Comments on: My Truck Is Stinky http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Banger http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428923 Banger Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:32:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428923 I highly recommend you switch riding styles and buy a Kona. Then you will have a Stinky to put in your truck and make the whole situation much more explainable. It worked for me. At least until I upgraded to a Stab. Now I have frequent problems with the police. I highly recommend you switch riding styles and buy a Kona. Then you will have a Stinky to put in your truck and make the whole situation much more explainable. It worked for me. At least until I upgraded to a Stab. Now I have frequent problems with the police.

]]> By: cyclegoddess http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428812 cyclegoddess Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:58:51 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428812 be careful of that scented crap, its usually toxic. And all most air things do is either mask the scent, or provide a temp block for your nose( like lysol). Baking soda (and hydrogen peroxide*) kills any odor( I had a house rabbit. Try the scent of a 5 lb unfixed buck bunny, in a enclosed house, in a Australian summer. Yummy. *But not on upholstery. I HAVE smelled some guys( as they rode by) that could have used a little arm and hammer sprinkled on em.... That enzyme stuff sounds great! Too bad you couldnt just dip your shorts in it... be careful of that scented crap, its usually toxic. And all most air things do is either mask the scent, or provide a temp block for your nose( like lysol).

Baking soda (and hydrogen peroxide*) kills any odor( I had a house rabbit. Try the scent of a 5 lb unfixed buck bunny, in a enclosed house, in a Australian summer. Yummy. *But not on upholstery.
I HAVE smelled some guys( as they rode by) that could have used a little arm and hammer sprinkled on em….

That enzyme stuff sounds great!
Too bad you couldnt just dip your shorts in it…

]]> By: Alex http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428749 Alex Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428749 So I am left wondering....Where did the superfly ride on the way home.....I mean it didn't ride coach did it???? If the road bike gets to go up front but the super fly rides in the back the only excuse for this would be to not expose that beauty to the smell.... So I am left wondering….Where did the superfly ride on the way home…..I mean it didn’t ride coach did it????

If the road bike gets to go up front but the super fly rides in the back the only excuse for this would be to not expose that beauty to the smell….

]]> By: anne henderson http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428746 anne henderson Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:09:42 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428746 Try a thin slurry of baking soda & medicine cabinet hydrogen peroxide. Apply liberally & let it dry completely. After you vacuum it up, the smell should be (mostly) gone. Loved the Lance story! Try a thin slurry of baking soda & medicine cabinet hydrogen peroxide. Apply liberally & let it dry completely. After you vacuum it up, the smell should be (mostly) gone.
Loved the Lance story!

]]> By: Big Boned http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428742 Big Boned Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:03:35 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428742 Erine's post above reminded me of something I haven't thought of in years. I was in the Army for 22 years. Lots of practical jokers in my unit when I was with the SF group. I can't remember WHY (I'm sure it was deserved) one of my buddies did this to the other, but he went to the store and bought a couple cans of sardines. He poured the oil from the cans all over the manifold of his friends car and placed the tins of sardines under the back seat. We then went to the field for a week and the car sat in the sun that whole time just waiting. We got back from the field and that car was more than a match for any ionizer, orange spray, or other "magical" formula any of you have espoused the virutes of. That car reeked for months (mostly because he 'fessed up to the oil on the manifold, but not the cans under the seat and the cans under the seats went undiscovered for weeks). The "stinkee" eventually got "even" by using a forklift to lift the "stinkers" car about 8 feet in the air, then going home with the key to the forklift in his pocket. Erine’s post above reminded me of something I haven’t thought of in years.
I was in the Army for 22 years. Lots of practical jokers in my unit when I was with the SF group. I can’t remember WHY (I’m sure it was deserved) one of my buddies did this to the other, but he went to the store and bought a couple cans of sardines. He poured the oil from the cans all over the manifold of his friends car and placed the tins of sardines under the back seat. We then went to the field for a week and the car sat in the sun that whole time just waiting.
We got back from the field and that car was more than a match for any ionizer, orange spray, or other “magical” formula any of you have espoused the virutes of. That car reeked for months (mostly because he ‘fessed up to the oil on the manifold, but not the cans under the seat and the cans under the seats went undiscovered for weeks). The “stinkee” eventually got “even” by using a forklift to lift the “stinkers” car about 8 feet in the air, then going home with the key to the forklift in his pocket.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428739 Ryan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:37:25 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428739 My last trip to SLC Bike Co netted me a parking ticket as well. Guess there is a reason nobody parks out front. As for my recommendation, embrace the smell, wear it as a badge of honor. My last trip to SLC Bike Co netted me a parking ticket as well. Guess there is a reason nobody parks out front. As for my recommendation, embrace the smell, wear it as a badge of honor.

]]> By: Phil http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428719 Phil Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:27:39 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428719 Here in Canada your car would get towed if your plates were expired. Here in Canada your car would get towed if your plates were expired.

]]> By: swtkaroline http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428715 swtkaroline Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:30:31 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428715 Fremont Mike beat me to the punch of suggesting Ozium. It's amazing stuff. I used to be the fleet manager of a large company, and my boss *always* smoked in her company car. No one knew, because she used Ozium. Fremont Mike beat me to the punch of suggesting Ozium. It’s amazing stuff. I used to be the fleet manager of a large company, and my boss *always* smoked in her company car. No one knew, because she used Ozium.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428651 Michelle Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:17:05 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428651 My car smells too - but I think that it's not bike related - it's camping related. And right now it's melted snow/salt/sand dried out in my carpets and baking in the spring sun - and add to that all the stuff that has accumulated in my car in the past 9 months. I'm afraid to clean it out for fear of what I may find...but Elden - your descriptions just about made me spit out my coffee. And for that I would have been upset as I am a wee bit tired and need my caffeine! As to the orangey sweaty smell - I think that may be better than piney sweaty smell! Thanks for the laughs! My car smells too – but I think that it’s not bike related – it’s camping related. And right now it’s melted snow/salt/sand dried out in my carpets and baking in the spring sun – and add to that all the stuff that has accumulated in my car in the past 9 months. I’m afraid to clean it out for fear of what I may find…but Elden – your descriptions just about made me spit out my coffee. And for that I would have been upset as I am a wee bit tired and need my caffeine! As to the orangey sweaty smell – I think that may be better than piney sweaty smell!
Thanks for the laughs!

]]> By: Uncle Ned http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/comment-page-2/#comment-428641 Uncle Ned Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:23:47 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/03/23/my-truck-is-stinky/#comment-428641 My best truck stink story involves a camping trip, an incontinent raccoon and a broken sliding rear window on my 1992 GMC Sierra. . . I won't get into specifics, but when a wild animal has the entire world to use as it's toilet, it's not extremely flattering to have the cab of your truck chosen as the most appropriate spot for the dirty bugger to cop a squat. Let THAT bake all day in the sun, come back to your truck and see if you want to go for a ride. The best part of the situation is that my wife was able to drive the truck to town and back with the windows up (I swear the stench would have made a Navy Seal hurl) and have the gall blame my (admittedly) poor hygiene by proclaiming "some sandwich or pork chop or something you left under the seat is starting to stink" Thank god for cheap vinyl interiors that can be hosed out. . . . good times . . . good times. My best truck stink story involves a camping trip, an incontinent raccoon and a broken sliding rear window on my 1992 GMC Sierra. . . I won’t get into specifics, but when a wild animal has the entire world to use as it’s toilet, it’s not extremely flattering to have the cab of your truck chosen as the most appropriate spot for the dirty bugger to cop a squat.

Let THAT bake all day in the sun, come back to your truck and see if you want to go for a ride. The best part of the situation is that my wife was able to drive the truck to town and back with the windows up (I swear the stench would have made a Navy Seal hurl) and have the gall blame my (admittedly) poor hygiene by proclaiming “some sandwich or pork chop or something you left under the seat is starting to stink” Thank god for cheap vinyl interiors that can be hosed out.

. . . good times . . . good times.

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