SMELLY SHOES

gbs

Having experienced a long series of athletic endeavours - skiing, tennis, hillwalking etc - for the first time ever my long suffering wife has had cause to comment, and rightly so, on unfragrant footwear - Spesh Expert MTB. These shoes are almost unwearable if wet. ':oops:'

Help please or I will have to buy something else.

I am cycling to Paris next week and might look for the Mavic shoes en route. Does anyone have a view?

LeighB

Spray some old socks with fabric freshener (febreeze type stuff) and put them in the shoes when not in use.

Woodchip

These are pretty good...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... efid=store

Also, talc in the shoe works quite well.

buddha

You need this

skyd0g

Do you wear "Coolmax" or similar socks while riding? ...may help?

Stellite

Pop the shoes in the freezer overnight, It will kill the bugs making the smells

peanut1978

bicarbonate of soda absorbs odours

MattC59

Burn them.......... it's the only way to be sure !!!!

keef66

Freezing won't kill fungi & bacteria; that's how most culture collections are stored. Stick them in the washing machine with a couple of old towels and do a 40c cycle. Then dry them out thoroughly in the airing cupboard. Then try the Febreeze followed by talc and bicarb.

If that fails, I'm with MattC59. Burn them.

Headhuunter

I have this problem with my commuter bike shoes. Once they get wet in the rain a few times they start to stink... I keep them in the shed with the bikes so it's not a huge problem, but I mught give some of these solutions a go.

desweller

peanut1978 wrote:

bicarbonate of soda absorbs odours

+1

A tablespoon in each clog for 12 hours - job's a good 'un.