Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Madison, WI
Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
If I have wet clothes in the morning, I usually strap them down on top of a front pannier, the Ortlieb Frontroller has a strap that goes over the top that I use. I think I get better air flow up front and less dust up front than I would if I put them on back. But I almost never get dry clothes by the end of the day that way, I mostly leave them outside so that they don't get stale inside a waterproof pannier. On some trips I carried a small mesh bag to put damp clothes in for strapping down on top of a pannier.
Agree with DJB, start early, quit early when you still have daylight to start drying stuff out.
Instead of washing in the shower, I bring a flat drain stopper so I can use soap and do laundry in the sink. The photos above where I had my clothesline tied to my yellow bike, that line is about 25 feet long and has about two dozen metal wire clothespins on it.