Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
Since I've spent the last 15 years as a microbiologist and bio-engineer, I guess I'll weigh in on this one...
It's a pair of shorts, not an incubated TSB jar. Hang your shorts up to dry when you get to work, and you will not have seething angry bacterial cultures waiting to find an open pore so they can maliciously ruin your life.
First, if you bathe on a regular basis, you're not going to be harbouring anything to worry about. Second, even if you were just covered in a collection of the CDC's worst nightmares, a dry scrap of foam and lycra isn't the optimum breeding ground for it. Third, nothing you host is going to grow rapidly enough in an 8-12 hour workday, under the conditions I just listed, to be harmful via routine contact.
I may not a MB/BE, but I will weigh in. There is a reason that cycling shorts have a built in diaper looking thing. It sucks the moisture away from the booty. Ergo, all bacteria is nicely buried deep in the pant where they can die a slow death.
Just let the shorts dry by hanging them up in a ventilated area upon arrival and then wear them again on the return trip home. I do suggest washing them at least once every couple days.