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  1. I'm looking for something that is trainer like (in comfort and looks though could probably cope with
    velcro type fasteners), can take a heavy downpour and either

    * stay completely dry inside

    or

    * saturate as I am happy to do this time of year then dry out afterwards without staying horrible
    and soggy for long.

    Most normal trainers seem to need time in the airing cupboard.

    I have used sandals but they're only an option in the summer.

    Do cycling shoes behave like this with water ? I'm not really planning on getting into all this
    clipless stuff at the moment.

    What do you suggest and what type of socks ?

    Cheers,

    Jon

  2. [email hidden]. wrote on 19/7/2003 4:00 pm:

    Quoted message said:

    Do cycling shoes behave like this with water ? I'm not really planning on getting into all this
    clipless stuff at the moment.

    Depends on the shoe. I find that with clipless pedals, proper cycling shoes and overshoes when
    rainy, my feet mostly stay dry. Clipless is a big advantage here as you can use neoprene overshoes
    which are Absolutely Spiffing.

    Guy

  3. "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    [email hidden]. wrote on 19/7/2003 4:00 pm:

    Quoted message said:

    Do cycling shoes behave like this with water ? I'm not really planning on getting into all this
    clipless stuff at the moment.

    Depends on the shoe. I find that with clipless pedals, proper cycling


    shoes

    Quoted message said:

    and overshoes when rainy, my feet mostly stay dry. Clipless is a big advantage here as you can use
    neoprene overshoes which are Absolutely Spiffing.

    Guy


    I use neoprene overshoes over my trainers (berghaus walking shoes), comfy warm and dry ;-)
    Cheers, Dave.

  4. "Jon Schneider" <[email hidden].> wrote in message

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    I have used sandals but they're only an option in the summer.

    Sandals are fine in the winter, wear black socks and people won't notice ;o)

    When it is really cold, Sandals + neoprene overshoes are just as warm as Shoes + neoprene overshoes.

    I will admit my sandals were a little cold to walk through the snow, earlier this year, when I had
    to get off because the snow blowing in my eyes was blinding me.

  5. In article <[email hidden]>, one of infinite monkeys at the keyboard of

    Frank X said:
    Quoted message said:

    I have used sandals but they're only an option in the summer.

    I don't so often cycle in sandals - the pedals tend to go through the soles.

    Quoted message said:

    Sandals are fine in the winter,

    Indeed.

    Quoted message said:

    wear black socks and people won't notice ;o)

    Socks? What's the point of wearing nice comfy sandals and then wrapping the feet up in socks?

    I just tend to use trainers for cycling.

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    Axis of Evil: Whose economy needs ever more wars? Arms Exports $bn: USA 14.2, UK 5.1, vs France 1.5,
    Germany 0.8 (The Economist, July 2002)

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