Can I keep my feet dry?

Peewiglet said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution? I see
that there are quite a lot available, but I'm not sure which ones may
be better than others.

Ask at the bike shop for neoprene "booties".

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution? I see
that there are quite a lot available, but I'm not sure which ones may
be better than others.

Sandals. Dry quickly. It's not wet feet that are horrible it's wet shoes.

Peewiglet said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution?

Get a proper bike, where your feet are well up out of the spray ;-)

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"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution? I see
that there are quite a lot available, but I'm not sure which ones may
be better than others.

Many thanks for any help.

Best wishes,
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I wear as little as possible - I dry quickest

I tried "Porelle" waterproof socks but they were hopeless - infact
filled with water and kept my feet wet all day. With just wool socks
they would have dried out a bit. Neoprene overshoes work for a time
until the water finally gets in - and stays in.

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I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution? I see
that there are quite a lot available, but I'm not sure which ones may
be better than others.

The problem with overboots, I find, is that water gets into them from the
cleat holes in the bottom. I find SealSkinz socks - actually made of
neoprene, like wetsuits, but covered both inside and out with cotton,
are very good indeed provided you wear waterproof trousers which come
down to below the top of your socks.

Of course, they don't keep your shoes dry, and if you have particularly
sweaty feet they may not be the right solution.

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Zog The Undeniable said:

Ask at the bike shop for neoprene "booties".

hmm. Booties. Nappy Cream. I sense some kind of trend here ...

audrey said:

Zog The Undeniable said:

Ask at the bike shop for neoprene "booties".

hmm. Booties. Nappy Cream. I sense some kind of trend here ...

Oh come on, people, if we wanted dry feet, we'd be in cars. Where's our
Blitz spirit?

Trainers? No chance.

Shimano FR-080 Gore-Tex lined SPD boots. Cycled to Glastonbury in 'em.
Got rained on (more than just a little). Trudged around six inches of
mud and water for a few days. Cycled back to London. Dry feet all the
way.

Sadly, these are no longer made, but the current MT90's look like their
current version of this kind of thing. You'll need some kind of
waterproof trouser type thingies to stop water getting into the top of
them. I used Tchibo's waterproof cycling trousers. If they had been
sold in a tin, it would have said Ronseal on it - says he,
hypothetically believing the output of an ad agency!.

If you're currently cycling in trainers, then maybe non-SPD Gore-Tex
lined boots etc. might do the trick, if you really don't want to be
clipped to the pedals.

Also, whatever socks don't make your feet sweat.

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Peewiglet said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution?

Get a proper bike, where your feet are well up out of the spray ;-)

LOL, my thoughts exactly.

Peewiglet said:

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution?

Like Simon, I don't find overshoes do a great job of keeping your feet
dry if it is raining really heavily, though they do keep your feet
warm.

One thing you can try is when you get to work and take off your
trainers, stuff crumpled bits of newspaper inside them - it will absorb
a lot of the moisture. Your shoes may not be completely dry by the time
you set off home, but they will certainly be drier than they were.

d.

LSMike said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Get a proper bike, where your feet are well up out of the
spray ;-)

LOL, my thoughts exactly.

Smug gits. :-)

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Dave...

davek said:

One thing you can try is when you get to work and take off your
trainers, stuff crumpled bits of newspaper ...

Or paper towels from the loo.

Quoted message said:

... inside them - it will absorb a lot of the moisture. Your shoes
may not be completely dry by the time you set off home, but they
will certainly be drier than they were.

A good place to dry them out, and your socks, is on top of your PC
monitor unless you have one of these new-fangled flat screen jobbies
which are no use at all.

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

LSMike said:

"Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Get a proper bike, where your feet are well up out of the
spray ;-)

LOL, my thoughts exactly.

Smug gits. :-)

Or live and commute in one of the driest cities in UK...

...d

dkahn400 said:

A good place to dry them out, and your socks, is on top of your PC
monitor

And how safe is that exactly?

Quoted message said:

unless you have one of these new-fangled flat screen jobbies
which are no use at all.

Yup, that's me. Also no radiators in here, just air conditioning. Pah!

d.

davek said:

dkahn400 said:

A good place to dry them out, and your socks, is on top of your PC
monitor

And how safe is that exactly?

I've been doing it for years with gloves and no monitor has ever gone
Ka-Boom on me yet...

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Quoted message said:

unless you have one of these new-fangled flat screen jobbies
which are no use at all.

Yup, that's me. Also no radiators in here, just air conditioning. Pah!

That's why I'm hanging onto an ancient CRT-equipped Babbage-Engine, even
though it is of No Practical Use Whatsoever...

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution? I see
that there are quite a lot available, but I'm not sure which ones may
be better than others.

Neoprene overshoes work well (and if you ride clipless don't forget to
fill the slots on the bottom of your cycling shoes with silicone
sealant), alternatively Northwave Fahrenheit winter cycling shoes are
amazingly good.

Guy
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davek said:

One thing you can try is when you get to work and take off your
trainers, stuff crumpled bits of newspaper inside them - it will absorb
a lot of the moisture. Your shoes may not be completely dry by the time
you set off home, but they will certainly be drier than they were.

Also if you have waterproof socks and turn them inside out during the
day so they are dry on the inside, your shoes may be damp/wet but your
feet will be dry which helps a lot. Personally I use either sandals and
waterproof socks in the summer or Northwave Arctic shoes with short
gaiters to stop water entering from the top in winter.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

LSMike said:

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Peewiglet said:

I've got waterproofs to keep me dry in heavy rain, but I've had soaked
feet a couple of times. My trainers were still wet when I needed to
put them on at the end of the day to ride home again.

Can anyone recommend some sort of overshoe, or other solution?

Get a proper bike, where your feet are well up out of the spray ;-)

LOL, my thoughts exactly.

Proper mudguards deal with spray but with your feet well up out of the
spray they are ideally positioned for getting wet directly from the
downpour.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon