Tips to keep feet warm

Spins

I've ordered overshoes on Wiggle and they haven't arrived. I'll have to go out cycling Sunday without. Any tips or temporary homemade type feet warmers? plastic bags? clingfilm? tinfoil?

Chips Lovell

Pull an old pair of socks on over your shoes and cut holes for the cleats.

blorg

An alternative is to put the old pair of socks on inside the shoes.

Funkyzeit

Every now and then pull your feet out of the shoes, stick them in your mouth for a few mins and presto - feet nice and warm, legs nice and stretched

On a serious note agree with old socks idea below..

sooty11

i found that thick hiking socks did a better job than my endura over shoes

blorg

To be slightly more serious myself, the main thing overshoes do in my view is block the wind. As summer cycling shoes are generally designed to be as well ventilated as possible and you will be proceeding along at quite a fast pace this is pretty key.

Wear the warmest socks you can inside your shoes. I have used hiking socks but these are not effective wind blockers. Sealskins would be ideal here if you have them. Apart from that then you are looking at whatever will block the wind best outside the shoe, difficult one, as I don't think most socks will be great at this. Tonto probably does have a point in that it will be more effective at wind blocking on the outside of the shoe than the inside next to your foot though.

Overshoes wear out anyway so TBH might be worth just buying a pair in your LBS, should pick something up for around the €25-27 mark, it's not as if you are wasting the Wiggle ones. I use BBB Waterflex which are not inherently "warm" overshoes but very good with the rain and wind blocking.

Raam

On cold days, I use a pair of heavy duty SmartWool socks that I picked up in some hiking shop in Dublin.

xz

Like Blorg, I use BBB Waterflex, they don't really keep the cold out. I bought lots of pairs of socks in Aldi the last time they did cycling gear, they a re thin but very warm, so 2 pairs of them combined with my overshoes works just fine, you could also try a pair of football socks over your shoes, with holes cut out for cleats, try and have them pulled up under your Bibtights, or else you may look a bit silly( they will help keep your legs warm too

ba

double up on socks, you can cling-film your shoes if ya want, make sure theyre good and tight on the foot, cos you cant tighten them once youve cling-filmed yourself.

+1 on the homemade overshoes xz. white looks best

Caroline_ie

sooty11 wrote: »

i found that thick hiking socks did a better job than my endura over shoes

I do that too when it's really cold, I used hiking socks between the shoes and the overshoes.

sooty11

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I do that too when it's really cold, I used hiking socks between the shoes and the overshoes.

They were LDB's recomendation. Thanks Laura

ROK ON

I got a pair of thin thermal socks in the Great Outdoors.
Not sure of the bran, but they are known as Base Layers for feet.
High recommend them under thick socks.
Keep toes nice and toasty.

NeilMcEoigheann

put a piece of tape over the hole in the bottom of the toebox

Enduro

By far te most effective thing I've used (including MTBing in blizzards) is simply a piar of Shimano MT90s. Essesntially goretex lined light hiking boots with cleats. Way way way more effective than overshoes, thick socks or sealskins.

Spins

Taped over vent in toe box, wore Bridgedale sock liner, Bridgedale sock, shoe and covered with an old Bridgedale sock with holes cut for cleats. Feet stayed toasty this Sunday despit 40k of rain and wind. Still looking forwrad to getting my overshoes tho.....