wet feet

[fred_dillon]

Overshoes or Sealskin socks, what's best to keep my feet warm & dry?

 

[MrGrumpy]

the thing is with overshoes and water proof socks that unless you have longs coming down over them they are next to useless as water runs down your legs into your feet

 

[Moonlight]

Ah, I knew I was doing something wrong!

 

[Keith Oates]

The only way to keep feet dry is to wear 'wellie boots'with waterproof long trousers over the top. Not really a very helpful suggestion and what I'm trying to say is there is no way to keep dry on a bike when encountering heavy rain AFAIK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[domtyler]

Of course the trick is to minimise the amount of water running down your legs and the only way I know of of achieving that is to use full length mudguards. This, combined with overshoes to minimise splash and spray hitting your shoes is the most effective way of keeping your feet warm and dry while cycling. Well, short of wellies and waterproof trousers anyway.

 

[dondare]

My Sealskin socks are warm but not waterproof at all, (tho' the sealskin gloves are waterproof but not warm). I wear rubber overshoes in the wet and they're better but not watertight. I've been told that Goretex socks do work very well.

 

[trio25]

I've given up on dry feet, I've tried all the solutions and they get wet eventually. But I don't mind if they are warm. So wool socks for me and I have warm feet most of the winter, when its really cold in january I sometimes wear silk socks as well.

 

[Jake]

get some goretex trainers work for me

 

[MrGrumpy]

indeed my goretex socks are better than sealskins but same old problem with rain running down your leg.

 

[Jake]

my old pair of trainers, which totaly had it where the soles were shot, one time I had to wear plastic bags around my feet before wearing the trainers lol. ahh those were the days. But yes, it does run down your legs and fills up your waterproof shoes/socks etc. During fridays ride home in the monsoon, all i could do was laugh at the absurdity of it all. Could harrdly see, the rain was so hard, and was nearly drowning. Not reviewed the helmet cam yet, may have to make another music video!

 

[BentMikey]

Winter boots is the best option, IMO. In the summer I don't mind too much getting wet feet, and in the winter some proper winter cycling shoes make all the difference to your comfort levels.

 

[the reluctant cyclist]

I used to cycle in really wet weather (like today) in my daughter's wellies with waterproof trousers over the top of them. Although you look a prat feet were bone dry when you got to work!

However - v.hard work trying to cycle in wellies.

Nowadays I find that if you stick with shorts of some sort (nice quick drying ones) and waterproof socks your feet stay okay.

I wear these mesh sort of trainers which get very wet but dry very quickly so feet inside waterproof socks stay dry and trainers are dry in time for return journey home.

I have to say though that I have full length mudguards and on a day like today when there is soooooooo much surface water you haven't got a hope in hell's chance of keeping your tootsies dry!

 

[rootes]

back in the day when mountain biking and £40 for goretex sock was out of budget - freezer bags over ordinary socks did the trick - sweaty - but warm nice