Reeky Bike Shoes

[Bluebell72]

The last three days, I have come home completely soaked, dripping wet after being caught in one of these phenomenal rain showers we seem to be having a lot of at the moment.

After wiping the bike down (of course!) I wipe my shoes down, and stuff them with newspaper with a 'wick' sticking up to help them dry and place them on the windowsill to dry out.
Yesterday I noticed that the shoes were starting to develop a bad smell. I had the insoles out and washed them, and wiped the inside of the shoes with anti-bac stuff.
Today, though they were dry, they are starting to smell like a cat has peed in them!

It's a cat-free house! How else can I clean the shoes?

 

[WychwoodTrev]

Spray them inside with fabreeze works a treat

 

[al78]

I usually put mine in the washing machine.

 

[barongreenback]

Anti fungal shoe spray should solve it. Very easy to get manly shoes when they've been damp.

 

[barongreenback]

Manly? Bloody OS X Lion autocorrect. Manky.

 

[Bluebell72]

Anti fungal shoe spray should solve it. Very easy to get manly shoes when they've been damp.

Don't have those parts!!

Thanks for the tips - can't put the shoes in the washer as I've got cleated shoes - fibreglass based.
Will buy some anti-fungal spray when I'm out later.
Thanks again

 

[Mad at urage]

Always remove the in-soles whenever you use them, air these separately from the shoes and leave the tongue of the shoes propped pen wide. Especially on solid cycling shoes this is better than leaving newspaper in (which is correct for leather shoes).

If they already stink, wipe them out with a kitchen-surface cleaner type spray.

Separate airing of soles and shoes (preferably in the open air, in the sun) will prevent them stinking in future (IME).

 

[2Loose]

Throw the insoles into the freezer overnight. The cold will kill a lot of the smelly bacteria.

(Don't put your feet straight back in them or you might get a shock )

 

[Davidc]

If you aren't wearing anything inside them try the little sport shoe socks - the ones that don't even come up to your ankle.

I wash mine if they whiff a bit, they are Lidl ones though so don't cost much if they're ruined. I do take the cleats and mounting plate off first, and the laces

If they aren't smelly they still get a squirt of anti-bac foot spray in them, as do all my shoes.