Do you wear cologne when you ride?

[Slaphappygamer]

Many road bikers wear cologne when they ride. I can smell it when they are across the street from me. Seems like this would be a “nice” way to mess with other riders. Make them choke so you get the edge. Why else would you wear cologne when you ride? These are guys dressed like Power Rangers, so probably not heading to meet a date or client. Some of these guys look like they just showered, but maybe that’s just sweat or cologne.

 

[fooferdoggie]

so what strip it off before you ride? better than pot fumes or cigarette smells or exhaust.

 

[indianajo]

Cologne makes me sneeze.
I use dilute original Palmolive dish soap to bathe because I do not want to smell like a blueberry, or strawberry, or watermelon, or any other of the 15 food choices body detergent comes in.
On hot days, after a long ride my natural odor is rootabega. Same as my father. They sell the fruit in summer at hardware stores in Appalachia.
One advantage of being post retirement age, odorferous bacteria does not grow on my skin anymore.

 

[PCeBiker]

better than pot fumes or cigarette smells or exhaust.

My tailwind smells like pot fumes, cigarette smell, halitosis and farts.

I don't see anyone accept the occasional farmer on my rides, and they probably smell much the same as I do?

 

[mrgold35]

Just normal underarm deo and chap stick only before a ride. I don't use sun block because I wear UV clothing, gloves, helmet, eyewear, and bike shorts or spandex (to knees when warm/hot, full length in cold weather). I never really had a good sniffer for faint smells and it isn't nearly as sensitive compared to my wife's (the old we have to switch hotel rooms because of the off smell type of thing she can only sense).

 

[PCeBiker]

I use dilute original Palmolive dish soap to bathe because I do not want to smell like a blueberry, or strawberry, or watermelon, or any other of the 15 food choices body detergent comes in.

I used to put dish detergent in a Visene bottle to take camping.
It would last a week as my only detergent for washing everything including me.

I use Dawn now, so I smell like a baby duck and ducks aren't a food group until they're full grown.

 

[PCeBiker]

I use dilute original Palmolive dish soap.

I remember Madge,..

 

[juggernaut]

I used to wear cologne when riding………but I found more dogs than women would chase me!!

Now moving to Plan B!

 

[PCeBiker]

I used to wear cologne when riding………but I found more dogs than women would chase me!!

Now moving to Plan B!

Garlic might work?

If you don't want to be chased by zombies, vampires or werewolves, you'll also need a wooden stake and a silver bullet.

 

[jabberwocky]

I've never met a roadie who wore cologne while riding, though it may be regional. I know the section of MUP where I used to live had a lot of walkers who wore it. Sometimes you could smell the dude walking down the trail ahead of you for a few minutes before you actually caught him. Some of those heavy colognes... linger...

Personally I just toss some deodorant on before riding. I always shower when I'm back home anyway.

 

[El_Binco]

Fumes for me

so what strip it off before you ride? better than pot fumes or cigarette smells or exhaust.

Fumes for me

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Hard to image a serious roadie willing to carry the extra 20 milligrams without some offsetting benefit. What could it be?

 

[Chargeride]

Smelling salts effect.

 

[dodgeman]

Nothing but the best for me, Old Spice Muskoxen. Go big or go home right? Actually no, I don’t wear any.

 

[mschwett]

never heard of or even smelled a roadie with a whiff of cologne on. something else is going on here…

 

[fooferdoggie]

never heard of or even smelled a roadie with a whiff of cologne on. something else is going on here…

well maybe if you're drafting them. Now my wife on the back of the tandem gets some odors for sure.

 

[Dry Fork]

No, and I don't wear cologne when I am not riding either.

 

[6zfshdb]

I don't, but my brother does. I always make sure he's behind me on the trail. Insects seem to love the stuff he wears, and are drawn to him when we stop. There are some advantages, since I don't have to use bug repellent.

 

[Taylor57]

Many road bikers wear cologne when they ride. I can smell it when they are across the street from me. Seems like this would be a “nice” way to mess with other riders. Make them choke so you get the edge. Why else would you wear cologne when you ride? These are guys dressed like Power Rangers, so probably not heading to meet a date or client. Some of these guys look like they just showered, but maybe that’s just sweat or cologne.

I can honestly say I've never smelled perfume or cologne on a ride and when I ride, I am on bike paths and usually around other riders. I don't even wear perfume or after shave on a non riding day! Maybe that's why I cant get a date!

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Well, I really take care of my looks (and the smell) when I set off for a group ride. Yes, I wear cologne on group rides.