steveindenmark
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I have a fleece lined walking boot which I often use in winter. For me, its never a fashion show, its whats practical.
Is it a Left or Right boot?I have a fleece lined walking boot which I often use in winter. For me, its never a fashion show, its whats practical.
Part of my route is very popular with club cyclists and tourists in the summer months.No, you're not imagining it. Most of my rides involve an element of gravel/dirt tracks, which can be wet and muddy much of the year. Therefore unless the sun is cracking the stones I'll usually be wearing workmen's boots - so if I have to put a foot down in a mudbath or I come off I'm not going to mess up any decent gear. Likewise if the weather is chilly or grey and overcast I'll have a hi-vis coat on to go with the boots. So you've got a 6 ft bloke in size 10/11 steels, wearing shabby jeans or combat trousers, with a grubby hi-vis and riding a beaten up looking old steel bike fitted with two odd tyres. For some inexplicable reason I get no hassle whatsoever from drivers in traffic.....
Is it a Left or Right boot?
...the deluge of cyclists in the summer means it takes twice as long for locals to get from A to B as it would in the winter (apparently?).
In both cases I could point you to the opposite.Part of my route is very popular with club cyclists and tourists in the summer months.
One of the guys I work with lives in one of the villages I cycle through and he reckons that all of the locals regard cyclists as pests.
The roads are single track and the deluge of cyclists in the summer means it takes twice as long for locals to get from A to B as it would in the winter (apparently?).
Wearing work boots and having a home made rack box on the back of a cheap Apollo MTB helps to draw a distinction between myself and the twenty somethings whizzing along in their tight lycra.
I also make the effort to pull over and let cars pass me which I think is much appreciated.
The second part of my commute is a potholed mud bath so the locals on that stretch never see club cyclists. Mainly horses.
It's funny that. an alleged delay caused by cyclist means cyclist are "pests", but traffic jams (and associated pollution, noise, et c) in my village caused by too many cars trying to take a short cut is "a fact of life".
In both cases I could point you to the opposite.
Locally I see plenty of cyclists on MTBs all in black with no or very dim lights - some, judging only by dress, commuting to/from manual work.
I'm the same, my feet get really cold, particularly in winter, I don't even like driving in them, I have an old pair of trainers to leave home in, I'll drive from job to job (usually short distances}in work boots, then put my trainers on to go home.I always had cold feet wearing steel toe caps. When i used to lead off road rides if I turned up at the start wearing my wellies the assembled used to worry. Where’s he taking us today?
Only the left. My right foot stays warm because I tuck my willie in my right sock. 😁Is it a Left or Right boot?
I wasn't making an judgement about your occupation it's irrelevant to the conversation.I am office based yet I cycle to work looking like a navvy. I also have a very well lit bike.
In my experience, cycle commuters are amongst the most safety conscious of all cyclists simply due to the fact that daily repetition of any risky activity makes an accident more likely.
As for kids dressed in black hopping a BMX on and off the kerb in the dark without lights, that's just Darwin doing his thing.
Hahaha nice one !Only the left. My right foot stays warm because I tuck my willie in my right sock. 😁
During one winter a few years ago, I set up a hybrid with flat pedals on a turbo in the garage. One evening after lifting a few weights, I hopped onto the turbo. I’d forgotten to remove the ankle weights I was wearing; it’s surprising how much extra power you can generate on the downstroke with 10lbs of lead around your ankles!Yes, they are steel toe capped. I do my own car maintenance too.
Another benefit I noticed, is that once the pedals start turning, the weight of the shoes creates momentum and so, subsequent pedal turns become easier. It's almost pedal assist.