Kinda personal but underwear???

[SouthernBelle]

BTW, I'm in the camp that throws shorts in the dryer too!

[sandra]

I think Lisa's solution is a good one considering how much these riding shorts cost. I paid more for my riding shorts than I pay for some of my best clothes. Considering the cost, they do need special treatment.

My problem is that where I live in the deep south, in the summer we are riding most days in heat from 95 degrees and up. I don't get that hot when I'm riding, but when I stop to take a break it is humid and muggy and HOT.

I never put mine in the dryer and in the fall and winter I'll try wearing panties and give them a rest and not wash them so much.

[Grog]

I also ride more than 3000km with every single pair of short, washing them after every ride. However, in the summer, they get washed by hand because I do laundry only once a week but ride more than four times a week (the number of pairs I own). I wash it before jumping in the shower with a bit of soap, wring well, hang to dry and voila! they are dry by the next ride.

I agree that regular washing machines are terrible with clothes, I can't wait for our laundry provider to install front-loaders.

[tygab]

I have a front loader and dryer. I run all our cycling shorts, socks, gloves, shirts thru with other soft items (towels t shirts etc) on a gentle setting and then toss the lot in the dryer. Everything has held up well with minimal wear. Much prefer shorts only, they felt funny with u/w. I didn't know at first either.

also I have some cheap and some more $ shorts. I reserve the $ ones for the longest rides and use the others for the daily workout type rides which can mean a few washings a week.

now my tri suit i may treat differently, but I also have yet to use it....

[Tuckervill]

I don't dry mine because my hubby is notorious for putting my clothes in the dryer on high. It's not only bad for my bike shorts (I believe), but for everything else I wear, too. So to keep him from accidentally putting my bike clothes in the dryer on high, I warned him high and low not to put them in at all.

I read recently that drying white clothes on high can make them dingy. I never knew that. My nice new dryer has all these cool settings that won't ruin my clothes, and I'm going to teach him how to use them if it takes me 20 years!

Karen

[Grog]

I don't dry mine because my hubby is notorious for putting my clothes in the dryer on high. It's not only bad for my bike shorts (I believe), but for everything else I wear, too.

It's also bad for the environment and for your wallet!

Using the dryer less means big energy savings...

[Trekhawk]

I use a clotheshorse to dry my cycling gear and it works well.