Best towels for indoor cycling

Equipment
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I think this counts as equipment… is there such thing as a gym towel or sports towel? I just use normal bathroom towels but I wonder if something made of microfibre etc would be easier to use/launder. First world problem I know!

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Cotton towels are fine, can be laundered easily, and don’t shed microplastics.

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Best towels for indoor cycling, nah I use old ones; plain cotton ones work for me :wink:

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I use a “dog” towel, which are old towels we keep around to use on the dog after a bath or muddy walk.

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I don’t yet have a dog, but I suspect the grotty towels i use would be sneered at by your dog! :rofl:

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I have some mid-sized towels that found their way home from the gym.

Really though, the best ‘towel’ is a portable AC in your pain cave so you don’t even sweat. Best indoor training aid ever.

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I personally like the plush ones that you find in high end hotels.

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Classic Turkish Hand Towel (~30" x 20") in white

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Costco sells multi packs of white hand towels.

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Big towels or many smaller ones! Especially if the pain cave is rather humid.

As I’m in Colorado, trainer rides in winter are definitely not damp. I use 2 old washcloths that are still very fluffy between my hands and wherever I’m holding the bars. Then I drape a clothe diaper or hand towel over the stem for face use. Oh, I also use a head band and terry wristbands that are usually very moist by the end of the session.

Between those and the obligatory fans to increase convective cooling, the bike stays surprisingly dry. See comment about winter training.

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In the kind of hotels I frequent, the towels are bolted to the wall :rofl:

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Honestly, the best towels are the ones the wife says I can use.

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I love using a swimming towel like from Speedo.

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This. I asked where they bought them and found them online. Bought 20.

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I won a pack of 3 Zwift towels some 8 years ago & they are still going strong. Seem to work OK.

I would avoid the Tacx one that comes with the TacxNeo etc. Its massive which you would think is a good thing but if you drape it accross your stem as I do, it gets everywhere and constantly in the way