How best to dry off soaking Five Tens?

Adam_DT3
Adam_DT3 Posts: 52
edited July 2011 in MTB general
after a rather muddy/wet ride on Saturday I tried to clean up my new fiveten impact shoes best I could, but given its 5 days later they are still wet despite drying for all this time.

Has anybody found a way to have a faster turnaround on this?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I have the luxury of a conveniently placed shed with an ngled roof. I stick my shoes on there, and it catches the sun for almost the entire day.
    On a nice day like today, they'll dry out by the time I come home from work, easily.

    Have you tried tumble drying them? I've done it to a few old pairs of Vans and they've comg out ok, really.
  • Dan Dare
    Dan Dare Posts: 367
    I stuff mine with newspaper and change it after a few hours, this gets the majority of the moisture out, I then leave them empty in the air outside.
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  • Adam_DT3
    Adam_DT3 Posts: 52
    They are pretty heavy, so I was a bit scared to try incase the missus kills me for breaking the machine :lol: Im in a flat so no option for drying outside unfortunetly (esp in glasgow, they would either get soaked again or nicked).
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    :lol: Fair enough. To be honest, as ideal as my shed roof is, the opportunity to air-dry them here in north Wales isn't particularly regular either!

    My Vans make one hell of a racket in the tumble dryer - but luckily it's at the opposite end of the house to where I sleep :wink::lol:
  • bamba
    bamba Posts: 856
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    I have the luxury of a conveniently placed shed with an angled roof. I stick my shoes on there, and it catches the sun for almost the entire day.
    .

    2ND that, was just about to put that down, ive got a pair on there now, if it rains they get bit of wash too, bonus :D
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Don't put them in front of a heater and forget about them.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    5 10 say only dry them at room temperature, anything more destroys the glue. Personally I think that's just a smokescreen for the fact that their shoes are pretty badly made, but hey.

    I've got a set of Dampires- which are just massive versions of those little silica dessicant sacks you sometimes get packaged with stuff. They're the only thing in the world that's more absorbent than 5 10 Impacts, and they do make a big difference. But they're not cheap for what they are. Dessicant packs work fine, if you've got about a hundred of them
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  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    stuff them with newspaper, once paper is wet remove and repeat........

    speeds it up no end
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Northwind, I don't know about 5:10s, but the low setting on the tumbler seems fine for trainers and the like.
  • CharlieH
    CharlieH Posts: 410
    Silicon gel dryers from CRC and then sit them under the radiator in the kitchen. They dry off in a few hours, even after my wife got sick of seeing muddy shoes and jet washed them for me :)
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Northwind, I don't know about 5:10s, but the low setting on the tumbler seems fine for trainers and the like.

    It probably is tbh. Like I say, I think it's a handy excuse for when people say "My shoes have fallen apart after 6 months"
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  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    stuff with newspaper and put them in the airing cupboard, but be warned if they Honk then much of the airing cupboard will do so after too! hahha!
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  • kg211
    kg211 Posts: 34
    Turn nappy inside out and stuff inside shoe. (Make sure it is un-used :twisted: )
    Handy way to use up old nappies after the boy stopped using them.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    kg211 wrote:
    Make sure it is un-used :twisted:
    :lol:
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    microwave could be good,

    keep it on defrost setting
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Stuff with newspaper, put in airing cupboard (remember them) replace paper every time its got damp, dry old paper out and swap!

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  • h34e0f
    h34e0f Posts: 370
    As said stuff with newspaper. Not sure if it's been mentioned but it's often best to suspend them (I usually stick them on my handlebar ends). This is to prevent them sitting rubber-down meaning that moisture can't escape from the bottom & therefore sitting there in pools. They'll drip dry faster than they'll evaporate.
  • Adam_DT3
    Adam_DT3 Posts: 52
    im out tomorrow so will try the old newspaper trick. My socks will remind me of the impending murray defeat no doubt.

    Cheers for all the suggestions! :D
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    as said Slowly.

    thats why I have two pairs.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Northwind wrote:
    I've got a set of Dampires- which are just massive versions of those little silica dessicant sacks you sometimes get packaged with stuff. They're the only thing in the world that's more absorbent than 5 10 Impacts, and they do make a big difference. But they're not cheap for what they are. Dessicant packs work fine, if you've got about a hundred of them
    I use the same stuff, Dryzone drying gel packs. Got them for ski boots really, but can be handy for soggy shoes.

    That said I've not really got my 5 10s that wet inside, even though they've been thoroughly muddy and wet outside. I don't tend to wade in puddles and lakes with them though.

    The other solution is to move down here where it's bone dry ;)
  • TowerRider
    TowerRider Posts: 430
    Dehumidifier works a treat, without any risk.
    Have 5.10 Karvers with tongue and they are never as wet as you seem to have got yours - forced through peat bog up to knees once.
  • captainfly
    captainfly Posts: 1,001
    The boot dryer packs/ball work fine as does a dehumidifier, but how do you get your riding shoes so wet? I've had impact 2 His for two years all through mud and snow without getting noticibly wet inside? If you are submeriging them to clean them. then don't, a damp cloth with some mild detergent/gear cleaner is much better.
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  • Anonymous
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    captainfly, I take it none of your rides are in the rain, or through riverbeds or fords then?
    Try riding somewhere like Penmachno, even in a heatwave drought, and your feet will get absolutely sodden.
  • captainfly
    captainfly Posts: 1,001
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    captainfly, I take it none of your rides are in the rain, or through riverbeds or fords then?
    Try riding somewhere like Penmachno, even in a heatwave drought, and your feet will get absolutely sodden.

    Lots of rain, mud and snow over winter, but riverbeds or fords? That isn't really 5.10 riding get some goretex spds for that sort of thing, 5.10 are proper clogs for aggressive flat pedal riding.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    That kind of thing crops up very often in mountain biking. Your rides don't feature them but that doesn't mean its the case for everyone.
  • thel33ter
    thel33ter Posts: 2,684
    Don't put them too close to a heater, they start melting :oops:
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  • captainfly
    captainfly Posts: 1,001
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    That kind of thing crops up very often in mountain biking. Your rides don't feature them but that doesn't mean its the case for everyone.

    Fair point,
    but I do get the feeling people ask too much of 5.10s when they obviously aren't designed or made to be waterproof (but drying waterproof boots that have got wet inside is a PITA) or fast drying. And try not to wear technical wicking socks and shorts as that can be more of an issue getting water inside footwear as they tend to distribute the water off your legs right down to your toes, natura fibre can often be better.
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