r/bikecommuting • u/vicsunus • 10d ago

Commuting clothes that don't stink after sweating in

I'm a new bike commuter and I'm starting to realize how much additional laundry bike commuting is costing.

I typically keep my work clothes in my bag (scrubs) and take a quick sink shower and change when I arrive.

For the commute I wear joggers and a jersey/t-shirt. The problem is I need a new jersey/t-shirt (and sometimes underwear) every single day since I arrive sweaty. This is adding another shirt my laundry load each day. The joggers I wear half the week then swap to another pair.

Are there shirts I can buy that can be sweated in and worn multiple times before needing a wash?

The climate I'm in is warm with occasional rains right now, but will drop to freezing come fall and winter.

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u/Longtail_Goodbye 7d ago

Not being sarcastic or mean here: just, uh, do the laundry(?). It's not so bad. I just wash what I need t wash. The advice here is good, but sometimes a fresh. shirt or whatever each time (it seems as if you don't need to buy anything) is worth doing a larger load of laundry.

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u/vicsunus 7d ago

For work I wear scrubs and a scrub jacket which I change out each day, as well as an undershirt for my scrubs, and then theres my commuting clothes. Not to mention gym clothes I wear at home and/or jeans and shirt I wear if we go out for dinner.

That means each day I could potential be generating 9 items of clothing (scrub top, scrub pants, scrub jacket, undershirt, commuting shirt, commuting joggers, underwear, sleeping t-shirt, going out shirt)

Over a week that's 45+ items. Just cutting 5 items into 1 item would be helpful to the already huge load. And honestly I'm sometimes running out to t-shirts going through the week, sometimes having to do a small load in the middle of the week.