Washing your shorts

[Alliez]

Sadly this topic is all to close to my heart as well. From what I've read, washing machine water and dryer heat are not hot enough to reliably kill yeasties, and one should use a hot iron on the relevant portions of your underwear to assure that you are reinfecting yourself. I've not tried ironing the chamois on my bike shorts (yet) but I'm going to have to give it a try (unfortunately).

[Pedal Wench]

To help prevent whatever infections cause saddle sores, I've heard folks recommend drying them with the chamois exposed to direct sunlight. That will probably take care of all the nasties.

Maybe tuck as much lycra UNDER the chamois to prevent excess UV damage while it's drying outside.

Edit: In the winter, better come up with another solution. A frozen chamois doesn't sound too comfy!

[Eden]

Sadly this topic is all to close to my heart as well. From what I've read, washing machine water and dryer heat are not hot enough to reliably kill yeasties, and one should use a hot iron on the relevant portions of your underwear to assure that you are reinfecting yourself. I've not tried ironing the chamois on my bike shorts (yet) but I'm going to have to give it a try (unfortunately).

eek! I would hesitate to try that as spadex is quite meltable....

I have heard - note: I've never tried this on underwear or bike shorts so if you decided to try this test it out with something you can destroy!! - that you can kill yeast by putting your underwear in the microwave for a few seconds. Lycra might just melt if given this treatment though.