Originally Posted by
Camilo
Thanks for the clarification. I'll still use the bags because it's a tangled mess if I don't - which is why I started using them in the first place, and then thinking of them getting stretched out secondarily.
I also put anything with velcro in a bag just because it sticks to other things and can damage them.
Fair enough. I agree that Velcro is a bit of a problem.
Interesting although I never thought this stuff was rubber. The only items I've ever been concerned (misdirected, evidently?) are the bibs because the other stuff (a) costs chump change compared to bibs and (b) are easier to replace. Some of my favorite bibs aren't necessarily available in the exact model and chamois when the old ones wear out.
Do you routinely dry your bibs in the dryer and if so, a "medium/normal" heat setting or extra low? And, you see no deterioration in the stretchiness in the long term? Genuine question.
I don’t wear bib shorts. I have bib tights. I don’t buy cheap shorts, however. My current dryer has a sport setting but I also have dried them in older dryers as well as commercial ones while out touring without the sport setting. In those I usually use the medium/normal setting. I have found that heat helps reset the stretch. When I have had to hand wash my clothes…it happens…I notice that the shorts seem to be looser fitting.