I'm commuting to school on my bicycle, and since it's about 5 miles and in Florida, I bike to school in biking shorts and a compression shirt and change/shower in the gym at school.

The problem is that when I put my shirt, shorts, and towel on the hanging pins in the locker, they don't dry out (for obvious reasons).

Can anyone think of a way to get them to actually dry out? I don't fancy the thought of wiping down with a wet, smelly (and bacteria-ridden) towel.

I thought of putting a bunch of silica gel packets in there lol... I'll probably try that as soon as I collect the ones I have saved.

At work i leave my locker door partially open and my shirt on a hanger on a coat rack .. Luckly for me i've got 2 sets o security doors to go through b4 i can even get to my locker so i do not really worry about theft

Stuff an old sock with sillica gel and hang it in your locker.
It'll make your locker Sahara dry.
You can use reuse it once it is saturated by drying it in an oven.

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Is the locker vented (gym style with open grate face)?

Battery powered fan to keep the ail moving might do the trick. Use rechargeable batteries and charge them nightly.

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RV places sell some that really last a long time to move air around in RV evaporation style reefers.

Yeah it's vented.

That's a good idea; I didn't think of that one (though I did think of somehow hooking up a heating coil inside LOL... then I realized that I'd probably set the locker room on fire.

I'll see what works best, and I think I'll try to get my locker moved further to the back away from the showers.

As far as the silica idea, most hardware stores sell something called DampRid that I've used to dry out leaky cars. It comes in a blue milk carton.

DampRid is great and I also recommend using it.

Does this really work? Has anyone tried it? I'm fine with my bike stuff, but my tennis locker... well.. if tis has been tried and it works it may be something that changes my life, or at least the aroma around my locker....

DampRid is what I was thinking.

It won't turn your locker into a laundry mat dryer, but it does work quite well.
I use it in my sailplane's cockpit. I have a sheepskin padding that will become drenched in sweat, I throw "the sock" in before I pack it in the hanger. No more old funk smell.
Damp-Rid is what I've used, couldn't remember the brand name.

You might also try performance or light weight wool. It does not retain the odors that synthetics do. Also, if you cloths get really damp, pack a towel and wrap the cloths in it and give it a good twist to get the heavy stuff out. You'll want a new towel every day obviously.