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ï»¿Bicycles Stack ExchangeAre your touringriding clothes a lot different than, let say, clothes for riding to work? Do you wear better or different clothes for touring? Have you found some good way to wash your clothes during touring? And how does washing affect your choice of clothing? How do you keep your touring clothes during touring? You surely need to separate dirty, clean and wetclean clothes. How do you manage them? If you just washed your clothes in some sea and you need to continue riding, how do you guarantee that the water will evaporate? Do you choose your clothes in a way that they get dry fast? Which <a href=http://www.camfalconara.it/pradaborse/>prada... criteria you have for touring clothes?When packing for a tour, I'll often spend as much time deciding <a href="http://www.camfalconara.it/pradaborse/">prada... which clothing to pack as I will for all other packing combined. What clothing one wears on tour is a personal decision, based on the rider's preferences. Below, I've written what I wear, and why I prefer it.When riding, I wear padded lycra cycling shorts with breathable tshirts. I'll usually bring two or three pairs of shorts, two tshirts, and three pairs of wool cycling socks. I'll also bring along a pair of tights <a href="http://www.ideatrade.it/woolrichoutlet/"&g... parka</a> to wear over the shorts in the morning, and a light cycling jacket. Even in the hottest part of the summer, it's quite cold in the morning where I live, so this is important. Lycra dries fast, and that's part of why I wear it, but my primary reason is that it's comfortable.Cleaning clothing: Lycra washes easily and dries fairly quickly. I'll usually stop at a laundromat to do a load of laundry a few days into the tour; sometimes my host for the night may offer the use of a laundry machine and dryer. 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If I have a trailer with me, so much the better; there's more space to act as a drying rack.In cold weather or rain, I'll have more clothing. Some of these can be washed the same way as lycra, such as the balaclava and glove liners, but some cannot: rain pants, a rain jacket, heavier cycling pants, winter gloves, and so on. Any of these heavier items that need to be washed can wait until I get to a laundry machine. (You don't sweat much in the winter in any case.)I'll also pack offbike clothing. I tend to favor cotton pants or shorts, black teeshirts, and sweat socks. These roll up tightly, and are comfortable. I'll also bring something to sleep with, although clean bicycle tights and cycling jackets are good extra layers for cold nights in a tent. Cleaning cotton, which is unsuitable for riding in any case, will wait until I get to a laundromat.In my panniers, I'll segregate dirty clothing from clean by bringing along a few plastic grocery bags and sealing the dirty clothes in them as best as I can. While doing laundry, I'll sometimes let my panniers air out.In summary, a little time spent planning will help keep your panniers light, and an hour or two spend every other day will keep your critical clothing clean.I use a dry bag to wash clothes, because I often stay in National Parks campgrounds with no sinks. The Campsuds referenced earlier can be added with some water from a spigot or pump and the clothes squeezed and shaken right in the bag. Dump water, <a href="http://www.dtdrivingschool.co.uk/... ">cheap tiffany and co</a> squeeze excess and add clean water to rinse. Dirty dry clothes can be stored in the dry bag until you can wash them.I also bring two sets of cotton socks, which I wear in my regular sneakers (in which I also ride) around camp to dry out rain soaked sneakers.long sleeved riding clothes (for sunny days)short sleeved riding clothes (for overcast days)off the bike clothes usually long <a href=http://www.camfalconara.it/piuminimoncler/... moncler</a> pants and a collared shirt made of synthetic fabric that dries fast and doesn't need to be ironed)I also carry a full covering of polypropylene and a few extra pairs of socks (which can also be used as mittens). In the snow I carry more overclothing, but usually I just carry a cycling windbreaker and a polarfleece jumper. On the road I handwash every day and dry stuff overnight/in the afternoon after I finish riding. When it rains I get wet, usually stripping down to the windbreaker and polypro.I carry lightweight offbike footwear (jandals or crocs) and my only shoes are SPD ones that I wear while riding. I also have a sunhat with neck protection, and often my longsleeved tops have hoods which work better than a sunhat while riding. I sometimes use pins to attach my sleeves to my gloves to cover the gap at my wrists. Sun in the southern hemisphere is not kind to us lightskinned people.My goal is riding clothes to suit the conditions, and offbike clothes more suited to dressup occasions where I can't really wear my cycling clothes. Everything needs to be fairly longlasting, easy to dry and ideally not a colour that shows the dirt easily.One of my main priorities was to be covered from the sun as much as possible, so I would have to wear as little sunscreen as possible it gets sticky after a day of riding, and possibly toxic (particularly if you're putting it on every single day all over).(1) Midcalf polyester pants ("capris"). I took a pair of Sickle Crux climbing pants and cut them midcalf to have maximum sun protection. They're made out of really comfortable and slick nylon that lasts a long time.(2) White long sleeve polyester shirt. I used the Patagonia Forerunner shirt (which sadly no longer comes in white), and it was excellent. I had another similar shirt on this trip but would bring two Forerunners next time since they are lighter weight but still block the sun.(3) Bandanna. Makes me look like I am German, but it keeps the back of my neck from getting burned.(4) Socks. I hate <a href=http://www.dtdrivingschool.co.uk/link...>links of london sale</a> wearing dirty socks. While I'm normally a minimalist, I brought about four pairs of socks and didn't regret it. Thin, bikingspecific socks Pearl Izumi, Sock Guy. Also polyester for quick drying.(5) Yellow biking jacket. My wife and I both have Pearl Izumi's yellow biking jackets and love them. Well ventilated, well made. I've had mine for seven years now I think.(6) Really Comfortable Shoes. Again Pearl Izumi here, with their XAlp shoes, which worked as both on and offbike shoes.(7) Bike gloves. Because you don't want to rip up your hands if you crash. Also for sun protection.That's it. One item that is missing that most people would have on this list, and before this trip I would have thought would be crazy to omit, is bike shorts. But after a few days in warm weather, on long biking days with breaks in the middle, I found that I <a href=http://www.dtdrivingschool.co.uk/...>cheap tiffany and co</a> valued ventilation over padding (by a long shot).(1) Lightweight Rain Jacket and Pants. Goretex or other waterproofbreathable equivalent. My personal pick is Marmot Precip, since it is <a href="http://www.camfalconara.it/piuminimoncler/"... moncler</a> cheaper but solidly made. I've gotten really rained on a few times in it and had no problems. The rain jacket seems redundant with the yellow biking jacket, above, but raingear just doesn't breathe that well, making it unpleasant when raining.(2) Shoe covers. Goretex or other waterproof breathable. I spent a long while researching this it seems like no shoe cover is perfect and went with the Gore Bike Wear "Race Power" ones. More expensive, but they worked well.

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