Cleaning Cycling Shoes

Dura Ace

Has anybody any tips on the best way to clean cycling shoes. Parts of mine have that mesh type material, that's just really difficult to clean. If I throw them in the washing maching, will they get damaged?

Gavin

I sometimes wrap mine in a towel and chuck em in at 30 degrees. Another tip I saw on the worldwidecycles blog is to stick a tumble dryer sheet into them to prevent odour! (Not whilst washing them)

Bluefoam

I wash mine with a hose

RobFowl

Verb wrote: »

I sometimes wrap mine in a towel and chuck em in at 30 degrees.

Do the same myself never seems to do any harm

coggs

:rolleyes: a nail brush and some vanish soap , usually cleans up the mesh !

tunney

So so not euro................

TinyExplosions

tunney wrote: »

So so not euro................

Cleaning them is not euro?

You have to clean white shoes.... nailbrush is the best way

'68 Fastback

Surely the true Euro-cyclist has a number of backup pairs of the same shoe, in their un-opened boxes just incase he gets caught out in some rain and gets his chausseurs(sorry caroline, haven't been in a french class since 1998) a little mucky:D

TinyExplosions

'68 wrote:

Surely the true Euro-cyclist has a number of backup pairs of the same shoe, in their un-opened boxes just incase he gets caught out in some rain and gets his chaussures(sorry caroline, haven't been in a french class since 1998) a little mucky:D

Fixed For ya

Deisetrek

My advice ?Just hot clean soapy water ( washing up liquid ) and a soft rag , leave to dry , stuffed with newspapers , followed by a coating of dubbin . It's a fantastic product to put a fine water-repellent coating on the shoe ( lovely shine too ) . My young lad uses it for his Hurling boots , can be bought in any supermarket .

ROK ON

Deisetrek wrote: »

dubbin .

Jaysus theres a blast from the past.
I used to clean mucky rugby boots with that every week when I was a kid. As you say, it is brilliant.
Completely forgot that it existed. Can almost smell the wintergreen thinking about it.:)

blorg

Get overshoes and you won't have this problem in the future (seriously.)

tunney

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Cleaning them is not euro?

You have to clean white shoes.... nailbrush is the best way

Sorry, washing machine isn't

Need to be spotlessly clean of course.

Dura Ace

Thanks for all the tips. I wear overshoes during the winter alright, but they originally got destroyed on a spin in the Irish "summer".