Overshoes are brilliant

Bagman

Just used a pair of overshoes for the first time on my commute. They are brilliant! Despite the cold and the huge amount of water on the roads, my shoes and feet were toasty and bone dry. I opted for the Pro Tarmac NPU overshoes http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=22686 Thoroughly recommended.

harleyrott

I've been using "endura mtb" ones for the last couple of months, best £25 i've spent.

c12345

endura +1

vorsprung

I have had a pair of Altura Stretch Shield overshoes for 3 years now

I don't normally like Altura stuff as it is often cheap and nasty. But these overshoes are excellent

whyamihere

I need to get some thinner overshoes. My neoprene ones are too warm, even with really thin socks and ventilated race shoes and I end up with soaking wet sweaty ankles.

They're brilliant.

trevtherev

i'm with you on the overshoes. When I started commuting 2/5 years ago I invested in a pair of bbb waterflex...they keep you dry and warm, and I feel naked without them in the winter espec. My only gripe is they do tend to rip easily but I suppose if you want flexibility you must lose a little of the strength in the material.

The Chingford Skinhead

I bought some cheapo dhb ones but they did tear up at the bottom very quickly and my feet aren't exactly toastie - but then again, without them, my toes do freeze to the point of pain so I should MTFU and be grateful that the overshoes take the pain away

Got them after I saw and chatted to a guy at the lights who had just scalped me. I asked if they worked and he said they were the single best investment he had ever made. Sold!

trevtherev

i'll go with that Chingford they are an excellent investment....even though work colleagues think i look like a moonman....they are not for show they are an essential piece of kit. The first pair I had lasted just under 2 years and when they ripped I got the wife to stich together on her sowing machine....seemed to work. They are prob my second most valuable piece of equip..after my waterproof gore jacket which I managed to get for £50 (down from £80) at Bike in Bristol....it never lets water in. Don't be tempted to buy overshoes from Aldi/Lidl, whils't I wear most of their cycling clothes on my daily commute the overshoes are rubbish and I know from this forum that they last a very short time.......

iain_j

I tend to go through one pair of overshoes per winter. Current ones are Altura neoprene. The only walking i do in them really is from the car park at work to the changing rooms and back, but after just a month they're starting to come apart.

I still get numb toes on long cold days, numb feet on the ultra-cold days, but i'd like to think it'd be a whole lot worse without them. I think a lot of it's down to poor circulation, even with 2 pairs of gloves i lose contact with my fingers on the coldest days.

robbarker

Essential kit this weather!

biondino

On my 7 mile commute, with decent socks, my feet don't get cold even when it's freezing. I have overshoes but have only used them to keep the rain out rather than the cold.

_Brun_

biondino wrote:

On my 7 mile commute, with decent socks, my feet don't get cold even when it's freezing. I have overshoes but have only used them to keep the rain out rather than the cold.

Ditto the cold/rain thing. I admit my toes were feeling the chill a bit last week, but reckon I'd look pretty daft wearing overshoes with turned up jeans. Bottom half of me legs were fine tho, reckon I just need to cultivate more toe hair.

gradiric

Endura neoprene road overshoes ok, but zip is poor quality. Had first set replaced by Endura for free, which was good of them, but zips failed on second set very quickly too. Overall product is not up to the standard of Endura's other stuff. Also have a pair of Pro Tarmac NPU overshoes which I'm very pleased with.

gradiric

Endura neoprene road overshoes ok, but zip is poor quality. Had first set replaced by Endura for free, which was good of them, but zips failed on second set very quickly too. Overall product is not up to the standard of Endura's other stuff. Also have a pair of Pro Tarmac NPU overshoes which I'm very pleased with.

vorsprung

i must admit for winter commutes I don't use overshoes

I have northwave winter MTB boots