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What do you want for Christmas

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    #32
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Sealskinz will keep your feet dry but not warm, I tried them before.

    Sealskinz and overshoes will keep you warm and dry... or two plastic bags will work just aswell.

    I was caught out once on a long wet cycle, stopped in a shop and got two bags. on over socks and into my shoes. Looked stupid but my feet were toasty afterwards.

    Thin socks
    Another pair thin socks
    Shoes
    Tin foil
    Cling Film
    Over shoes

    equals

    Toasty feet


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    #33
    BTH
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    tunney wrote: »
    Thin socks
    Another pair thin socks
    Shoes
    Tin foil
    Cling Film
    Over shoes

    equals

    Toasty feet

    Cling Film over the socks?? Maybe thats where I've been going wrong. Tinfoil sounds uncomfortable though.


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    #34
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    BTH wrote: »
    Cling Film over the socks?? Maybe thats where I've been going wrong. Tinfoil sounds uncomfortable though.

    No, put on in that order! Socks on feet, socks on those socks, shoes on those socks, tinfoil on the shoes, clingfilm on the tinfoil, overshoes on the clingfilm. Then realise there is a stone in your shoe, take it all off and start again


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    #35
    BTH
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    tunney wrote: »
    No, put on in that order! Socks on feet, socks on those socks, shoes on those socks, tinfoil on the shoes, clingfilm on the tinfoil, overshoes on the clingfilm. Then realise there is a stone in your shoe, take it all off and start again

    I'll try out your new recipe this weekend.

    Reckon I might check for stones first though...


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    #36
    sconhome
    Registered Users Posts: 5,468 ✭✭✭sconhome


    I'd say the smell of toasted cheese sandwiches when you take all that off after 5 wet hours on the bike is only lovely !! :rolleyes:


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    #37
    Oryx
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    tunney wrote: »
    No, put on in that order! Socks on feet, socks on those socks, shoes on those socks, tinfoil on the shoes, clingfilm on the tinfoil, overshoes on the clingfilm. Then realise there is a stone in your shoe, take it all off and start again
    Im going to raid the kitchen cabinet and try this one, I usually have to give up cycling outdoors in winter, my circulation is so bad.

    Any tips for warm hands? I doubt the clingfilm/tinfoil combo would be easy to apply.


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    #38
    RacoonQueen
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    Oryx wrote: »
    Im going to raid the kitchen cabinet and try this one, I usually have to give up cycling outdoors in winter, my circulation is so bad.

    Any tips for warm hands? I doubt the clingfilm/tinfoil combo would be easy to apply.

    3 pairs of gloves. I wear two wooly pairs from penneys and then a pair with windbreakers and end up with sweaty hands.


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    #39
    just-joe
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭just-joe


    mloc123 wrote: »
    or two plastic bags will work just aswell.

    This has worked fairly well for running so far, I think with a pair of those sealskinz it could be ok. Definitely two plastic bags though, when I have been out with just one, it rips and bingo cold wet feet.


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    #40
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Oryx wrote: »
    Im going to raid the kitchen cabinet and try this one, I usually have to give up cycling outdoors in winter, my circulation is so bad.

    Any tips for warm hands? I doubt the clingfilm/tinfoil combo would be easy to apply.

    I suffer too and what I found was a pair of silk liner gloves inside a set of windproof heavy gloves.

    Latex gloves either on the hand or over the liners didn't do much for me to be honest.

    What I did find helped was tapping tunes on on the bars i.e. movement of the fingers.

    Next thing would be to try the silk liners and lobster gloves.


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    #41
    BennyMul
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    I am on my second pair of lobster gloves and find them great, never had cold fingers with them, even in the rain and dont wear anything under them.


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    #42
    just-joe
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭just-joe


    For gloves I would recommend ski or snowboard gloves never have cold or wet hands and I wear nothing underneath.


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    #43
    Chartsengrafs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Chartsengrafs


    Santa brought me to Base2Race today and got me a pair of these: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=55456&CurrencyISO=EUR&ShippingCountryID=1791&_$ja=kw:shimano+tr52|cgn:Shimano-CL-44-1553+-+shimano+tr52|cgid:8770562849|tsid:40934|cn:Chain+Reaction-IE-P-Exa-Eng-DT-SE|cid:135331649|lid:21303838453|mt:Exact|nw:search|crid:31692582329&gclid=CLTfi6ignbQCFYRO4QodYnEABw Really happy with them as I've needed a replacement for a long time.

    Though I can't wear them til the 25th :(

    Edit: just noticed the fifty quid criteria..


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    #44
    pgibbo
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    Santa is bringing me this :cool:


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    #45
    sconhome
    Registered Users Posts: 5,468 ✭✭✭sconhome


    Basster wrote: »
    Edit: just noticed the fifty quid criteria..

    Don't worry about the criteria, unless its a Matchbox model somehow I think pgibbo has stretched his €50 admirably ;)
    pgibbo wrote: »
    Santa is bringing me this :cool:

    Looks fantastic P !!


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    #46
    catweazle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭catweazle


    Santa much more flash in Corbally North - certainly more than the Skins tights i am getting (although I am getting 100 euros towards a 2014 Ironman war chest along with this). Expect to see 2 white flashes around Turloughmore this summer with my white B2

    You will be far more color co-ordinated than me if we ever get those BMC outfits delivered. Were you leaning towards the BMC before I emailed you that


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    #47
    pgibbo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭pgibbo


    I've been looking at the BMC for a while now and bit the bullet when there was 500 off it last week :D


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    #48
    MrCreosote
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    pgibbo wrote: »
    Santa is bringing me this :cool:

    You've obviously been a very good boy :D


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    #49
    shotgunmcos
    Registered Users Posts: 8,208 ✭✭✭shotgunmcos


    Anyone getting non SBR stuff from Santa? Got sick of having a 400 quid watch that only gets used for training and doesn't tell the time so stuck a Casio Protrek 2500 on the wish list :) Used to have a G Shock as a teen and loved it...


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    #50
    pgibbo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭pgibbo


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    Anyone getting non SBR stuff from Santa?

    I'm hoping Santa awards me a pass to go skiing in January!!! :D


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    #51
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    Anyone getting non SBR stuff from Santa? Got sick of having a 400 quid watch that only gets used for training and doesn't tell the time so stuck a Casio Protrek 2500 on the wish list :) Used to have a G Shock as a teen and loved it...

    A nice jumper, one without a hood that I can wear to work, now that I have a grown up job and all.


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    #52
    hf4z6sqo7vjngi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,454 ✭✭✭hf4z6sqo7vjngi


    pgibbo wrote: »
    I'm hoping Santa awards me a pass to go skiing in January!!! :D

    I'm hoping for a pass to go on a training week:)


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    #53
    catweazle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭catweazle


    pgibbo wrote: »
    I'm hoping Santa awards me a pass to go skiing in January!!! :D

    Santa already got you a TT bike - greedy child!


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    #54
    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Just don't do your ACL skiing


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    #55
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    Anyone getting non SBR stuff from Santa? Got sick of having a 400 quid watch that only gets used for training and doesn't tell the time so stuck a Casio Protrek 2500 on the wish list :) Used to have a G Shock as a teen and loved it...

    A pair of comfy slippers I hope, a sign of old age :rolleyes:


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    #56
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    I've already got my present from Santa. New tyres for my bike. Yay. :(


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    #57
    hardCopy
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    Santa brought me a Finis training snorkel and my sister got me a wiggle voucher.

    Happy Christmas folks


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