What makes a "cycling sock" a cycling sock?

[Pro Tour Punditry]

As per thread title, is there anything incorporated specific to cycling about a "cycling sock"?

 

[NickNick]

They need to be very thin and with a strong band/elastic top imo.


But saying that, when my "cycling socks" are all dirty and I ride with a "normal" pair of socks, can't really tell the difference

 

[summerdays]

If it costs more than your normal sock and has a bike word/logo on it?

 

[NickNick]

If it costs more than your normal sock and has a bike word/logo on it?

Yes, fluro colours help to differentiate from the John Snow style suit socks.

 

[Drago]

It must be like any other average sock, bit cost 5 times as much because it says Altura.

 

[cosmicbike]

1 pair for £9.99 instead of 7 pairs....

 

[Drago]

It must be given away free with a cycling magazine.

 

[robjh]

I base this reply on the one pair of 'cycling' socks I was ever given as a present. They have a little, possibly reflective, patch above the heel, and go stiff after a few washes in a way that everyday socks don't. I have since stuck with everyday socks for cycling, and not regretted it yet.

 

[HLaB]

Socks which breathe and support in the right places for cyclists, if regular socks do that for you they're cycling socks

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

[QUOTE 5054681, member: 9609"]slightly off topic but still on about socks and cycling; has anyone tried bigger shoes so you can get more socks on ? and does it make for warmer toes.[/QUOTE]
yes and yes

 

[Adam4868]

Your all so blase about such a important item of clothing.It cant be short,that is just wrong.I find 6 inch high suits my pysique.I like to angle my leg and look behind from a mirror to see how it looks.No garish colours it must blend seemlesly with my freshly laundered kit.
Note to self.......get a life !

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Socks which breathe and support in the right places for cyclists, if regular socks do that for you they're cycling socks

Is there a "right place" support point?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

A pair of cycling socks are several grams lighter than a pair of normal socks thus reducing rotational mass and thereby adding at least 1mph to your average speed.

 

[HLaB]

Is there a "right place" support point?

A lot of my socks provide a bit more support round the middle of the foot and arches. I like it but I've had other 'sport' socks that do similar and I used them as 'cycling socks' too

 

[Crackle]

Black, have left and right on them