Getting colder...

Ouch! Got off the bike this morning with what feels like frost-bite in
the toes. 1 degree at CBR airport by the time I'd showered and got the
computer booted up. Must have been well below zero when I left home.
Cripes that hurts! It can only get cooler from here on in. Can anyone
recommend any uber-booties to keep my tootsies warm on the way to work??

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Bean Long wrote:
Ouch! Got off the bike this morning with what feels like frost-bite in
the toes. 1 degree at CBR airport by the time I'd showered and got the
computer booted up. Must have been well below zero when I left home.
Cripes that hurts! It can only get cooler from here on in. Can anyone
recommend any uber-booties to keep my tootsies warm on the way to work??

Neoprene (wetsuit!) overshoes are good. A bit clunky & heavy, but warm
as you could want.

I'm wearing a pair in this photo :

http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galler.../DSCF1352.html

BBB put their label on some, but they all probably come from the same
factory, many LBS's will carry them.

Poor Neil, no overshoes & no socks!

I bought/use a pair of adidas "climaproof" booties
(http://www.adidas.com/verticals/cycling) because I was looking for
something a little thinner, less chunky than neoprene. Paid $80 at a
bike shop. Chose these over others because they appeared to be good
quality, mid-price in the range that the shop had. Yep, mid-price.

Very warm, windproof, water-repellant. Have never tested them to see
how wet they would get in pelting rain. Come up to your ankle, past
your sock. I'm very happy with them.

I wear these for very cold days (0-10 deg.C). Neoprene for cool days.

-Andres.

Bleve wrote:
Bean Long wrote:
SNIP

I'm wearing a pair in this photo :

http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galler.../DSCF1352.html


Poor Neil, no overshoes & no socks!


Now that's a day for climbing and not descending!

DeF.

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DeF wrote:
Bleve wrote:
Bean Long wrote:
SNIP

I'm wearing a pair in this photo :

http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galler.../DSCF1352.html


Poor Neil, no overshoes & no socks!


Now that's a day for climbing and not descending!

That was Mt Hotham, Nov '04, we rode from a ski lodge (the summit) to
Omeo & back (about 120km, 2,200m elevation gain in total).

Down below 1,300m it was clear and warm, but, as you can see, it sogged
out
Descending (the climb from Omeo has some undulations, some quite steep)
was .. yes ... entertaining

On 2006-05-09, Bleve wrote:
Neoprene (wetsuit!) overshoes are good. A bit clunky & heavy, but warm
as you could want.

I now have this vision of me attaching cleats to my diving booties.

Wonder what the reaction of car drivers would be to somebody cycling
along in a drysuit. Never mind that I'd have serious trouble zipping the
damn thing up on my own, it's still an amusing thought. (Then there's
the point that I can't *afford* a drysuit to begin with ...)

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Bleve wrote:

Neoprene (wetsuit!) overshoes are good. A bit clunky & heavy, but warm
as you could want.

I'm wearing a pair in this photo :

http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galler.../DSCF1352.html

BBB put their label on some, but they all probably come from the same
factory, many LBS's will carry them.

Poor Neil, no overshoes & no socks!


Thanks Bleve. I'll check 'em out. I can almost sympathise with Neil.
That looks freakin' freazin'!!
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Stuart Lamble wrote:
On 2006-05-09, Bleve wrote:
Neoprene (wetsuit!) overshoes are good. A bit clunky & heavy, but warm
as you could want.

I now have this vision of me attaching cleats to my diving booties.

Wonder what the reaction of car drivers would be to somebody cycling
along in a drysuit. Never mind that I'd have serious trouble zipping the
damn thing up on my own, it's still an amusing thought. (Then there's
the point that I can't *afford* a drysuit to begin with ...)

I have an 8(!)mm neoprene drysuit I got cheap (used to work as a DM a
bit ... this was a demo/eval suit from memory). I think I've used it
twice.... Too bouyant by far. Membrane drysuits are much better -
consistant bouyancy no matter what depth you're at and layering to
control your insulation. I can't afford one of them, so it's the
trusty semidry for me

Bean Long wrote:

Ouch! Got off the bike this morning with what feels like frost-bite in
the toes. 1 degree at CBR airport by the time I'd showered and got the
computer booted up. Must have been well below zero when I left home.
Cripes that hurts! It can only get cooler from here on in. Can anyone
recommend any uber-booties to keep my tootsies warm on the way to work??

Now here's a tip from an expert ... in tropical Qld ... I've been
working at the local milk depot in the evenings for about a year. It's
around 2-3 degrees consistently and I'm in the cold room for 6 to 8
hours at a time. I wear two pairs of thick woollen socks and a beanie.
Seems to do the job well.

P

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Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

Peter McCallum wrote:
Bean Long wrote:

Ouch! Got off the bike this morning with what feels like frost-bite in
the toes. 1 degree at CBR airport by the time I'd showered and got the
computer booted up. Must have been well below zero when I left home.
Cripes that hurts! It can only get cooler from here on in. Can anyone
recommend any uber-booties to keep my tootsies warm on the way to work??

Now here's a tip from an expert ... in tropical Qld ... I've been
working at the local milk depot in the evenings for about a year. It's
around 2-3 degrees consistently and I'm in the cold room for 6 to 8
hours at a time. I wear two pairs of thick woollen socks and a beanie.
Seems to do the job well.

P

Hmmm... somehow I think that two pairs of woollen socks might make my
shoes a tight fit! Nice thought though.

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