Overshoe recommendation

tgotb

Bit OT for commuting, but I'm after a pair of overshoes for a week's credit card tour in the Alps. I'll be wearing them over a pair of S-Works road shoes which are pretty well ventilated, so I'm after something I can put over the top if it gets cold/wet. Criteria:
- Lightweight (this is quite important)
- Windproof
- Fairly rainproof; don't mind if my feet end up a bit wet, so long as the water's not being refreshed too rapidly
- Don't have to be particularly robust, they're only ever likely to get used for trips like this
- Not insulated
- Breathable would be nice, but no idea whether breathable waterproof overshoes actually exist

My Pro TT overshoes would do the job (though they're emphatically not breathable, and I have to tape them up to stop the zips coming undone), can anyone recommend something better?

meanredspider

I like my BBB waterflex overshoes - match most of your criteria (except maybe breathable which, like you, I doubt exists). I use mine over S-Works shoes.

menthel

Me and the wife have been through a few pairs and always end up with BBB overshoes. Best waterproofing I have come across.

sloppyschleckonds

Exteondo Lycra Oversock

leeefm

I've got these, and they suck.

Just in case you might be looking at them.

meanredspider

leeefm wrote:

I've got these, and they suck.

Just in case you might be looking at them.

I absolutely knew what they were going to be before I clicked on the link. Endura overshoes have been utter crap forever. My first two pairs lasted 6 weeks total between them :roll:

leeefm

God knows how they get good reviews...

meanredspider

leeefm wrote:

God knows how they get good reviews...

Because most reviews are written within a month (at most) of purchase. Many people may hardly have used them by then. They look ok and fitted ok. They just wore out very quickly once I started using them until, finally, the zip broke.

bunter

BBB are the only ones I've bought that actually fit my big feet properly. Not sure if the good fit is the reason they have also outlasted Endura, Planet X, and DHB by a huge margin. I will be buying BBB again.

spasypaddy

get these they look awesome...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/castelli-nano-w ... overshoes/

goonz

Not sure if they still are but BBB overshoes were on offer on sportspursuit.

I got some of the Endura pro version and they suck. Still on a quest to find my fully waterproof overshoes.

tgotb

Thanks all. Chain Reaction have the BBB ones at half price, so it's looking like a no-brainer :-)

Considering the Castelli ones for TTing. Only issue is that I already have a Castelli skinsuit (for performance reasons). Whilst I know it doesn't really matter, something inside me rails at the idea of wearing all-over matching Castelli...

goonz

Surely that is the look?

Coach H

meanredspider wrote:

leeefm wrote:

God knows how they get good reviews...

Because most reviews are written within a month (at most) of purchase. Many people may hardly have used them by then. They look ok and fitted ok. They just wore out very quickly once I started using them until, finally, the zip broke.

I must be the luckiest Endura user in the World as my pair have done 6 Winters and are still going strong (I don't commute in Winter by the way, just weekend rides).
Yes I have used Duck Tape on a couple of rub points, but all neoprene overshoes will rub in the same way.
I keep eyeing up alternatives waiting for the day a zip fails or they just fall apart but I've not even had a hint that's going to happen. Must have the only good pair!

As for the OP, I have been looking for a while for the same type of thing and, having failed to find what the Pro's seem to wear in the Classics, Have whittled down the options to

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/northwave-h2o-shoecover/
or
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sportful-wet-lite-oveshoes/ - Only in small at Wiggle at the minute but the same as Castelli Nano's. I have seen the Nanos in the rubber coated lycra and they do feel really flimsy

spasypaddy

TGOTB wrote:

Thanks all. Chain Reaction have the BBB ones at half price, so it's looking like a no-brainer :-)

Considering the Castelli ones for TTing. Only issue is that I already have a Castelli skinsuit (for performance reasons). Whilst I know it doesn't really matter, something inside me rails at the idea of wearing all-over matching Castelli...

dont do it! just get the mavics. although from what i understand the fashion is to have knee length overshoes for TTing

tgotb

spasypaddy wrote:

TGOTB wrote:

Thanks all. Chain Reaction have the BBB ones at half price, so it's looking like a no-brainer :-)

Considering the Castelli ones for TTing. Only issue is that I already have a Castelli skinsuit (for performance reasons). Whilst I know it doesn't really matter, something inside me rails at the idea of wearing all-over matching Castelli...

dont do it! just get the mavics. although from what i understand the fashion is to have knee length overshoes for TTing

Couple of weeks ago I found myself starting behind a guy with:
Skinsuit (de rigeur)
Shaved legs (ditto)
Pointy hat with visor
Long sleeves (more aero, makes sense)
Aero overshoes (ditto)
Knee-high woolly socks - WTF?

I caught him fairly quickly, aided no doubt by the huge hole in the air left by his socks...

bigmonka

menthel wrote:

Me and the wife have been through a few pairs and always end up with BBB overshoes. Best waterproofing I have come across.

Which BBB ones are the decently waterproofed ones as there are a few different models?