Which neoprene shoe covers for road cycling?
12-02-19, 09:22 PM
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Which neoprene shoe covers for road cycling?
I use SPD-SL pedals with road biking shoes and cleats. Want to figure out my best option for neoprene shoe covers for online purchase. What do y'all recommend? I saw casrrelli neoprene shoe covers on amazon. Anyone have success with these? Wondering if there's something cheaper. Thanks in advance.
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I use SPD-SL pedals with road biking shoes and cleats. Want to figure out my best option for neoprene shoe covers for online purchase. What do y'all recommend? I saw casrrelli neoprene shoe covers on amazon. Anyone have success with these? Wondering if there's something cheaper. Thanks in advance.
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I use SPD-SL pedals with road biking shoes and cleats. Want to figure out my best option for neoprene shoe covers for online purchase. What do y'all recommend? I saw casrrelli neoprene shoe covers on amazon. Anyone have success with these?
Wondering if there's something cheaper. Thanks in advance.
Wondering if there's something cheaper. Thanks in advance.
I won’t say these are the “best” however, they work pretty darn good for me. I just wanted to block the wind, and get a little more road biking in before going full-on fat bike. These worked for me down into the upper 20’s with wind for my 1 1/2 hour training rides.
Certainly inexpensive. I could leave these on, and just roll them down a tad to get in/out of my shoe without having to remove them entirely
Certainly inexpensive. I could leave these on, and just roll them down a tad to get in/out of my shoe without having to remove them entirely
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I have some SealSkins tall neoprene covers that I got for pretty cheap (maybe $18?) from one of the UK sites. They work for me down to about 20F with thick wool socks. I use them for blocking wind and staying a bit warmer for longer rides in cool temperatures and temps in the 20s and 30s when insulated boots seem to be overkill.
Beyond that, I just wear (regular) winter boots. Where I've lived, temperatures cooler than will work with neoprene covers usually involve snow cover, which does not play well with SPD-SL cleats (ask me how I know).
My neoprene covers have been garbage in anything other than a light rain. They soak through in a downpour and take forever to dry out (a problem when commuting).
Beyond that, I just wear (regular) winter boots. Where I've lived, temperatures cooler than will work with neoprene covers usually involve snow cover, which does not play well with SPD-SL cleats (ask me how I know).
My neoprene covers have been garbage in anything other than a light rain. They soak through in a downpour and take forever to dry out (a problem when commuting).
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Toe covers work as good as full booties when wearing road shoes, at least for me anyway. Colder than that I wear real boots and flat pedals.
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I have been researching this topic myself for quite awhile and what I have concluded is that there actually is not a single product (that I could find, anyway) that does all three super well--wet, wind, cold. Where I am, it does not get down into the 20s F all that frequently, but it does rain for months on end. So, I decided to go with the best rain-proofing covers I could find and that was the Velotoze Tall shoe covers. Like, 20 bucks.
I know some people have had pretty good luck with the Fizik winter shoes, or so they have reported, but I have not personally worn them.
I know some people have had pretty good luck with the Fizik winter shoes, or so they have reported, but I have not personally worn them.
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Which neoprene shoe covers for road cycling?
I have recently posted to this thread,
I have been researching this topic myself for quite awhile and what I have concluded is that there actually is not a single product (that I could find, anyway) that does all three super well--wet, wind, cold.
Where I am, it does not get down into the 20s F all that frequently, but it does rain for months on end. So, I decided to go with the best rain-proofing covers I could find and that was the Velotoze Tall shoe covers. Like, 20 bucks.
I know some people have had pretty good luck with the Fizik winter shoes, or so they have reported, but I have not personally worn them.
Where I am, it does not get down into the 20s F all that frequently, but it does rain for months on end. So, I decided to go with the best rain-proofing covers I could find and that was the Velotoze Tall shoe covers. Like, 20 bucks.
I know some people have had pretty good luck with the Fizik winter shoes, or so they have reported, but I have not personally worn them.
"Keeping feet warm?”
Nice review of the options, @KC8QVO; my situation for winter riding seems similar though I don’t know where you post from.
I find neoprene boot covers tolerable on my rides rarely below 10° F, even with the open bottoms. Boots seem too expensive for the few times I really need them. I do find the zippered covers hard to close and Velcro closures are much easier.
Ialso have employed additional Goretex covers for wind [and rain] protection.
[posted before I got a winter bike with clipless pedals]:Now as noted above, I wear cleated cycling shoes and neoprene shoe covers instead of the Totes. .
Nice review of the options, @KC8QVO; my situation for winter riding seems similar though I don’t know where you post from.
I find neoprene boot covers tolerable on my rides rarely below 10° F, even with the open bottoms. Boots seem too expensive for the few times I really need them. I do find the zippered covers hard to close and Velcro closures are much easier.
Ialso have employed additional Goretex covers for wind [and rain] protection.
[posted before I got a winter bike with clipless pedals]:Now as noted above, I wear cleated cycling shoes and neoprene shoe covers instead of the Totes. .
…One other comment, especially when suggesting various solutions for winter riding problems. I often recommend on such threads that the poster define their riding conditions, especially distance, as well as temperature to better evaluate the experience.
In fact I further tout this definition from the thread ”What's the minimum qualifying distance for a cold-temperature ride?” of a cold ride, in which one’s water bottle freezes (solid), a function of both temperature and distance (time on the road).
For my 14 mile commute, this occurs at about 15°F.
In fact I further tout this definition from the thread ”What's the minimum qualifying distance for a cold-temperature ride?” of a cold ride, in which one’s water bottle freezes (solid), a function of both temperature and distance (time on the road).
For my 14 mile commute, this occurs at about 15°F.
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