Waterproof socks

Paul Boyd said:

Anyone had any experience of these? On my tourer/commuter, I use
overshoes in the rain which do me fine.

They aren't very practical off road though, so I was thinking about
waterproof socks. Wouldn't these make your feet a bit boil-in-the-bag?
In summer I just accepted wet (and wrinkly!) feet, but I don't fancy
that in winter.

--
Paul Boyd
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I had a pair of "porelle drys" or somesuch name. They kept water out
briefly during a heavy shower until water ran down my legs and into the
socks - filling them up to the brim. My feet then stayed wet for the
rest of the day even though everything else had dried out. The socks
took hours to dry on the line. Completely hopeless and much worse than
wool pile socks which I normally wear in winter - they get wet but
warmish, and dry out fairly quickly.

cheers
Norman

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Quoted message said:

Anyone had any experience of these? On my tourer/commuter, I use
overshoes in the rain which do me fine.

They aren't very practical off road though, so I was thinking about
waterproof socks. Wouldn't these make your feet a bit boil-in-the-bag? In
summer I just accepted wet (and wrinkly!) feet, but I don't fancy that in
winter.

Why not search out these?
http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441772979&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302756103&bmUID=1161107406168

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442586323&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302756103&bmUID=1161107497200

Someone probably stocks them on your side of the pond.
Graham

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:35:56 +0100, Paul Boyd
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Quoted message said:

In summer I just accepted wet (and wrinkly!) feet

In summer, why not just wear sandals (and no socks, of course)?

On 17/10/2006 20:44, Andrew Price said,

Quoted message said:

In summer, why not just wear sandals (and no socks, of course)?

Can you get SPD sandals? (No, don't answer that - you probably can!!!!)

Sandals aren't "me" :-)

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

On 17/10/2006 17:09, normanwisdom said,

Quoted message said:

I had a pair of "porelle drys" or somesuch name. They kept water out
briefly during a heavy shower until water ran down my legs and into the
socks - filling them up to the brim. My feet then stayed wet for the
rest of the day even though everything else had dried out. The socks
took hours to dry on the line. Completely hopeless and much worse than
wool pile socks which I normally wear in winter - they get wet but
warmish, and dry out fairly quickly.

Well, that's fairly unambiguous! I think I'll just dig out my walking
socks. I hadn't thought of waterproof socks filling up that way!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd said:

On 17/10/2006 20:44, Andrew Price said,

Quoted message said:

In summer, why not just wear sandals (and no socks, of course)?

Can you get SPD sandals?

Yes. Shimano do them.

Quoted message said:

(No, don't answer that - you probably can!!!!)

Oops.

Tim

Tim Hall said:

Paul Boyd said:

On 17/10/2006 20:44, Andrew Price said,

Quoted message said:

In summer, why not just wear sandals (and no socks, of course)?

Can you get SPD sandals?

Yes. Shimano do them.

Quoted message said:

(No, don't answer that - you probably can!!!!)

Oops.

Tim

And they are the dogs bollocks.

Get some.

( Shimano SD60 IIRC )

Sam Salt

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Quoted message said:

On 17/10/2006 17:09, normanwisdom said,

Quoted message said:

I had a pair of "porelle drys" or somesuch name. They kept water out
briefly during a heavy shower until water ran down my legs and into the
socks - filling them up to the brim. My feet then stayed wet for the
rest of the day even though everything else had dried out. The socks
took hours to dry on the line. Completely hopeless and much worse than
wool pile socks which I normally wear in winter - they get wet but
warmish, and dry out fairly quickly.

Well, that's fairly unambiguous! I think I'll just dig out my walking
socks. I hadn't thought of waterproof socks filling up that way!

Lots of MTB people use sealskins (sealskinz?). My wife says they're quite
good - warmer than the woollen equivalent. So I think that they work for
some people, but not others.

cheers,
clive

Response to Sam Salt:

Quoted message said:

And they are the dogs bollocks.

Get some.

( Shimano SD60 IIRC )

Seconded. During the summer [which by this criterion is still going on]
they're my default footwear, when I'm not at work [and often when I am].

--
Mark, UK
"You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself, and how little I
deserve it."

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Quoted message said:

On 17/10/2006 17:09, normanwisdom said,

Quoted message said:

I had a pair of "porelle drys" or somesuch name. They kept water out
briefly during a heavy shower until water ran down my legs and into the
socks - filling them up to the brim. My feet then stayed wet for the
rest of the day even though everything else had dried out. The socks
took hours to dry on the line. Completely hopeless and much worse than
wool pile socks which I normally wear in winter - they get wet but
warmish, and dry out fairly quickly.

Well, that's fairly unambiguous! I think I'll just dig out my walking
socks. I hadn't thought of waterproof socks filling up that way!

Lots of MTB people use sealskins (sealskinz?). My wife says they're quite
good - warmer than the woollen equivalent. So I think that they work for
some people, but not others.

cheers,
clive

I've got an old pair of short Porelles and a newer pair of Sealskinz (who
bought Porelle I think). I'm very happy with both of them and wouldn't be
without them. I've suffered from cold feet for years, tried everything and
these beasties are the nearest thing I've found to a solution. The short
ones have filled up on rare occasions when it has been VERY wet, but never
had a problem with the long ones which terminate just below the knee and
have a grippy top. They wash OK and do take longer than normal socks to dry,
but you can speed up the process by turning them inside out after the
initial side has dried.

John Miller

Mark McNeill said the following on 17/10/2006 23:31:

Quoted message said:

Seconded. During the summer [which by this criterion is still going on]
they're my default footwear, when I'm not at work [and often when I am].

Therein lies the rub - I tend to be either cycling to/from work, or
cycling off-road. ATM, the former at 7:15am or 6pm is not suitable for
sandals, and the latter is, er, not suitable for sandals at any time.

Besides, I can't wear sandals because I haven't got a beard :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

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Quoted message said:

Mark McNeill said the following on 17/10/2006 23:31:

Quoted message said:

Seconded. During the summer [which by this criterion is still going on]
they're my default footwear, when I'm not at work [and often when I am].

Therein lies the rub - I tend to be either cycling to/from work, or
cycling off-road. ATM, the former at 7:15am or 6pm is not suitable for
sandals, and the latter is, er, not suitable for sandals at any time.

Besides, I can't wear sandals because I haven't got a beard :-)

I don't have a beard and I am known to wear sandals on occasion. Albeit not
the Shimano ones :-)

Paul Boyd wrote on 18/10/2006 07:38 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Therein lies the rub - I tend to be either cycling to/from work, or
cycling off-road. ATM, the former at 7:15am or 6pm is not suitable for
sandals, and the latter is, er, not suitable for sandals at any time.

I wear sandals off road - even the technical stuff

Quoted message said:

Besides, I can't wear sandals because I haven't got a beard :-)

You can if you wear socks with them ;-)

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Paul Boyd said:

On 17/10/2006 20:44, Andrew Price said,

Quoted message said:

In summer, why not just wear sandals (and no socks, of course)?

Can you get SPD sandals? (No, don't answer that - you probably can!!!!)

Shimano SD-65s

Quoted message said:

Sandals aren't "me" :-)

You don't like increased comfort levels then?

But of course they're not so good in winter, which seemed to be the
point, and if the route involves lots of rocks off-road probably a Bad Idea.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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wafflycat said the following on 18/10/2006 08:19:

Quoted message said:

I don't have a beard and I am known to wear sandals on occasion. Albeit
not the Shimano ones :-)

You can be let off having a beard :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Tony Raven said the following on 18/10/2006 08:26:

Quoted message said:

I wear sandals off road - even the technical stuff

Hmm... My cycling shoes bear scars - I would rather they weren't on my
toes.

Quoted message said:

You can if you wear socks with them ;-)

White socks? or beige?

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Peter Clinch said the following on 18/10/2006 09:15:

Quoted message said:

But of course they're not so good in winter, which seemed to be the
point, and if the route involves lots of rocks off-road probably a Bad
Idea.

Yup - the original question was regarding riding off-road in winter ;-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd said:

Yup - the original question was regarding riding off-road in winter ;-)

So, back to that...

IME waterproof socks (I have some old Porelles and some newer Sealskinz,
which are the Mk2 Porelles) work well if the water is coming up from the
terrain, but if it's coming from the sky in great amounts too then water
will wick down into them as described elsewhere. But if it's from
puddles, burns etc. then they're pretty good.
Sealskinz now come in a choice of weights, have good quality merino wool
inners and are lighter and stretchier than the original Porelles and
IMHO rather better.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Paul Boyd said:

Tony Raven said the following on 18/10/2006 08:26:

Quoted message said:

I wear sandals off road - even the technical stuff

Quoted message said:

You can if you wear socks with them ;-)

White socks? or beige?

White socks will turn beige pretty quickly