LarrySellerz

I used to be a bike courier, im used to the ******** weather. Admittedly its the extremities that need protection at cold temps.

WhyFi

Everything needs protection in the rain at 40⁰

JohnJ80

I have a couple of pairs of insulated shoes from Northwave. They work pretty well, but each has a temp range of about 10F degrees where they are comfortable. Above that range and they’re too hot. Below that range and they’re cold. The warmest pair I have are the Northwave Raptor GTX from a couple of years ago. I think they have 200g insulation and a neoprene cuff that goes up about to where a shoe cover goes. Those work for me down to about 25 for under two hours.

I recently bought a pair of the Spatzwear Roadman 3 shoe covers. They’re a bit unusual in that they go up to just below your knees. I’ve been wearing them now to about 40F with my normal carbon soled shoes and I’ve been really surprised at how well they work. There definitely is something to the idea that if you keep the blood warm in your legs on the way to your feet then that will go a long way to keeping your feet warm.

rsbob 

when riding in a monsoon or thunderstorm LIKE downpour, there is nothing which will keep you dry. I bike commuted in Oregon and Washington for years with long fenders with flaps, covered head to toe in Gortex and still would get drenched when the skies really opened up during my 1.5 hour rides. Light rain to moderate rain was no problem.

79pmooney

+1 I've ridden in NE nor'easters. Lived in Santa Cruz a year. Moved to Seattle, then Portland. Rode down Alba Rd above Santa Cruz in a January Pacific storm. Years later around Seattle's Lake Washington on a fall day. Got caught in rain so hard the frogs stayed indoors. Got home with an immaculate clean chain. But I've also ridden many rides in those places where it rained less than 1/10th of an inch but that went into the books as another day of rain.

The "atmospheric river" the PNW is seeing now? ~3" in two days that we call a lot? Speak that in some parts of the world and they'd just laugh.

Lazyass

I wear wool socks and the Lake's have been good from the low 30's (my limit), to the low 50's. Haven't really had a problem with my feet getting too hot.

JohnJ80

of course.

I live in the Midwest. I know thunderstorms and downpours better than I would like to.

When I can’t see because the water is coming down that hard and it’s in my eyes then good judgment tells me it’s time to quit riding. The good part about downpours is they rarely become biblical and usually don’t last long so waiting is a good strategy. So that’s what I do. Other than that, my feet remain fairly dry.

cyclezen

For me, it was/is never a question that the feet were gonna get wet... wet and cold is the problem for me - wet and warm is ok.
solution I worked out quite some years back, riding back east, in winter when the roads were mixed slush and/or just super wet, or heavy rain - for warm feet, in spite of being wet...
1. Shoes which can stand up to being wet - most shoes disintegrate on getting wet. (at least the old school stuff without the all synth carbon soles/footbeds/uppers)
2. Warm socks - wool - most recently I found that 'cool-max socks also work well...
3. Newspaper plastic bags - the ones newspapers get delivered in - good width & length, which goes over the shoes, after you've put them on. Nice thing is the plastic is quite thin, so that when you step into your cleats, the bag goes in with then cleat, and no virtual issue in release...
4. Longer cheap soccer' socks over the entire foot/shoes/bag/lower leg. (you have to cutout the area for the cleat to show through...) They hold the plastic bag in snug in place and allow proper engagement of cleat/pedal.
5. 2 rubber bands to help hold the soccer socks up...

the plastic bags can last about 5 - 6 rides, if you reuse and position where they were on prior rides... cleats in 'worn' hole in bag.
The soccer socks seem to last about 30 -35 rides - sometimes longer - also a smaller downsized sock will stay tighter and not loosen as they get wetter.
I like the idea from earlier in thread, about using the disposable gloves as a sealer/sleeve - would prolly work better than 2 rubber bands... gonna give that a try - if it ever rains again, out here... LOL
Ride On
Yuri

Andy Somnifac 

When it gets cold and wet I break out a pair of Shimano SH-RW80 Winter Road Shoes.

https://www.roadbikereview.com/threa...d-shoe.379131/

I've had them a long time, but they're pretty bulletproof, and I don't put a ton of miles on them, as the number of cold and wet riding days is pretty low here, so I don't know what the current equivalent product is. I would assume that whatever the equivalent product is, it would perform similarly.