mwanner13 wrote:
Alvin Tostig wrote:
Good grief, some of you sound like the guys who wear hats 24/7 because, "I haven't washed my hair".
Get enough kit so that you can make it through a week without wearing the same thing twice. Put everything in the laundry on Sunday night (along with your underwear and socks if necessary to make it a worthwhile load). You won't destroy the environment doing a load of laundry once per week. You'll smell better and you might even avoid getting sick from something nasty in your dirty clothes.
Oh, and wash your hair.
The majority of technical fabrics are supposed to be washed immediately after use. Why on earth would you toss a week's worth of expensive, sweat-soaked workout clothing in a laundry basket to sit and fester in sweat and bacteria? All my sweaty bibs, run shorts, singlets and sock get washed immediately. Over time those fabrics will hold the sweat smell if not laundered shortly after use, ruining expensive clothing.
I don't know what clothes you're using. Washing every day seems a lot, but I'd join you doing that before I wore the same bike/run gear without washing them. (Maybe I should read the "care and washing" instructions when I buy clothes?)
I've got stuff from Assos and DeSoto to Performance and Big 5. Living in NM, even sweaty clothes air dry pretty quickly. I've not had any problems, with odor, skin problems, or wearing out the fabric, going with the once per week washing routine for the past 20 years.
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