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Chris M
Guest
I recently found the benefits of the latest chamois (stretchable) and
the difference from the previous (non-stretching) is much greater than
I had imagined (mostly because chamois have always been hyped along
with many other products, but...) that I decided to buy enough so that
I won't have to wear any other unless I choose to. I more than likely
will not wear any of the old shorts unless I find a repair shop to
change the obsolete chamois. If anyone knows of a shop that performs
repairs and or chamois replacement, I have 8 plus shorts that I would
have changed.
Of the 5 new shorts, only 2 cost less than $100 but even those would
cost me well over $100 if I needed to replace them at "street" prices.
The others are closer to $200, which I never thought I would ever use
or endorse clothing that costs that much. The thing is that along with
the chamois, there are also the issues related to fabrics, the
ventilation and aerodynamics (though I did not pay more for the "aero"
feature, but I am sure it won't cause any harm...I hope) features
increase the replacement costs even more. I am looking forward to
trying the shorts with the most ventilation when the weather climbs
over 100 degrees again.
In addition to these issues, I also have sever all white jerseys that
I use on hot days. It really does help, but the problem is that white
shows its age faster from discoloration to a gray-ish off-white. This
sucks and it is probably made worse because of the increased use of
it. I got several more of those so...
I would like to figure out the best way to maintain and clean these
fabrics. Most fabric hang-tags and web literature state that they
should be hand washed and hung dry. It seems to me that the most
important issue (after washing right away before they dry with your
perpiration in them) is the detergent. In the claims of several
specialty soap sellers, the sports fabric products claim to be
superior because of how well the detergent rinses out of the fabrics
during the wash cycle. I have always thought that using a fraction of
the soap box guidelines was a good idea because I don't get a lot of
junk on these clothes. If there are any visible junk stains I use a
spot cleaner (regular laundry supplies) and I make sure that if I do
have any clother with significant visible junk, I will separate the
lycra stuff and wash them on their own.
In the end, everything works great except for the white fabrics, and
the fading of Sun exposed sections of the garments. That leads me to
another claim that is made by the specialty soaps. They claim by
rinsing so well, this somehow improves the UV protection.
I am hoping that someone has some experience with an A B comparison of
a specialty soap that works well enough to notice its superiority over
typical laundry soaps. I would also like to know about any UV
protection that works.
1) Clearly superior sports fabric detergent and UV protection
2) Repair resource for sports apparel, hopefully including chamois
replacement
Thanks in advance
the difference from the previous (non-stretching) is much greater than
I had imagined (mostly because chamois have always been hyped along
with many other products, but...) that I decided to buy enough so that
I won't have to wear any other unless I choose to. I more than likely
will not wear any of the old shorts unless I find a repair shop to
change the obsolete chamois. If anyone knows of a shop that performs
repairs and or chamois replacement, I have 8 plus shorts that I would
have changed.
Of the 5 new shorts, only 2 cost less than $100 but even those would
cost me well over $100 if I needed to replace them at "street" prices.
The others are closer to $200, which I never thought I would ever use
or endorse clothing that costs that much. The thing is that along with
the chamois, there are also the issues related to fabrics, the
ventilation and aerodynamics (though I did not pay more for the "aero"
feature, but I am sure it won't cause any harm...I hope) features
increase the replacement costs even more. I am looking forward to
trying the shorts with the most ventilation when the weather climbs
over 100 degrees again.
In addition to these issues, I also have sever all white jerseys that
I use on hot days. It really does help, but the problem is that white
shows its age faster from discoloration to a gray-ish off-white. This
sucks and it is probably made worse because of the increased use of
it. I got several more of those so...
I would like to figure out the best way to maintain and clean these
fabrics. Most fabric hang-tags and web literature state that they
should be hand washed and hung dry. It seems to me that the most
important issue (after washing right away before they dry with your
perpiration in them) is the detergent. In the claims of several
specialty soap sellers, the sports fabric products claim to be
superior because of how well the detergent rinses out of the fabrics
during the wash cycle. I have always thought that using a fraction of
the soap box guidelines was a good idea because I don't get a lot of
junk on these clothes. If there are any visible junk stains I use a
spot cleaner (regular laundry supplies) and I make sure that if I do
have any clother with significant visible junk, I will separate the
lycra stuff and wash them on their own.
In the end, everything works great except for the white fabrics, and
the fading of Sun exposed sections of the garments. That leads me to
another claim that is made by the specialty soaps. They claim by
rinsing so well, this somehow improves the UV protection.
I am hoping that someone has some experience with an A B comparison of
a specialty soap that works well enough to notice its superiority over
typical laundry soaps. I would also like to know about any UV
protection that works.
1) Clearly superior sports fabric detergent and UV protection
2) Repair resource for sports apparel, hopefully including chamois
replacement
Thanks in advance
