So I was trying to be nice when..... it just... EWWWW

[Biciclista]

can't you just wash the saddle?
even leather saddles can be washed.
(note to self, do NOT sniff DH's saddle)

[polly4711]

can't you just wash the saddle?
even leather saddles can be washed.
(note to self, do NOT sniff DH's saddle)

How do you clean it with out taking it off the bike? I don't want to mess up his fit...

[Biciclista]

you can't clean it ON the bike? with a sponge? a wet rag?

[Mr. Bloom]

Have you considered something like Febreze - on the seat, not his butt - (or Lysol)?

[lauraelmore1033]

I've been known to spritz a little Fabreeze on the saddle before taking the bike into the shop. If my gloves can get unbearably stenchy, the part that I sit on gets even worse!

[gnat23]

That's why they make saddles with that cut-out, as it let's the farts go *through*, where they are then dispersed by the rear wheel.

-- gnat!

[smilingcat]

Don't think I would be sniffing my bike seat. Its bad enough that our dogs and cats sniff each other. Besides, none of my bikes have saddle bag anyway.

And I haven't given it a sniff test (not about to either). Somethings are best left alone.

Fabreez in my short, I think not. I can just imagine when I'm in ER again.

[RolliePollie]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Thank you everyone...I needed a good laugh! Mr. Silver and gnat23, your posts have me rolling!!!

OMG, I can only imagine how bad a seat might stink! Mine smells like Cocoa Butter because currently I'm using Queen Helene Cocoa Butter lotion as chamois cream. Earlier in the season, it smelled like baby lotion. I have no idea why I know what my saddle smells like. I swear I don't sniff it regularly or anything.

[jesvetmed]

I'm cracking up reading this, but realize that it is likely a serious problem. Makes it hard for me to refrain from going and checking mine.
I... .will... NOT... get ... up!

[badger]

I never noticed any smells emanating from my seats so I couldn't resist and had a sniff test.

I have a Brooks that I've had for some time now (18 months?) and I'm happy to say it smells just as it did when I got it - like leather.

I don't use chamois and just commute with whatever I'm wearing that day so I guess it never gets much of a chance to get funky.

[sgtiger]

ROTFL!

I just don't do sniff tests. Of anything. Period. If in doubt, I wash, whether it looks clean or not, or throw it out. But why is it after Dh sniffs something unpleasant, he has the need to call me over to prove to me how stinky something is? I've already witnessed his reaction and believe him wholeheartedly, yet he adamantly insists that I share in the experience. Is that a guy thing? Or is there something wrong with him? I suspect the latter.

[Loraura]

ROTFL!

I just don't do sniff tests. Of anything. Period. If in doubt, I wash, whether it looks clean or not, or throw it out. But why is it after Dh sniffs something unpleasant, he has the need to call me over to prove to me how stinky something is? I've already witnessed his reaction and believe him wholeheartedly, yet he adamantly insists that I share in the experience. Is that a guy thing? Or is there something wrong with him? I suspect the latter.

Our husbands must be twins!

It seems he almost enjoys the stench of a bad smell. He'll go back and re-sniff! It's disturbing!

I forgot the key for my lock today, so my bike is in my cube. I'm resisting the urge to sniff the saddle!! I can see sweat stains on it, so I'm guessing, it isn't gonna smell like roses!