Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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Yeah, it's not a bad idea (there is a genuine problem) but it doesn't offer much more than a radiator mounted airer. Even as something that is more purpose built for cycle kit the price is too prohibitive for me.
I think it does, you can store the whole lot away very quickly. Whilst you're still taking your kit off your traditional airer and putting it on hangers or folding it to put into drawers then storing your airer in the cupboard under the stairs. With this it's just straight to your storage location, job done, sit back down. Over and entire year that's a lot of time saved.
If I am honest, I have absolutely no idea how Husdon dries my clothing when I return from a spin around my county.
Yeah. Bit of a load of cods really.
What's wrong with chucking it on the floor
But.... but.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radiator-Airer-Adjustable-Drying-Clothes/dp/B007TFPOA0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1508773123&sr=8-2&keywords=clothes+radiator+airers
I sort of like the idea.. but I'll never buy one..
I hope it works for those people with limited space, limited radiators, good interior airflow, no damp, no clothes horse, tumble dryer and aren't partial to a bit of crafting themselves. Yes all best luck to them!
My workplace ticks all those boxes so I am very tempted to to buy one for work. I hate having to cycle home in damp kit from the cycle in because there is no way to hang kit anywhere near the radiator in the changing room.
Concept has a fundamental flaw, relying on the heating to dry the clothes. We ruin our homes drying clothes this way as the evaporated water has to go somewhere, often generating damp. If they take a few more steps, enclosing it in a damp absorbing covering with a simple electric heater then I would be interested.
Good advice there from Graham...
Also remember never to boil a kettle indoors. Cooking pasta, using a steam iron and showering are also big no_no's in my house.
I actually really like the idea, but spending £35+. No thanks
Don't forget about breathing out - there's lots of moisture in outgoing breaths. Personally, I made a full-body moisture reclamation device in preparation for the forth-coming water wars.
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Have clothes horses stopped being made then?
They still make them http://www.argos.co.uk/browse/sports-and-leisure/fitness-equipment/exerc...
Yeah, nah.
Hmmm - £35 or make your own with some ordinary hangers, some glue and a couple of magnets.
Yeah but it'll be shit
Well, put a bit of effort into it, then.