Cycling shorts

Micheal Artindale said:

I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use?
or less

Once a year

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2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

Just blow them with a hair drier

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3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they keep me cool, or will i sweat more? Is
there any deoderant that will at least prevent it form
smelling a lot?

Lube the chamois with extra virgin olive oil once a week

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4) any other suggestions?

Tampoons are your friends.

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Micheal

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Micheal Artindale said:

I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use? or
less

Once a year

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2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

Just blow them with a hair drier

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3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they

keep

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me cool, or will i sweat more? Is there any deoderant
that will at least prevent it form smelling a lot?

Lube the chamois with extra virgin olive oil once a week

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4) any other suggestions?

Tampoons are your friends.

What the hell is a tampoon?

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I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use?
or less

Every use will be fine.

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2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

Machine wash. Air dry.

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3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they keep me cool, or will i sweat more? Is
there any deoderant that will at least prevent it form
smelling a lot?

Give them a try, and decide for yourself.

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4) any other suggestions?

Ride?

mojo deluxe said:

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Tampoons are your friends.

What the hell is a tampoon?

It's sorta like a kotux.

Bill "HTH" S.

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Tampoons are your friends.

What the hell is a tampoon?

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Micheal Artindale said:

I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use? or
less

Once a year

Quoted message said:

2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

Just blow them with a hair drier

Quoted message said:

3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they keep me cool, or will i sweat more? Is
there any deoderant that will at least prevent it form
smelling a lot?

Lube the chamois with extra virgin olive oil once a week

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4) any other suggestions?

Tampoons are your friends.

Slacker, you're just evil! Funny, but evil. Michael, don't
listen to a word Slacker says. He's a known jokester here
in AM-B. Everyone knows it's an absolute waste of money to
use extra virgin olive oil on you shorts. Don't believe
the hype. Leave the EVOO for the kitchen. The cheap stuff
is just fine for the chamois, Hell I've even used canola
in a pinch.

Tom

tcmedara said:

Hell I've even used canola in a pinch.

So to speak.

Bill "crack, squint, etc." S.

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I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

Quoted message said:

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use? or
less
2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they keep me cool, or will i sweat more? Is
there any deoderant that will at least prevent it form
smelling a lot?

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4) any other suggestions?

Micheal

Do wash them every use, don't put them in a dryer. Don't dry
any synthetics...let 'em all air dry. Don't worry about
sweat/funk - that's what outdoor clothing is for. Matter of
fact, one of my favorite things to do after a ride is wring
out my soaked shorts just a bit too close to my buddies'
feet. Splashback from that is a [censored].

Chris

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I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use?
or less

2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they keep me cool, or will i sweat more? Is
there any deoderant that will at least prevent it form
smelling a lot?

4) any other suggestions?

None of this is relevant - ride commando and wash the seat
post ride.

Shaun aRe - Freedom and air-flow dude, freedom and air-flow.

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Slacker, you're just evil! Funny, but evil. Michael, don't
listen to a word Slacker says. He's a known jokester here
in AM-B. Everyone knows it's an absolute waste of money to
use extra virgin olive oil on you shorts. Don't believe
the hype. Leave the EVOO for the kitchen. The cheap stuff
is just fine for the chamois, Hell I've even used canola
in a pinch.

Tom

note... some synthetic chamois do not need chamois butter or
anything else. I thought you'd only use it on true leather
chamois anyway. If you get a good wicking short, I would not
worry about sweat or stink... I mean, is your sweat toxic or
something? You won't be the only one sweating or stinking on
your ride.

Penny

mojo deluxe said:

Is there any deoderant that will at least

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prevent it form smelling a lot?

If you wash them after every ride and air dry, they
should be OK...

but if they do get stinky, put some baking soda in
with the wash.

if all else fails, then pinesol works... but it can smell
as well. I use pinesol every few months on the knee and
elbow pads.

charlie

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I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use? or
less

2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they

keep

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me cool, or will i sweat more? Is there any deoderant
that will at least prevent it form smelling a lot?

4) any other suggestions?

None of this is relevant - ride commando and wash the
seat, post-ride.

Hell, why bother with a seat at all - just grease up the
seatpost and go.

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mojo deluxe said:

"Slacker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message -"]news:[email hidden]-
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Tampoons are your friends.

What the hell is a tampoon?

Just in case you get hungry and forgot yout Cliff bar seawifs.gsfc.nasa.govOOpen ↗
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LOL classic

Charles Beristain ran this through spell check:

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mojo deluxe said:

Is there any deoderant that will at least

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prevent it form smelling a lot?

If you wash them after every ride and air dry, they should
be OK...

but if they do get stinky, put some baking soda in with
the wash.

if all else fails, then pinesol works... but it can smell
as well. I use pinesol every few months on the knee and
elbow pads.

charlie

stinky bike gear recipe:

Try this. Soak in "Biz" overnight, at least 12 hours. this
is an enzyme based presoak that goes after organic matter,
not your regular presoak. Then, rinse that out and then run
through the wash with a laundry product called Oxyclean,
which is not an detergent it's an additive. You should be
able to get that at any supermarket.

reprint from 9/20/01 ;-)

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I just got my first pair of cycling shorts, and well i
have a few questions/concerns.

1) how often should it get cleaned? after every use?
or less

2) Is there an easy way to clean them?

3) I sweat alot in the summer, expecialy in the groin
area. Will they

keep

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me cool, or will i sweat more? Is there any deoderant
that will at

least

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prevent it form smelling a lot?

4) any other suggestions?

None of this is relevant - ride commando and wash the
seat, post-ride.

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Hell, why bother with a seat at all - just grease up the
seatpost and go.

My [censored] has an exit only valve.

Shaun aRe - And it's backed up by a strict policy of same
too.

James Calivar said:

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None of this is relevant - ride commando and wash the
seat, post-ride.

DISHONEST QUOTING!!! Shaun didn't have the comma OR hyphen
originally.

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Hell, why bother with a seat at all - just grease up the
seatpost and go.

That was his original meaning (or at least what he wrote)
until you "corrected it" for him.

Bill "btw commando just means no undies, so it's /de
rigueur/, right?" S.

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Shaun Rimmer said:

None of this is relevant - ride commando and wash the seat
post ride.

Or use a seat and wash it, I don't want to have anything to
do with needing to wash the seat post.

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Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove ".nospam" to reply)

mojo deluxe asked

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What the hell is a tampoon?

Are they not what mountaineers put on their boots to
climb up ice?

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What the hell is a tampoon?

hyperdictionary.comTampoonOpen ↗

Definition: \Tam"poon\, n. [See {Tampion}.] The
stopper of a barrel; a bung.