Washing your shorts

[SouthernBelle]

In light of the thread on UTIs, AND the fact that I am off the bike until I get rid of this d@*^# yeast infection, what about washing shorts???

I normally wash mine in cold water in the washer and toss them in the dryer. But is this enough to get rid of the evil beasties? You can't bleach 'em. I've never used hot water on them. What do you think.

BTW, I do all the right stuff to avoid these blasted infections. Stil get one every year. You can set your calendar by them.

[bikerchick68]

I wash in cold water with Woolite and let air dry...

I feel for ya on the infection... my doc suggested I eat yogurt daily as well as sour cream to help my body combat them naturally... has helped tremendously! Hope you feel better soon...

[pooks]

Wow, I've been washing mine with the other clothes. Sometimes I let them air dry but sometimes they get tossed in the dryer without me realizing it.

This is bad, huh?

[bikerchick68]

pooks... supposedly it makes the lycra deteriorate faster... as well as the fabric used for jerseys... I figure Woolite is cheaper than new bike clothes so I go with it! LOL...

[mimitabby]

hey, if you have an infection, you had BETTER get those shorts HOT
to wash them!!
your body is more important than the shorts. You can always buy new ones..
we've washed and dried our shorts (all of them) in the washer/warm cycle and
hot dryer and they are doing just great..
But if you don't get the water temp or air temp up you are NOT going to kill the yeast!

[ikkin]

okay, this might be totally dumb, but...

i'm confused! i wear undies under my bike shorts...so they get dirty...but not DIRTY, if you know what i mean.

are you supposed to fly sans-undies? help!

[bikerchick68]

ikkin... shorts are meant to be worn commando... no undies as they have seems which can and will creat chafing especially on longer rides!