How do you stop your feet from freezing?

[siwickm]

Ajay, I think I saw you pedalling last night away from Croydon as I was coming into Croydon from work, was it you or were my eyes deceiving me.

'good wrap and insulation around the achilles tendon.', next thing you will be basting your feet with hot fat and adding stuffing, sounds like you are getting your feet ready for Xmas.

Cheers

Marek...

[David Lombari]

Maybe you've got it Marek....a defrosted turkey on each foot. A cut-out for the cleats in it's arse and your away!
By the way, that could have been Ajay, whose wheel was he sucking?

[siwickm]

He was hanging onto a route master double decker!!!

[Jon H]

Someone I used to ride with always went back to using toe-clips and straps in winter, so he could wear full overshoes without any cleat cut-outs. The other thing he had were some toe-clip covers which were like a plastic box that went over the top of the toe-clip. He reckoned they were the mutts nuts, because they stopped all the spray from the front wheel going onto your shoes, and stopped the wind chill from freezing your feet. They were kinda like this:
[img]http://www.sidetrak.com/GraphicFiles/toeclip.jpg[/img]

[Elliot M]

I use overshoes and Sealskinz.

But if on a budget, a plastic bag between 2 pairs of socks is pretty effective.

[siwickm]

Does it have to be a particular type of plastic bag, are you going to get a better quality of warmth with say a Marks & Sparks bag over an Asda for instance. I may have an old Harrods bag lying around at home when I got my watch fixed there, what do you reckon, I will be roasting.

[virek]

Actually, my wife went to Fortnum and Mason at the wekend. Perhaps we can do a road test Harrods v Fortnum & Mason and Lidl v Netto etc. Do you reckon one of the mags would be interested?

Matthew

[HuwG]

I always used to get cold feet, last year most of my winter riding was done starting at about 6:00am, so I spent time and money (quite a lot) getting it sorted.
I use:
1. Sidi Freeze boots (size 46) these are fleece lined ! Check out wiggle.co.uk for description and pictures, they are even black and yellow so go with club kit !
2. Conformable custom molded insoles
3. 2xPairs Assos Overshoes size III. The first is airblock for dry days and the other neoprene for the wet and/or really cold, the neoprene are much warmer.
4. Underneath that lot I only need to wear normal socks.

The point about not getting them wet is true, and also marco's point about tightness, the freeze boots have velcro straps which in my experience makes overtightening of the feet in shoes/boots much less likely than the normal sidi system.

I can't remember when I last had cold feet on the bike.

Toasty feet make a huge difference to your cycling pleasure.

Cheers, Huw