Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? - Bike Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:47:41 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349550 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:20:04 +0000 If I can be bothered I'll rinse my kit off before bunging it in the machine or I wang it in straight out of tug bucket before the misses notices, then just wipe door seals down and voila clean kit :-)

just a pain in the arse you can't tumble dry most mtb gear :cry: so always draped over rads etc

]]> Bike Forum valleydaddy https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349550 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349549 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:09:08 +0000 I'll say maybe; we've had three washing machiones during our 14 year marriage, the associated crap of washing MTB kit may have contributed to premature demise of these machines, although m;lud, engineers have never attributed a breakdown to what has been washed.

]]> Bike Forum missingfrontallobe https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349549 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349548 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:05:27 +0000 I put muddy stuff in mine all the time, still going strong after two years (when I brought the flat, tho it wasn't new then, and probably cost all of 150 quid) I do tend to brush the rocks off it.

]]> Bike Forum Ewan https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349548 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349547 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:24:59 +0000 I hoped the grit would help remove limescale build up :-)

]]> Bike Forum timwillows https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349547 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349546 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:03:10 +0000 Not so much damage them but when the nice man came to fix our machine that wasn't emptying it was entirely down to the waste pipe being blocked with trail dirt from the clothes!! Took 3 years to get blocked though.

]]> Bike Forum forge197 https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349546 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349545 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:00:02 +0000 there was a great bit in the mag ages ago (or maybe a post on here)

some bloke whose wife got a repair man out to look at the machine & when she asked what was wrong, or why the repair was expensive or summit, he said "talk to your husband, he's fucked it!" :lol:

]]> Bike Forum scaredypants https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349545 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349544 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:54:51 +0000 3 daily washes

8O

Are you a member of the MF let's do loads of laundry club?

]]> Bike Forum molgrips https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349544 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349543 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:47:27 +0000 you could always wait till it packs up and get the wife a more reliable washing machine like this one

http://www.thepotteries.org/memories/dolly.jpg

]]> Bike Forum andymonty https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349543 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349542 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:42:15 +0000 my lass thinks that all machines should work flawlessly all the time regardless of how you treat them.
this means i have no greif on the washing front but allways have a mountain to climb when i have to fix her bike.

]]> Bike Forum nonk https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349542 Re: Do dirty post ride clothes damage the washing machine?? Need evidence for wife? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/do-dirty-post-ride-clothes-damage-the-washing-machine-need-evidence-for-wife/#post-1349541 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:24:11 +0000 Same as above comments really.... we've got an 8 year old Bosch, which has taken a complete beating. Muddy riding gear, trainers, wetsuits, and now the 3 daily washes demanded by our 7 month old (his clothes, that is, not him personally), and its still going strong.

This has however been a timely reminder for me to to check the filter!

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