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  1. Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought myself
    some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're riding
    in the wet sans mudguards?

    Tim

  2. Tim Downie said:

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're riding
    in the wet sans mudguards?

    I use them Shimano winter boots with the neoprene cuff, with the socks
    *not* sticking out. After being out in a thunderstorm earlier this
    week, my feet and socks were still dry (the only part of me that was).
    But with summer rain, I think I'd prefer sandals, as they'd be more
    comfortable in the warm and your feet'd dry out.
    Anyone know the difference between the Shimano SD60's and SD65's?
    Chainreaction have the older SD60s for 35 quid at the moment...

  3. sothach said:
    Tim Downie said:

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're riding
    in the wet sans mudguards?

    I use them Shimano winter boots with the neoprene cuff, with the socks
    *not* sticking out. After being out in a thunderstorm earlier this
    week, my feet and socks were still dry (the only part of me that was).
    But with summer rain, I think I'd prefer sandals, as they'd be more
    comfortable in the warm and your feet'd dry out.
    Anyone know the difference between the Shimano SD60's and SD65's?
    Chainreaction have the older SD60s for 35 quid at the moment...

    The only difference I can see is that the ads say they are more
    adjustable so one pair covers a bigger range of sizes as opposed to the
    SD60's.

    Cheaper to make i suppose.

    Sam Salt

  4. Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought myself
    some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're riding
    in the wet sans mudguards?

    Tim

    Sealskinz socks.

    http://www.sealskinz.com/index.html
    --
    Michael MacClancy

  5. in message <[email hidden]>, Michael MacClancy

    (') said:
    Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought
    myself some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes
    still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're
    riding in the wet sans mudguards?

    Sealskinz socks.
    http://www.sealskinz.com/index.html

    No they don't, I'm afraid. I greatly like my SealSkinz, but water
    trickling down your leg still ends up inside. You need waterproof
    trousers which come down below the tops of your socks/overshoes

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  6. Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought
    myself some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes
    still filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if
    you're riding in the wet sans mudguards?

    http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item1221.htm

    ~PB

  7. Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd
    bought myself some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever
    you call them).
    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my
    shoes still filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the
    water out if you're riding in the wet sans mudguards?

    Tim

    I recently discovered that my Yeti Gaiters, similar to these:
    http://www.buachaille.com/p1921-0-6/Gaiters/Berghaus-Yeti-Wilderness.html
    fitted over my cycle shoes. Although I would say I'd only use them in
    the depths of winter out on the hills with the MTB.
    --
    Cheers
    the.Mark

  8. Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought
    myself some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes
    still filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if
    you're riding in the wet sans mudguards?

    Tim

    http://tinyurl.com/m39s8

    with the bottoms over the top of natty neoprene over-booties

    They are very winter weight, mine probably wont see use till october or
    november.

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  9. Simon Brooke said:

    in message <[email hidden]>, Michael

    MacClancy (') said:
    Tim Downie said:

    Last night I was out riding my road bike in the rain. I'd bought
    myself some natty neoprene over-booties (or whatever you call them).

    I'll grant you they probably kept my feet a tad warmer but my shoes
    still
    filled up with water. Does *anything* keep the water out if you're
    riding in the wet sans mudguards?

    Sealskinz socks.
    http://www.sealskinz.com/index.html

    No they don't, I'm afraid. I greatly like my SealSkinz, but water
    trickling down your leg still ends up inside. You need waterproof
    trousers which come down below the tops of your socks/overshoes

    Never experienced that and I use sealskinz - although most of the time it's
    in winter so I have something covering my legs which acts as a wick.

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