This might explain why my bike trousers have started letting the rain in

as they're filthy! Job for the weekend then.
We have a pretty sort of storage bench in our small hall and I dump all my bike gear on that when I'm working. If I'm not working for a day or two then the helmet and gloves go in one of the baskets, the boots go in the downstairs loo, and the jacket and trousers get taken upstairs into my room. If the gear is wet then it gets shoved into the airing cupboard to try and dry before the next day.
Looks very elegant, not. Himself not impressed, but it's better than it used to be - I used to keep horse tack in the hall!
Hearing you say airing cupboard brings back childhood memories and not because I was locked in there!