Is it gross by used mtb shoes?

[shootingstar]

If it's a shoe to protect one's feet but not for walking around much and worn only a couple of times previously, sounds okay.

Where I draw the line for myself, is to look at the whole undersole/heel of the shoes and see how it's worn down. I cannot bring myself to wear and walk around other people's shoes, particularily worn down even abit because my gait and weight pressure on how shoes get worn down will not match to another person's gait and how shoe is worn down.

I wear customized orthotics even in cycling shoes...hence, have no intention of undermining its great corrective benefits to my feet, and posture by wearing shoes that aren't worn down at the heel/sole in same way as my feet.

Sounds picky, but customized orthotics are hundreds of $$ --more than cycling shoes.

[Kiwi Stoker]

Spray disinfectant (eg Dettol) can be used in shoes (says so on the can). I'm a bit wary of bleach as you could end up with white (or other coloured) spotted socks.

And chuck out the insoles.

[itself]

What is Dettol, never heard of it. And yes, I have custom insoles so no problem there!

Lisa

[Kiwi Stoker]

Sorry! I kind of figured this British product had taken over the world as it's really big in NZ/Australia and Asian countries. Here's a link.

http://www.dettol.co.uk/home.shtml

<aside> I have fond memories of dettol and it's smell- everytime I fell over and grazed something as a child, mum would bathe the wound in Dettol. Hydrogen Peroxide and Iodine were not really big in NZ then.