Wet bike shoes

[biggs682]

Newspapers are all online now. Please advise.

Try cardboard or such like

 

[PaulSB]

Newspapers are all online now. Please advise.

Buy The Guardian on Saturday and The Observer on Sunday and you will have plenty of reading material with leftovers to stuff in your shoes.

Works for me.

 

[Sharky]

For Londoners, you can still get a free paper, Evening Standard. I think only on Thursdays. And copies of the Metro are freely available at a lot of stations.

Or the "weekend", free from Waitrose.

 

[fossyant]

As the lucky owner of three pairs of Winter Boots, you have the answer. Cuff's still need drying, and it it's hosing it down, I'll use waterproof trousers, otherwise it's shorts or MTB trousers (splash proof). The key is drying them quickly - some sort of air flow, radiator will do but not ideal. If you use a dehumidifier for clothes drying - pop the boots in the airflow - drys quickly and stops any stink. Leaving shoes too long causes the smell. Blast of anti-bac shoe spray occasionally.

 

[fossyant]

Buy The Guardian on Saturday and The Observer on Sunday and you will have plenty of reading material with leftovers to stuff in your shoes.

Works for me.

I'll let someone else buy the Mail

 

[fossyant]

For Londoners, you can still get a free paper, Evening Standard. I think only on Thursdays. And copies of the Metro are freely available at a lot of stations.

Or the "weekend", free from Waitrose.

I'm a cyclist, what's a train station, never go near town centre for a 'metro', and never a Waitrose, LOL.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Full mudguards.

After this do nothing. Really do nothing. Your shoes will dry on your next ride or two via airflow. If you don’t have a ride planned imminently, hang them on the washing line via the Velcro or laces.

For the smell, anti bacterial spray on a clean rag and wipe internals.

Yes - in the old days I often got wet feet walking the dog
I wore trainers for it and they got very smelly at times
I tried putting them in the washing machine but the heat softened the glue holding the inner liner in place

after that I got some anti bac spray and used that which fixed the problem

 

[Webbo2]

If you stick your smelly shoes in a plastic freezer bag and stick them in the freezer. The cold temps will kill off the bacteria.

 

[Baldy]

Anyone tried Velotozes? Are they any good?

 

[fossyant]

No.

Winter boots. Then just make sure any materials that get wet are dried quickly. Applies to any sports footwear,

 

[matticus]

It won't solve the smell of wet shoes, but for autumn/winter even when it's not raining, buy a cheap ~£10 pair of neoprene socks from somewhere like Amazon and wear a thin pair of summer socks under them while riding.

Your feet aren't likely to get wet from rain or the damp shoes, they won't get cold unless it's subzero outside and you chuck the daily pair of thin summer socks in the wash inside of frequently washing the neoprene socks.

Did you mean actual neoprene i.e. like surfers use? From a quick search these are mainly really thick (3mm?), so would seem to create fit problems. Otherwise I very much like the sound of your suggestion!

Or perhaps you mean the new(ish) plehtora of waterproof sock like the Sealskins (Otter, Dexshell et al ...)? I've just ordered some (reduced to ~£10 on Amazon!!) as a cheap experiment.

I'm a big fan of winter boots now (after quite a few winters with them), but I now do enough summer rides affected by downpours (<whispers> climate change??) that I'm interested in other approaches.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

If you stick your smelly shoes in a plastic freezer bag and stick them in the freezer. The cold temps will kill off the bacteria.

I think this is a complete myth.

Remember that single celled organisms (think sperm, eggs and embryos, all of which are more complex than bacteria) are routinely preserved alive at minus 196 under liquid nitrogen, the idea that a domestic freezer kills bacteria seems far fetched.

See eg for food https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...ezing-food-doesnt-kill-e-coli-and-other-germs

What it will do is reduce the volatility of smelly organic chemicals.

 

[Binky]

I wrote this earlier so I'll say again. Dry out the shoes then sprinkle in bicarb of soda so it covers insole. Leave overnight then remove.

Job done smell will be gone. I have a pair of trainers which after a while stank pretty bad even after washing in machine. The bicarb trick sorted it.

Oh and all those saying get mudguards, wear overshoes etc that is prevention not cure!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have overshoes
wet wet type material
personally, I find they are better at keeping my feet warm than stopping them getting wet

 

[Alex321]

Newspapers are all online now. Please advise.

While they all have an online presence, most are still available in paper form from your local newsagent/corner shop/garage.

We still get the paper version of the Times daily, on subscription.