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samxbam8
Sep 29, 2005, 10:15 PM
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I play soccer and when we get new shoes we sometimes wear them in shower to essentaly 'mold them to our feet' Is this an ok to do with my climbing shoes? I have a pair of mad rocks. Thanks
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superbum
Sep 29, 2005, 10:18 PM
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I guess if your tub is slippery then it might be nice to have some mad rubber in there.
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saxonyclimber
Sep 29, 2005, 10:20 PM
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It works fine. Just try to remember that prolonged exposure to heat can delaminate shoes. The synthetic Madrocks do not tend to stretch much at all.
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afiveonbelay
Sep 29, 2005, 10:45 PM
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I've done it. It seemed to work. I think the biggest benefit was cleaning the stinkers
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charley
Sep 29, 2005, 11:17 PM
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Just remember to keep them on til dry. If they don't need to stretch, don't bother.
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daisuke
Sep 29, 2005, 11:37 PM
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just to repeat it, if they're synthetic leather or lined, then it's probably not going to help much.
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cristodelaroca
Sep 30, 2005, 12:18 AM
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just climb with them, they are going to mold themselves.
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mendou
Sep 30, 2005, 12:26 AM
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In reply to: just climb with them, they are going to mold themselves.
damn cristopher!
that is just the answer that i was going to write...
ditto by the way :D
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kmsmoguls
Sep 30, 2005, 3:09 PM
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To help break shoes in I wear them around the house and spray them with just a little water to simulate sweat. It really helped me break in my shoes.
Erik
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j_ung
Sep 30, 2005, 3:35 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: just climb with them, they are going to mold themselves. damn cristopher! that is just the answer that i was going to write... ditto by the way :D
Consider me the third. The best way to break climbing shoes in is to wear them climbing and be patient.
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dima
Oct 18, 2005, 4:43 AM
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get bigger shoes
you are missing the point of small shoes. Why do you wnat to stretch small shoes? just buy exchange for a bigger pair, and leave the hemmoroid.
Shoes will stretch out by a tine bit, you wont realy notice it.
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deserteaglle
Oct 18, 2005, 1:19 PM
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Don't listen to Dima. I got my first pair a size smaller than my street shoes, Mad Rock Flash's. I thought I had gotten way too small when I first wore them for a few minutes and climbed my house. I did the shower thing and wore them all over the house or when I was just sitting around. I also climbed in them as often as possible. Very very soon they came to fit me perfect and did not hurt until I climbed in them for an hour or so and had to walk around in them (I forgot my tennis shoes and felt like an idiot, later in the day I wanted to cry). If you do like Dima and buy bigger, they will still stretch and then they will be too big. There is so much friggin' info about shoes on this site it's ridiculous.
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henso12
Oct 21, 2005, 7:44 PM
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i use to shower in my shoes but my feet never got clean
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verticalmedic
Oct 24, 2005, 3:28 AM
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When I got my first pair (Boreal Diablos) I just wore them around the house until they got sweaty for a while. Did this for a week or so, then climbed in them, never had a prob. Fit like a golve.
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