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Mr. Hairy Legs 01-13-13 03:36 PM


Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 15151781)
Where do you suggest that the cyclist place the baking soda, coffee grounds, or lemon peels to neutralize the offending sweaty clothes aroma?

Just scatter them on the floor.

I use a clothes hanger for my merino sweater, hanging from the handlebars. The jacket goes on the main coat hanger, rain pants hang over the bike seat until they are dry... the only problem I am still trying to figure out is the liners (shorts). I am not going to expose those to my co-workers, so they are often a bit damp when I put them on again later.

RGNY 01-13-13 05:27 PM

i have a coat tree next to my desk, close to an old steam radiator. properly distributed, everything is dry by the time i leave. i'm in a large office w/ two other people and they've never complained.

arsprod 01-13-13 05:56 PM

No shower but lucky enough to have an office. I hang everything on the back of the door. Since I have a lot of people in and out all day I'm paranoid about smells. It seems as long as clothes hang spread out on hangers they don't smell - wadded up they do (I've polled co-workers). +1 for Merino. I thought it smelled wooly when wet but no one else seems to think so

erig007 01-13-13 06:13 PM

I would be careful with the noone complained yet as not everybody react the same way. Someone could be bothered without saying. Better to prevent than correct or ask people but even then some could be too polite. Better safe than sorry.

MNBikeguy 01-13-13 08:07 PM

I'm amazed at the thought of using compost on your bike clothes to "eliminate" smell. Why use anything at all? If stink is a problem, for gawdsakes bring an extra set with you to ride home in. Coffee grounds and lemon peels? The driving public thinks we're weird enough. Why add to their arsenal?

terrapin44 01-13-13 08:10 PM


Originally Posted by MNBikeguy (Post 15153798)
I'm amazed at the thought of using compost on your bike clothes to "eliminate" smell. Why use anything at all? If stink is a problem, for gawdsakes bring an extra set with you to ride home in. Coffee grounds and lemon peels? The driving public thinks we're weird enough. Why add to their arsenal?

:lol:

I actually do use coffee grounds, but only in my coffee pot ehrn I'm brewing coffee which often happens a few times a day. So my office normally smells of coffee.

MNBikeguy 01-13-13 08:12 PM


Originally Posted by terrapin44 (Post 15153808)
:lol:

I actually do use coffee grounds, but only in my coffee pot ehrn I'm brewing coffee which often happens a few times a day. So my office normally smells of coffee.

I'm all for coffee grounds in the proper recepticle.. :D

RGNY 01-13-13 08:41 PM


Originally Posted by erig007 (Post 15153374)
I would be careful with the noone complained yet as not everybody react the same way. Someone could be bothered without saying. Better to prevent than correct or ask people but even then some could be too polite. Better safe than sorry.

if you're too weak to speak up for yourself, you deserve to suffer.

erig007 01-13-13 09:24 PM


Originally Posted by RGNY (Post 15153915)
if you're too weak to speak up for yourself, you deserve to suffer.

Haha. That's what i would call diplomacy (among warriors) :fight:

I-Like-To-Bike 01-13-13 10:56 PM


Originally Posted by terrapin44 (Post 15153808)
:lol:

I actually do use coffee grounds, but only in my coffee pot ehrn I'm brewing coffee which often happens a few times a day. So my office normally smells of coffee.

I suppose the suggestion is to place the sweaty clothes in the coffee pot and sweaty bike shorts in place of a coffee filter to hold the grounds while brewing.

arsprod 01-14-13 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike (Post 15154294)
I suppose the suggestion is to place the sweaty clothes in the coffee pot and sweaty bike shorts in place of a coffee filter to hold the grounds while brewing.

but then the smell of riding by a starbucks would attract all the coffee connoisseurs who'd think it was some new gourmet blend

took a pic of the back of my door, figured no one else would get it but you all
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=293887

rumrunn6 01-25-13 03:50 PM

plastic bag and bring them home to launder every day. on the way in carry a return set. so that's 2 sets per day.

I-Like-To-Bike 01-25-13 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by arsprod (Post 15155121)
took a pic of the back of my door, figured no one else would get it but you all
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=293887

I had my own office and could hang all my "cycling" clothes after changing. Not shown is the underwear on a different hanger out of sight

GrouchoWretch 01-25-13 09:46 PM

I like to take my sweaty bike shorts and drape them over my boss's face.


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