pista

You have a bacterial problem. A lot of people have it. The smell is from bacteria feeding on your sweat juices. You either have it or you don't. I don't know what to recommend for you.

I just use my wife's unscented Secret deodorant.

I maybe different but I find that after long cycling rides I don't smell. I have asked people "Do I smell?" I don't smell. Sometimes, I don't take a shower til the following day. The only thing I have after a long ride is salt deposits on my skin and shorts - white streaks.

Apus^2

shave your pits if you haven't. takes away the place for the bacteria to hide.

zmorgan

+1

The anti-persperants like Old Spice seem to make me sweat more. I read that the gook in them clogs up the cloth in your clothes so the underarm area can't breathe. It's also what causes the yellow stains in shirts.

I just use Speed Stick Ocean Surf now which smells kinda like soap I guess.

roadho

I've been making my own deodorant lately out of essential oils, witch hazel and rubbing alcohol. Works too, but some days I have to put it on more than once if I'm having a particularly funky day.

Gonzlobo

Thank you Mr. Spock.

Gonzlobo

(whisper)
What if you're a boy?

zmorgan

Even trimming gets rid of a lot of bacteria hide outs if shaving would be too much of a jump..

chingon77

Well then you have nothing to worry about right now. Just wait until you reach the age when your testosterone floods your body and you start growing hair. Might want to have your pops talk to you about the birds and the bee's.

qmsdc15

True. I think people who don't sweat enough and shower too frequently are the ones who stink. Sweat cleans you from the inside out. The stuff that the bacteria feeds on gets diluted with sufficient sweating. Frequent washing with soap compromises your body's acid mantle which is our natural defense against bacteria growing on our skin.

Ride more and bathe less. I use a deodorant, but the aluminum or any antiperspirant is bad news. I used to have one of the stones but I heard something about health concerns from those too.

late

I use Crystal. It's a cheap rock, works, lasts a long time.
https://www.thecrystal.com/product.cf...submit_thumb/2

JasonC

I've also heard that shaving the armpits works well... basically the hair adds to the surface area on which the bacteria live. Shaving reduces that surface area. I haven't shaved yet, only trim for now....

I like the Arm & Hammer gel. My wife, who is paranoid about that stuff, really likes Mitchum.

If you want to experiment, I found it works to try a new deodorant before you run out of your old stuff. Put one under your left arm, the other under your right. The next day, or after a ride, take a smell of each

coldfeet

+10000

This is sold in other places as Crystal Stick, does absolutely nothing to stop sweat, but really does a number on BO.
Lasts forever, too. I'm using the same stick I bought a year ago, less than half gone. No deposits on your clothes either.

Timmy Mac

I use Tom's of Maine unscented natural deodorant. I avoid anything with aluminum in it - that shiznit causes Alzheimer's.

CdCf

No, aluminium doesn't. It barely even enters your body beyond the skin where you apply it. The whole point of the aluminium is to enter your sweat glands and stay there. And it does. When the effect wears off, you sweat the aluminium back out, along with everything else.

Gonzlobo

Yeah but (normal) men don't shave their pits.

Timmy Mac

Hmmm...The Google sez you're right. I'll be damned. I'll probably keep using the natural stuff, though, just to make sure my Massachusetts Liberal license isn't revoked.

zmorgan

or their legs...

Thurnau

I use the Toms of Maine Lemon Grass or wood spice. I too do not like the idea of aluminum clogging my pours. It doesn't last the entire day if I sweat a lot, so sometimes I re-apply. After a bike ride I just rinse off in the shower.

I used to use degree aerosol. It worked great, but it stained up all my white and off white shirts. Those stains are irraversable. I could not get deodorant stains out trying soaking them in vinegar, baking soda, bleach, alcohol, oxyclean, or any other home remedies.

JasonC

Did you mean Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex Glycine? The article seems to prefer that versus other aluminum-based ingredients.

EJ123

I use ammonium alum.