[Closed] What do you do with wet muddy shoes after a ride?

Leave them drying and wear a spare dry pair.

Take out the insoles, put in some scrunched up newspaper, leave near radiator. Refresh newspaper before bed.

Hose them off then stuff full of newspaper.

If they're really muddy and wet through already, hose them while still on my feet while I wash the bike. Then stuff with newspaper and wack them on the radiator. If they're still damp the next day just grin and bear it.

Fill with newspaper and put in airing cupboard. I then wear 2 pairs of socks the next day because the shoes haven't dried.

Wear waterproof socks and not fuss about the wet shoes

Airing cupboard

I got one of those shoe driers if they are wet. I dont bother cleaning them

Shoe dryer, warm air blower fastened to the wall. Two of us riding every day meant loads of wet shoes, not any more..

Stuff with kitchen roll and stick 'em on the radiator. I'd give myself a 50% chance of being reasonably dry the next day, unless they're those big fat tongued 5:10s, then I'd give myself a 50% chance they'll be dry 7 days later.

Shove a couple of nappies in each shoe. Was quite surprised at how well this worked.

As above but I'm wearing goretex walking boots so they are generally dry inside

Take out the insoles, put in some scrunched up newspaper, leave near radiator. Refresh newspaper before bed.

This.

I balance mine on top of the Gas Boiler, when that fires up they have no choice but to dry out, it gets pretty warm on top.

otherwise i stuff them in the airing cupboard. Its a vast cupboard full of red cylinders, white cylinders and pressure gauges, i've NO idea what any of it does but it gets stuff dry fairly quick.

Same as any other filthy/wet outdoor shoes. Rinse, insoles out, fill em with newspaper leave em somewhere warm, find hanging them on the ends of my bars helps too, no idea why.

Would use a boot drier, but ours packed in two or three years ago, and we've got no real call for it now.

rinse with hose pipe then into airing cupboard. theyre dry for the next day.

I rotate two pairs but the wet ones go in a cardboard box on the radiator. Also got one of these if I'm in a rush http://m.clasohlson.com/uk/Shoe-Dryer/18-4300

Throw them away and buy new ones.

Use over-shoes. Take muddy over-shoes off and leave in the garage/shed. Bring clean and dry shoes in to warm up for tomorrow.

Insoles out, fill new newspaper & put somewhere warm overnight.
Wear Sealskinz socks (longer the better or new hydrostop to stop water coming in the top) & you won't notice if they're not dry.

Pop them on the shoe dryer of course..

Just put them back on again wet. They will be soaked and covered in mud within 2 minutes anyway.

Give them to my housekeeper, who then cleans and drys them, whilst I wear the next dry clean pair.

Housekeeper informs me, removes the insoles, wipes the outer until clean and stuffs with newspaper, and changing news paper for dry until shoes are dry, refits insoles, and places back in the rack.

You always need more than one pair of shoes, I prefer them to be all identical in the sole department makes setting cleats up easier and the insoles are matched as well to my silly arched feet, so use specialized comps and defrosters, they all feel the same on, just one is warmer and drier.

Hose them down, remove insoles, stuff with paper for a couple of hours, insert shoe driers, have dry shoes in the morning. Bloody genius things these driers.

I have some of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Pcs-Portable-Folding-Rotatable-Plastic-Shoes-Clothes-Hook-Hangers-Drying-Rack-/131370827601?hash=item1e964fbf51:g:KxoAAOSwVFlUKNSy

And some of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shoes-Dryer-Dry-boots-sports-leather-etc-Portable-UV-Disinfectant-Warmer-/311324684854?hash=item487c65b236:g:5qcAAOxy3HJTHOPF
Between the two they'll dry a pair of soggy five tens more or less overnight (they'll usually still be damp after one night but not clammy or squishy)

TBH those driers aren't very good but they combine with a radiator well. Oh- and 2 pairs of shoes.

I leave mine in the garage for 2 weeks till theyr'e dry, then It's time to go out again.

I'm with scotroutes and saxonrider on this. But would add, if they are truly soaking, an initial stuffing with newspaper, then squish the shoes by standing on them, this will get the worst out, take out wet paper .Followed by more paper and change at some point evening before.

Only when the last tree is cut down, will we realise you can't dry your shoes with a kindle.

Worst muddy case I hose them down, quick rinse & spin @ 600rpm in the washing machine + 2 hours on a shoe dryer = bone dry, don't stink, no messing & no waiting days.

Prop up next to woodburner, which is of course the correct STW answer.

Wood burner for me as well. I have two little pegs that are great for hanging things on.

I wear overshoes so my road riding shoes are usually only damp from sweat and will dry in a couple of hours.

I have waterproof socks, one of the best things i ever bought. Scrub off the mud while cleaning bike and leave on radiator to dry. Theyre shimano flat shoes with the lace covers so they never get too wet inside. Unlike your mum..

balance either side of the flue on the gas boiler in the garage, dry in less than 24 hours every time. boiler does HW and CH duties. combine with Aldi waterproof socks for extra dryness if needed.

Do people still have newspapers?

Upside down on the radiator after wiping off the mud with a wet sponge after washing the bike down. Same with the shorts then radiator gets the worst sorted for the next day and if they're still damp, then sealskins.

[i]Prop up next to woodburner, which is of course the correct STW answer. [/i]

Upside down on the AGA is the [b]correct[/b] STW answer 🙂

Stuff with nappies and leave.Best idea I've ever heard and works as good as anything

It's a bit early for an April fool hainman!

Prevention being better than cure I went out yesterday with a mate for a mixed on/offroad ride in the pissing rain, on cross bikes with no guards:

I overwrapped my shoes and ankles with clingfilm and then put overshoes on top, the overshoes were probably saturated within about three miles, a small amount of water got in my right shoe about 18 miles into a 21 mile ride...

Dried in airing cupboard overnight, I can use them again now...

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Do people still have newspapers?

Not since the local freebies stopped delivering. Really annoying as I have no free shoe drying paper / food bin liners now 🙁

Anyway, two pairs of Five Tens and one pair drying out. Only problem is if like recently doing two rides in two days in v.wet and boggy conditions, so then had two pairs of shoes taking ages to dry out.

Sealskinz keep the feet dry though and could just wear them wet next ride I guess.

Though I used to leave them muddy in the back of the car and ended up with the soles rotting through.

Mr Pea, being a plumbing and heating engineer, made a 4-pronged shoe drier out of copper piping linked to our central heating system. The only problem is that his shoes smell like cat pee when they're drying! 😆

Leave them to dry on a radiator, just before I put them on for the next ride I bang them together to get the loose mud off. No point cleaning them more at this time of year, they just get muddy again.

Newspaper for me, but they still take days to dry out if they're sodden (like walking through bogs or fording streams)

Leaving on a radiator helps. Combo boiler here, otherwise airing cupboard would be good

Rinse with hose. Insoles out. Newspaper# in. Dried on water tank in the airing cupboard overnight. Works for road and mtb shoes.

At least that's what I'm told by the man I hand them to upon my return.

#The Times, of course.

Wipe them down with a towel, then put them in the foot well of my car on full blast.

[quote=vickypea ]Mr Pea, being a plumbing and heating engineer, made a 4-pronged shoe drier out of copper piping linked to our central heating system. The only problem is that his shoes smell like cat pee when they're drying!

I quite like that idea, will look at taking a spur off boiler in garage at some point.

I just drop mine off at work and use the roasty toasty drying room we have.

A really useful thread 🙂 i am now in possession of a boot dryer having never heard of one and a pair of dry 5tens for the first time in ages.