The shoe thread
itboffin
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What footwear are you doning during this cold snap?
As I usually commute in spesh BG with overshoes I'm kinda caught out, I have flats on my mtb so I'm wearing walking shoes, useless in these conditions, toes are all but dead.
Shackleton eat your heart out.
This could quite possibly be the most ghey thread ever but I'm comfortable with that.
As I usually commute in spesh BG with overshoes I'm kinda caught out, I have flats on my mtb so I'm wearing walking shoes, useless in these conditions, toes are all but dead.
Shackleton eat your heart out.
This could quite possibly be the most ghey thread ever but I'm comfortable with that.
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
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I'm wearing exactly what I wore in the summer :twisted:FCN 2 to 80
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Same shoes as normal but with an extra pair of socks. Feet have been fine. My hands, on the other hand - brrrrrrrrr!0
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Five Ten trainers - very old but very warm0
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Sealskinz socks and my normal Northwave MTB shoes.0
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Lake MX 140s with two pairs of Sealskinzsocks; one long and one short
Toasty warm and dry. Can get a little sweaty, but tha's not really a problem.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Merrell GTX boots, merino Wollie Boolies, and walking socks. Nice and toasty."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0
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hatbeard wrote:Just bog standard trainers
sod all grip and useless in the wet, snow but can't afford owt else at the moment, will wait and get some spd's in the spring.
Dude. Nike Air Force 1 are not just a bog standard trainer.
:shock:
They are the shoe for the uber chic and cool grown man. The only trainer to surpass those are Adidas decade in all white (if you can get your hands on them).
ITB, any tennis/basketball Adidas or Nike trainer (i.e. flat sole - like Adidas Stan Smith's) will do. Take yourself to Soletrader with £55 and pick your trend setting poison.
Double the socks and you'll be fine.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
Edit: Thinking about Wiltshire, I'd probably by some hiking boots/trainers.
Any of these: http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=Merr ... hl=en&aq=fFood Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
I'm already wearing merino socks under thick walking socks with scarpa zen walking shoes, hard vibram sole and rubberised reinforced toes, still too cold
http://www.theoutdoorshop.com/showPart.asp?part=PN70469
It's bad down these ways, freezing ice fog, visibility is only a few feet :SRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Karrimor walking shoes. And when they're drying out, Karrimor walking boots. And Aldi cycling socks, with football socks over the top.Summer: 2012 Trek Madone 3.5
Winter: 2013 Trek Crockett 50 -
DonDaddyD wrote:Edit: Thinking about Wiltshire, I'd probably by some hiking boots/trainers.
Any of these: http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=Merr ... hl=en&aq=f
These are what I use - superb: http://www.purekit.com/product.asp?pf_id=31411&src=GBASE"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:hatbeard wrote:Just bog standard trainers
sod all grip and useless in the wet, snow but can't afford owt else at the moment, will wait and get some spd's in the spring.
Dude. Nike Air Force 1 are not just a bog standard trainer.
:shock:
They are the shoe for the uber chic and cool grown man. The only trainer to surpass those are Adidas decade in all white (if you can get your hands on them).
I know that and you know that but these guys don't know that...Hat + Beard0 -
five ten guide tennie, perfect grip for cycling special solesPeds with ipods, natures little speed humps
Banish unwanted fur - immac a squirrel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... heads.html0 -
hatbeard wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:hatbeard wrote:Just bog standard trainers
sod all grip and useless in the wet, snow but can't afford owt else at the moment, will wait and get some spd's in the spring.
Dude. Nike Air Force 1 are not just a bog standard trainer.
:shock:
They are the shoe for the uber chic and cool grown man. The only trainer to surpass those are Adidas decade in all white (if you can get your hands on them).
I know that and you know that but these guys don't know that...
Dizzy knows.... http://tinyurl.com/3aytcf50 -
Another one with Lake Winter Booties but mine are 7 years old with not much use but after paying £100 trade I need to get some use out of them, along with bog standard socks my feet are warm enough for the commute on the mean streets of Bristol. Tried with some sealskins but the boots were too tight and made matters worse.
Will loosen the straps and give them another blast.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Spesh BG Expert MTB (only 30min commute, toes cold but not icicles)
If really cold then stick on overshoes which then make feet a little sweaty but again, with 30min commute then not too bad.0 -
Steel toe capped boots; which is an improvement on the bubble wrapped hiking shoes I was using!
Not the easiest of things to cycle in though, as each one weighs 1 kg0 -
Hot Orange wrote:Karrimor walking shoes. And when they're drying out, Karrimor walking boots. And Aldi cycling socks, with football socks over the top.
Similar to this:
Cycling socks under under ski socks inside Karrimor walking shoes.
Toes only started getting cold after a couple of hours yesterday0 -
with two pairs of Merino Socks.Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.0 -
mostly Salomon Women's XA Pro 3D Ultra GTX Gore-Tex Trail Running Shoe with sealskin socks - very toasty in the snow last week or inov8 mudroc0
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Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
my usual spesh spd's. I've had a couple of days with dickies work boots on cos I didn't fancy being clipped in on the fluffy over ice snow.
pair of thick decathlon walking socks over aldi cycling ones and I'm warm as toast.0 -
Seal skins merino liner socks under
Seal Skins merino waterproof socks under
Northwave Celsius boots under
BBB Ultraflex 3mm thick overshoes.
The only thing distracting me from the coldness of my toes was the pain in my fingers........Faster than a tent.......0 -
when i'm on the fixed, my normal shimano spds with some overshoes, in the recent snow where i've switched the the MTB with flatties because i don't want to die horribly, some five ten karvers - lovely and warm without the perils of being clipped in on ice.0
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old Royal Mail shoes, for the commute as they are smartish.
for MTBing some proper hiking boots that are a lot warmer, decent socks help a lot.0 -
northwave winter boots with a pair of woolie boolies. warm enough!BMC TM01 - FCN 0
Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
Premier (CX) - FCN 6
Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN30 -
These, from Decathlon:
I'm pleasantly surprised by how warm, dry and comfortable they are. Chunky soles grip well on flats (though don't allow a wide range of positions) but importantly also allow you to hike through the snow without falling on your ar$e!Misguided Idealist0 -
Shimano MT60 gortex mtb shoes one size too big for so the hiking socks fit in and overshoes
This isn't terribly effective but I can do the 1h20m hour to work. The first 30 minutes is great and then entropy sets in0