Smelly cycling tops-washing when

[Tuckervill]

I would just make one comment in addition- I have known some people who don't use deodorant in order to be 'natural' and they bathe every day. But they sweat and they do smell. They smell from 2 feet away and it's not the most pleasant thing to talk with them. But- they do not smell themselves- they have become accustomed to their own underarm smell and do not think it is noticeable by others. I know this because I have heard them state that they don't use deodorant and they don't smell. But they do smell. Mind you, I don't think a healthy underarm odor is anything bad per se, a mild clean underarm odor can be appealing in fact...[snip]

ahem....hear, hear!

Karen

[Skierchickie]

I wonder if oily/dry skin is involved? I have relatively oily skin (NEVER wear lotion - I just feel greasy then) and my sweat does stink (and I do smell it - perhaps more than other people do, since DH never smells it). I don't wash my ski stuff every time, but I did notice that it smelled yesterday (and washed it last night, wore it again today and it still smelled a little). My DH has very dry skin (claims when he was a kid the doctor said he didn't have any oil glands, which I find to be somewhat farfetched), but he never smells. He uses lotion daily. He doesn't have to shower every day. I am pretty jealous.

I used regular deodorant/antiperspirant until last summer, when I changed to the crystal stuff. I still sweat, but it really does help with the smell. The regular stuff just smells like chemicals to me (harder and harder to find unscented anything), and when I'm really sweaty, the mixture of smells is awful. But then, department store perfume departments smell like insect repellant to me, so maybe it's my nose. Actually, I avoid anything scented, because it seems like it doesn't work with my body chemistry, or something.

Anyway, in the summer I can't really get away with not washing my workout clothes frequently. I do shower daily (well, if I'm going to be around anybody, or go anywhere). And my wool stuff does start to smell, sometimes the first day, sometimes after 3 or 4.

Wow - the information we share here!

[shootingstar]

I My DH has very dry skin (claims when he was a kid the doctor said he didn't have any oil glands, which I find to be somewhat farfetched), but he never smells. He uses lotion daily. He doesn't have to shower every day. I am pretty jealous.

Amazing..I always perceived men as just sweating and smelling alot more from activity.

Do I plan to wear deodorant after this..doubtful. No one has avoided me....I have jobs which require people to approach me for help which means them finding me, sitting and standing right beside me while I demonstrate or instruct them. If after all these past few decades, I have managed to keep groups of people overtime for almost 2 hrs..in a small rm...and they don't want to leave a course that I'm teaching...

Maybe think about washing my cycling more often. After all, I don't sit in enclosed rm. in the office with cycling gear on.

Grog, thanks for remarks. I've walked right by those clothing line displays at MEC. maybe I'll try something from that line....one day...I need to replace a broken pair of clear cycling glasses anyway. Not sure I can spend more moolah on cycling gear...after REI blowout purchases last fall.

[Dianyla]

Amazing..I always perceived men as just sweating and smelling alot more from activity.

Not necessarily. One of my boyfriends is full Chinese and he can go backpacking for days wearing synthetic polypro underwear and still not have any BO. He sweats a lot, too, but doesn't generate stink. Amazing!

[mimitabby]

um, how do you use the baking soda?

[KnottedYet]

um, how do you use the baking soda?

Dip the deodorant stick into the baking soda (so there's a fine dusting of soda on it) and apply as usual.

Been doing it for about 25 years, works great for my stinky pits.

[Susan126]

I'll have to share the baking soda idea with dh. Even when he puts on deodorant/antiperspirant he is still "stinky man". Even I get smelly. That wicking material really does create strong odors. And I wash everything we wore on our ride immediately after every ride. I'm fanatical about this. In fact they go straight into the washer as soon as we are both showered.