Old 02-24-16 | 07:35 PM
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PaulRivers
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Odor:
- Shower in the morning with soap before leaving. If you can't do that, at least the night before (and apply deodoerant the night before). Odor is caused by the bacteria living on your skin, soap it off and there's a lot less odor even if you sweat a lot. Most people (not all) can seat buckets but not smell if they showered in the morning and are wearing fresh clothes.
- Wash your clothes frequently for the same reason.
- If you trim or shave the armpit hair it holds onto smell/bacteria less. Fyi.
- A lot of synthetics are very bad for holding onto odor. Cotton can actually be much better, wool is great but expensive. Bottom line, if your shirt starts stinking after 1 time of wearing it try a different shirt or material.

Sweat:
- The last 10 minutes of your commute take it real easy. On a bike you basically always have a headwind - take advantage of that to cool off while biking with a lot less effort.
- You can also dial back how intensely you sweat by biking a little easier
- If you have a fridge or ice at work, drink something cold when you get to work. It will cool you down very quickly.

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