Ah, another ad disguised as an article. I understand the average person doesn't know how to do bike maintenance and would need to learn about pumps, patch kits, etc; but saying "no one told me I'd also need" a helmet and a bike lock is kinda ridiculous.

warming up faster than the wet clothes and drying from inside the pile

not sure how true this is, but they do help dry clothes faster because they're knocking everything around more which distributes the air/heat better