enormous shoe/boot covers
01-10-19, 03:44 PM
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enormous shoe/boot covers
was someone looking for enormous shoe/boot covers? I was up in VT last weekend (Daughter college drop-off & shoe shopping) & saw these which are meant for downhill ski boots, but I wonder if that person with big feet & shoes could use these for cycling ...
01-11-19, 04:55 AM
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oh there are of course, many types & even sizes. but I seem to remember someone with exceptionally large cycling shoes having trouble finding them for his size. he probably found some, but I saw these & thought I would share
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Along those lines. I have described:
I distinguish "booties" (tight fitting neoprene shoe covers with an open sole for clip-ons) from this wrap-around Goretex "shoe cover," with an open sole secured by elastic straps. I find they provide good rain cover, especially over booties, as well as windscreen.
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I use nested, sequential shoe covers (to be put on in that order) to improvise an imaginary thermal barrier.
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My picture above similarly illustrates my nested squential foot wear (to be put on in this order):
So my thermal barrier is real and effective.
- thin socks (not pictured)
- thick socks,
- shoes (usually clipless cycling shoes)
- rubber totes (for rain; otherwise neoprene booties)
- plastic bags (as needed; in that picture used to slip the running shoes into the Totes)
- Goretex shoe covers.
This past Monday (12/30/13) I did my 14 mile commute at about 15°F and tried a new set of foot coverings that IMO that kept my feet significantly warmer than usual. In the past I had bought a pair of neon green shoe covers made by Gore-Tex, for wet riding….
So with the additional Gore-Tex shoe coverings at 15ºF, I did not perceive cold until about mile 10, and I did not feel cold in the sense of permeating the soft tissues of my foot until about mile 12, but it was tolerable. At about mile 12 I have a downhill run of several hundred yards that irreversibly drains the heat from my extremities.
The next day at 21ºF, I rode without the Goretex, and started feeling cold at about mile 9 and finished significantly colder at my mile 14 destination than the day before.
So with the additional Gore-Tex shoe coverings at 15ºF, I did not perceive cold until about mile 10, and I did not feel cold in the sense of permeating the soft tissues of my foot until about mile 12, but it was tolerable. At about mile 12 I have a downhill run of several hundred yards that irreversibly drains the heat from my extremities.
The next day at 21ºF, I rode without the Goretex, and started feeling cold at about mile 9 and finished significantly colder at my mile 14 destination than the day before.
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01-13-19, 07:12 AM
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I went with the Gore-Tex, because I found them on-sale for 60% off
But I will consider the shoe covers too if the Gore Tex are lacking in some respect
Trial & error
But I will consider the shoe covers too if the Gore Tex are lacking in some respect
Trial & error
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