Wet shoes = smelly shoes

Avoneer

Hi All,

Anyone got any good tips on what to do with your shoes when they get p wet through?

I've tried natural drying, tumble drying and stuffing them with paper, but whatever I do, they always end up dry, but really stinky.

Cheers,

Pat...

cjcp

Take the inner soles out and dry them separately.

In autumn/winter, I sometime undo the straps and place them over the radiator.

always_tyred

- Put a peg on your nose.

- Do what Biodino did with his helmet and microwave them. (Do not do this).

- Store them in the shed

- In seriousness, to dry them, the best solution I've found is (a) a radiator (b) a desk fan.

- Try giving them a bit of a soak with something that you'd use to de-pong baselayers or gloves. To be honest, I'd regard preventing cycling shoe smell is an exercise in swimming up hill.

jonginge

In an attempt to swim uphill I spray my commute shoes when I get to the office with boots shoe spray:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ogId=11051

always_tyred

JonGinge wrote:

In an attempt to swim uphill I spray my commute shoes when I get to the office with boots shoe spray:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ogId=11051

Does it work for the dreaded "Helly baaselayer" smell? If so, I'm swimming around to Boots at lunchtime tomorrow. I don't care how steep the gradient is.

jonginge

Always Tyred wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

In an attempt to swim uphill I spray my commute shoes when I get to the office with boots shoe spray:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ogId=11051

Does it work for the dreaded "Helly baaselayer" smell? If so, I'm swimming around to Boots at lunchtime tomorrow. I don't care how steep the gradient is.

Dunno, could do. Got a couple of HH baselayers but they don't smell. Admittedly, at work I can hang up my commute wear out of the way so they don't stay damp all day and fester.

doog442

this is the story of my bike shoes

they live in the garage...

and i dont sniff them

they do a job

and i still dont sniff them.. :!: .just like i dont sniff the postman who also does a job :roll:

Kieran_Burns

Always Tyred wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

In an attempt to swim uphill I spray my commute shoes when I get to the office with boots shoe spray:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ogId=11051

Does it work for the dreaded "Helly baaselayer" smell? If so, I'm swimming around to Boots at lunchtime tomorrow. I don't care how steep the gradient is.

ISH is the answer - it helps stop warm weather smell effectively but getting them wet from rain and crud thrown up - not so good.

prawny

JonGinge wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

In an attempt to swim uphill I spray my commute shoes when I get to the office with boots shoe spray:
http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ogId=11051

Does it work for the dreaded "Helly baaselayer" smell? If so, I'm swimming around to Boots at lunchtime tomorrow. I don't care how steep the gradient is.

Dunno, could do. Got a couple of HH baselayers but they don't smell. Admittedly, at work I can hang up my commute wear out of the way so they don't stay damp all day and fester.

I hang my gear over empty chairs all over the office, I like people to know that I'm crazy 8)

Avoneer

Lol - some of those were really funny!

ISH ???

Think I'l go with the garage and don't sniff them idea.

Pat...

Kieran_Burns

Avoneer wrote:

Lol - some of those were really funny!

ISH ???

Think I'l go with the garage and don't sniff them idea.

Pat...

soonish, close-ish, nearish.

ish.

Avoneer

Ahhh, I get it.

Does it work - ish.....

D'oh!

Pat...