Can You Waterproof Cycling Shoes To Make Them Last Longer?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- Keeping your cycling shoes clean can be a real hassle, and when you’re out riding in winter or wet weather, you don’t want to get soggy feet. So, can you waterproof your cycling shoes to stay dry and make them last longer? Alex applies a hydrophobic spray coating to his new shoes to find out.
00:00 Intro
00:28 Clean your shoes
01:21 How does it work?
02:08 The method
04:38 The slow-mo gloopy bit
07:00 Summary
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Have you ever tried waterproofing your cycling shoes? 💦
I've got a massive tin of tent weather proofer (Fabsil) that I used to use on my convertible car - perfect for shoes, coats, all sorts, and way cheaper than a spray, and better than that ..... can paint or spray on.
Dubbin always
No, and I have no plans to do it. My experience with waterproofing is that anything that keeps water out also keeps water in, despite marketing claims otherwise. I want my shoes to breathe. I don't ride in wet conditions unless I get caught out, and I'm pretty careful about watching the weather forecast to avoid that.
Shoes and boots, for cycling or otherwise, I go the other way. I want highly breathable footwear, not fake Goretex marketing, but real honest breathability. When it's wet out, my feet get wet but rely on the breathability to air dry them later.
@@user-cx2bk6pm2f Spot on! The key is not staying dry, but getting back to dry.
I tend to ride the trainer indoors on days when it is orange glooping outside.
😂👌
Haha! 😂
You guys never seem too concerned about overspray in these how to videos. I suspect one of you will end up painting a bike in your dining room one day. Oh wait . . .
If you actually want to ride in the rain and keep your feet dry for more than 30 minutes, get rubberized shoe covers. And even then, you might also have to fill the slots where the cleats are fitted with urethane or something, otherwise the water will get in from the bottom.
Shoe covers are great but not something for all weather conditions!
Nothing beats actual waterproof shoes. I'm surprised every company doesn't make them
Thats doesn't help much for sweat. You Stull want to protect the fabric
I just don't get why there aren't a bunch of goretex cycling shoes on the market.
What was the orange gloop? Perhaps it has solvents or something in the gloop that ruined the hydrophobic coating which made it stick.
Peter, that’s a bodge 😂 by the way, have you finally been invited to the Bike Festival ?
I think, especially with white shoes, that the true benefit is if you avoid the dingy, gray look that white shoes tend to get after a while. I'd like to see a follow up to see how they look down the road (pun intended).
Yes, it will be great to see how these hold up!
Super! I like the fact that it didn't seem to work, which is how most things end up going. It would have been good to see how the new shoes dealt with water before you sprayed them. What do you think?
I just watched a shoe being sprayed down with an aerosol can… These xyz shoe and outdoor clothing coatings have been around forever. This video again shows that nothing has changed over the years. 👍
who‘s ever said I don’t have any ketchup on hand but i do have this bright and colourful gloopy liquid 😂😂😂. ahh Luke, you‘re our favourite GCN presenter. Great video 👏
I've got a massive tin of tent weather proofer (Fabsil) that I used to use on my convertible car - perfect for shoes, coats, all sorts, and way cheaper than a spray, and better than that ..... can paint or spray on.
Good to see GCN megabase isn’t immune to classic office pass-agg notes about keeping the kitchen tidy…. Wonder if there’ll be a new sign up next week… “PLEASE DO NOT WASH YOUR GOOPY CYCLING SHOES IN THE SINK, THANK YOU”
HR are just printing it off as we speak! 🤣
Does Alex have it in his contract that he doesn't have to say crep protect? I use it on my shoes and it does the trick, I think you need to be a bit more heavy handed than the directions say in my experience.
Unspecified "Gloopy liquid" haha :D
Laundry detergent.
Does the waterproofing hinder the ventilation of the shoes? Thx in advance
Yes
@@garybrown5769 in theory it shouldn't block up the ventilation holes, just coat the surface of them.
Does spraying oil on your t-shirt/facemask affect your ability to blow/inhale air through it
Be interested to see if you have a permanent stain on the shoe or if the water mark dries out leaving them box fresh 🤔
i came here to say this
Same here. My first thought was that the shoe has/had stained from the goo.
It really looks stained to me...
My thoughts also🙄
Shoe full of holes - “why’s it wet” 😅
What is the name of the product & link please
Awesome video Chad,
The new technology of knitted fabrics for cycling shoes is a very interesting one, but I can't help but feel that even with a hydrophobic spray or coating being applied, these fabrics are going to be very difficult to keep clean due to the thousands of holes and openings which will serve to retain dirt and grime. I would think that these fabrics would eventually look dingy and stained, especially if that knitted fabric is white. I'm sure that this wouldn't be a problem for pros, who can just have their shoes replaced when needed, but for mere mortals like myself I think that it's best to stick with a synthetic leather and a smooth finish that can be easily wiped down.
I have the DMT KR1s (the same ones that Hank wears in the show) and you're right, they don't look as good as when I first got them over 18 months ago. I love them and will continue to wear them (bc they cost so much money). DMT shoes are special.
Synthetic leather = plastic!!! Made from OIL!!!
How will this work on reflective shoes?
Thanks GCN, another product on the list of "what not to waste my money on" :)
If your shoe is designed to be "breathable" does this coating stop that? Will you still get wet? Not sure if it's worth it if I have to apply every 2 weeks, etc.
Those shoes are indeed boss! Cool looking.
Are those shoes hallucinogenic?
I believe not everyone knows what DMT stands for. Maybe Dr Ollie can explain. UCI has no jurisdiction over there, so it might be street legal 😂
Loving the shoes alex
Those dmt are a knitted fabric so will be different to e.g. Sidi Vernice. White shoes just lose their colour like white cycling kit when exposed to light/weather.
Lovely shoes Alex
A true enthusiast would have removed the Boa clips and laces 🤣👍
A rubber over shoe is the best for wet weather
Hi Alex, When you say waterproof, do you mean keep your feet dry?
I recently purchase white cycling shoes. Firstly, I placed black electrical tape on the toes to prevent scuff marks from the front tyre/tire. It can be replaced when need be. Then I wipe them down occasionally with a kitchen cream cleaner (Vim) to remove scuff and chain marks. A tooth brush is used with the cleaner on the shoe tongues under the Boa laces to rid of dirt marks. A friend puts her shoes in the washing machine placed in a mesh bag for cleaning.
Dishwasher
All this talk about waterproofing made me wonder if you could do a segment about the impact of the banning of PFAS for the cycling industry. I know Castelli and other brands have already produced some new membranes that repel the water leaning more on physical than chemical properties of the materials. It would be fun and useful to learn about that.
Will that keep a tire from leaving a black mark on a white shoe when stopped at a light and the toe of the shoes hits the tire?
My shoes are white and I stick a piece of white electrical tape on that spot. Works well
Try putting tubeless sealant and leaving it for a couple of days before trying to clean it.
lol my shoes never last more than a year or so. always get the hole in the front toe area but I am too poor to get a bike fit :(
If there's a bit of rain around, I use waterproof overshoes. In more wet conditions, I use rain boots which are gore tex. Heavy rain, it's inside
The best way to treat your shoes is with Cquartz for fabric and leather. Cquartz products for car detailing. Of course you can use their other products they have to seal your bikes paint job so washing and cleaning is a simple task.
hydrophobic or any-liquid-phobic? also, if the spray chemicals are so good, why isn't DMT (or any brand really) applying it to their shoes in production?
Extra cost and time. DWRs work well but they also need to be reaplied and they hurt the breathability of anything you use it on. That said, Lake used to use them on their waterproof shoes but they don't anymore because they have better material that doesn't need it.
Depending on the nature of the 'gloop' a hydrophobic coating might of no help at all in repelling it!
was excpecting Dr. Ollie to popp in there to explain that the goop was not water and a lot of good technical terms and nerdrery! Anywho, well done Alex!
Ollie's out in the UAE but we're sure he'd be able to explain the sciency stuff!
Conclusions:
1) Nice product, but do not expect any miracle;
2) Do not buy white cycling shoes!
Great video as always, Robert!
Good ole Bob is right in his element with these videos!
I do not like white shoes at all, but nearly all Pros are using them as during long sunny day rides this helps to keep their feet cooler...which is applicable to all of us.
That gloop was the orange sauce off my crispy chicken.🍜
Yep, used black Sikaflex 221 and smeared a thin layer over all the mesh "sieves/sponges" people in hot sunny countries call "vents"...and filled the "vents" in the soles too...I live in Scotland, mountain bike in waterproof hillwalking boots as well....5:11's? pah!!
GCN megabase - the only place on earth where you can wash your cycling shoes in the kitchen sink without being frowned upon. At leas Alex used the orange and not chain gunk straight away.
That orange stuff was laundry detergent, wasn't it?
You can buy a 2.5lt spray on amazon £16...
You need a "grit and grime" test. The dirt and debris off the road won't be gloopy, smooth slime... I suspect the tiny particles will soon get engrained into the shoes no matter what you have treated them with.
These shoes work with the Peloton bike+ (April 2022), th-cam.com/users/postUgkxGPkov2mNjgZfG33r6Bwvies8jKE4AKZB and are of good enough quality. I have completed 10 rides so far and there are no issues. The first time trying to fit them on the Peloton bike took 10 minutes (even with the help of an experienced cyclist friend who wears the same type of cleats). It took a couple of rides to break in. After the first two rides there were no issues at all.
Bottom line, you still have to wash a Teflon pan after cooking anything other than plain water. LOL. Nothing is truly "stick-proof."
And chain gunk will stick to everything including wet ice.
Knit cycling shoes, especially light color ones, seem like they'd be impossible to keep clean.
Mine are leather so I just give a proper polish.
Seems like a total waste of money and not good for the environment. For that specific spray the RRP is £12.00 and it lasts for 4 weeks. It is 200ml so you won't get many applications out of it and it didn't do what it does in the advert. If I am wearing knitted shoes it is in the summer it is dry, if it is wet I am wearing waterproof shoe covers which are reusable and last years.
I've never used a waterproof shoe cover that was actually waterproof🙃 And yes, most and this DWR is bad for the planet but there's better out there now
Your "gloop" removed your coating...lol...
I hot wax my cycling shoes 😎
Just kidding.
Bodge! __________________
Why didn't you try on Ollie's shoes? 😂
No one wants to touch Ollie's shoes!! 😂
@@gcntech 😂
Even more interesting, how to re-stick a detached sole!
buy waterproof ones to start with
was that some kind of detergent you poured on the shoe? if so, I believe the coating just washed off.
Yep, i won't bother!
So in essence, it's crap. Wowza!
first? I guess!
This also works on human skin. This means you don't need a rain jacket!
Water proofed…not gloopy proofed.