Hello all, this is my first CNC and I'm wondering if there are laundry opportunities along the route when some of those synthetic fabrics start getting a bit ripe.
BRAG has had layover days where you can buy the washing of a bag of laundry, I found a better plan was to scope out a town we stop in by using Google or Yahoo! to find a laundromat with reasonable distance of the camping spot.
Some of us will pack a week worth of jerseys/shorts into zip lock bages and not worry about the laundry thing. Other than that, you are on the right tract by trying to locate a laundry close to each night's camp site and either biking or walking to laundry mat when you get to camp that afternoon.
showering with clothes on may not be a good idea if there is a long line at the shower trailer? When I do that, it takes me twice as long to get me and the shorts and socks smelling good.
Normally, the shuttle routes include a laundry, or a shopping center that has one. I have usually planned such a stop about mid-week since so many extra layers are required for CNC that one can't fit a weeks worth of clean cloths in two bags.
I have jumped into the shower clothed after many a Florida ride to wash off the crusted salt, and also to rinse my helmet. I also sometimes have to wash the hydration pack to get the salt crust off of it.
I guess a shuttle somewhere in midweek will do the trick. Another poster neatly answered the question why, which is because after a while the luggage bags get too big. Also, sweaty clothes that ferment a few days will grow legs, get up and start scampering around.
On my first BRAG I discovered that a length of string is very handy for setting up a campground clothesline for drying jerseys, and I still thank the person who provided me about 12 feet of string off of a roll. I also learned to not rinse clothes and put them on a piece of farm machinery to dry, unless you like rust stains.
CNC has seldom had enough dry weather for drying cloths other than in a laundry. (I always HAVE a line with some cloths pins but........... Warm cloths are also harder to hand wash and they often dry slower.