Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Most sport fabrics don't get on very well with fabric softeners. They nearly always explicitly tell you not to use them. I believe it reduces their wicking properties and traps sweat etc.
That's the main reason I wash my sports clothing separately from my ordinary clothes.
Good to know. My wife doesn't like fabric softeners (her parents told her they were a waste of money as a kid), so she'd be happy if I just quit. As it is, I only use the no dye/no perfume/no anything fabric softeners because of a child with skin issues, but I can make a note to stop for any load that has cycling clothes (I do all our laundry).