Do you get new boots when they stink too bad?

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Edited Date/Time 11/28/2022 5:13am
...and what do you do with your old ones? It's not worth it to me to sell them for $10 on CL, so I just toss them or donate them to the local track if they want them.

When do you get new boots?

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SEE ARE125 7/3/2019 7:43am
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I send them overseas. They come back smelling like strawberry Astroglide, but that’s better than that nasty, sweaty funk they had before.
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Someone across the pond just went from 6 to midnight
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I knew you folks would deliver on this topic lol
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kkawboy14 7/3/2019 8:02am
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My stuff don’t stink!
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Mr. Afterbar 7/3/2019 8:25am
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Can’t say I’ve had this problem. Wash them. Air them out. Get a boot dryer.
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aeffertz 7/3/2019 8:53am
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Tennis shoes, definitely. But my boots wear out too quick on the outside before the insides get permanently funky.
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cwtoyota 7/3/2019 9:03am
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Try a different brand of boot. Some companies use materials that make a good home for stinky bacteria/fungi.

I've been running Gaerne SG12 for the past few pairs, no stink, but I don't have stinky feet.
They last more than a year.

Before that I had decades of Alpinestars, no stink.

My knee pads stink like old gym socks if I don't wash them and so does anything with that type of cushion material.
I run the Fox Titan knee pads and have heard the Fox boots stink too.
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FLmxer 7/3/2019 10:00am
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I just shoved my socks I just wore in 5 rounds of golf in a row from my 20 year old foot joy golf shoes in my buddies face and told him. See my wife's right, i think my shit dont stink. He didn't appreciate it like I did but he is jealous. Lol
I have boots with soles totally worn through and they still smell like new leather.
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Last Braaap 7/3/2019 10:40am
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Throw them on the compost when they start to stink.

You won't believe what shrooms grow on them. Evil
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kb228 7/3/2019 11:34am
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Isnt there shit you can put in the boot to keep it from stinking? Like baking soda?
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DF313 7/3/2019 11:55am
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Obligatory post: Rumor says there's a guy who will clean them for you...... for free.....
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kb228 7/3/2019 12:15pm
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DF313 wrote:
Obligatory post: Rumor says there's a guy who will clean them for you...... for free.....
No he pays you to clean them
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Man, I wear my stinky boots like a badge of honor!!! You smell them arrive at the track even before I unload the bike!
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mikec265 7/3/2019 12:48pm
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Freezing will kill the bacteria and smell. They did it on Myth Buster's.
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kb228 wrote:
Isnt there shit you can put in the boot to keep it from stinking? Like baking soda?
Had a pair of AStars that would fill full of water in a dust bowl...i poured half a box in each boot, shook it around, and let sit overnight to a few days....then vacuum them out after pouring the majority out. Worked great. The only thing that worked better was getting a pair of SIDIs.
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752dad 7/3/2019 1:53pm
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There is a product I swear by, called “Odo Ban”
The stuff is magic. No thanks required, just give it a try.
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JPT 7/3/2019 1:58pm
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Define "too bad".
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GoonRider93 7/3/2019 2:06pm
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My Tech 7's were honking, I used Fabreeze Thai Orchid which smells lovely. I just got a new pair of SG12's so going to make an effort to not have them stinky. All else fails I'll charge localrider £20 to give them a good seeing to.
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neverwas 7/3/2019 2:33pm
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mikec265 wrote:
Freezing will kill the bacteria and smell. They did it on Myth Buster's.
It's true I did a week long ride in Costa Rica came back with a helmet liner that was so foul I thought I would toss the helmet,did the freezer trick and no stink at all.
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Turbojez 7/4/2019 5:08am
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I ditched my old pair of Fox Instincts, cause they smelled really bad, like cat piss bad, but it seems to be a common issue with those boots. There is not a single trick I haven't tried to get rid of it, nothing worked.
Switched to Sidi's, no more stink and they seem to hold up way better.
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Lasse 7/4/2019 5:10am
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Drop all the fancy stuff, put them in the freezer for 24 hours. That will kill the bacteria
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resetjet 7/4/2019 5:23am
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Fill washer with lid open hot water. Add favorites detergents. Add gear let soak overnight. Take out gear that will get ruined. Finish cycle. Or if you have a swimming pool. Throw in pool for a day.
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TE333 7/4/2019 5:35am
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Sounds like a job for that dude that cleans boots and gear. I think he called himself Localrider. Laughing
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Moto Mofo 7/4/2019 5:36am
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Buy a boot dryer, and use it after your ride. Makes a difference.
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Jeff_Crutcher 7/4/2019 8:42am
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Turbojez wrote:
I ditched my old pair of Fox Instincts, cause they smelled really bad, like cat piss bad, but it seems to be a common issue with...
I ditched my old pair of Fox Instincts, cause they smelled really bad, like cat piss bad, but it seems to be a common issue with those boots. There is not a single trick I haven't tried to get rid of it, nothing worked.
Switched to Sidi's, no more stink and they seem to hold up way better.
I thought my cats pissed in my boots.
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Lasse wrote:
Drop all the fancy stuff, put them in the freezer for 24 hours. That will kill the bacteria
My wife thinks we’re all weird mfers as it is, I can’t imagine trying to explain why my stinking ass boots are in the freezer.
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Spergen 7/5/2019 4:23pm
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Top tip, get some good quality cat litter then fill the end of your Mrs tights, tie up so they look like a sausage then after riding and washing boots put one in each boot. Drys them out a treat and no more smelly boots 😁

Was a tip given to me by pro snowboarder but works just as well with Moto
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toostroke 7/5/2019 5:43pm
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Nope I have boots to wear them for riding not smell them like roses
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PTECH 7/5/2019 6:17pm
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Are you kidding me? Throw them out because they stink?! After I spent $400 on boots I don't give flying F what they smell like.
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