My shoes smell of cat pee

[chris-s]

...and the cat is not to blame!

I'm don't particularly suffer with smelly feet so I guess it's just a result of sweat and wet feet from triathlons. Presumably the insole can be removed and washed, they are Specialized something or others, but what about the rest of the shoe? Is it worth spraying them with copious amounts of odour-neutralising spray stuff?


Chris

 

[Piemaster]

The wetsuit boots I sail in have the same odour problem from sweat/wet feet. I'm no longer allowed to have them in the house.

One tip Iwas given for a smelly wetsuit though was to put it in the freezer before washing it. I've never actually tried it though as we only have a small freezer and, well, the ramifications of being caught doing it would be bad.

 

[buddha]

I can verify that >>this<< works! One bottle lasts ages too.

 

[numbnuts]

The wetsuit boots I sail in have the same odour problem

That's because you pee in your wetsuit

 

[eldudino]

I've been reading up on this and the problem seems to be with drying them when they're wet. Having just forked out a packet on some Northwave GTX winter boots, I want them to last and not to stink the place up. Supposedly any forced drying from a hot air source isn't necessarily a good way to dry stuff but often the only way in winter, unless you have a specific boot dryer, you're never going to get the things completely dry in a short time period.

I've just bought (on recommendation from cyclists and diving websites) some Trekmates Absorba Balls which contain silica gel to draw the moisture away. I'll be trying them out soon no doubt! I got mine for £15, not the £20 that's advertised.

 

[fossyant]

Try and avoid getting the shoes wet often - good overshoes and overtrousers for when it's hammering it down. Works for me - my commuter shoes don't smell at all. If you get them wet often, and they can't be dried promptly, they will smell.

 

[presta]

In a similar vein, my handlebars have suddenly started smelling like a tramps vest. I've washed them with Flash, disinfectant, and Savlon antiseptic, but nothing is shifting it. I could renew the tape, but the hoods stink too, and I draw the line at replacing the levers as well. I can't see why they're a problem now all of a sudden, the bike's done 37000 miles and it's been pawed with sweaty hands far more in previous years than it was this summer.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Putting shoes into the freezer for a few days does work - kills off the smelly bacteria.

Just remember to give them enough time to defrost before you go cycling again though.

 

[funnymummy]

My ex had the worst feet ever! He wore steel toacapped/steel soled work boots & they reaked. I refused to have them in the house, so he would leave them in the porch..Imagine he smell visitors got on arriving.. It really was vomit inducing

Anyhoo, A friend in the US gave me a tip.... Fill his boots with cat litter everynight!
I tried it & it really worked, but I never told my ex, he somehow thought his foot odour problem had gone away.
It was only when I once overslept & didn't empty them out before he woke, he asked WTF was going on

 

[biggs682]

we had the same problem with a pr of Nike football boots along with loads of other people , we took them back to selling shop and got full refund or replacments no problem .

 

[slowmotion]

Piss Off, mate....

http://www.freakfish.co.uk/rip-curl-wetsuit-cleaner-piss-off.html

 

[longers]

I've chucked a few pairs of cycling shoe through a 40 wash including spin with no ill effects to shoe or machine, spd and look cleats still attached. Wouldn't do it with carbon soles though.

I also try and make room for a pair of odour eaters when the shoes are new, they can be washed more often than the shoes and dry very quickly.

No stink.

Or not too much anyway.

 

[longers]

edited to add: have read advice about pairing shoes in a mesh bag or similar before going into the machine but have never bothered, you might prefer to do this.