Ver stink is caused by bacteria feeding ‘n breeding on your sweat.
I have to share my commute with lots of grumpy train commuters twice a day – in the evening, after I’ve bashed back to the station as quick as possible in order to get the train in time for the Udderlets’ bedtime stories. So it’s vital that I don’t stink.
I commute 13 miles a day (on a Brompton, for shame – but it’s a mixed commute involving a train) in the same Endura commuter trousers all week long when it’s cold, and in two different pairs of overshorts when it’s warm, with standard undercrackers underneath that get changed at each end. In the winter, I can get away with the same merino top for two days in a row under a waterproof or roubaix top, which is washed weekly. when I’m in short sleeves, they typically last one day before going in the wash.
Napisan is our friend for pongy artificial fibres, by the way – works a charm. No excuse for stinking kit.
A workmate’s cycling kit (about half a dozen of us, male and female, share a single shower room at work – not at the same time) honks to high heaven. We’ve all told him, but he’s in denial. By Wednesday, the shower room is fetid. Strangely enough, when he’s on holiday, it’s very tolerable.