Caring for your Padded Bike Underwear

Bike goUnders are your base layer worn next to your skin so you need to wash after every ride. Washing is important to prevent bacterial build up on the padding and to remove sweat from the fabric and padding. If you can not wash that day leave them soaking, in water only, until you do wash them.

If you can’t wash or soak them in water the day of your ride at least turn them inside out and hang them up to air dry. This will decrease the likelihood of bacteria growth and it will help prevent odour build up. If you need a pair every day you may need to consider having more than one as depending on the weather/season and the type of padding you have, it may not dry overnight. To help with getting a better quality wash and for help with overnight drying turn your Bike goUnders inside out.

Your Bike goUnder is a stretch performance garment so the fabrics and padding in them are made from technical synthetic fibres that can be damaged if you do not wash them correctly. Lycra, elastic or elastane does not cope well with heat so this means no hot water or hot drying methods like tumble driers and definitely no iron. These fibres also deteriorate more rapidly if sweat is not washed off them.

Caring for your padded bike underwear isn’t complicated once you know a few things to watch out for.

Your padded movement underwear are a very durable, high quality product and you can expect many, many days of riding from them but they won’t last forever, so look out for wear and tear, loss of comfort, loss of fabric elasticity etc, and make sure you do something about it.

Your padding (bike chamois) will deteriorate over time this is usually due to sweat breaking down the foam. The padding is designed to absorb your weight so it is compressed often. With repeated, regular use you will find that your pad no longer gives you the comfort that it once did. This usually takes several years of riding.

When you reach this point goRide has a Chamois Replacement Service for our Bike goUnder customers to use. For a small cost we can replace the padding and extend the life of your Bike goUnders if the fabric and construction are still working well.