I've got an old short sleeved top, I think from Lidl back in the day, which is now reserved for 'on the turbo' duties. When it's clean it's pretty inoffensive, but after a warm workout there's a deep, earthy, weirdly acidic funk that comes off it. It's powerful and, sweet baby jesus and the orphans, it's awful. I even have a good old Smelly Helly that smells like a spring day in comparison.
What's yours?
none i was them regularly , no mingers here
I have an old Decathlon baselayer, it's easily 10 years old, and it is a bit of a "Goldilocks" thickness that I can't find now. It smells fine in the drawer but 5 mins after putting it on it absolutely hums. It is washed after every wear, has been washed in sport-wash type products, been in the sun, in the freezer, all the usual hacks. I really should throw it away...
My climbing shoes can get pretty grim
None here, but I think some folk just generate more BO than others.
none i was them regularly , no mingers here
Oh yeah, I never thought about washing it, thanks, great idea
{eye roll}
My helmet reeks (ooer)
Tried cleaning it and the pads, but no success.
I get rid of stuff before it gets to that point.
always my gloves..
i guess its because everything else gets washed after use pretty much (exception being dwr stuff which i try to at least keep for 2 sessions)
Mike Ferrentino had an article over on NSMB this week and in it he mentions wearing shorts for two rides before washing. It made me wonder whether I was washing my kit too much. I decided I wasn't.
Answer to the question: a couple of cheaper or older jerseys reserved for the turbo which, as some above, smell as soon as they get warm.
My back protector, without a doubt. I've got 2 so they get rotated/washed every time but they just stink. 2 hours at the NCC bmx track twice a week and it's got a definite funk
I've got a couple of Planet X base layers which are pretty old but smell even after washing, then stink after use. I've tried Halo but doesn't seem to make much difference. I could probably do with replacing them tbh!
My climbing shoes can get pretty grim
My old Evolv are probably one of the worst things I've ever smelt that hadn't died in the corner of a soggy field
always my gloves..
Ditto - Cycling each day just doesn't allow washing all the time despite having two winter pairs
Definitely gloves!
Spent a week motorbiking in Morocco, my boots have been banned from the house since!
Yep, gloves.
Years ago in France, was on a cable car - we'd been doing DH runs for 2-3 days by that point and riding back up in the cabin could smell something acidic / vinegary and generally offensive. Sniffing around, I raised my hand to my face and was instantly hit with it. They absolutely reeked. Got binned at the ski station and I had to buy some new ones back in town.
Old Helly Hanson baselayers were always renowned for developing a right stink too.
Gloves, helmet and shoes...all 3 absolutely reek. Gloves get a wash and they are fine for 1 ride and then it starts again...I can't be bothered washing them after every ride.
Shoes, I'm pretty sure are starting to rot but they tend to take about 10 ride from new before the smell starts changing.
Helmet just seems to not want to dry so the pads seem to just fester. Even with a bit of mild heat and air flow I can't seem to prevent the smell happening.
My riding kit honks after I finish a ride, so I'm pretty sure it is me just sweating and generating heat far too easily.
I have some Decathlon Kiprun tops that seem to react badly with my sweat, they absolutely stink after a sweaty rollers ride! At first I thought my BO had just changed or it was dependant on what I'd eaten or drank, but I don't seem to get it with other brand tops. Shame as they're well priced and a good cut for riding in, but only suitable for solo rides or preferably indoor rides where there's no chance of anyone else catching a whiff.
My riding kit honks after I finish a ride, so I'm pretty sure it is me just sweating and generating heat far too easily.
I'm a heavy sweater and ride/run hot too but my kit isn't that bad. As above, I reckon some folk just generate more BO than others.
Mmm, the salty tang of a pair of gloves you've worn for a week in the Alps.
Always was shoes, but then I bought a shoe drier....!
One of the downsides of living in a subtropical climate is there’s only a small part of the year where I’m not wet through with sweat after any exercise. I have to wring my shirts out after a ride.
After a morning ride near work I towel off before driving the last bit to work and getting a shower. The wet gear has to stay in the car for the day … I guess it gets well over 40 in there.
I have a Tough Mudder shirt from 2013 that honks, not just of sweat but years of insect repellent.
look up Scuvvers if you want a neat solution for keeping the car seats clean.
Nothing, now that I use an antibacterial sport wash (Halo), upgraded the clothes dryer to a heated tented one, and use a dehumidifier in the same room. (Outside on a dry day is best though)
I find drying stuff quickly is just as important as the washing, although I’m sure certain clothes (cheap hollow fibre) still resist proper washing. And the cheap polyester polo shirts I have to wear as uniform is particularly prone to whiffing, a few extra hours damp and they will smell as soon as my body has started to warm them up!
Base layers are weird. I've got one I've had for over 25 years (turbo only these days) that's still fine. But I've had others that have developed that 'stink as soon as you put them on' thing quite quickly.
My Giro Privateer Lace shoes are excellent but if they get properly wet they really stink.
By the end of a ride it’s probably me, but I clean quickly and easily
Shoes. They develop over time, a particular musty odour that probabaly has it's origins in newspaper stuffed into them and too fast drying over radiators...Nothing I do seems to stop all of them developing the same smell over time. I can mitigate it when the sun comes out by exposing them to UV, but this time of year...pretty bad.
You wouldn’t want to smell my wetsuit boots
I'm pretty much much completely anosmic. None of my stuff smells...
Can I suggest
I have a couple of base layers that can smell of ammonia after a ride which I rarely use because of it. Shoes can stink if not dried quickly, especially winter boots with neoprene (dehumidifier for the win).
Gloves are another but I wash every ride as I have loads.
I have a couple of base layers that can smell of ammonia after a ride which I rarely use because of it. Shoes can stink if not dried quickly, especially winter boots with neoprene (dehumidifier for the win).
Gloves are another but I wash every ride as I have loads.
Googled it, protein is broken down into uric acid after high intensity workouts and not helped with synthetic clothing.
My wetboots can get nasty but mix of bootdryer (if not too wet) or stuffing them with paper/rags and putting them in the dry:soon keeps it under control. Probably shortens the lifespan but it lessens the chance of them actually achieving sentient life so think its worth it.
Base layers are normally fine so long as ideally wash them soon and if not make sure they are aired. When I cycled to work did have to get merino baselayers since they were the only ones which didnt seem likely to have the SAS abseiling in guns blazing to take out the biological warfare lab at the end of the day.