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Anyone got any genius solutions to dealing with wet gear when they get back from a ride without making a massive mess?
We don’t have a porch or anything so it’s straight in back door into kitchen diner and needing to hang wet gear to dry somewhere?
The only solution I’ve come up with is get rid of the wife then no-one to tell me off. But hoping there’s a cheaper option?
Clothes horse over the bath?
Keep dressing gown and sliders/flip flops at entrance you use. Have a carrier bag handy too. Get stripped in doorway and put on alternative attire. Head indoors and do as @slowoldman suggests
Great idea - as always preparation is the key!
Or a big builders bucket, stand in that and take everything off, if you have a dressing gown you can change outside, also a pair of crocs or flip flops
Trusty blue Ikea bag. Leave by the door when you go out, shoes off outside then stand in bag to get changed when inside. Not 100% perfect but good enough. Can also employ a second bag to dump the wet gear in, if you’re reet posh that is.
Ryno bucket, though everything in there, if it's muddy use the bucket to give the gear an initial rinse, then drip dry where ever you can outside or if you have to take it inside as above over the bath. Mount a shower rail length ways but over the bather rather than at the edge of the bath
Layers. Bag by door, put muddy outer layers in bag, enter in clean inner layers.
Have a top layer you can strip off outside where it doesn’t matter that bits of muck are falling off in all directions. Riding trousers changed my life in this respect. Then into the bag, bucket, whatever.
I use one of those green circular pop up gardening bags you put leaves and twigs and stuff in? About £2. Some flip flops are handy too
I was thinking of getting one of these for the same reason.
https://www.wetsuitcentre.co.uk/orca-poncho-changing-towel-black.html
Straight to the washing machine with the kit for a rinse cycle. Clean stuff dries easier and has also been spun to a less soggy state. Even if it drips, its clean drips now.
Riding in trousers means only one upper body and one lower body garment is actually shit up.
I tend to get in the shower (in downstairs toilet) fully clothed and pre-wash like that. Chucking one item out into a bucket at a time. Then either into the washing machine or (if a waterproof) out on the line to dry, or on a kitchen radiator.
My wife doesn't like the shower thing particularly but I ask her whether she'd prefer having to buy a new washing machine every six months. That tends to sort it.
I've a big 25l bucket that manky stuff gets taken off and flung into. Rinse the worst of it off, then into machine with it.
Hot and cold water taps in back garden are handy for this, and also to hose the bike off hot while the mud is still wet.
I've often thought about building a wee electric shower enclosure outside, another thing that I'll never get round to!.
Outside sink with hot water plumbed in. Best thing I did when we extended.
I pretty much have to drive to ride, there’s no off road riding from my door.
Northcore changing mat with astroturf lining makes changing in a car park pleasant on the feet, large builders trug to dump the outer layers into. Towelling changing robe to cover the unmentionables and everything gets stripped off and clean, dry clothes make the drive home as comfy as possible.
Back home the real filthy kit gets hosed down in the trug and then straight into the washing machine or hung up in the empty woodshed to drip dry. Shoes get hosed clean followed by a couple of hours under the shoe drier.
Yep, I'm another that uses the bucket technique. Just chuck all the wet and muddy kit in and you can give it a rinse if needed before washing.
Hose yourself down as well as the bike.
IKEA bag by back door - all mucky wet clothes go straight in that, before you come indoors.
Wander through house either in the buff or have dressing gown or similar by back door.
IKEA bag of filthy stuff gets a second hosing off outside after you've changed, then straight into washing machine which is just by our back door.
Garden hose.
You know it's been a cold wet ride when showering and striping off under a hose on the patio feels warm.
I use to use a big towel to put on the floor for when I get in. Take the top layer off and all the mud falls on the towel. Shake towel outside.
Dispose of muddy kit, buy new. Call it an upgrade.
If driving to ride it's not an issue - IKEA bag and change before getting into the car/van to drive home.
Riding from the door I tend to jetwash my shoes and legs before entering the house while doing the bike, and then it's outer layer off while still on the back doormat and straight into the washing machine followed by base layers. Shake doormat outside once showered and dressed.
If muddy, a quick hose down outside, then make sure there’s an old, dry towel handy to rub over everything before taking it off, that way nothing drips all over the floor, it’s just damp and easy to dry, as is the towel. Put on a hanger and hang on a convenient door to properly dry off. It’s what I’ve always done, it’s dead easy to do, and avoids dripping everywhere. If necessary, have a second old towel around to stand on, or have a mat inside the back door to stand on. Same with a soaking wet coat after walking home from town, I just towel it off, then put on a hanger, job jobbed.
i just strip off in the back yard, down to my undies, the put all the wet mucky stuff straight in the washer.
For advanced user level privileges, buy one of these outdoor showers that run off your BBQ gas bottle:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234073487501
Got one in my campervan and they work really well, gets a decently hot shower out of it.
Road bike.
Hell, there are some useless answers here. The chap has a resource that no one has thought about. The way to do it is this. Step inside, having made reasonable attempts not to bring half the woods in with you. Strip and wander to shower/bed/settee as desired. The wet stuff is best left in a pile, ideally in an annoying place. When you reappear the wife will have moved it out of sheer frustration. You can encourage this by making the occasional balls up when doing your best to use the washing machine. Chuck your muddy trews in with he best bra at 90 degrees. Best practiced with old trews and newest bra. She won't let you do it again.
Do a poo on the sofa.
That will make your smaller crimes less serious.
Outside sink with hot water plumbed in. Best thing I did when we extended.
Not sure about the sink, but an outside hot water tap is something we must get sorted for me & the dogs.
Fish box, stand in and divest (but you have to store it somewhere in between times).
Re: Road bike suggestion
Lol: I said I wanted to get into less trouble? Not sure that another bike is the answer 😉
I just walk in and get out of the worst of my gear. If some mud falls on the kitchen floor, then really, WGAF? It's a floor, it can be cleaned. I mean I can't tell if the OP is kidding about his missus, but seriously who cares?
I married a farmer, so whatever drips of me is a lower % sh*t, so I'm winning. Having a stinking sheep dog helps keep things in perspective, too.
Chuck your muddy trews in with he best bra at 90 degrees. Best practiced with old trews and newest bra. She won’t let you do it again.
Even if you excitedly shout 'Phwoarr, look at the norks on you in that sexy bra' when she's getting dressed?
Ohhh, you mean she won't let him do it again, not it again!
Road bike.
Only works if everyone has mudguards, I still end up hosing down my ShakeDry jacket with the bike on the patio....
Length of washing line high-up above the bath for drip drying. Mine is held up by some lever-type suction cups on the tiles.
Not sure that another bike is the answer
Another bike is always the answer!
Not sure that another bike is the answer
Are you one of these people with oddball views that keep signing up to STW to join in on politics threads?
Must be a troll. Shurely.