How fast do Bike shoes dry?

[Spoken4]

Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you
get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
Any recommendations would be appreciated.

[Bleve]

Spoken4 wrote:
> Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
> shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying?


That depends entirely on the individual shoe. The Shimano sandals will
dry very fast indeed, the Cannondale MTB shoes will take days....


> If you
> get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
> I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
> am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
> as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.

For riding in wet conditions, covers are good, yes.

[TimC]

On 2006-04-05, Bleve (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> Spoken4 wrote:
>> Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
>> shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying?
>
>
> That depends entirely on the individual shoe. The Shimano sandals will
> dry very fast indeed, the Cannondale MTB shoes will take days....
>
>> If you
>> get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
>> I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
>> am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
>> as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
>> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> For riding in wet conditions, covers are good, yes.

There's got to be a market for affordable cycling clothing. As in
broke student affordable. I looked at the price of el-cheapo Uno
booties, on special, when I was being paid quite a lot by student
standards, and I still couldn't justify them. That and gloves.

This was the day when I bought one of their ski/downhill cycling thick
padded jackets... for $25. Clearance "last year's 'model'".


Speaking of cold. What a ride! I walked into the bathroom tonight
before I left, noted how cold it is (open windows). Looked back at my
weather applet to note a temperature of 8.9 degrees, donned the arm
warmers, stepped outside, and started sprinting down burwood road to
warm up a bit. I didn't stop sprinting til about the top of the hill
on camberwell road. I beleive that was the highest average speed I
have attained on the way home. Didn't harm that that forecast
headwind didn't exist, and was actually a bit of a tail wind. Also
got only one or two red lights.

So exhilarating :) Can't wait til it's 2 degrees (Tam/lama bait).

--
TimC
"This thesis brought to you by the letter tau" -- TimC

[Donga]

If your shoes are still wet in the morning, put plastic bags over your
socks. It will help to keep you warm. Even works if your shoes are dry
and it's cold. Not so good for a long ride, but great for a commute.

Donga

[Bleve]

TimC wrote:
> On 2006-04-05, Bleve (aka Bruce)

> > For riding in wet conditions, covers are good, yes.
>
> There's got to be a market for affordable cycling clothing. As in
> broke student affordable. I looked at the price of el-cheapo Uno
> booties, on special, when I was being paid quite a lot by student
> standards, and I still couldn't justify them. That and gloves.

I got a pair of neoprene booties pretty cheap, a few years ago. They
were around $40 or so I think. You won't get specialised bits of kit
for free though Tim.

> Speaking of cold. What a ride! I walked into the bathroom tonight
> before I left, noted how cold it is (open windows). Looked back at my
> weather applet to note a temperature of 8.9 degrees, donned the arm
> warmers, stepped outside, and started sprinting down burwood road to
> warm up a bit. I didn't stop sprinting til about the top of the hill
> on camberwell road. I beleive that was the highest average speed I
> have attained on the way home. Didn't harm that that forecast
> headwind didn't exist, and was actually a bit of a tail wind. Also
> got only one or two red lights.

It was brisk, eh :) I got 100km in it ... 50km was a roaring tailwind!
The other 50 ...

Thermal T-shirts are ace. Windvests are ace ... windstopper gloves
rock etc ...
and my favorite cold/windy bit of kit is my windstopper headband. You
can get 'em from most bushwalking/outdoors shops. Brilliant ...

[Gemma Kernich]

"Spoken4" > wrote in message
...
> Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
> shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you
> get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
> I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
> am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
> as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.

I've never had a pair of cycling shoes I couldn't get dry enough to ride
home confortably in by the end of a working day. This is possible by
following these steps:
1. Ride to work and get soaked
2. Have a shower, take socks in with you to wash the grit out.
3. Dry yourself, then roll up socks in towel and roll them up, jump on
rolled up towel. Either dry socks with a hairdryer, or handryer, of it they
are unavailable place socks for the day on back of a CRT computer monitor
(they dry nicely :-)
4. Buy yourself a newspaper to read at your desk
5. Read the newspaper.
6. Stuff the shoes tight with newspaper
7. 30 min later remove paper, and replace
8. Repeat step 7 several more times over the course of the day
9. Ride home with dry (and usually crispy) socks and shoes.

I find that knicks and jerseys dry by themselves in an airconditioned office
environment. Even with neoprene booties the water gets in after a while
(usually by runnging down your leg and in through the top) But booties do
keep your feet warm.

Gemm

[Ken Pisichko]

Gemma Kernich wrote:

> But booties do keep your feet warm.
>
> Gemm

Here in Canada bicycle couriers sometimes wear Sorel boots. My Caribou II boots
are good to at least -40C (yes, that is minus 40 Celsius - Propane gas is pretty
much a liquid at that temp!) See
http://www.jseigelfootwear.on.ca/sorel_mens.html Some of these are really
incredible boots... I don't think anyone bicycles at -100 F, but that is another
discussion....

Ken
Winnipeg, Canada

[Nick Payne]

My water heater is in the corner of my garage. If my shoes get wet I put
them upside down on top of the heater when I get home, and it's warm enough
there that they're always dry by morning, no matter how wet in the evening.
These are Carnac shoes, with uppers which are part real leather and part
mesh.

When I get wet on the way to work, I hang my cycling clothes at the back of
the server racks where there are kilowatts of hot air being pumped out by
the fans and power supplies of the servers...I put my shoes on top of a
large CRT monitor and they're dry or nearly so by going home time.

Nick

"Spoken4" > wrote in message
...
> Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
> shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you get
> to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
> I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
> am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers as
> well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.

[Spoken4]

Nick Payne wrote:
> My water heater is in the corner of my garage. If my shoes get wet I put
> them upside down on top of the heater when I get home, and it's warm enough
> there that they're always dry by morning, no matter how wet in the evening.
> These are Carnac shoes, with uppers which are part real leather and part
> mesh.
>
> When I get wet on the way to work, I hang my cycling clothes at the back of
> the server racks where there are kilowatts of hot air being pumped out by
> the fans and power supplies of the servers...I put my shoes on top of a
> large CRT monitor and they're dry or nearly so by going home time.
>
> Nick
>
> "Spoken4" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
>> shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you get
>> to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
>> I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
>> am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers as
>> well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit chilly?
>> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
>
What a good idea, my desk is in a server room too, however I am "lucky"
enough to have to park my bike and get dressed in the school boiler room
which has two large furnaces and an industrial hot water unit. Haven't
been there over winter yet so I don't know how hot it will get in there
- I could have the other problem of cooking my shoes. I suppose the
suggestions of paper in them will be essential to stop shrinkage - do
synthetic shoes shrink?

[Plodder]

--
Frank

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"Gemma Kernich" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Spoken4" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
> > shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you
> > get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
> > I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
> > am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
> > as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit
chilly?
> > Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> I've never had a pair of cycling shoes I couldn't get dry enough to ride
> home confortably in by the end of a working day. This is possible by
> following these steps:
> 1. Ride to work and get soaked
> 2. Have a shower, take socks in with you to wash the grit out.
> 3. Dry yourself, then roll up socks in towel and roll them up, jump on
> rolled up towel. Either dry socks with a hairdryer, or handryer, of it
they
> are unavailable place socks for the day on back of a CRT computer monitor
> (they dry nicely :-)
> 4. Buy yourself a newspaper to read at your desk
> 5. Read the newspaper.
> 6. Stuff the shoes tight with newspaper
> 7. 30 min later remove paper, and replace
> 8. Repeat step 7 several more times over the course of the day
> 9. Ride home with dry (and usually crispy) socks and shoes.
>
> I find that knicks and jerseys dry by themselves in an airconditioned
office
> environment. Even with neoprene booties the water gets in after a while
> (usually by runnging down your leg and in through the top) But booties do
> keep your feet warm.
>
> Gemm

DO NOT dry your socks by hanging them over a lamp in a hotel room (or any
other lamp). In a couple of hours they will be a gooey melted mess and your
room smells funny all night...
Did this when touring last year. Bugger.

Cheers,

Frank

[Gemma_k]

"Spoken4" > wrote in message
u...

>>
> What a good idea, my desk is in a server room too, however I am "lucky"
> enough to have to park my bike and get dressed in the school boiler room
> which has two large furnaces and an industrial hot water unit. Haven't
> been there over winter yet so I don't know how hot it will get in there -
> I could have the other problem of cooking my shoes. I suppose the
> suggestions of paper in them will be essential to stop shrinkage - do
> synthetic shoes shrink?

I have found that they can can dry and change shape, rather than shrink.
They can go a bit crispy which is annoying if you haven't hadpaper to keep
the toe box where it's supposed to be. The main purpose of the newspaper is
that it's very absorbant - in about 15mins the paper will be completely
sodden and ready to be changed. It's really the paper that does the drying,
and better than what you can do with a handdryer (yes, I have tried!)
Gemma

[Friday]

Plodder wrote:
> --
> Frank
>
> Drop DACKS to reply
> "Gemma Kernich" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>"Spoken4" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>Just wondering with all the rain and all, if I get some proper cycling
>>>shoes are they generally synthetic and reasonably quick drying? If you
>>>get to work wet, do they dry in a mild heat by the end of the day?
>>>I ask cause my runners are soaked and won't be dry by morning :( and I
>>>am looking at getting proper cycling shoes. Is it worth getting covers
>>>as well, my reading indicates that cycling shoes tend to get a bit
>
> chilly?
>
>>>Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>>
>>I've never had a pair of cycling shoes I couldn't get dry enough to ride
>>home confortably in by the end of a working day. This is possible by
>>following these steps:
>>1. Ride to work and get soaked
>>2. Have a shower, take socks in with you to wash the grit out.
>>3. Dry yourself, then roll up socks in towel and roll them up, jump on
>>rolled up towel. Either dry socks with a hairdryer, or handryer, of it
>
> they
>
>>are unavailable place socks for the day on back of a CRT computer monitor
>>(they dry nicely :-)
>>4. Buy yourself a newspaper to read at your desk
>>5. Read the newspaper.
>>6. Stuff the shoes tight with newspaper
>>7. 30 min later remove paper, and replace
>>8. Repeat step 7 several more times over the course of the day
>>9. Ride home with dry (and usually crispy) socks and shoes.
>>
>>I find that knicks and jerseys dry by themselves in an airconditioned
>
> office
>
>>environment. Even with neoprene booties the water gets in after a while
>>(usually by runnging down your leg and in through the top) But booties do
>>keep your feet warm.
>>
>>Gemm
>
>
> DO NOT dry your socks by hanging them over a lamp in a hotel room (or any
> other lamp). In a couple of hours they will be a gooey melted mess and your
> room smells funny all night...
> Did this when touring last year. Bugger.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank
>
>

Nor, when you're cycle touring, should you put them too close to the
camp fire to dry out. (From experience.)

Actually from the same trip I learnt a few things from that trip.
Don't set up camp in the dark because you might wake up in:
a. A golf course.
b. The blasting area of a mine site.

(From experience.)

[TimC]

On 2006-04-07, Friday (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Plodder wrote:
>> DO NOT dry your socks by hanging them over a lamp in a hotel room (or any
>> other lamp). In a couple of hours they will be a gooey melted mess and your
>> room smells funny all night...
>> Did this when touring last year. Bugger.
>
> Nor, when you're cycle touring, should you put them too close to the
> camp fire to dry out. (From experience.)

pete sig: how many people was it on that freezing ride out to
Avanel/Hughes Creek/Seymour ride, who burnt their gloves?

It was freezing, everything was wet, and we all desperately wanted our
clothes to dry.

> Actually from the same trip I learnt a few things from that trip.
> Don't set up camp in the dark because you might wake up in:
> a. A golf course.
> b. The blasting area of a mine site.
>
> (From experience.)

Heh.

--
TimC
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.

[Peter Signorini]

"TimC" wrote:

> On 2006-04-07, Friday (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

>> Nor, when you're cycle touring, should you put them too close to the
>> camp fire to dry out. (From experience.)
>
> pete sig: how many people was it on that freezing ride out to
> Avanel/Hughes Creek/Seymour ride, who burnt their gloves?

Yes, quite a few, don't recall exactly. My son dropped the good Norse
woollen ski mittens that I'd given to him in the fire and scorched a slit
down the side.

> It was freezing, everything was wet, and we all desperately wanted our
> clothes to dry.

HeHe! I had a cold and dropped my handkerchief in. Light cotton catches fire
really quick!

--
Cheers
Peter

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