Icey toes!

Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my neoprene
overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm finally
ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Paul

Paul D said:

Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a
very pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes
have ever been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal)
& my neoprene overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm
finally ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Conceivably your shoes were too tight with all the thick socks, restricting
blood flow to feet..

Also, I assume your legs were adequately warm and insulated, not to mention
a warm hat on your head (seriously).

- Nigel

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I thought I might have got a bit excited with the sock selection this
morning. The rest of me was toasty (longs, bibshorts, 2 base layers, a vest
& a lycra top in flourescent colours to wake the drivers up, track mitts &
fleecy gloves & my woolie hat).

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Paul D said:

Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a
very pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes
have ever been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal)
& my neoprene overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm
finally ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Conceivably your shoes were too tight with all the thick socks,
restricting blood flow to feet..

Also, I assume your legs were adequately warm and insulated, not to
mention a warm hat on your head (seriously).

- Nigel

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Peter B said:

don't know where the other umpteen missing
half-pairs of socks are though ;-)

Probably sat in my laundry basket judging by the number of single socks
in it.

Tony

Paul D <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm finally
: ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

I assume you had a good hat on? If you were wearing a helmet, then at the
least you need a ear warmer fleece thing, and maybe close up the vents
as well.

Arhtur

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Quoted message said:

Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my neoprene
overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm finally
ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Probably wasn't as cold in the Soft South (tm) but a recumbent with a
fairing which wraps round in front of the feet is the way to go, IMHO.
Still wearing the same socks as I was in the summer. (No, not the actual
same pair...).

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Peter Grange

Arthur Clune said:

I assume you had a good hat on? If you were wearing a helmet, then at the
least you need a ear warmer fleece thing, and maybe close up the vents
as well.

This seems like a good cue to mention what I've been working on this
evening. Just for fun, I've created a page about dressing for winter:
<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

I've been thinking about it for the last week or so.

Oh, BTW, this is not to be viewed by Helen Simmons.

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Danny Colyer said:

This seems like a good cue to mention what I've been working on this
evening. Just for fun, I've created a page about dressing for
winter:
<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

I trust you've never tried going into a bank dressed like that!

If I wore that lot I would be saturated in sweat at anything above 10 below.

Tony

Danny Colyer said:

Arthur Clune said:

I assume you had a good hat on? If you were wearing a helmet, then at the
least you need a ear warmer fleece thing, and maybe close up the vents
as well.

This seems like a good cue to mention what I've been working on this
evening. Just for fun, I've created a page about dressing for winter:
<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

I've been thinking about it for the last week or so.

Oh, BTW, this is not to be viewed by Helen Simmons.

What a great page, well done. Glad to see some one else using the
newspaper trick, I haven't used it for years but it is always a great
standby plus if you do use it you have something to read at the cafe.

Out of interest have you weighed the clothes.

Tony Raven said:

Quoted message said:

<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

I trust you've never tried going into a bank dressed like that!

Go *into* a bank? Why would I want to do that? ;-)

Seriously, though, as soon as I get off the bike and I'm no longer
affected by wind chill I have to remove the mask, unzip the Gore-Tex and
probably remove the hat(s).

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If I wore that lot I would be saturated in sweat at anything above 10 below.

At the sort of temperatures where I'll wear the whole lot, the wind
chill will be below -10C when I'm riding. Also, my commute is 5 miles
and mostly flat. For longer or hillier rides I'd wear slightly less.

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MSeries said:

Quoted message said:

<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

What a great page, well done.

Thanks.

Quoted message said:

Glad to see some one else using the
newspaper trick, I haven't used it for years but it is always a great
standby plus if you do use it you have something to read at the cafe.

I forgot to mention that if I sweat then the newspaper soaks it up
nicely. Perhaps I should add that.

I have a colleague who learnt long ago not to pick up any sheets of
newspaper that he finds on my desk in the winter :-)

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Out of interest have you weighed the clothes.

No. But when I ride a 43lb bike, the weight of my clothes isn't really
an issue.

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Danny Colyer said:

I forgot to mention that if I sweat then the newspaper soaks it up
nicely. Perhaps I should add that.

There used to be a vagrants' newspaper ranking according to their
insulating qualities on a park bench. IIRC the broadsheets were
significantly above the tabloids. Perhaps we need a cyclists' ranking now.

Tony

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<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dre
ssforwinter.html>

Whoop/whoop/whooop

Overheat warning/overheat in 3 seconds

Whoop/whoop/whooop

Danny Colyer said:

This seems like a good cue to mention what I've been working on this
evening. Just for fun, I've created a page about dressing for winter:
<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

Why not send it to the autofaq?

Richard Bates suggested:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

<URL:http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/colyer_pictures/speedy5/cycling/dressforwinter.html>

Why not send it to the autofaq?

Perhaps I will. I think some rewording would be in order, to give some
advice on layering, remembering to keep the neck warm and tricks like
the newspaper, then a link to the above as an example of a winter
layering system.

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Leave Scotland....! ;-)

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Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my neoprene
overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm

finally

Quoted message said:

ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Paul

Vivian said:

Leave Scotland....! ;-)

That would be a bit longer than a 40 mile ride..

;-0

...d

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Vivian
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Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my neoprene
overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm

finally

Quoted message said:

ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Paul

Already working on a move to much warmer Dorset at Easter. Better riding too
(more hills to tackle)

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Leave Scotland....! ;-)

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school".
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Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have
ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my neoprene
overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm

finally

Quoted message said:

ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Paul

Yup, Dorset is hilly. I did the Sustrans London to Cornwall (Eden Project)
ride this last September. It was all fine till we got to Dorset. Oh my
God!! by the time we got to Devon I was getting better on the hills, but
still, it all made me realize how flat London is! :-)

Vivian
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"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school".
No Surrender

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Already working on a move to much warmer Dorset at Easter. Better riding

too

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(more hills to tackle)

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Leave Scotland....! ;-)

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Vivian
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"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in
school".
No Surrender

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Cold & crisp today on the west coast of scotland, so was out for a very
pleasent 2 1/2 hour/40 mile ride. However, I don't think my toes have
ever
been this cold, ever! 3 pairs of socks (1 thin, 2 thermal) & my

neoprene

Quoted message said:

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overshoes seemed to achieve nothing today.

Any miracle cures? It's 30 minutes after I got in now & I think I'm

finally

Quoted message said:

ready to brave the shower without getting hot ache in my feet!

Paul