Best indoor cycling shoes 2025: Fast and cool shoes for indoor cycling

Best indoor cycling shoes
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The best indoor cycling shoes make it comfortable and easy to ride your bike indoors. What does that mean though? Indoor cycling is one of the fastest growing segments of the sport but it’s not the same thing for everyone.

For many of our readers, indoor cycling is almost the same as outdoor riding, acting as an efficiant method to maximise training or join friends virtually for a social ride. Take a look at the best smart trainers and smart bikes and you can get yourself outfitted with a system that does a very convincing job of replicating outdoor rides. You can explore virtual landscapes or compete against other people in races of all kinds. 

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Last updated on 22nd of April 2025

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Josh Ross
Josh Ross

I'm based in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, although I prefer riding in dry weather to wet. I've been writing about bike tech for years and love riding, whether that's an outdoor epic or when testing the best indoor cycling equipment and clothing for Cyclingnews, which has been a huge growth area over the last few years.

Josh Ross

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest of the United States but would prefer riding through the desert than the rain. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but also has an understanding that most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn't care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset the answer will be yes. Height: 5'9" Weight: 140 lb. Rides: Salsa Warbird, Cannondale CAAD9, Enve Melee, Look 795 Blade RS, Priority Continuum Onyx