Smelly cycling tops-washing when

[Grog]

I have no opinion on whether you smell or not (!!), only a sniff test will do , but shall I recommend that you buy your next sports top at MEC [for other readers: that's the Canadian REI, and not far from ShootingStar's home I think] in the merino wool section? They are much less expensive than Smartwool or Ibex or Icebreaker. The quality is a bit less than Ibex but not very different from Icebreaker, I think, and they are MUCH cheaper. (My Smartwool pieces are very thin and don't really compare to the MEC stuff, so I don't know about that.) And they do not itch. At all. I wear their wool t-shirts all the time in the summer, I find them for long trips. The bike jerseys tend to be more expensive (as jerseys are) but they have a zip top and a crew neck.

I also love wool socks. I can wear them for running two or three days in a row, saves me from doing more laundry. I also love the Smartwool wool socks, which I wear more than once (not for exercise) now and then, especially on trips where bag space is limited.

But, I have to candidly admit, never 10 times. Often 3 though.

This is one of my MEC top (I don't like this colour though - mine is grey with pink sleeves that make it very visible):