Washing my bike cover...

[Tasker]

Any good reason why I can't wash my bike cover in the washing machine, as long as I allow it to drip-dry?

[Kathy R]

I would check with the manufacturer. Short of that I'd use Woolite and the gentle cycle and hang it to dry.

 

Or, I'd forget the cover and wash the bike once or twice a year. (Sorry - I couldn't resist. I hang out with Eebie)

[Stan Walker]

Park the bike outside, put the cover on the bike, and do a rain dance......

 

Stan

[StretchMark]

You won't wash your bike, but you want to wash you bike cover??? WTF?

[steveknapp]

What sort of material is it?

 

Most are just nylon, and I see no reason you couldn't do that. I even put the sunbrella canvas boat covers in the wash.

[Tasker]

You won't wash your bike, but you want to wash you bike cover??? WTF?

 

You should see it now! I forgot it was red!

[DavidEBSmith]

Yeah, why wash the bike cover? You put the cover on the bike so it rains on the cover and keeps the bike dry. Do you have, like, schmutz in the rain in Indy that's making your bike cover schmutzy?

 

There was one time that my bike cover got stinky because I took it off the bike wet, stuffed it in the stuff sack, put it in the saddlebag, and forgot about it for a couple of weeks. So I hosed it down with Febreeze and it's smelled springtime-fresh since then. But wash it? Hose it down - it's designed to have water spray on it.

[Tasker]

Hose it down - it's designed to have water spray on it.

 

 

Actually, the smell thing is right on target!