Woolite - yes or no?

[Bike Goddess]

I use Tide (no scent) for all of my bike stuff- wool included. I also put about 1/4 cup of white vinegar in the rinse (in the fabric softener cup of my machine). I never use the dryer for my clothes, just hang them up after the wash.

I've been using this method for washing all of our clothes for about 20 years now and haven't had any problems. However, since I live in the SF Bay Area, we are blessed with reasonably soft water so that may help.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I use Tide (no scent) for all of my bike stuff- wool included. I also put about 1/4 cup of white vinegar in the rinse (in the fabric softener cup of my machine). I never use the dryer for my clothes, just hang them up after the wash.

I've been using this method for washing all of our clothes for about 20 years now and haven't had any problems. However, since I live in the SF Bay Area, we are blessed with reasonably soft water so that may help.

Plus, you don't have to hang your clothes out to "dry" when it's 15 degrees F outside...they'd be frozen solid in ten minutes!

[OakLeaf]

Plus, you don't have to hang your clothes out to "dry" when it's 15 degrees F outside...they'd be frozen solid in ten minutes!

Hey, ice will sublimate after a while. You're not riding that often in 15F anyway are you?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey, ice will sublimate after a while. You're not riding that often in 15F anyway are you?

I don't ride too often at 15 degrees, maybe once every couple of weeks starting out the door at that temp in the first part of the morning if it looks like it will warm up later during my ride, ....but I was actually referring to hanging clothes outside on the line to dry when it's way below freezing. I do ride several times a week in the 20-40 degree range.

My husband and I both wear wool night and day all winter, from head to toe, whether biking or not biking. So despite wearing each piece several times before washing, DH and I still generate enough wool laundry for a load for each of us every week, especially if I throw a few other odds and ends laundry items in with it.
Once winter sets in here, there is often no substantial above freezing temps for days at a time. No way I'm going to hang my good Ibex wool pieces out on the line to freeze solid and then clank around in the wind on the clothesline like wind chimes! Instead, we put them to damp dry in the dryer on very low for a while, then often take some of the more delicate pieces out of the dryer to drape over various furniture to complete their drying. Other wool stuff we have is fine to complete drying on low in the dryer- wool doesn't take long to dry.
In the Spring, summer, and Fall we do hang much of our wool on the clothesline outside to dry.