textiles - turn inside out and throw in the washing machine, dry on the clothesline. Put a fat dose of detergent in with them.

Noooooooooo! Don't do this.

**Berries** · 18th July 2012, 22:02

Originally Posted by FJRider

It's the acid content in the Auckland air.

By jingo he could be right. My textile jacket must be ten years old now, ridden in all weathers and on most days. It's not been washed yet.

Or may be I do stink.