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A reminder that DEET insect repellant will destroy your Lycra/technical apparel. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycling@lemmy.world

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If you ride in during the summer (who doesn't???), there may be times when you're putting bug repellent spray on.

DEET-based products harm synthetic fabric, so opt for a DEET-free bug spray if you don't want any surprises.

I've used picaridin-based products, and they seem to work as good, if not better, than DEET.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Use DEET or picaridin on skin.

Use Permethrin on your gear.

DEET will melt a lot of other synthetic stuff too like tents, tarps, watch straps, etc.

[–] tty5@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

If you use permetrin on your gear/clothes never let cats sleep on them - while they are fine with low doses higher ones are much more dangerous to them than to us.

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