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So, my wonderful BF is coming into town for all of next week and I was making sure that he had a spare tube and CO2 in his seat bag thingy... I bent down so I was at eye level to the bag and EWWWWW oh my goodness, it smelled so bad!! It was his seat! It is DISGUSTING!!! I don't doubt that it was, it makes common sense when you've had the seat/bike for multiple yeas, done multiple MS 150s on it... but still...
Is there anything that I can do to help the smell???? :eek:
Are you sure it wasn't the seat bag?
It's probably the seat. That's why I stopped being a seat sniffer.
Tell him to use a nice smelling chamois cream- it normally leaches through the chamois and "greases" the saddle. That's what our saddles smell like...
When I come across repair bikes in that same situation, I generally put a fabric softenener sheet in them.(either underneath on the rails or in the cutout if they have one) It certainly makes the shop smell a bit nicer(and there can be many , many bikes in at the same time with the same problem) And hopefully it smells a bit better when the customer picks up the bike. This is short of a new saddle:rolleyes:
That isn't actually the reason why I always give myself a little localized sponge bath if I'm riding in the morning (i.e., if I haven't had a shower yet that day - I'm not going to waste the energy and water on a full-body shower immediately before a ride).
But I'm sure my saddle smells better for it. :p
OakLeaf- That's Hillarious! I baby wipe sometimes too!!!
OK... I'll put some dryer sheets around it... and one in the saddle bag!!!
He doesn't use Chamois cream! (I KNOW!!) but maybe I'll spray his rear with Febreeze or something before he gets on! hehe
Thanks everyone! :cool:
Not everyone needs to.Quote:
Originally Posted by polly4711
can't you just wash the saddle?
even leather saddles can be washed.
(note to self, do NOT sniff DH's saddle)
How do you clean it with out taking it off the bike? I don't want to mess up his fit...Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
you can't clean it ON the bike? with a sponge? a wet rag?
Have you considered something like Febreze - on the seat, not his butt - (or Lysol)?
I've been known to spritz a little Fabreeze on the saddle before taking the bike into the shop. If my gloves can get unbearably stenchy, the part that I sit on gets even worse!
That's why they make saddles with that cut-out, as it let's the farts go *through*, where they are then dispersed by the rear wheel.
-- gnat! :D
Don't think I would be sniffing my bike seat. Its bad enough that our dogs and cats sniff each other. Besides, none of my bikes have saddle bag anyway.
And I haven't given it a sniff test (not about to either). Somethings are best left alone. :D
Fabreez in my short, I think not. I can just imagine when I'm in ER again.